Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1988 GMC C1500

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
6
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

6 filed
1
Crashes
1
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING
    1
  • Electrical System
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND Circuit Breakers
    1
  • STEERING:LINKAGES
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    1
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER Ball Joint
    1
  • TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY Spare Tire
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
93V016000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1993-02-01

UNANTICIPATED HEAT IN THE TRANSMISSION CAN FORCE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID OUT OF THE VENT TUBE.

RiskTHE VENTED TRANSMISSION FLUID CAN CATCH FIRE IF EXPOSEDTO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.

FixINSTALL A LONGER TRANSMISSION VENT HOSE ROUTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
EA92041·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY1992-12-08 → 1995-03-09

FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY

PE88019·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1988-01-19 → 1988-03-31

REAR BRK LIGHTS STAY ON

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