1995 Chevrolet C15

Fatalities reported

Owners filed 60 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › frontal. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Air Bags › Frontal19
18019
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip6
100
Seats4
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer3
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components3
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor2
000
Vehicle Speed Control2
000
Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner2
000
Seat Belts › Front › Retractor2
000
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly2
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Nov 5, 2004MO

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH WIPER MOTOR PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTICE. *BF THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS MADE PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE. *NM

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Nov 30, 2000TX

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY DURING OPERATION, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. CONSUMER WILL HAVE TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE AND WIGGLE CONNECTOR TO RESTART WIPERS, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY WILL FAIL AGAIN. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS TOLD VEHICLE WAS IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAD SAME DEFECT. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Aug 15, 2000OH

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH FRONT LEFT BRAKE DISC ROTOR BROKE, LEAVING VEHICLE WITH NO FRONT BRAKING POWER. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Seats
Filed Oct 23, 1999WA

FRONT DRIVERS SEAT DISPLAYED AN INCREASING WOBBLE FROM ABOUT MID OCT 1999. WHEN THE WOBBLE WORSENED, I ATEMPTED TO TIGHTEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT ANCHOR BOLTS (WHERE SEAT ASSEMBLY ATTACHES TO SEAT FRAME STRUCTURE). AT THAT TIME I FOUND THAT THE FRONT STRUCTURAL CROSS MEMBER OF THE DRIVERS SEAT HAD SHATTERED AT THE MOUNTING BOLT DISPLAYING SEVERE FATIGUE FAILURE. IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR THERE IS HIGH PROBABILITY OF THE SEAT DISLODGING OR COLLAPSING DUE TO COMPROMISED STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Oct 11, 1999TX

WIPER BOARD WAS FIXED FOR OVER 100 DOLLARS, BUT LATER FOUND THAT MANY OTHER TRUCKS OF SAME TYPE HAVE HAD A RECALL, SO WHY CAN'T THIS TRUCK HAVE IT ALSO, IF HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS?

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Oct 11, 1999TX

THIS TRUCK HAS ABS. AT SPEEDS ABOVE 25 MPH, WHEN THE BRAKES ARE EVEN LIGHTLY TOUCHED, ON ANY SURFACE, THE TRUCK WILL SHAKE TREMENDOUSLY (ENOUGH TO SHAKE YOU OUT OF THE SEAT). 2 MECHANICS SO FAR HAVE FOUND NO PROBLEMS. TAKING THIS TO THE LOCAL DEALER IN 2 DAYS.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Jun 14, 1999TX

WINDSHIELD WIPERS / WASHER FAILED, RECALL ON COMPONENT HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO VIN #. YC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Mar 23, 1999CA

WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADE MOTOR FAILS INTERMITTENTLY. GM IS AWARE AND HAS A RECALL CAMPAIGN, BUT THAT MY TRUCK VIN NO DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL. ALSO ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM THERE SEEMS TO BE A DELAY FROM THE TIME OF BRAKE APPLICATION TO THE ACTUAL MECHANICAL STOPPING OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Power Assist › Vacuum
Filed Feb 3, 1998CA

POWER BOOSTER FAILED TWICE. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL WILL ENGAGE AUTOMATICALLY. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Jun 12, 1997AZ

MASTER CYLINDER LEAKS BRAKE FLUID. *AK

Service Brakes, Air › Antilock
Filed Jan 28, 1997FL

MADE A SUDDEN STOP AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, HAD TO PUMP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE BRAKES TO WORK CORRECTLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Oct 18, 1996CA

WHILE DRIVING ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN STOP SIGN, SLAMMED INTO THE FRONT LEFT, SECOND IMPACT WAS LEFT REAR NEAR GAS TANK, THIRD IMPACT WAS INTO TELEPHONE POLE IN THE FRONT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURIES.

Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed Oct 11, 1996TX

RIGHT FRONT SEAT WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE, CONTINUES TO MOVE WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.*AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash3 injured
Filed Sep 10, 1996TX

DRIVING VEHICLE AT 35 MPH, JUST STARTED TO RAIN, ANOTHER VEHICLE DARTED IN FRONT OF TRUCK, DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES (ABS), SIDE SWIPED OTHER VEHICLE, DRIVER PULLED OVER, GRASS AREA WET FROM RAIN, VEHICLE SLID INTO TREE, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash2 injured1 killed
Filed Sep 4, 1996IL

THE TRUCK HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT AT 55 MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Aug 30, 1996MN

ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES MAKES A LOUD NOISE AND JERK AND LOCKUP. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Jul 25, 1996OH

CLIP THAT HOLDS THE SEAT BELT WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE DOOR AND FLOOR SEPERATED. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Jul 25, 1996MI

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT BINDS UP ABOVE THE BRACKET UPON USAGE. *AK BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS FOLD OVER BIND, IN THE JAM YOU CAN NOT PUT THEM ON, ALOS IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PUT THEM ON THEY WILL NOT RETRACT AND GET CAUGHT IN THE DOOR LATCH, BOTH HAVE BROKEN AND DEALER REPLACED THE DOOR LATCH, BUT SAID THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIX THE SEAT BELT,*JB

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Jun 17, 1996TN

FRONTAL COLLISION DUE A FAULTY MASTER CLYINDER ON THE BRAKES, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPPED 35MPH, DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Jun 17, 1996CA

UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH, AT APPROX. 50MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DUAL AIRBAGS FAIL TO DEPLOY. *AK

20 of 60 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
199626000Routine
1995 — this page60011Fatalities reported
199441020Routine
199335020Routine
199214000Routine
199110010Routine
19908100Routine

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Reading this record

1 death reported in complaints filed with NHTSA.

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.