1997 Chevrolet K10

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires1
000
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System1
000
Steering1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Steering
Filed Jul 22, 1999MN

VEHICLE DOES NOT STEER PROPERLY. STEERING WHEEL JERKS WHEN TRYING TO TURN. WHEEL POSITION SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE. DEALER CONTACTED ,AND EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, REPAIRWORK NOT DONE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Oct 5, 1998IA

POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT TWICE AFTER MAKING A SHARP TURN, AND A SEAL BUSTED ONCE. *AK *ML

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Sep 9, 1998AZ

BRAKES ARE SPONGY AND HAVE LONG STOPPING DISTANCES. THE ANIT-LOCK SYSTEM KICKS IN THE PEDAL DROPS TO THE FLOOR LOSING MOST OF THE STOPING POWER AND HAS LOCKED UP THE BACK WHEELS. CAUSING CONTROL LOST OF THE TRUCK WHILE GOING AROUND CORNERS. THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO ENGAGE WHEN THE TRUCK HIT A BUMP DURING NORMAL BRAKING ALSO CAUSING LONG STOPPING DISTANCE AND LOSS OF CONTROL. NOT YET HAD A TOTAL FAILURE OF BRAKE SYSTEM.

Tires
Filed Sep 30, 1997NV

WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HITS THE A-FRAME, CAUSING THE FRONT END TO JUMP.

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20000100Routine
19994000Routine
19984000Routine
1997 — this page4000Routine
19968310Routine
199518200Routine
19948600Routine
19934200Routine
19924310Routine
19912200Routine
19902310Routine

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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.