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1997 GMC C2500 Suburban 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 Jan 7, 2017
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.
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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.
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Reports on file since Aug 2, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 GMC C2500 Suburban. 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 1–2 of 2

Engine
Filed Jan 7, 2017

MY MECHANIC SAID IT'S NOT ORDINARY FOR THIS HEAVY DUTY TRUCK TO LEAK OIL WITH ONLY 77,000 MILES. PLS INVESTIGATE MY PROBLEM AND CONTACT GM. MY EMAIL ADDRESS [XXX], TO CONTACT ME AND UPDATE. LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANKS. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

NHTSA ID
10940308
Incident
Oct 2, 2015
ElectricalFuel system
Filed Aug 2, 2007

FUEL TANK PUMP AND SENDING UNIT, LOCATED IN TANK, WAS REPLACED DUE TO BURNING OF INTERNAL CONNECTOR. THIS BURNING CAUSED EXTREME VENTING OF GAS VAPORS DURING TANK FILL UP, AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN EXPLOSION. I POSSES THE OLD PART WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS THE BURNED WORSE AND PLUG CONNECTOR. *JB

NHTSA ID
10198305
Incident
Jul 23, 2007
Mileage
112,485 mi

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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