Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data
Data refreshed
Our database contains 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 GMC Pickup, most frequently naming the brakes, engine and fuel system categories.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
When owners filed reports about this model year
Not enough dated records to plot a meaningful trend — 3 months of data.
Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
No recalls in our database for this model year
That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.
Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words
THE ENGINE STALLED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN TO A STOP, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STEER THE VEHICLE ACROSS LANES TO REACH THE SHOULDER THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT). NLM
PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR AND BRAKES DO NOT GRASP. *AK
FUEL TANK MOUNTED OUTSIDE FRAME. *AW
Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Investigations | Issue Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.8 |
| 1999 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 43.2 |
| 1998 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 44.6 |
| 1997 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 39.0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 47.3 |
| 1995 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 49.2 |
| 1994 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 49.8 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 31.1 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30.8 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1986Viewing | 3 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1975 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.