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1985 GMC C Series (light) Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Apr 13, 1996
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Mar 20, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 GMC C Series (light). Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

Fuel system
Filed Apr 13, 1996

PASSENGERS SIDE GAS TANK LEAKED DUE TO RUST.

NHTSA ID
503533
Incident
Mar 18, 1996
Fuel system
Filed Jul 14, 1995

RIGHT FUEL TANK RUSTED OUT/CORRODED, CAUSING A GAS LEAK. *AK

NHTSA ID
484106
Incident
Apr 13, 1995
Fuel system
Filed Jun 8, 1995

GAS TANKS CORRODED/LEAKED. *DH

NHTSA ID
483543
Incident
Jan 1, 1991
Fuel system
Filed Mar 20, 1995
Fire reported1 death reported

FUEL TANKS BURST INTO FLAMES DURING COLLISION, RESULTING IN DEATH. *TW

NHTSA ID
481709
Incident
Oct 21, 1989

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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