Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 GMC C35

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.

3
Open recalls
1
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
    1

Recalls

3 campaigns
91V217000·SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM1991-12-13

THE LEFT HAND LOWER CONTROL ARM CAN CRACK STARTING AT THE REAR FLANGE AND PROGRESSING TO THE BALL JOINT MOUNTING HOLE AND EVENTUALLY CAUSE THE LOWER BALL JOINT TO SEPARATE FROM THE CONTROL ARM.

RiskIF THE BALL JOINT SEPARATES FROM THE CONTROL ARM, A LOSSOF VEHICLE CONTROL COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

FixINSTALL A RESINFORCED BRACE TO THE LEFT HAND LOWER CONTROL ARM.

87V002000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY1987-01-20

TRUCKS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 301, FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY, DURING A 30 MPH FRONTAL BARRIER TEST.

RiskGREATER THAN ACCEPTABLE FUEL SPILLAGE DURING AND AFTER ACOLLISION COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

FixINSTALL AN ADDITIONAL SHIELD TO THE FRONT OF THE ORIGINAL SHIELD TO PROTECT THE FUEL TANK.

85V156000·WHEELS:RIM 1985-11-26

THE WHEEL MAY DEVELOP CRACKS BETWEEN THE DISC AND RIM. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF THIS OCCURS AND IS NOT NOTICED, THE CRACK COULD INCREASE AROUND THE RIM, RESULTING IN SEPARATION OF THE RIM FROM THE DISC, LOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT MAY OCCUR.

FixREPLACE WHEELS HAVING THE SUSPECTED MANUFACTURING CODE NUMBER.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
PE87043·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1987-08-07 → 1988-01-14

EXHAUST SYSTEM HEAT

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