Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1996 Chevrolet Conventional

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › power assist › vacuum. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Power Assist › Vacuum1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System1
000
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed Mar 7, 2005WA

CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1996 PICKUP, REPLACED ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP. *BF THE VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND COULDN'T PULL THE CONSUMER'S SMALL CAMPER UPHILL WITHOUT SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THE CONSUMER REPLACE THE COMPUTER THEMSELVES TO REDUCE THE COST OF REPAIR. THIS CORRECT THE PROBLEM FOR A WHILE BUT THE VEHICLE BEGAN PERFORMING POORLY AGAIN. THE CONSUMER ENDED UP REPLACING THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP THREE TIMES. THE CONSUMER HEARD OF A RECALL FOR THE INJECTOR PUMP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE REPAIRS COULDN'T BE MADE BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ON THE COMPUTER AND INJECTOR PUMP WERE DIFFERENT. *NM

Electrical System
Filed Nov 19, 200310,998 milesCA

PROBLEMS WITH CD PLAYER, TAIL LIGHTS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL WIPER MOTOR. AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY DIDN'T WORK, CD PLAYER WENT OUT AND THE WIPERS ONLY WORKED AT ONE SPEED. ALL THESE COMPONENTS WORKED FINE PRIOR TO RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY $335.24 TO HAVE THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. *NM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Power Assist › Vacuum
Filed Jun 28, 1999TX

BRAKE POWER BOOSTER FAILED. MJS

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20031000Routine
19994000Routine
199810000Routine
19978000Routine
1996 — this page3000Routine
19951000Routine
19943000Routine
19933000Routine

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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.