2008 GMC Canyon
This year drew an ordinary 42 complaints for a GMC Canyon — the model's median is 39. What they were about is the unusual part: 7.1% of them mention broke, against 0% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 1 of the GMC Canyon, which began in 2004 and ran to 2012. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 42 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 39 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- broke — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (35.7×).
- above — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (35.7×).
- exactly — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (35.7×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
REPAIR SHOP LIFTED VEHICLE TO REPAIR FRONT BRAKES AND THE FRAME BROKE JUST BEHIND THE CAB.
THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CONTROL CABLE BECAME DISCONNECTED. WHEN I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTED TO PARK THE TRANSMISSION REMAINED IN DRIVE AND I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND REMOVE THE KEY. UPON INSPECTION THE CABLE WAS HANGING LOOSE AND WHATEVER KIND…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 10V575000 CHILD SEAT
- 09V310000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the GMC Canyon was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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