1994 Chevrolet K35

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the latches/locks/linkages › hatchback/liftgate › lock. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure › Frame and Members1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hatchback/Liftgate › Lock1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Mar 21, 1996MA

DUMP TRUCK WITH EXTENDED CAB, VEHICLE MAIN FRAME IS BENT OUT OF SHAPE *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 4, 1995NH

ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hatchback/Liftgate › Lock
Filed Mar 3, 1995TX

TAIL GATE POPS OPEN WHILE DRIVING AND TOWING DUE TO POOR DESIGN WHEN DRIVING THE SPREADING OF BED AND LATCH BECOMING UNDONE. TT

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19964000Routine
19952000Routine
1994 — this page3000Routine
19934000Routine
19923000Routine
19911000Routine
19900100Routine

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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.