Total Complaints
8 filings
GMC C2500 · model year
8 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1994GMCC2500 carries 8 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1994 C2500 is visibility:windshield wiper/washer:motor with 2 filings, followed by parking brake:conventional (1) and service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 2 investigation files overlapping the 1994 C2500. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
8 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | 2 |
| PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 1 |
| EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK | 1 |
| SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | 1 |
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | 1 |
| VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | 1 |
DAMAGE TO WINDSHIELD FROM DRY WIPERS. *AK
FUEL SYSTEM LEAK. *AK VEHICLE WOULD SHUT DOWN WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CONSUMER WOULD BE LEFT WITH NO BRAKES AND NO STEERING. *JG
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT AT SPEED WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON THEY WILL QUIT WORKING, AND SOMETIMES HAS TO WAIT A COUPLE MINUTES FOR WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO COME ON. MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED, AFFECTING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BACK FALL BACKWARDS ONTO THE REAR SEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHEN TRAVLEING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CABLE WHICH HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE IN PLACE BROKE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL OFF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE CABLE WAS RUSTED, RESULTING IN OTHER MOTORIST'S VEHICLE GETTING DAMAGED. PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHEN VEHICLE IS AT A STAND STILL THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR . THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
THE EMEREGENCY BRAKE PEDAL AND TUBE FELL TO THE FLOOR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO APPLY. TT
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.