1994 Chevrolet K15

Routine

Owners filed 29 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seats › front assembly › recliner. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner6
001
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor2
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc2
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip2
100
Seats2
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission2
000
Electrical System › Ignition2
000
Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs1
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer1
000
Vehicle Speed Control › Cruise Control1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Mar 23, 200486,000 milesIL

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR PROBLEM. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THIS MAKE/MODEL AND YEAR; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *MR

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed May 8, 2003KY

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND SHUT OFF AT VARIOUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE PROBLEM WAS THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE. *SCC

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Aug 2, 1999TN

THERE IS A RECALL ON THE PART REQUIRED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, BUT GM DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM ON MY VEHICLE. (MFG. CAMPAIGN 98043).

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Mar 30, 1998FL

WHENEVER ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED, WOULD BOUNCE UP AND DOWN. HAVE BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THE PROBLEM. BRAKE PADS & ROTORS BEEN REPLACED BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED RIGHT, WOULD GO LEFT. *AK

Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs
Filed Sep 30, 1997NE

DRIVING 70-75 MPH, HAD TO PULL TO ANOTHER LANE TO AVOID TRUCK; WAS RETURNING TO LANE WHEN HUBCAP CAME OFF & HIT WINDSHIELD; VEHICLE TILTED LEFT AFTER TIRE CAME OFF. TOWED TO DEALER & TOLD LUG:NUTS:BOLTS WERE MISSING. *AK

Power Train › Clutch Assembly › Pedal/Hand Lever(motorcycle)
Filed Sep 8, 1997LA

HEART INSIDE A CLOSED VEHICLE IS SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW THE CLUTCH PEDAL PLASTIC BUSHING TO EXPAND AND THE CLUTCH PEDAL TO BECOME DISENGAGED FROM THE CLUTCH. *AK

Suspension › Front
Filed Nov 15, 1996AL

AT HIGH SPEEDS (40-75MPH) THE VEHICLE DRIFTS TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE DRIFTS LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN DRIVING AT POSTED SPEEDS AND MUST MAKE CORRECTIONS AT ALL TIMES EVEN WHEN TIRES WERE CHANGED AND FRONT END WAS CHECKED AND REALIGNED 2 OR 3 TIMES BY DEALERSHIP, SITUATION HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH SEVERAL SHOPS BUT NO ONE FIND THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED THT MAYBE IT IS THE POWER STEERING.*JB

Seats
Filed Jul 23, 1996IL

PURCHASE TRUCK AS SAVAGE AND RECEIVED RECALL AND MANUFACTURER WILL NOT DO RECALL 95V246000. *AK

Seats
Filed Jul 22, 1996AR

FAILURE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT WHEN DRIVING THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT MOVES. *AK GM STATED THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST CONSUMER IN CORRECTING THIS PROBLEM SINCE IT WAS A USED VEHICLE. *SLC

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed May 23, 1996CA

IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, RESULTING IN REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. OWNER HAD OTHER OCCASIONS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Mar 13, 1996TX

POWERTAIN ASSEMBLY, FAILURE THE DIFFERENTAL PINION GEAR INSTALLED IMPROPERLY WHICH MAKES A LOUD NOISE, GRINDING NOISE. *AK

Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed Mar 11, 1996VA

ENTERING TRUCK WHEN HIGH BUCKET SEATBACK COLLAPSED INTO BACK SEAT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Mar 4, 1996OK

FRONT BRAKES WORN OUT, CAUSING FAILURE. *SD

Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed Mar 1, 1996FL

WHILE DRIVING SEATBACK FAILED LOCATED @ HINGE COLLAPSING. THIS HAS OCCURRED 3 TO 4 TIMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition › Module
Filed Jan 4, 1996IA

COMPUTER SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING CAR TO STALL. *DSH

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Dec 12, 1995IA

WHILE DRIVING OR IDLING VEHICLE STALLS OUT WITH NO WARNING AFTER INCIDENT SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT SOMETIMES COMES ON. TT

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Dec 5, 1995NV

PURCHASE TRUCK NEW WHEN SHIFT GEAR AND DOWN SHIFT THERE IS A NOISE . TT

Vehicle Speed Control › Cruise Control
Filed Nov 27, 1995NY

VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, TO STOP VEHICLE APPLIED THE BRAKES, KEPT DRIVING UNTIL VEHICLE WENT INTO CLOSED POSITION. TT

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Oct 10, 1995ME

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, WHEN ENGAGED IN GEAR ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, VEHICLE WILL ROLL BACK. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Oct 2, 1995MI

ABS: APPLIED BRAKES, DID NOT SLOW DOWN VEHICLE; CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING; RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT; NO WARNING; REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. TT

20 of 29 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19967000Routine
199538001Fatalities reported
1994 — this page29000Routine
199315000Routine
199211020Routine
19919010Routine
19906100Routine

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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.