1997 Chevrolet K Series

Routine

Owners filed 5 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
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip3
000
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System1
000
Steering1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Sep 1, 200551,000 milesCT

NOTED ABS ACTIVATION AT LOW SPEEDS - APPROX. 5 MPH UNDER VERY GENTLE BRAKE ACTIVATION. NO ACCIDENT OR CONSEQUENCES, SINCE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT ANY BRAKING ABNORMALITIES. TOOK TO DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE ABS "HUB AND SWITCH" OF ONE WHEEL. *NM

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Sep 1, 200553,000 milesCT

THE POWER STEERING ASSIST IS ERRATIC. WHILE DRIVING - GENERALLY MOST NOTICEABLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL "JERK" SLIGHTLY, OR FEEL AS IF IT IS HELD BACK FOR A SECOND OR TWO AND SUDDENLY RELEASED. MOST NOTICEABLE IN STRAIGHT AHEAD OR SLIGHT TURN SITUATIONS. *NM

Steering
Filed Jan 15, 2004UT

WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, IT JERKED UNEXPECTEDLY. THE DRIVER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *NM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Sep 17, 1999OH

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ANY GIVEN WHEEL WILL LOCK UP, AND VEHICLE WILL SKID,,ESPECIALLY IN WET WEATHER. DEALER SAYS BRAKES ARE NORMAL. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jun 24, 1998TX

WHEN ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IS LEFT ON IT CAUSES THE ROTORS TO WARP. WHEN TOWING A LOAD OF 3000 LBS. THE BRAKE SYSTEM WILL FAIL TO OPERATE PROPERLY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND WILL NOT REPAIR WITHOUT COST TO THE CONSUMER. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHICH ALMOST INVOLVED CONSUMER IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *AK

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20011000Routine
20001000Routine
19983000Routine
1997 — this page5000Routine
19961000Routine
19943000Routine
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.