This is not a safety recall in accordance with the safety act. However, it is deemed a safety improvement campaign by the agency. Vehicle description: 1973-1979 light duty pickup trucks and vans equipped with flexible engine cooling fans. The flex fans...
Engine & cooling
GMC C Series Engine problems by year
6 complaints filed with NHTSA about the GMC C Series's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Engine recalls
There is a possibility that a separated motor mount may allow the engine to lift, which may affect the throttle linkage, momentarily increasing throttle, possibly to full throttle.
Latest C Series engine complaints
I posted up here less than a month ago in regards to steering issues with my car. I took my car to the gm dealer on july 21st to have the recalls fixed. They replaced my steering pump and 2 other recalls were fixed. They recommended that I have the rack and pinion eventually replaced as well as the motor mount and some air hoses. Other than that my car was fine according to them. I picked it up after work on the 24th and took it home. My husband and I rode our motorcycles all that following weekend so the...
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acadia was not driven much. I also rode my motorcycle to and from work two days the following week. I only drive the acadia three days last week to and from work! Yesterday (aigust 1st) I took my kids to a water park 20 miles away. When we got home the car had a little bit of smoke coming from the hood and had a horrible whining noise! My husband looked and saw that there was no power steering fluid and noticed that there was flattering fluid all under the car on the under carriage. He said he thought we needed to take it back monday and filled up the reservoir with fluid again. Today (august 2nd) I drove 7 miles to the pharmacy to get medicine for our daughter. When we got there we noticed a little bit of smoke coming from the hood but no whining and figured it was from the fluid hitting the hot engine. When we came out of the pharmacy my car had fire dripping from underneath and the hood was encased with smoke. We called the fire department but by the time they arrived the undercarriage and hood were completely on fire with the engine melted! I just purchased my car 4 months ago and it is now a total loss. Gmc has dropped the ball and I am devastated to say the least!
First we were driving out of town and the radio start going on and off, the locks began going up and down until the truck lost power. The truck loses power with out any reason. We have check the battery, everything with out being able to determine why. After few minutes the truck starts up and everything goes back to normal. I am concerned that one of these days the truck is going to suddenly stop and my son could get into an accident. I bought this truck for my son to go to school and I don't feel he is safe on it for this electrical or ignition problem. *Tr
A new distributor cap and rotor has been replaced 2 times within a 6 month period. The vehicle tries to start but it doesn't catch and then sounds like it's trying to back fire. The ac coil is leaking on to the cap and producing moisture which is why it will not start or stalls and will not start back up. Gmc says they have had no problems with other vehicles and my mechanic said that they can't do anything until it happens again. This is my 3rd gmc van and have never had these kind of problems or I wouldn't have purchased the 2nd one. I'm very disappointed!
I bought extended warranty when I bought truck. In may 2003 transmission started to go and was told by dutton motors in riverside that gmpp was not going to pay the claim because we missinstalled a transmission filter. Approved dutton to fix car and find out they never put in a claim to gmpp. Called dutton to see why and they ended up having gmpp adjuster out when truck was already fixed. Gmpp denied claiming wrong filter installed. We were told by dutton filter was installed wrong. Two different stories. We paid...
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to have truck fixed but complained on customer satisfaction card. Never heard from gm again. July 2003 exactly two months after last rebuild. My kids and I were in carpool lane going 70mph when tranny sounds like it sucked up a thousand coins. Almost in car wreck when I pull over and get off freeway. Tow truck takes to dutton because they did original work. Took two weeks to diagnose problem and told it was something completely different than last rebuild and that gmpp would be paying for it. Adjuster again came out & denied claim. They say that someone had to have shifted into park while truck still moving. Dutton claims that gmpp never denies claims but they have denied me twice. I have lost time from work. $5000 For repairs and rental car, stress, etc... When warranty was sold to us it did not mention anything about not covering these type of things. I have original everything from pamphlet to all invoices of repairs. I can not afford these repairs and need help!!!! There is so much more to this story.
Fuel over flow is located above the fuel tank. When refueling the excess would spill out of overflow onto the fuel tank next to the exhaust system which could lead to a possible fire. Dealer/manufacturer were notified. *Ak
VEHICLE CUTS OFF AND JERKS BETWEEN 45 TO 50 MPH. *YC
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data