1997 Chevrolet G35

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System	1		0	0	0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System

Filed Dec 1, 1999MA

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE ENGINE HAS TURNED OFF, THE POWER BRAKES FAILED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THIS CARGO VAN, FULLY LOADED, IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, WHEN THIS OCCURS(3 TIMES IN 18 MONTHS) THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE SITUATION, AND HAS INSTRUCTED ME TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH A RECORDING DEVICE PLUGGED INTO ITS COMPUTER. THIS WILL ALLOW ME TO PRESS A RED BUTTON TO INITIATE RECORDING WHEN THE PROBLEM RECURRS, HOWEVER I THINK DRIVIND THIS VEHICLE ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO MYSELF AND THE OTHER DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip

Filed Feb 10, 1998IL

ABS BRAKING PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY FRONT TO REAR PROPORTIONING. IDOT TRUCK TESTING SHOWED THAT THE FRONT BRAKING DOES APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL BRAKING CAUSING THE FRONT TIRES TO LOCK PREMATURELY THUS ACTIVATING THE ABS. THIS CAUSES A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN THE BRAKING OF THE VEHICLE.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999

Year	Complaints	Assessment
2002	2	Routine
2001	1	Routine
2000	1	Routine
1999	4	Routine
1998	3	Routine
1997 — this page	2	Routine
1995	2	Routine
1994	1	Routine
1993	1	Routine

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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.