1998 Chevrolet G Series

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › rearview mirrors/devices › exterior. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices › Exterior1
000
Tires1
102
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
TiresCrash2 injured
Filed Aug 9, 2000NJ

ONE OF SEVERAL FAILURES WE EXPERIENCED WITH THIS TIRE. ALL TIRES FAILED ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE TIRES SEPERATED AND THE TREAD COME OFF THE CASING OF THE TIRE. WE ARE NO LONGER USING THIS TIRE ON OUR VEHICLES, NO OTHER TIRE HAS FAILED ON OUR TRUCKS, WITH THE SAME LOAD AND CONDITIONS.( DOT NUMBER: VN11B1A188 TIRE SIZE: 24575R16 )

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Nov 23, 1999UN

BRAKES FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE ACCIDENT, AFTER REPAIRED VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES CONTINUALLY, AFTER SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS VEHICLE IS NOT ABLE TO BE RECTIFIED OF FAILURE. MJS

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages
Filed Oct 29, 1999LA

ABS FAILURE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL KICKS BACK AND VEHICLE DO NOT STOP WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SURFACE. YH

Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices › Exterior
Filed Feb 18, 1999TX

BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR VIBRATE BADLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO FOCUS ON ANY OBJECT THROUGH THE MIRRORS.

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20070200Routine
20060200Routine
20050200Routine
20030100Routine
20020100Routine
20010100Routine
20003100Routine
19992000Routine
1998 — this page4000Routine
19976100Routine
19966000Routine
199513000Routine
199412000Routine
199316000Routine
19926010Routine
19913010Routine
19902110Routine

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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.