Power Train › Automatic TransmissionFire
Filed Jul 29, 1996CA
TRANSMISSION FIRE PRIOR TO RECALL. *DH
1990 Chevrolet C Series(light)
Routine
Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Power Train › Automatic Transmission | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEngine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Jun 6, 1996TX
ENGINE FIRE. *DH
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jun 7, 1995MI
DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH MISALIGNED, PREVENTING DOOR FROM CLOSING. (OTHER VEHICLE ON 479691) *SKD
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Apr 11, 1995OH
FAULTY BRAKE SYSTEM. *AW
StructureFire
Filed Feb 23, 1995MI
FIRE IN BED OF TRUCK. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT) *SKD
5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.