Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1994 Chevrolet K Series

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › windshield. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Windshield2
000
Seat Belts1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Windshield
Filed Jan 15, 2004144,000 milesMN

THERE ARE SEVERAL ACTIVE RECALLS ON THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE WIPERS ON 1994+ CHEVROLET 2&4WD C/K SERIES (NHTSA 03V159000 AND NHTSA 98V150001 SPECIFICALLY), WHEN MINE FAILED AS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHERS DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE SOLDER ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD, CHEVROLET STATED THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR FREE AS STATED ON THE NHTSA SITE, AND THEY AREN'T AFFILIATED WITH THEM, AND WOULD NOT REPAIR THE DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT, REGARDLESS OF BEING A SAFETY ISSUE, AND BEING THE EXACT PART STATED IN THE RECALLS. I PAID THE $100.23 FOR THE BOARD REPLACEMENT.

Visibility › Windshield
Filed Jun 14, 1999VA

CONSUMER WINDSHIELD WIPER SODER JOINT AND WW MODULE IS BAD. THEY WORK INTERMITENLT.

Seat Belts
Filed Sep 23, 1998PA

WHEN LATCHING THE SEAT BELTS IN, THE LOCKING MECHANISM DOESN'T LOCK. WHEN PULLING ON THE BELTS THEY DON'T TIGHTEN. *AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20011000Routine
20001000Routine
19983000Routine
19975000Routine
19961000Routine
1994 — this page3000Routine
19931000Routine

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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.