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1988 GMC Vandura G2500 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.
2
Latest Jul 3, 2007
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.
2
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.
0
Reports on file since Feb 4, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 GMC Vandura G2500. 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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Fuel system
Filed Jul 3, 2007
Fire reported

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 GMC VANDURA G2500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT FIRE AND EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # 06E043000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) IS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN FUEL OR TRANSMISSION RELATED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT CAN PROVIDE PHOTOS OF THE FRAME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 156,000.

NHTSA ID
10195242
Incident
Jul 1, 2007
Mileage
156,000 mi
Engine
Filed Feb 4, 1999
Fire reported1 injury reported

A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. *AK.ET.

NHTSA ID
834504
Incident
Jan 30, 1999

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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