2003 Chevrolet C5500

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure › Frame and Members1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System
Filed Jul 8, 201143,170 milesFL

UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNINGS, FAN FLEW APART CAUSING DAMAGE TO FAN HOUSING AND RADIATOR. RADIATOR, BLADE, SHROUD, CLUTCH AND COOLANT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Sep 14, 200630,000 milesCA

PERSISTENT AND RECURRING FRAME CRACKS AT LOW MILEAGE THAT EXCEED THE NORTH AMERICAN OUT OF SERVICE CRITERIA. MFG REFUSES TO MAKE REPAIRS. *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Dec 6, 20043,000 milesFL

VEHICLE LOST BRAKING POWER WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO FOUND THAT THE METALLIC HOSE WAS ERUPTED BY A POWER STEERING CLAMP RUBBING AGAINST IT. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2006
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20090200Routine
20081500Routine
20072600Routine
20068310Routine
20054200Routine
20041000Routine
2003 — this page3000Routine

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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.