1999 Chevrolet C Series

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump
Filed Dec 14, 200693,000 milesCA

FUEL PUMP FAILS WITHOUT WARNING RESULTING IN REPLACEMENT COSTS OF $1,000. FAILURE OCCURRED ON SAN BERNARDINO FWY AND WAS NEARLY STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE CHP ARRIVED TO DIVERT TRAFFIC. *JB

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Jan 15, 200450,200 milesIN

MISFIRE ON ALL CYLS DID NOT PASS EMISSIONS INSPECTION TEST. FACTORY BULLETIN SAYS THAT WATER FROM DEFECTIVE CHECKVALVE ON VAPOR CANISTOR WILL CONTAMINATE FUEL RAIL CAUSING EMISSIONS SYSTEM FAILURE. FACTORY WARRANTY IS SUPOSSED TO COVER EMISSION SYSTEM TO 70,000 MI.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Apr 21, 2000CA

BRAKES AND/OR COMBINATION VALVE HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. *AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20081000Routine
20072000Routine
20023000Routine
20012200Routine
1999 — this page3000Routine
199817000Routine
199722000Routine
199611010Routine
199510000Routine
19942000Routine
19937010Routine
19921000Routine
19911000Routine
19901010Routine

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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.