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GMC P3500

Model years 1971–1989 · 6 recall campaigns · 1 complaint · 0 investigations · filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Across 5 model years (1971–1989), the GMC P3500 has 6 NHTSA recall campaigns and 1 complaint on file.

The component named most often in complaints is power train (1,000 per 1,000 component mentions).

The 1989 model year has the most complaints (1). complaints were received in the largest number in 1995 (1). Within GMC, this line ranks 69 of 129 by total complaints.

Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.

Model years

Model yearRecallsComplaintsvs line averageUnits in campaigns
1971 GMC P3500200%16,850
1973 GMC P3500 NHTSA record100%225
1974 GMC P3500200%45,511
1980 GMC P3500 NHTSA record100%2,343
1989 GMC P3500 NHTSA record01500%—

"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.

Components most reported

Per 1,000 component mentions across all GMC P3500 complaints (1 mentions).

Campaigns by year reported

90
94
98
02
06
10
14
18
22
26
Distinct NHTSA campaigns naming the GMC P3500, by the year the Part 573 report was received.

Complaints by year received

95
99
03
07
11
15
19
23
Complaints about any GMC P3500 model year, by year received.

Other GMC model lines

All 129 GMC model lines

Questions and answers

Which GMC P3500 model years have the most recalls?

1971 (2), 1974 (2), 1973 (1). Across model years 1971–1989 there are 6 distinct campaigns.

Which GMC P3500 model year has the most complaints?

1989, with 1 of the line's 1 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.

What do owners of the GMC P3500 complain about?

power train (1,000 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.

Where does this data come from?

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.