1991 Chevrolet C/K Pickups

Routine

Owners filed 6 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 › Motor2
000
Tires1
000
Suspension1
000
Structure › Body1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Aug 7, 2009KS

PEP BOYS CORNELL 535 235/75/R/15 ALL SEASON RADIAL DOT # 3DHL XC7 0433 TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. *TR

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Oct 29, 2007CA

WIPER MOTOR DOES NOT WORK WHEN EXPOSED TO CONDENSATION, I.E., WORKS WHEN DRY BUT DOESN'T WORK WHEN RAINING. *TR

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Oct 10, 2006WI

FRONT CROSS MEMBER THAT HOLDS UP THE FUEL TANK RUSTED (NOT THE STRAP) CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO DROP. HAD TO REPLACE THE CROSS MEMBER. *JB

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jul 28, 200565,000 milesNC

MY WINDSHIELD MOTOR WENT OUT QUIT AWHILE AGO. I DRIVE WITH NO WIPERS AND CAN'T SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY COME ON SOMETIMES, AND WHEN IT SEEMS TO NOT WORK IS WHEN IT RAINS. I WONDERED IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE MOTOR, OR A DEFECT THAT CAN GET IT REPLACED. ALSO MY AIR CONDITIONER IS NOT WORKING FOR THE PAST YEAR, AND BLINKING WITH THE A/C. LIGHT ON. I CAN'T SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *NM

Structure › Body
Filed Mar 11, 200465,000 milesCA

I HAVE A 1991 CHEVROLET C/K 1500, 4WD, EXTENDED CAB TRUCK PAINTED WHITE AND THE PAINT IS PEELING OFF. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF TRUCKS IN OUR AREA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE MODEL YEARS 1987 TO 1993, WHITE CHEVROLET C/K 1500 AND 2500 TRUCKS, BOTH 2WD AND 4WD ARE AFFECTED. THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER TOLD ME THAT HE WAS AWARE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE WHITE TRUCKS BUT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO RE-PAINT THEM AS THEY WERE TOO OLD. *AK

Suspension
Filed Aug 6, 1999LA

WHILE DRIVING 40MPH & VEHICLE WOULD DRIFT WHILE MOVING, WOULD TRY TO CORRECT STEERING & THE WHEEL WOULD JERK IN HAND. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK

6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200214000Routine
200124000Routine
200034100Routine
199937111Fatalities reported
199878110Routine
199772100Routine
199622100Routine
199523120Routine
199452110Routine
199312000Routine
19927000Routine
1991 — this page6000Routine
19901000Routine

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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.