Total Complaints
4 filings
GMC K2500 · model year
4 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1991GMCK2500 carries 4 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 1 fire, 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 1991 K2500 is service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip with 1 filings, followed by power train:automatic transmission:cooling unit and lines (1) and seats (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 1991 K2500. 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
4 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 1 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES | 1 |
| SEATS | 1 |
| SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | 1 |
REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT COME OUT. *AK
THE HARDWARE WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO ADJUST THE SEAT ON THE TRACK BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO SLIDE FORWARD DURING BREAKING, WHICH THEN CAUSED HARDER BREAKING NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT
THE CUSTOMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND HE LOOKED UP THROUGH THE REARVIEW MIRROR, AND NOTICED SMOKE FROM THE BACK OF HIS CAR. HE ALSO NOTICED THAT CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN, NO POWER. HE PULLED OVER, AND LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE CAR. THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID ON THE GROUND, THEN THERE WAS A BURST OF FIRE, AND THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. BE ADVISED THAT TRUCK WAS TOTALLY LOST BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK
DURING EMERGENCY STOP THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKED UP, CAUSING FLAT SPOTS ON ALL 4 TIRES.
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.