1999 Chevrolet L Series

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering › rack and pinion. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports	Crashes
Steering › Rack and Pinion	1	0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	1	1
Power Train › Automatic Transmission	1	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash

Filed Sep 10, 20055 milesMN

ALTHOUGH OUR TRUCK MAKE AND MODEL HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR BRAKE SENSOR PROBLEMS IN THE "SALT BELT" OUR STATE OF MINNESOTA WAS NOT INCLUDED. I DO NOT KNOW WHY BECAUSE I KNOW WE USE PLENTY OF SALT HERE FOR APROX 5 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM IDENTIFIED WITH THE RECALL. OUR TRUCKS ANTI- LOCK BRAKES WILL ENGAGE AND THE TRUCK WILL SLIDE AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED. THE DATE INFORMATION BELOW IS APPROXIMATE.*JB

Power Train › Automatic Transmission

Filed Nov 20, 200460,000 milesPA

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING IN REVERSE UNTIL IT WENT OUT ALL TOGETHER. HAD IT REPLACED AT THE COST OF $1200.00, FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE "O" RING DRYING OUT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS ON A 1999 CHRYSLER CIRRUS WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES.*AK

Steering › Rack and Pinion

Filed Aug 9, 2004TX

WHILE TURNING LEFT CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999

Year	Complaints	Assessment
2002	1	Routine
2001	2	Routine
2000	1	Routine
1999 — this page	3	Routine
1995	1	Routine

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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.