1994 Chevrolet C Series(light)

Routine

Owners filed 27 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components › master cylinder. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder3
000
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage3
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission3
010
Vehicle Speed Control2
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components2
100
Visibility › Windshield1
000
Suspension › Front1
000
Structure › Body › Door1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Power Assist › Vacuum1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Jul 24, 1996FL

BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. *AW

Power Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Jul 2, 1996NJ

CLUTCH FAILED.

Seats
Filed Jun 19, 1996NM

SEAT FRAME BROKE, CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN DRIVERS SEAT PITCHED REARWARD UPON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. *DH

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed May 30, 1996AL

SEAT BELT UNSEWED AT DEALERSHIP, CAUSING DISCOLORATION WHICH DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR. *DH

Suspension › Front
Filed Apr 22, 1996IN

FRONT END OUT OF ALIGNMENT, CAUSING IT TO PULL RIGHT. *DSH

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Mar 29, 1996OK

NEEDLE HOLES/SMALL CUTS IN FRONT SEAT BELTS AFTER SEAT BELT RECALL REPAIRS.

Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed Nov 13, 1995OK

VEHICLE IS HARD TO START AFTER SITTING FOR AWHILE. *SD

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Sep 19, 1995IL

ENGINE FAILURE CAUSES VEHICLE TO STALL. *AW

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Aug 26, 1995VA

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *AW

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages
Filed Aug 8, 1995OK

DIFFICULTY SCHEDULING RECALL REPAIRS FOR BRAKE PEDAL PUSHROD RETAINERS. *SD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Jul 17, 1995TX

BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED, CAUSING LEAK. *SKD

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Jul 17, 1995MO

SEATBELT TOO TIGHT. *AW

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jul 11, 1995CA

VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, ALSO NOISY WHEN ENGAGED IN REVERSE.

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed May 18, 1995CA

SEAT BELT STICKS IN RETRACTOR. *AW

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed May 11, 1995NC

INTERMITTENT STALLING CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. *TW

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed May 8, 1995CA

BRAKES REPLACED DUE TO NOISE, POBLEM CONTINUES. *AW

Power Train › Automatic TransmissionFire
Filed May 7, 1995NJ

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE/GRINDED.

Structure › Body › Door
Filed Apr 15, 1995TX

COLD AIR ENTERS VEHICLE THROUGH POWER DOOR LOCK PANEL. *AW

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Mar 23, 1995CA

TRANSMISSION JUMPS FORWARD WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE/DRIVE GEAR. *AW

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 1, 1995CA

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *SKD

20 of 27 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19981000Routine
19972000Routine
19963000Routine
199543000Routine
1994 — this page27010Routine
199312010Routine
19925010Routine
19915000Routine
19905030Routine

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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.