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1998 GMC V Series 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 Jun 26, 2006
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 Jun 26, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1998 GMC V Series. 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

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Steering
Filed Jun 26, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT GOING 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT. THEN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY LOOSE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND THE BOLT THAT GOES BETWEEN THE POWER STEERING SHAFT AND THE DRIVER SHAFT WAS NOT ENGAGED CORRECTLY. THE BOLT WAS IN THE POWER STEERING END OF THE SHAFT, HOWEVER THE BOLT WAS NOT IN ALL FOUR HOLES. THE TWO SHAFTS CAME APART WHILE PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT.

NHTSA ID
10160780
Incident
Jun 26, 2006
Mileage
122,000 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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