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1992 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.
5
Latest Aug 21, 2002
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.
2
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 Feb 14, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1992 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 1–5 of 5

Interior & seatsVisibility
Filed Aug 21, 2002
Fire reported

CONNECTOR FROM HEAT CONTROL UNIT BURNT CAUSING LOSS OF ALL HEAT CONTROLS, IF I HADN'T INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM WHEN I DID A FIRE WOULD HAVE ERUPTED. PICTURES AVAILABLE.*AK

NHTSA ID
765989
Incident
Aug 10, 2002
Visibility
Filed Aug 18, 2000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY FAIL DURING OPERATION DUE TO 3 BAD CONNECTION IN CIRCUIT CARD WHICH CAN CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY. *AK WIPER CIRCUT BOARD CONNECTONS WERE CRACKED AND ARE RESOLDERED, RESTORING WIPERS TO NORMAL OPERATION. *YH

NHTSA ID
868097
Incident
Jul 1, 2000
Brakes
Filed Nov 18, 1997

ON TWO OR THREE TIMES WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FELT SPONGY WITH NO APPEARANCE OF FLUID LEAKS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
819207
Electrical
Filed Nov 22, 1996
Fire reported

THE ALTERNATOR CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. *AK

NHTSA ID
805486
Incident
Nov 20, 1996
Electrical
Filed Feb 14, 1996

THE IGNITION WENT BAD . TT

NHTSA ID
979217

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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