1994 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck

Routine

Owners filed 35 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › windshield wiper/washer. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer7
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor4
000
Vehicle Speed Control2
000
Structure › Frame and Members2
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip2
000
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage2
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System2
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump2
000
Unknown or Other1
000
Tires1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Exterior Lighting06E040000
Filed May 15, 20061,648 vehiclesE Speed Racing

Defect. CERTAIN E SPEED RACING COMBINATION LAMPS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

Risk. WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.

Remedy. E SPEED RACING WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER TO REPURCHASE THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN MAY 10, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT E SPEED RACING 909-923-3636.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Jul 16, 2008TX

MY WIFE HAD A BLOW OUT (7/15/08) ON THE FREEWAY (MIDDLE LANE), TIRE POPPED & LOOKS LIKE TIRE TREAD ABOUT TO COME LOOSE ON OUTER SIDE OF TIRE WALL. I OWN (2) TWO TRUCKS A TOTAL OF (8) EIGHT TIRES, SIZE 32X11.50 R15 LT TIRES. AS A CONSUMER, I'M INQUIRING ON SOME FEED BACK. ALSO I WENT BACK TO TIRE SHOP & WAS TOLD TIRE WAS DISCONTINUED. (NEED TO SOLVE PROBLEM). *TR

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jan 18, 2004KS

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING. *CB

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Jan 12, 2004183,020 milesTX

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED OPERATING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK THE CONSUMER SUGGEST THERE MAY BE A RECALL FOR THERE VEHICLE. * CB *JB

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Jul 7, 2003120,314 milesTX

WINDSHIELD WIPERS OCASSIONALLY DO NOT WORK. *AK

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Feb 6, 2001PA

THE 3 FOOT LONG SECTION ALONG THE FRAME BELOW DRIVER'S AREA IS POSSIBLY DESIGNED WITH IMPROPER MATERIALS OR SHIELDING CAUSING THE BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINE TUBING TO CORRODE AND LEAK. *SLC

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump
Filed Jan 24, 2001TN

CONSUMER HAS HAD THE FUEL INJECTION PUMP REPLACED 7 TIMES, ON ONE OCCASION, THE PUMP FAILED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE STEERING. *SLC

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Jun 16, 2000TX

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT COME ON, TURNED THEM OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES AND FINALLY CAME ON

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed May 11, 2000MI

GMC HAS HAD RECALLS ON THE BRAKES AND WINSHIELD WIPERS HOW COME THIS YEAR TRUCK WAS NOT RECALLED, ALSO THE MASTER CYLENDER WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES, AND THATS NOT NORMAL ON ANY VEHICLE, NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL??

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed May 2, 2000TX

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Jan 25, 2000SC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPE DWORKING IN RAIN. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Dec 7, 1999NY

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARD HAS BEEN REPLACED AT MY COST. THERE ARE TWO RECALLS (#98V150000 & 98V150001) FOR SIMILAR TRUCKS FOR THIS SAME PART. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Nov 29, 1999LA

WHILE DRIVING, WITH THE SPEED CONTROL ON VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Unknown or Other
Filed Oct 23, 1999OH

FOR THE PAST 2YRS. MY ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON & SPARTAN CHEV. CAN NOT FIND THE REASON FOR THIS, NOW IT STARTS AND THERE IS NO HORSE POWER. WHAT CAN I DO? HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL? *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Aug 30, 1999HI

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILURE NUMEROUS TIMES

Exterior Lighting › Brake Lights › Switch
Filed Jul 30, 1999DE

BRAKE LIGHTS MALFUNCTION.CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jul 19, 1999NJ

WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING ALONG THE TRUCK WILL SHUT OFF. THE DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THE TRUCK TWICE AND CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. I GOING 55 AND THE TRUCK SHUT OFF THEN YOU PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND START IT AND IT IS FINE FOR SOMETIME. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jul 13, 1999MI

DURING RAIN OR SNOW WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD STOP AND I WOULD HAVE TO GO UNDER HOOD AND HIT WIPER MOTOR TO GET THEM TO RUN. I WAS CONCERNED AND WENT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT TRUCKS WERE BAD FOR WIPER MOTORS. THEN 7-12-99 MY SON HAD TOLD ME THAT HIS FELLOW WORKERS HAD THAT PROBLEM AND THAT THEY HAD RECALL ON THEIR TRUCKS. *AK

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed May 28, 1999CA

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER ATTACHING THE SEAT SIDES TOGETHER BROKE, IN THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT THE SEAT FRAME BROKE IN YET ANOTHER SPOT LEAVING THE SEAT UNSECURE AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Feb 9, 1999OR

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTANTLY, ESPECIALLY IF DRIVER GOES OVER A BUMP OR STOPS SUDDENLY.

Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed May 12, 1998PA

FUEL INJECTION PUMP HAS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES.

20 of 35 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200340002Fatalities reported
200237000Routine
200121000Routine
200019000Routine
199935100Routine
199833101Fatalities reported
199748100Routine
199649100Routine
199553100Routine
1994 — this page35100Routine
199313010Routine
199213000Routine
199113011Fatalities reported
199011010Routine

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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: May 15, 2006. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.