2003 Chevrolet Incomplete/Cutaway C3

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine
Filed Oct 31, 201373,000 milesMI

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BROKE. 2 ON LEFT BANK, 1 ON RIGHT, DUE TO EXTREME HEAT IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. MY MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS SO LITTLE ROOM FOR AIR TO CIRCULATE, AROUND THESE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS, THAT THEY GET RED HOT. WHEN THERE ARE WET ROADS, WATER MAY SPLASH UP IN THIS AREA AND CAUSE A FRACTURE ON THESE BOLTS AND MANIFOLDS. MY CONCERN IS THE SAFETY OF ALL THIS HEAT BUILD-UP IN THIS CONFINED AREA. MY VEHICLE IS A MOTORHOME, WITH 2-4 PEOPLE ON BOARD WHEN WE DRIVE IT. SHOULD I BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT CATCHING ON FIRE? WHAT IF I DRIVE 250 MILES, PULL OFF IN A REST STOP TO TAKE A NAP, AND IT CATCHES FIRE WHILE I'M SLEEPING IN IT? NOT TO MENTION THIS IS A $1000 FIX ON THIS ENGINE. I THINK CHEVROLET SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20051000Routine
2003 — this page1000Routine
20022000Routine
19991000Routine

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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.