1993 Chevrolet 1500

Routine

Owners filed 14 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › windshield wiper/washer › motor. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor4
000
Seats2
000
Engine2
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer1
000
Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal1
000
Tires1
000
Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner1
000
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Lever and Linkage › Column Shift1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine
Filed Apr 28, 2014123,199 milesFL

VEHICLE DID NOT DECELERATE FROM HIGHWAY SPEED, EXCESSIVE BRAKING WAS REQUIRED TO STOP. ENGINE IDLE SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 TIMES THE NORMAL IDLE SPEED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. *JS

Engine
Filed Dec 12, 2013SD

WATER PUMP WENT OUT AND FAN BROKEN. *TR

Tires
Filed Jul 29, 20131,000,000 milesGA

TIRE SEPARATION, ONE TIRE, REMAINED INFLATED, TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF. UNIROYAL TIGER PAW XTM, P235/75R15 108S M&S - - - DOT APHLCBU113. NO ACCIDENT OR DAMAGE TO ANYTHING EXCEPT THE TIRE. OLD TIRE? APPEARED "BRAND-NEW." JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *TR

Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed Sep 7, 2004PA

ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE BROKEN BACK SEAT. ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2004 WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH WITH OUT ANY WARNING THE BACK SEAT BROKE AGAIN FOR THE FOURTH TIME. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE SEAT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY.*JB

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Apr 14, 2004GA

WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUE TO MALFUNCTION PERODICALLY CAUSING DIFFICULTY SEEING IN RAINY WEATHER.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Sep 10, 2003110,000 milesSD

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH IN THE RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. BECAUSE OF POOR VISIBILITY VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCH. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, BUT MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

Seats
Filed May 6, 2002LA

CONSUMER STATES THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE SEATS, FIRST COMPLAINT WAS MADE WHEN THE SEAT WAS SQUEAKING ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, DEALER LUBED THE SEAT MECHANISM, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, DEALER LATER PERFORMED CAMPAIGN 94-C-62, REPLACING THE SEAT RECLINER BOLTS, WHILE PERFORMING RECALL, DEALER FOUND ONE OF THE SEAT BACK BOLTS BROKEN WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RECLINER AND FRAME, DEALER REPLACED THE RECLINER AND FRAME, THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS TOO FAR BACK AND THE DEALER COULD NOT ADJUST THE SEAT BACK, WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVERS SEAT RECLINER BOLT BROKE, THE DRIVER LANDED IN THE BACK SEAT, ALMOST CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, LUCKILY THE PASSENGER GRABBED THE STEERING WHEEL AND KEPT CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE AGAIN THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT RECLINER FRAME BROKE, CAUSING DEALER TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE FRAME. *SLC

Seats
Filed Feb 7, 2002FL

WHILE DRIVING 35MPH SEAT COLLAPSED WITHOUT WARNING. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Filed Aug 2, 2001MI

WHILE DRIVING 30MPH ACCELERATOR LINKAGE WOULD LOCK. WOULD HAVE NO CONTROL OVER PEDAL AND SPEED WOULD INCREASE. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD GO INTO A SPIN. AFTER HEARING SEVERAL CLICKS, ACCELERATOR WOULD THEN RELEASE, AND WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM. CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT APPLIED WHEN THIS HAPPENED. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES FOR PROBLEM WHICH WAS NOT SOLVED.*AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jul 13, 2001MN

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTETNLY FAIL, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. CONSUMER CAN OPEN HOOD, HIT WIPER MOTOR OR WIGGLE WIPER HARNESS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL BEGIN TO WORK, BUT EVENTUALLY FAIL AGAIN. *AK *SLC

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Dec 4, 2000CA

SEATBELT BROKE FROM ANCHOR ,AND DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. ALSO, SEAT FELL BACKWARD, UNSECURED. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jul 6, 2000SC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING WHILE DRIVING. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Feb 22, 2000TX

WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. COMMON PROBLEM. THERE IS A RECALL FOR OTHER MAKE/ MODELS, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Lever and Linkage › Column Shift
Filed Feb 9, 2000MS

WHILE DRIVING ON DIRT ROAD, TRAVELLING 30MPH GOT STUCK IN THE MUD. TURNED 4-WHEEL DRIVE ON, BUT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. CONTACTED THE DEALER. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED, AND THEY REPLACED THE ACTUATOR. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING ON A DIRT ROAD WITH LOOSE GRAVEL TURNED 4-WHEEL ON, AND WOULDN'T ENGAGE, REPLACED THE ACTUATOR. GOT CAUGHT IN A SNOW STORM. STOPPED AT A STORE TO GET SUPPLIES. WENT BACK TO VEHICLE TO TURN 4-WHEEL ON, AND IT DIDN'T ENGAGE. *AK

14 of 14 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20070300Routine
199620010Routine
1995134010Routine
199444000Routine
1993 — this page14000Routine
199220010Routine
19914000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

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.