1994 Chevrolet Kodiak

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components › drum. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum1
100
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Nov 18, 1999ME

EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ARE WARPING AND EXPERIENCING ROUGH IDLING. DEALER REPLACED THE DISTRIBUTOR CAP / ROTOR AND THE MANIFOLD TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. ALSO FUEL GAUGE NOT WORKING, AND FRONT BRAKE PAS WERE SQUEALING.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › DrumCrash
Filed Apr 25, 1995VA

REAR BRAKES LOCK UP/FRONT BRAKES FAIL TO HOLD UNDER LIGHT LOADS, CAUSING 2 ACCIDENTS. *SKD

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2007
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20080100Routine
200710510Routine
20062500Routine
20053300Routine
20045500Routine
20031400Routine
20011000Routine
19961100Routine
19951100Routine
1994 — this page2000Routine
19931200Routine

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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.