Models:     Chevrolet Kodiak    Year:     2003
GMC Topkick    Year:     2003
Number Potentially Involved:  276
Dates of Manufacture:  August 2001 – July 2002
Defect:  Some trucks equipped with the optional Caterpillar diesel engine (LG5) were built with a misrouted battery cable that could come in contact with the exhaust pipe. The conduit and the nylon cable coating could degrade to [...]

There’s no doubt that the President of the United States needs a safe vehicle to be transported in. Various assassination attempts prove that case rather easily. President-in-waiting Barack Obama will be getting a brand-new armored “car” that will look like a Cadillac, but will really be based on the positively gigantic medium-duty GMC Topkick chassis. [...]

GMC TopKick has consistently been a segment leader in the medium duty market because it delivers more of what customers demand from their medium duty trucks - durability, versatility and reliability. The 2009 model year is no exception, as TopKick enhancements include greater weight-carrying capacity, larger available wheels, revised air seats for even greater comfort [...]

Quebec ambulance workers have registered numerous complaints concerning vibration and shocks under specific driving conditions since the introduction of the GMC Top Kick ambulance. This project was undertaken to determine whether vibration exposure at various workstations in the ambulance was correlated to reported problems, and to evaluate the global behaviour of the ambulance’s rear suspension. [...]