Total Complaints
15 filings
GMC GMC · model year
15 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2000GMCGMC carries 15 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, 2 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 2000 GMC is steering with 2 filings, followed by suspension (2) and tires:tread/belt (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 1 investigation file overlapping the 2000 GMC. 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
15 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| STEERING | 2 |
| SUSPENSION | 2 |
| TIRES:TREAD/BELT | 1 |
| TIRES | 1 |
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | 1 |
| STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | 1 |
| POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT | 1 |
| TIRES:SIDEWALL | 1 |
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | 1 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 1 |
| SEATS | 1 |
THE DRIVER SEAT IS NOT ATTACHED. I HAD THIS REPLACED 2 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. *JB
Mileage: 40,000
VEHICLE PULLS LEFT AND RIGHT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD SET OF PADS REPLACED ON FRONT END FROM SIX MONTHS AGO. SUDDEN BRAKING CAUSES VEHICLE TO JERK INTO SIDE LANES. BRAKE LIGHT DOESN'T ILLUMINATE ON DASHBOARD. THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DELAER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
VEHICLE PULLS LEFT AND RIGHT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD SET OF PADS REPLACED ON FRONT END FROM SIX MONTHS AGO. SUDDEN BRAKING CAUSES VEHICLE TO JERK INTO SIDE LANES. BRAKE LIGHT DOESN'T ILLUMINATE ON DASHBOARD. THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DELAER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
MODEL 6500 GMC TOP KICKS OR KODIAKS HAVE CAUSED EXTREMELY HARD STEERING EFFORTS IN THE POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY, AND THEN WILL LOCK UP WITH NO WARNING. THEY CHANGED ALL THESE UNITS, AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *YH
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A VIBRATION, THE TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES, CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS PROBLEM IS DESTOYING SUSPENSION PARTS, POSSIBLE SUSPENSION PROBLEM. *SLC
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A VIBRATION, THE TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES, CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS PROBLEM IS DESTOYING SUSPENSION PARTS, POSSIBLE SUSPENSION PROBLEM. *SLC
ACCELERATOR STICKS WHEN YOU PUSH ON IT. IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE.*AK
I AM FILING A COMPLAINT AGAINST NHTSA FOR PERMITTING MANY AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS TO UTILIZE SO-CALLED HIGH-BRIGHTNESS ARC-LAMPS ON PASSENGERS VEHICLES. THESE LAMPS CAUSE TEMPORARY BLINDNESS AND UNWARRANTED GLARE FOR OLDER DRIVERS SUCH AS MYSELF. THIS IS AN ESPECIAL PROBLEM WHEN THE ARC-LAMP EQUIPPED VEHICLE COMES OVER A HILL OR HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE POINT SOURCE NATURE OF THESE LAMPS RESULTS IN MUCH LOSS OF VISION IN DARK AREAS WITHIN THE FIELD OF VISION BECAUSE OF SCATTER DUE TO AGE HARDENING OF THE CRYSTALLINE LENSES OF THE EYE STRUCTURE. I AM AN INJURED PARTY ( I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY THOUSANDS) SINCE THESE LAMPS DIMINISH THE ABILITY TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. I RECOMMEND THAT THEY BE OUTLAWED AS A SAFETY HAZARD. I AM A 63 YEAR OLD OPTICAL ENGINEER AND HOPE TO CONTINUE DRIVING FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.*AK
MODEL 6500 GMC TOP KICKS OR KODIAKS HAVE CAUSED EXTREMELY HARD STEERING EFFORTS IN THE POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY, AND THEN WILL LOCK UP WITH NO WARNING. THEY CHANGED ALL THESE UNITS, AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *YH *JG
SIDEWALL SIDE OF TIRE COMPLETELY FAILED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VN73 TIRESIZE: P26575R16)
WHEN THE TRUCK IS STOPPED, YOU PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND THE ENGINE WILL REV UP, BUT THE TRUCK WILL NOT PROCEED FORWARD. SECONDS LATER, YOU WILL HEAR THIS LOUD "THUNK" IN THE REAREND OF THE VEHICLE AND THE TRUCK WILL VIRTUELY JUMP FORWARD CAUSING YOU TO ALMOST HIT A CAR IN FRONT OF YOU. THE SAME OCCURS WHEN BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP.*AK
SIMULTANEOUS LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES DUE TO STEERING PUMP SHAFT SHEER. *AK
VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FACTORY SUNROOF DO NOT HAVE INDEPENDENT LIGHTING FOR THE REAR SEAT PASSENGERS, CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN LIGHTING IS NEEDED IN REAR COMPARTMENT AND ALL LIGHTS MUST BE ILLUMINATED TO ALLOW LIGHTING IN REAR SEAT*AK
FIRST SET OF TIRES WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT OF ROUND, THE NEW SET HAVE A RUMBLE WHICH SHAKES THE TRUCK, THESE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL, CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P265/75R16 11XS M/S). NLM
THIS IS MY SECOND DENALI. I FILED A REPORT ON THE OTHER WHERE TREAD WAS ACTUALLY SEPARATING AND THE TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE CONSTANTLY LOSING AIR AS IF THE TREAD ON THESE TIRES ARE SEPARATING TOO. I PLAN TO HAVE THEM REPLACED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM AS I AM AFRAID THEY WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO WRECK. THIS IS ESPECIALLY DISCONCERTING FOR ME SINCE THE TIRES ON MY OTHER DENALI WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BADLY VIBRATE AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING AS IN THE RECALLED TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: )
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.