2005 GMC Canyon
Complaints about this year name abs far more often than the other years of this generation — 12% of them, about 29× the usual rate of 0.4%.
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 | 113 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 39 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- high — 16.8% of this year's complaints, against 6.7% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: high, setting, backing, original owner.
- old — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.2% across the other years of this generation (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: old, year old, searched.
- light came — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.2% across the other years of this generation (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: light came, itself.
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.
Also unusual this year
- motor — 11% of complaints, 27× usual
- blower — 10% of complaints, 24× usual
- high — 9% of complaints, 22× usual
What owners wrote
THE AIR CONDITIONER AND HEATER WOULD ONLY WORKED WHEN THE SETTING WAS ON HIGH. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE [VIN] WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST THE CONTACT WITH THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.
CAN NO LONGER ROLL DOWN THE DRIVERS OR PASSANGERS WINDOWS. NO LONGER HAVE ANY CONTROL OF THE POWER LOCKS FROM EITHER DOOR CONTROL OR REMOTE. BLOWER FOR AIR ONLY WORKS ON HIGH SETTING 1 2 AND 3 WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE BRAKES WILL START TO SOUND LIKE THEY ARE P…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 10V575000 CHILD SEAT
- 06V139000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 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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