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1990 GMC K1500 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 Oct 23, 2000
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 Sep 13, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1990 GMC K1500. 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

Brakes
Filed Oct 23, 2000
Crash reported

TRUCK PARKING BRAKE DISENGAGED AND TRUCK ROLLED DOWN EMBANKMENT. *AK

NHTSA ID
734964
Incident
Oct 19, 2000
Brakes
Filed Dec 18, 1997

EA94-038; IN SUDDEN STOP THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO THE BRAKE DRUMS/ROTORS BEING TOO SMALL FOR THIS SIZE OF VEHICLE, FOR THE VEHICLE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

NHTSA ID
818770
Incident
Jan 20, 1990
Transmission
Filed Dec 4, 1995
Crash reportedFire reported

TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT FIRE. TT

NHTSA ID
976001
Incident
Nov 16, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Sep 13, 1995

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE. TT

NHTSA ID
971998

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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