1990 Chevrolet C15

Routine

Owners filed 8 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › buckle assembly. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure › Frame and Members2
000
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly2
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Abs Warning Light1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
100
Seat Belts › Front › Retractor1
101
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages90V108000
Filed Jun 4, 19901,962 vehiclesGeneral Motors Corp.

Defect. LOOSE PIVOT BOLT HOLDING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO ITS SUPPORT BRACKET COULD DISENGAGE FROM THE NUT.

Risk. THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF BRAKING ACTIVITY THAT COULDRESULT IN A TRUCK CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

Remedy. RETORQUE BRAKE PEDAL PIVOT BOLTS TO SPECIFICATIONS TO PREVENT LOOSENING.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Apr 30, 1998MN

PAINT IS PEEELING OFF, EXPOSING PRIMER.

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Apr 24, 1998ID

ORIGINAL PAINT PEELED OFF.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Nov 20, 199700

BRAKES APPLIED, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, NO RESPONSE FROM ANTI- LOCK BRAKES AND ITS WARNING SYSTEMS. FINALE: VEHICLE CRASH. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Feb 23, 1996AZ

DRIVER/FT. PASSENGER/REAR MIDDLE PASSENGER SEATBELT BUCKLE WILL NO FASTEN. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Abs Warning Light
Filed Nov 1, 1995MD

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE ABS ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON IT WILL NOT GO OFF . TT THE BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ALTHOUGH THE BRAKES DID NOT FEEL AS THOUGH THEY WERE APPLIED. *YH

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
Filed Oct 10, 1995NY

A/T: DRIVESHAFT MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM, HAS FIBER GLASS SLEEVE, MOISTURE CAUSED CORROSION AT REAR END OF DRIVESHAFT; DRIVESHAFT FAILED; LOSS VEHICLE POWER. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Jun 28, 1995DE

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE LATCH FAILURE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › RetractorCrash1 injured
Filed May 10, 1995MI

WHILE DRIVING, DURING SIDE IMPACT 3:00 ON RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, AT APPROX. 40MPH DRIVER'S SHOULDER/LAP BELT FAIL TO RETRACT, RESULT HIT STEERING COLUMN.

8 of 8 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
199626000Routine
199560011Fatalities reported
199441020Routine
199335020Routine
199214000Routine
199110010Routine
1990 — this page8100Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jun 4, 1990. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.