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1987 GMC Pickup 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 Sep 12, 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.
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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 Feb 13, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1987 GMC Pickup. 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

Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 12, 2002

REAR DRIVER'S TIRE HAS SEVERE BELT SEPARATION ALTHOUGH IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TREAD LEFT. CONSUMER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF TIRES. 1987,GMC ,3/4TON PICKUP THAT IS PRIMARILY USED TO TOW TRAVEL TRAILERS. TIRE INFORMATION: NOT ORIGINAL, OVER 30000 MILES ON THEM, 235/85R16. *AK DOT # MDORM5HV 273. *YH

NHTSA ID
8018522
Incident
Sep 6, 2002
Fuel system
Filed May 7, 1999

ONE OF THE GAS TANKS BROKE,AND THE CONSUMER CAN'T PUT GAS INTO THE VEHICLE.THE OTHER TANK IS WORKING, BUT THERE IS A SMELL COMING FROM THE TANK THAT IS WORKING. *AK

NHTSA ID
835665
Incident
Mar 12, 1998
Fuel system
Filed May 24, 1995

FUEL TANK MOUNTED OUTSIDE FRAME. *AW

NHTSA ID
480441
Incident
May 24, 1995
Fuel system
Filed Feb 13, 1995

FUEL TANK MOUNTED OUTSIDE OF FRAME. *AK

NHTSA ID
480513
Incident
Feb 13, 1995

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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