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1995 GMC C3500 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 Mar 30, 2016
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.
3
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 Jan 26, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1995 GMC C3500. 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 1–5 of 5

Brakes
Filed Mar 30, 2016
Crash reported1 injury reported

DRIVING NORMAL. LIGHT TURNED RED. APPLIED BRAKES. HAD NO BRAKES. BRAKES ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. RAN RED LIGHT CAUSING TRAFFIC COLLISION. TOWED TO SHOP. SHOP OWNER SPEND HOURS TRYING TO DIAGNOSE. CHECKED NUMEROUS THINGS. FOUND NOTHING WRONG. TOLD ME I'M NUTS. SHOP OWNER TOOK FOR ONE LAST TEST DRIVE AND IT HAPPENED TO HIM! NO BRAKES! HE SAID HE HAD CONSIDERED JUMPING FROM TRUCK. IT SCARED HIM. TURNED OUT TO BE ABS MALFUNCTION. ABS OPENS ALL THE WAY ALLOWING ALL FLUID TO BYPASS RESULTING IN NO BRAKES! HOW CAN THIS NOT BE A SAFETY RECALL?

NHTSA ID
10852348
Incident
Feb 2, 2016
Mileage
190,000 mi
Visibility
Filed Mar 28, 2001

WHILE USING WINSHIELD WIPERS WHERE THEY WILL QUIT WORKING UNEXPECTEDLY OR WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY AT TIMES.*AK

NHTSA ID
884478
Incident
Mar 28, 2001
Visibility
Filed Mar 29, 2000

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ONLY WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, THE CONSUMER HAS RECONNECTED THE SWITCH, BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE MOTOR STILL OCCURS. *SLC

NHTSA ID
783647
Visibility
Filed Oct 27, 1998

CONSUMER IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILING WHEN NEEDED IN RAIN CONSUMER KNOWS OF SEVERAL OTHER FRIENDS WITH SAME PROBLEM. BECAUSE OF WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE, CONSUMER TO HAS TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT TIMES. *AK

NHTSA ID
829552
Incident
Jul 18, 1998
Engine
Filed Jan 26, 1996
Crash reportedFire reported

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH BLOCK HEATER PLUGGED WITH TRANSMISSION IN GEAR AND STARTED UP AND DROVE THRU THE GARAGE WITH ENGINE ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.

NHTSA ID
978267
Incident
Jan 1, 1996

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.

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