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1986 GMC K2500 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 Nov 5, 2003
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 Jan 21, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 GMC K2500. 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 1–3 of 3

Body & structureEngineExterior lighting+2 more
Filed Nov 5, 2003

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S RADIATOR, ENGINE, FRONT AXLE, REAR AXLE AND OTHER PROBLEMS.*MR THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE RADIATOR AND COOLING SYSTEM. THE ENGINE WAS A 305 INSTEAD OFF THE FAVORED 350. AS A RESULT THE ENGINE USED ABOUT 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 1500 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED PROBLEM. THE FRONT AXLE HAD PROBLEMS. THE REAR AXLE IS THE OLD STYLE AND THE FLUID IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. AN ALTERNATIVE WAS SUBSTITUTED BUT WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 32 DEGREES THE TRANSMISSION WOULD JUMP INTO HIGH GEAR. IT ALSO WORE OUT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND AXLE BEARING. THE SUSPENSION WAS SOFT. THE SHOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGE A FEW TIMES BUT THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE TAIL GATE HINGE WAS CORRODED AND THE NUTS FELL OFF. THE REAL TAIL LIGHTS WERE CROSS WIRED SO IF ON WENT OUT THEY BOTH WENT OUT. THE SEAL AROUND THE TAIL LIGHT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT AND ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER THE HOUSING. *NLM

NHTSA ID
10048156
Fuel system
Filed Aug 7, 2003

COMPLAINT REGARDING 1986 GMC K-2500. *MR THE CONSUMER BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN 1986 AND THOUGHT IT WAS NEW, BUT IT WASN'T. IT WAS ORIGINALLY REGISTERED IN CALIFORNIA AND HAD COME WITH A 1978 CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, AND WAS REBUILT, AND WAS SOLD TO A COMPANY IN CANADA. THE VEHICLE WAS ULTIMATELY BROUGHT INTO THE US, THEN RESOLD AS COMMERCIAL SALES. (ALL LEGAL) THERE WERE A NUMBER OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE REPLACEMENT, SUCH AS THE GAS TANK WHICH HAD FAILED. *SCC *JB *CB

NHTSA ID
10034019
Incident
Jan 1, 1901
EngineOther / unspecifiedSuspension
Filed Jan 21, 2000

OWNER IS HAVING TROUBLE OBTAINING INFORMATION ON SOURCE OF ORIGIN OF THE VEHICLE,POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER CHANGE. YH

NHTSA ID
550494

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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