1998 Chevrolet K10

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front1
000
Structure › Body › Door1
000
Steering › Linkages1
000
Air Bags › Frontal1
100

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Body › Door
Filed Jul 26, 2002TX

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR CANNOT OPEN UNLESS THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR IS OPENED FIRST. THERE IS NO HANDLE ON THE BACK DOOR. CONSUMER SPOKE WITH THE CHEVROLET REP. AND WAS INFORMED THAT THAT IS THE WAY THE VEHICLE IS DESIGNED. *JG

Suspension › Front
Filed Dec 29, 1999AK

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH SUSPENSION PULLING, NOISE IS ALSO NOTICABLE ON THE LEFT/PULLING SIDE, UNABLE TO BE RECTIFIED. *MJS

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Jan 6, 1999AL

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY CAME UPON AN ACCIDENT AND HIT ANOTHER AUTOMOBILE SIDEWAYS. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Steering › Linkages
Filed Dec 17, 1998UT

BOLT THAT HOLDS SPLIT STEERING SHAFT CAME OUT CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20000100Routine
19994000Routine
1998 — this page4000Routine
19974000Routine
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.