Skip to content

NHTSA Safety Recalls

GMC W-Series Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the GMC W-Series, across 2 model years from 2002 to 2004. The 2004 has the most (1); the fewest among years with a recall is 2004 (1).

Model years
2

2002–2004, with a recall

Recall campaigns
1
Most recalls
2004

1 recalls

Owner complaints
2

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA about the GMC W-Series across 2 model years; the most, 1, concern the 2004.

Across all GMC W-Series model years, owners name the service brakes, hydraulic most often (at least 1 complaint), then the steering (1).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the GMC W-Series in 2002: 1, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the GMC W-Series is electrical system, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest GMC W-Series recall, 13V259000, was reported on June 19, 2013 and concerns the electrical system.

GMC W-Series years to avoid

Too few GMC W-Series model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the GMC W-Series, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2004110not ranked
2002111not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.GMC W-Series years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the GMC W-Series

  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM2

GMC W-Series model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every GMC W-Series recall campaign (1)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the GMC W-Series, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
13V259000June 19, 2013electrical system2002, 2004fire1,774

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the GMC W-Series. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: June 19, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted