2008 GMC SIERRA 2500 — Complaint #642022
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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:SLIDE-IN CAMPER filed October 15, 2007
NHTSA complaint #642022 (ODI reference 10205681) concerns a 2008 GMC SIERRA 2500 and was filed on October 15, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 10, 2007. The vehicle had 2,700 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Idaho based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:mechanical:slide-in camper, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same GMC SIERRA 2500 cohort independently describe similar equipment:mechanical:slide-in camper failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2008 GMC SIERRA 2500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC SIERRA 2500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CAMPER WAS FULL OF DUST AND DIRT DUE TO HOLES UNDER THE VEHICLE AND AROUND THE TAILGATE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN AND THEY INSTALLED A BED LINER. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 2,700.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 642022 |
| ODI Number | 10205681 |
| Date Filed | October 15, 2007 |
| Failure Date | October 10, 2007 |
| VIN | 1GTHK23648F |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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