Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2002 record →
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FRONT TIRES HAVE TREAD SEPARATION AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED SIZE#LT24575R16 PLEASE PROVIDE. *TS
5.7L VOTEX ENGINE LOSES ACCELERATION POWER WHEN AIR CONDITIONER WAS BEING USED. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND THEY KEPT INFORMING CONSUMER THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG, THAT THENORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THAT VEHICLE CAUSED PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
DISCOVERED MY DIFFERENTIAL WAS WET WITH OIL ,SAW DRIPS ON GARAGE FLOOR. DEALER SAYS IT IS THE TUBE SEALS ON THE AXLE AT THE DIFFERENTIAL. LET IT GO AND COME BACK IN 1,000 MILES AND IT SHOULD CORRECT ITSELF. I AM LEAVING BEFORE 1,000 MILES WILL BE PUT ON TO DRIVE TO FLORIDA (2,000 MILES ROUNDTRIP) TOWING A 26 FT TRAILER. I DONT WANT MY REAR TO SEIZE UP AT 65 MPH ON I-95 AT 2 AM!*AK
12 PASSENGER VEHICLE DOES NOT COME EQUIPPED WITH ANY DOOR AJAR WARNING SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING DOOR CAME OPEN BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PROPERLY CLOSED, SOMEONE ALMOST FELL OUT. ALSO, THERE WAS NO WARNING. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SHUT OFF, AND GASOLINE HAD LEAKED ALL OVER THE ROAD. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED OUT. *AK
CHEVYROLET DOESN'T SEEM CONCERNED. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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