1993 Chevrolet C/K Pickups

Routine

Owners filed 12 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 › Motor7
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Switch/Wiring1
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer1
000
Structure › Body1
000
Power Train › Manual Transmission › Column Shift Assembly1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Dec 14, 2004PA

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR STOPPING. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Apr 3, 200460,000 milesVA

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. *NM

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jan 12, 200475,000 milesMS

WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE AS STATED IN RECALL 03V159000, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Dec 12, 2003MS

I HAVVE A '94 CHEVY Z71 4X4 SILVERALDO PICK UP, THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO! SOMETIMES I CAN GET THEM TO COME ON. THEN SOMETIMES THEY COME ON WHEN THEY WANT TO. ALOT OF TIMES THEY JUST STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHEILD. IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 08/93. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. SO I WENT AHEAD AND PAID $58.00+ FOR A NEW CIRCUT BOARD FOR THE WIPER MOTOR. IT SEEMED TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM. WE WILL SEE WHEN I REALLY NEED THEM THE MOST. I FEEL MY ISSUE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE GM RECALL NO. 03023. I AM SURE THERE ARE MORE CUSTOMERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE!!!!! TO SAY LEAST. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Dec 7, 200353,485 milesPA

THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 15,312 MILES, DEFAULTED TO 2ND GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SEEMING TO STAY IN GEAR AT 47,028 MILES, ENGINE WOULD SUDDENLY REV-UP THEN SLOWLY TAKE OFF (DIAGNOSED BY DEALER AS FUEL PICK UP PROBLEM); HOWEVER, I HAD THEIR TRANSMISSION SERVICE DONE AT THAT TIME, 10 MONTHS AGO. NOW AT 53485 MILES THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING INTO GEARS AUTOMATICALLY (DEALER SAY IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN). *LA

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Sep 25, 200345,000 milesIL

WINDSHIELD WIPER MALFUNCTION. SAME SYMPTOMS THAT LED TO NHTSA (CAMPAIGN ID #03V159000) AND GENERAL MOTORS (#03023) RECALLS. VEHICLE WAS BUILT VERY LATE IN MODEL YEAR 1993, UNDOUBTEDLY WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART THAT PROMPTED THE RECALL BEGINNING WITH 1994 MODEL VEHICLES.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jul 20, 2003140,000 milesFL

WINSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO OPERATE IN ALL MODES SLOW,FAST,INTERM.). PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE.*AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Jun 4, 200358,000 milesNY

I OWN A 1993 CHEVROLET K SERIES PICK UP AND AM EXPERIENCING WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILURE. THE WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING USUALLY IN BAD WEATHER(HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW). I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A GM RECALL 03023 FOR VEHICLES OF 1994 -1998. AFTER READING THIS IT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS TO MY VEHICLE. WHY ARE 1993'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS? *NLM

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Switch/Wiring
Filed Apr 20, 2003844,867 milesCA

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE NOT WORKED WELL FOR OVER A YEAR. THE MOTOR AND SWITCH IS SOUND BUT THE CIRCUIT BOARD DOES NOT SEND THE SIGNAL TO ACTIVATE THE WIPERS EITHER AT NORMAL SPEED, HIGH SPEED, OR INTERMITTENT. IT ALSO WILL NOT ACTIVATE THE FLUID WASHER THOUGH ITS MOTOR IS SOUND. PLEASE ADD MY YEAR TO THE RECALL INVESTIGATION. *JB

Structure › Body
Filed Oct 29, 1999LA

THE PAINT IS FLAKING OFF ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BARE METAL. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Sep 2, 1999GA

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL AFTER BEING IN USE. HAVE HAD TO STOP & GET OUT TO TAP WIPER MOTOR TO GET WIPERS TO WORK AGAIN. DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. *YC DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARD, JUST LIKE THE ONES ON RECALL THAT ARE 1994-1996 MODELS. *SLC

Power Train › Manual Transmission › Column Shift Assembly
Filed Mar 12, 1998PA

SHIFT LEVER SPRING BROKEN CAUSING GEARSHIFT ON STEERING COLUMN TO BE LOOSE.

12 of 12 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200214000Routine
200124000Routine
200034100Routine
199937111Fatalities reported
199878110Routine
199772100Routine
199622100Routine
199523120Routine
199452110Routine
1993 — this page12000Routine
19927000Routine
19916000Routine
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.