Total Complaints
1 filings
GMC R1500 · model year
1 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1991GMCR1500 carries 1 consumer safety complaint 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 1991 R1500 is fuel system, gasoline:delivery:fuel pump with 1 filings. 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 R1500. 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
1 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | 1 |
GM ISSUED A RECALL FOR 2000-2001 SUBURBANS TO REPAIR A FAULTY ELECTRIC WIRE ON THE FUEL PUMP WHICH CAUSED STALLING. I HAD TO PAY $85 DIRECTLY AND APPROXIMATELY $500 IN CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE TO REPAIR THE EXACT SAME WIRE WHICH FAILED IN MY 1991 GMC SUBURBAN. GM REFUSED TO REIMBURSE DIRECT COSTS OF REPAIR. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION AS IT COULD OCCUR WHILE DRIVING, ENTAILING COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES.*AK
Mileage: 114,900
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.