1996 Chevrolet C Series(light)

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Pump1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components1
101
Electrical System › Wiring › Rear Compartment/Trunk1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › Wiring › Rear Compartment/Trunk
Filed Dec 13, 2004AR

FUEL PUMP QUIT, I'VE BEEN A MECHANIC FOR 25 YEARS. I BELIEVE THE WIRE GOING TO THE FUEL PUMP ON THE CHEV/GMC TRUCKS INCLUDING PICKUP IS UNSAFE. I'VE HAD SEVERAL SHOW THAT THE REASON THEY QUIT IS BECAUSE THE WIRE HAS BEEN HOT. THIS WIRE CONNECTOR IS ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE PLATE ON THE TOP OF THE TANK. I DON'T KNOW HOW THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FIRE YET.

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Pump
Filed Jun 5, 1996MI

POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT BROKE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER/STOP VEHICLE. *DH

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation ComponentsCrash1 injured
Filed May 15, 1996NY

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WHEN DRIVER TRIED TO STOP VEHICLE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ENTER INTERSECTION, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. *DSH

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19981000Routine
19972000Routine
1996 — this page3000Routine
199543000Routine
199427010Routine
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.