1998 Chevrolet Truck M/L Van

Fatalities reported

Owners filed 166 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment. No safety recall has been issued.

When it fails
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65,000 milesMedian miles at failure

30 complaints record an odometer reading. Failures cluster around 60,00075,000 miles.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Equipment37
408
Equipment › Mechanical32
000
Equipment › Electrical30
111
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor10
000
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer7
000
Equipment › Other › Labels5
100
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer4
000
Equipment › Electrical › Anti-theft Devices4
000
Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner4
000
Visibility › Rear Window Wiper/Washer › Motor3
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Equipment › Electrical
Filed Apr 6, 2020KS

2012 MALIBU LOSES POWER STEERING AND ESC LIGHT COMES ON. VERY DANGEROUS. DON'T THINK 2012 MALIBU IS COVERED UNDER RECALL 15356, BUT IT SHOULD BE . PEOPLE WILL DIE ... PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE. *TR

Equipment › Electrical
Filed Jan 18, 2020NC

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO HAVE A LOT OF CONDENSATION ON THE INSIDE OF THE LIGHTS THAT IS CAUSING THE HEADLIGHT BULBS TO BLOW. THE EXTERIOR OF THE LIGHTS ARE MADE OF PLASTIC WHICH I CONSIDER INFERIOR. I CONTACTED GM @ THIS AND THEY OFFERED TO PAY @ 1/10TH OF THE REPAIR COST. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY FLAW THAT THEY NEED TO REPAIR FREE OF COST TO THE CONSUMER. THERE ARE MULTIPLE CASES ON YOU TUBE WITH OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE IS ALWAYS GARAGED AND ONLY HAS @ 25000 MILES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS AS IT COULD AND PROBABLY HAS CAUSED ACCIDENTS WITH THE HEADLAMPS GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT BY NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE. THIS IS SERIOUS.

EquipmentCrash
Filed Oct 6, 2019NJ

BRAKE FAILURE ON JUNE 21 2017, CAUSED ACCIDENT SAME ACCIDENT ON NOVEMBER 17 2017 AND AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 1 2019. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK IN SHOP TO BE FIXED NUMEROUS TIMES... ABS SENSOR IN FRONT RIGHT WHEEL WAS SUPPOSEDLY BAD. IT DID NOT FIX PROBLEM BC 3 RD ACCIDENT HAPPENED WEEKS AFTER. 9/11/19 GM RELEASED RECALL FOR BREAK FAILURE DUE TO THE VACUUM BOOSTER. MY ISSUE IS EXACTLY WHAT GM HAD JUST ANNOUNCED. CHEVY DEALER AND GM CORPORATE BOTH SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH BRAKES BUT THEY STILL GIVE OUT SLOWING DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. WHY ISNT MY VIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOST RECENT RECALL? BECAUSE FOR 3 YEARS NO ONE BELIEVED ME THAT THE BRAKES WERE FAILING.. I LOST MONTHS OF MY WARRANTY AND NOTHING WAS REPAIRED BC THEY SAID THEY WERE IN WORKING CONDITION AND THAT THERE WAS NO ISSUES. ALSO AT HIGH SPEEDS THE TRUCK SHAKES AND/OR VIBRATES, ALSO TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG, I HAVE ELECTRICAL ISSUE THAT CAUSE ELECTRONIC SCREEN TO GO OUT, THEY SEEN VIDEO OF IT HAPPENING BUT WONT REPLACE IT UNLESS IT HAPPENS AT DEALERSHIP WHEN I BRING IT. THIS TRUCK HAS ALL ISSUES PERTAINING TO RECALLS BUT NOT ACCORDING TO VIN#. THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. ISSUE ARE SPORADIC AND INTERMITTENT WITH NO WARNING. I HAVE RECEIVED TICKETS, POINTS, AND BEING SUED BC OF THIS . LOST OUT ON MONTHS OF WARRANTY BC SERVICE CENTERS WERE TOLD NOT TO WORK ON IT UNTIL GM CORP DID THERE INVESTIGATION WHICH THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG ALSO.... NOW FINALLY THE LATEST RECALL FOR BREAK FAILURE CAME OUT ON 9/6/19 BUT MY VIN IS NO

Equipment › Electrical › Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.
Filed Sep 20, 2019NJ

THE BACKUP CAMERA STARTED ACTING UP WHEN I HAD APPROX. 30 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. WHEN I BACKED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, A PICTURE OF THE DEALERS LOT CAME ON THE SCREEN. I PUT IT IN PARK THEN REVERSE AGAIN THE SAME PICTURE OF THE DEALERS LOT CAME UP AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES. THEN THE CAMERA SWITCHED TO THE CORRECT PICTURE OF MY DRIVEWAY. THE PICTURE WAS NOW DISTORTED. ALMOST LIKE THERE WAS WATER IN THE LENS. I HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES FOR THE PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED THE CAMERA TWICE. THEY TOOK A PICTURE OF THE PROBLEM AND SENT IT TO CHEVY. THE MECHANIC EVEN TOLD ME HE CHECKED OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES ON THE LOT AND THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MINE. I WAS THEN NOTIFIED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT, THAT'S JUST THE WAS IT IS. THE CAMERA WAS NOT DISTORTED WHEN I FIRST PICKED UP. IT'S DANGEROUS ALMOST 1/3 OF THE CAMERA IS DISTORTED

Equipment › Mechanical
Filed Sep 13, 2019AR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE & THE BRAKES WENT OUT. THE PROBLEM WAS A RUSTY LINE ON TOP OF THE FRAME UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT.., THE WAY THE WIRING HARNESSES ARE PLACED MUD & SALT GETS TRAPPED ON TOP TO THE FRAME & RUSTS OUT THE BRAKE LINE. THIS IS THE ONLY AREA WHERE THE LINES ARE ATTACHED SO THAT THE MUD & SALT CANT GET AWAY FROM THE BRAKE LINE.., IM SURE THERE MUST BE MILLIONS OF TRUCKS & SUVS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM... THE LINES ARE HIDDEN & YOU CAN ONLY FIND THEM BY LOOSENING THE WIRING HARNESSES & FEELING WITH YOUR FINGERS...

Equipment
Filed Jun 1, 2018MI

MY CHEVY TAHOE HYBRID 2009 WHILE SITTING IN DRIVEWAY FOR SEVERAL DAYS HAD THE BACK WINDOW SHATTER SPONTANEOUSLY FOR NO REASON. I HAVE PICTURES & VIDEO. CONTACTED GM DEALERSHIP WHO ADVISED ME NOT UNDER WARRANTY, NOT A DEFECT. HOWEVER, I SEE MANY 8NCIDENTS POSTED ON YOU TUBE.

Equipment › Mechanical
Filed Mar 21, 2018NC

WAS DRIVING NORTH ON I-77 AT 65 MPH. AT ABOUT EXIT 33, MY BRAKES FAILED WITH COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER AND SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED (STABILITY TRACK AND OTHER WARNING LIGHTS I DON'T REMEMBER). ONCE I WAS SAFELY OFF OF THE ROAD (USING GEARS TO REDUCE SPEED) AND SHUT OFF CAR AND TURNED ON CAR THE BRAKES WERE WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH MY CAR. MY CAR WAS RECENTLY SERVICES AND BRAKE FLUID LEVELS WERE NORMAL. I DRIVE A 2008 CHEVY TAHOE HYBRID AND THIS TYPE OF ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED ON FORUMS RELATED TO THIS MAKE/MODEL OF CAR. FIRESTONE WAS ABLE TO SEE AN ELECTRONIC FAULT ON THE COMPUTER (I DROVE TO THE NEAREST PLACE THAT COULD PROVIDE SERVICE) BUT CHEVY WAS UNABLE TO FIND A CODE (RANDY MARION CHEVY IN MOORESVILLE, NC).

EquipmentCrash4 injured
Filed Jul 13, 2017GA

I AM THE CHIEF OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AT GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT EMORY UNIVERSITY IN ATLANTA, GA. I HAVE SEEN FOUR PATIENTS IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS WITH SEVERE EYE LACERATIONS SECONDARY TO ANOTHER CAR HITTING THEIR SIDE VIEW MIRROR AND THE GLASS SHATTERING FROM THE MIRROR. THESE PATIENTS HAVE SUFFERED TREMENDOUSLY WITH MULTIPLE SURGERIES, LOSS OF VISION, AND SIGNIFICANT PAIN AND DEFORMITY. I AM WRITING TO SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS TO MITIGATE THE SHATTERING OF THE SIDE VIEW MIRRORS SO THAT THEY DO NOT CAUSE SUCH SEVERE BODILY HARM. *BF... FROM OPTHTHALMOLOGY: S5.2.2 MOUNTING. THE MIRROR MOUNTING SHALL PROVIDE A STABLE SUPPORT FOR THE MIRROR, AND NEITHER THE MIRROR NOR THE MOUNTING SHALL PROTRUDE FARTHER THAN THE WIDEST PART OF THE VEHICLE BODY EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PRODUCE A FIELD OF VIEW MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF S5.2.1. THE MIRROR SHALL NOT BE OBSCURED BY THE UNWIPED PORTION OF THW WINDSHIELD, AND SHALL BE ADJUSTABLE BY TILTING IN BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DIRECTIONS FROM THE DIVER'S SEATED POSITION. THE MIRROR AND MOUNTING SHALL BE FREE OF SHARP POINTS OR EDGES THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO PEDESTRIAN INJURY. VIN NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE UPDATED 11/01/18*JB

Air Bags › Frontal › Passenger Side › Inflator Module
Filed Dec 14, 2016GA

AIR BAG RECALL FOR CHEVY STILL NOT AVAILABLE???

Equipment › Electrical
Filed Dec 14, 2016GA

WINDSHIELD MOTOR REPLACEMENT STILL NOT AVAILABLE COME ON!!!

Equipment
Filed Sep 13, 2016NJ

MY CAR LOOSES POWER AT RANDOM TIMES AND A LIGHT COMES ON SAYING ENGINE LOSING POWER. AT THAT POINT I NEED TO PULL OVER OFF HIGHWAY BECAUSE THERE IS NO POWER. I HAVE TO GET OFF ROAD AND STOP CAR AND THEN TURN OFF KEY AND RESTART CAR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO DEALER. SEVEN TIMES THE CAR HAS GONE IN AND A REPAIR IS MADE BUT THEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR LONG DISTANCE OR DRIVE CARE WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR.

Equipment › Mechanical
Filed Aug 14, 2016VA

RECENTLY ON MY 2001 CHEVY TAHOE THE LIFTGATE GLASS HINGE SEPARATED FROM THE MOLDING (APPEARED TO BE GLUED) CAUSING THE LIFTGATE WINDOW GLASS TO BECOME UNSAFE SINCE IT IS NOW HELD ONTO THE CAR BY ONLY ONE RUBBER HINGE BRACKET AND DEFOG WIRE. THE GLASS IN THE LIFTGATE WILL NOT CLOSE AND COULD EASILY BECOME SEPARATED FROM THE CAR WHILE IN MOTION MAKING THE CAR IN OPERABLE. THE CHEVY DEALER HAD SEEN THE PROBLEM BEFORE BUT SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL ON IT MY ONLY RECOURSE WAS TO PURCHASE A NEW REAR LIFTGATE WINDOW AT A COST OF NEARLY $1200. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS DESIGN DEFECT. PLEASE ACCEPT THIS AS AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT OF RECORD ON THIS VEHICLE.

Equipment › Mechanical
Filed Jun 15, 2016TX

THE BRAKES AND SPECIFICALLY THE LOCKING HUB CONVERSION KITS SOLD BY THE RAM MAN INC ARE UNSAFE AND ARE FAILING UNDER NORMAL CONDITION. JUNE 6, 2016 I DIDN'T TEST OUT THE HUBS BEFORE INSTALLING THEM. INSTALLED THE KIT 1 WEEK AGO (MAY 31, 2016) I NEVER PUT THE TRUCK INTO 4WD TO SEE IF THEY LOCKED IN BUT COULD MANUALLY SEE THAT THE WHEELS DIDN'T SPIN THE CV AXIL WHEN UNLOCKED. WHILE DRIVING, I WAS CAUGHT IN SOME SAND AND SOUGHT TO PUT THE TRUCK BACK INTO 4WD. HOWEVER, AFTER LOCKING THE HUBS I DISCOVERED THAT EVEN WHEN LOCKED THE WHEELS WOULD NOT SPIN. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION WHILE LOCKED, THE DRIVE SHAFT WOULD SPIN BUT IT WOULDN'T SPIN THE CV AXIL CONNECTED TO THE WHEELS. I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A WEAK SPOT WHERE THE HUBS WERE MACHINED CAUSING THE SUPPLIED AXIL TO BREAK OFF. WHILE THE PROBLEM NEVER OCCURED WHILE DRIVING, AND THERE WAS NO SOUND TO INDICATE THAT THE PRODUCT BROKE WHILE THE HUBS WERE LOCKED, THE PRODUCT FAILED AND IS NO LONGER USEABLE. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE DONE? I WOULD LIKE A FULL REFUND OR WORKING PRODUCT AS I BELIEVES THAT I WAS SHIPPED A BAD CV AXIL FROM THE START. ESSENTIALLY, THE PRODUCT WAS MACHINED INCORRECTLY CAUSING IT TO FAIL WHEN NEEDED. DESPITE PUTTING THE HUBS IN 4WD DRIVE, THE HUBS DO NOT LOCK AND LEAVE THE VEHICLE IN 2WD.

Equipment › ElectricalCrashFire
Filed Apr 4, 2016TX

TRANNY, ABS, COOLING SYSTEM, TAILGATE, ETC. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK 2003 DIDN'T EXCHANGE TITLE UNTIL LATER RECALL WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT IT UNDER 50,000 MILE WARRANTY. I FILE AN COMPLAIN RECALL REPAIR STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEM. SAD THING MY FATHER IS AN RETIRED EMPLOYEE IN DALLAS LOCATION. RESEARCHED THE RECALLS FROM PREVIOUSLY AND PRESENT SAME RESULTS. THEY HAVE UNTIL 2 DAYS TO CONTACT ME @ [XXX] IN GOING TO THE WAREHOUSE AND RETURN THE VEHICLE TO THE OWNER, CFO, CEO WHOMEVER AND ASK FOR A FULL REFUND OR I'M FILING AN COMPLAINT AND SMALL CLAMS FOR 30 YRS WORTH. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Equipment
Filed Mar 19, 2016WA

SAFETY HAZARD: 2006 CHEVROLET HHR , (& OTHER YEARS). INSIDE DOOR RELEASE HANDLES, (PLASTIC) BREAK OFF. THIS CAN POTENTIALLY PLACE PASSENGERS & DRIVER AT RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM THE VEHICLE. FROM TALKING TO OTHER HHR OWNERS, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT, & WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS BEING A PROBLEM..

Equipment
Filed Mar 19, 2016WA

SAFETY HAZARD: 2006 CHEVROLET HHR , (& OTHER YEARS). INSIDE DOOR RELEASE HANDLES, (PLASTIC) BREAK OFF. THIS CAN POTENTIALLY PLACE PASSENGERS & DRIVER AT RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM THE VEHICLE. FROM TALKING TO OTHER HHR OWNERS, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT, & WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS BEING A PROBLEM..

Equipment
Filed Mar 19, 2016WA

SAFETY HAZARD: 2006 CHEVROLET HHR , (& OTHER YEARS). INSIDE DOOR RELEASE HANDLES, (PLASTIC) BREAK OFF. THIS CAN POTENTIALLY PLACE PASSENGERS & DRIVER AT RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM THE VEHICLE. FROM TALKING TO OTHER HHR OWNERS, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT, & WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS BEING A PROBLEM..

Equipment › Other › Labels
Filed Feb 12, 2016VA

PAINT STARTED PEALING OFF OF MY 2006 EXPRESS 3500 CHEVROLET VAN AND AS OF JAN. 2016 THE PAINT IS COMING OFF IN SHEETS.JUST ABOUT EVERY CHEVY VAN YOU SEE IS DOING THE SAME???

Equipment › Other › LabelsCrash
Filed Jan 26, 2016MI

THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, INJURIES & DEATHS ON I-75 & I-475 DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION ZONES IS STAGGERING. POOR DESIGN OF TRAFFIC IN THE ZONES & COMPLAINTS TO ODOT WITH NOTHING DONE IS IRRESPONSIBLE! I WAS REAR ENDED IN THE ZONE, CAR TOTALED & ME INJURED/ ON DISABILITY FROM WORK. I HEAR THE SAME LOCATION OF MY ACCIDENT EAST I-475 & PROMEDICA ACCIDENTS 1 TO 2 TIMES PER DAY. YOU CANNOT HAVE A SHORT MERGE RAMP ONTO I-75! YOU CANNOT HAVE TRAFFIC STOPPED ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS REGULARLY DUE TO POOR DESIGN OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN! MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS ON I-75. I HEAR 1 TO 2 MORE DEATHS THIS MORNING ON I-75 IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.. ALL THE CONSTRUCTION ZONES ON THE HIGHWAYS NEED TO BE BETTER ENGINEERED! SOMETHING NEEDS DONE IMMEDIATELY & SOMEONE HELD RESPONSIBLE!

Equipment › Electrical › Anti-theft Devices
Filed Aug 5, 2015CT

IGNITION RECALL ON 2006 EQUINOX WOULD COME OUT OF IGNITION. DID THE RECALL AND IT STILL HAS PROBLEMS NOW KEY HAS A HARD TIME REMOVING. THIS RECALL WAS SUPPOSE TO FIX THE STARTING ISSUES AND IT DID NOT HAD PROBLEMS SINCE SEPT 15 2012 WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CAR AND MY WIFE HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL CALLS TO GET RIDES. AND THE TC ABS SYSTEM HAS PROBLEMS WITH BRAKING AND SEVERAL FIXES STILL NO HELP. I SEE TO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS YEAR AND I HAVE THE SAME ISSUES WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GO AFTER GMAC FOR NOT FIXING THESE ISSUES I AM AFAID OF MY WIFE GETTING INTO THE CAR EVERERY DAY. I AM STILL FINANCING THE CAR AM LATE ON PAYMENTS EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS I CANT AFFORD TO PAY FOR BOTH PEOPLE ARE GETTING HURT.

20 of 166 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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1 death reported in complaints filed with NHTSA.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.