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GMC C5500 Engine problems by year

3 complaints filed with NHTSA about the GMC C5500's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Engine complaints by model year

YearEngine complaintsCrashesInjuriesRecalls
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Latest C5500 engine complaints

2006 GMC C5500Engine & cooling

I had driven the truck for about 2 hours that morning. I was at a stop light for one cycle. When the light turned green I pressed the accelerator I heard and felt a bang and crunch. No warning lights came on but I started to smell coolant. I stopped to find the cooling fan torn apart, fan shroud with many holes in it, and the radiator with multiple holes. All the coolant had emptied onto the street. The vehicle was towed to a chevy dealer to be looked at. After the dealers investigation the service...

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writer stated that he has seen this failure many times before and the cause is one of two possible scenarios: the fan shroud hit the fan, which caused the breakup of the fan and damage to the radiator, or first the fan came apart and caused the subsequent damage. The required parts are fan, fan shroud, and radiator. *Tr

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10270121
2005 GMC C5500Engine & cooling

I purchased three c-5500 trucks. As of now I have two trucks with failed engines due to previous injector failure. I am currently out of warranty but not before I noticed the engine was making more noise than normal. I was told that it had to be broken before it could be repaired under warranty. That was 60,000 miles ago. Which should not be major mileage for a diesel engine. *Tr

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10242793
2005 GMC C5500Engine & cooling

I own 3 chevorlet c-5500 trucks. Two out of the three have had injector failure. After the injector failure the trucks engine seem to be noisier. I have complained about the noise and was told it has to be broken before repairscan be performed under warranty. Now I am out of warranty and have two trucks with major engine damage due to the previous injector failures. *Tr

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10242791

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