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2000 GMC M/L Van 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 28, 2004
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 Nov 28, 2004

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2000 GMC M/L Van. 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.

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Interior & seats
Filed Nov 28, 2004

THIS REPORT IS ABOUT UHAUL LICENSED GMC EXTENDED CARGO VANS AND A DANGER IN THE VAN'S CENTRAL LOCKING SYSTEM. THIS WEEKEND, I RENTED ONE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MOVING. THIS GMC MODEL VAN HAS TWO OUT-OPENING SIDE DOORS, AND TWO SIMILAR REAR DOORS. *AK WHILE LOADING BOXES IN THE VAN, THE WIND SHUT THE REAR DOORS CLOSED--AND LOCKED ME INSIDE. THE DOOR LOCK INDICATORS SHOWED "RED", INDICATING THEY WERE UNLOCKED. HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. I COULD NOT OPEN THE REAR DOORS NOR THE SIDE DOORS, AND WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE VAN FOR 20 MINUTES. EVEN THOUGH I HAD THE KEY, THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET INTO THE DRIVER'S AREA DUE TO A PARTITION CAGE THAT DOES NOT OPEN. I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL A PASSERBY OPENED THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THIS LOCK--IN HAPPENED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY, FORTUNATELY WHEN SOMEONE WAS WITH ME, SHOWING THAT IT IS A PROBLEM THAT CAN BE RECREATED. IT IS AN OBVIOUS FAILUER OF THE CENTRAL LOCKING SYSTEM THAT IS NOT ALLOWING THE VAN TO BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. UHAUL MUST BE CONTACTED AND THIS MUST BE INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY.

NHTSA ID
10100674
Incident
Nov 27, 2004
Mileage
8,742 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.

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