Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1992 record →
WHILE GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE AND TRYING TO SIT IN THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT THE CONSUMER CAN'T SIT BECAUSE SEAT BROKE AWAY FROM THE ATTACHMENT, AND THE MOUNTING HARDWARE BROKE WHERE THE FRAME IS. *AK
WHEN TRAVELING AT 55 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, CONSUMER THEREFORE PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL IN WHICH THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND FRONT BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. PLEAE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR FAILS TO RETRACT BELT BACK TO ORIGINAL POSITION ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. LAP BELT WORKS FINE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING COLUMN CAUSES THE SIGNAL LIGHT TO WORK. ALSO, IT IS VERY HARD TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
REAR BRAKE PADS AND CALIPERS ARE DISENGAGING FROM EACH OTHER, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE WITHOUT BRAKES. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFOMED CONSUMER THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM.*AK
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH REAR BRAKES WEARING EXCESSIVELY. BRAKE PADS AND DRUMS NEED REPLACEMENT BETWEEN 20,000-25,000 MILES OF WEAR. CONSUMER REPORTED 5 SETS OF PADS/ DRUMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED UP TO THIS TIME. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOT NOTIFIED.
BROKEN VACUUM LINE CAUSES THE ENGINE TO SPEED TO 5000 RPM.
WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES CONSUMER WAS HIT HEAD-ON BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE AIR BAGS DID'NT DEPLOY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE ABOUT TO DEPLOY. *AK
ANTI-LOCK WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON. RIGHT REAR BRAKE HANGING UP AND GETTING HOT. INTAKE OIL GASKETS ON ENGINE LEAK.
AIR CONDITIONER ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR, AND IT ONLY COMES OUT OF THE TOP DASH VENTS AND THE FLOOR NO MATTER WHAT SETTING IT IS ON. IT NEVER BLOWS OUT OF THE FRONT VENTS LIKE IT IS SUPPOSE TO.
WHILE DRIVING SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
ONLY HAVE DOCUMENTATION ON 3 ALTERNATORS, THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT CAUSES THE DOOR LOCKS TO LOCK AND UNLOCK ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT NOTICE.
POWER BRAKE ISN'T MADE OF OIL OR HEAT RESISTANT METERIAL AND IT IS ROUTED TOO CLOSE TO THE EGR PIPE WHICH IS EXTREMLY HOT. QCAW
OIL VAPORS FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THE HEAT FROM THE EGR PIPE SOFTENED THE HOSE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO FAIL UNDER PANICK BRAKING. QCAW
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY. 30-35 MPH, APPRACHING CONTROL INTERSECTION BY TRAFFIC LIGHT, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL , PEDAL WENT DOWN TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE KEPT GOING. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD NOT BE FOUND. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, AFTER WAITING A FEW MINUTES, BRAKES RETURNED. (QCAW)
BRAKE CALIPERS LOCK UP CAUSING DAMAGE TO OTHER BRAKE COMPONENTS.
INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
WHEN DRIVING ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS SMOKE AND SPARKS COMING FROM THE STEERING AREA. ALSO THERE WERE ODORS. *AK *SLC
BRAKES FAILING. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP CORRECTLY.
WHILE DRIVING HEARD A BOOM, TURNED RIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL WENT COMPLETELY AROUND AND AROUND IN A CIRCLE. DRIVER GOT THE VEHICLE TO GO STRAIGHT AND PARKED THE CAR. WHEN SHE GOT DRIVING AXLE WAS ON THE GROUND IN FRONT BETWEEN THE TWO TIRES. VEHICLE IS AT S&S TRANSMISSION BEING INSPECTED. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
ABS BRAKES GRIND UPON BRAKING. ALSO OIL LEAK AND FOUL ODOR OF GASOLINE WHEN STARTING VEHICLE.
EVERY 1OOOO MILES REPLACED THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS, AND THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS EVERY 20000 MILES. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHEN DRIVER RELEASES THE SEAT BELT IT WILL NOT RETRACT BACK IN THE DOOR FRAME. THE SEAT BELT IS VERY LOOSE AND HANGS OUT OF THE DOOR BECAUSE THE BELT WILL NOT RETRACT BACK. *AK
TORQUE CONVERTOR CLUTCH SOLENOID LOCKS UP WHEN YOU STOP.
WIRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED, CAUSING SMOKE.
CRUISE CONTROL FAILED.
CRASH WITH NO SPECIFICS.
THE DRIVER'S SIDE RETRACTOR MECHANISM FAILED, AND THE SEATBELT WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED CAUSING COLLISION.
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35-40 MPH DOWN A SIDE ROAD, THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL. WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, DRIVER HEARD A VERY LOUD NOISE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE RIM ON FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE HAD ABOUT 1 AND 1/2 INCH OF METAL HOLDING THE TIRE TO THE CAR. OWNER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A BODY GARAGE. THE RIM HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. *AK
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MECHANISMS FAILED DUE TO SPRING STICKING
ALTERNATOR FAILED TWICE.
SHOULD BELT RETRACTOR MECHANISM WEAK.
FRONT SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT.
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES RETRACT AND THE BELT IS FULLY EXTENDED.
THE DEFECTIVE REAR BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW IN BRAKE ACTUATOR AND CAUSED NO REAR BRAKE ABILITY. *AK
ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING.
RIGHT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED.
FUEL INJECTOR O-RINGS FAILED. *AK
THE DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IN REFERENCE TO TSB 67-63-03, JUNE 1996, AND NO RECALL EVEN IF ITS A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT. *AK
THE DEFECTIVE MIDDLE REAR LAP SEATBELT IS STUCK INTO THE BUCKLE, CAUSING THE REAR LAP SEAT BELT INOPERATIVE. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.
ABS BRAKES FAILED, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTIN GIN A MINOR CRASH. *AK
UPON APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN TWO ACCIDENTS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK
WHILE COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKES RESISTED, CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER SHE PUMPED THE ABS BRAKES THEY WORKED, DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK*JB
THE ALTERNATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED (3) TIMES SINCE MAY OF 96; IN JUNE & OCTOBER OF 96/IN MAY OF 97, BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR WERE REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. THE ALTERNATOR WAS BURNED ALL (3) TIMES. *AK
CALIPERS STUCK, CAUSING BURNING SMELL.
THE SEAT BELT IN THE MIDDLE REAR IS NOT USABLE. THE BUCKLE HAS BECOME STUCK AND WILL NOT UNFASTEN. THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
CONSUMER HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING COLLAPSING SEAT FOR AT LEASE THREE YEARS, SHE REPORTED IT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER IN HER TOWN 1-3-94. SHE WAS TOLD (UNABLE TO DUPLICATE, SEAT HELD FINE). WHEN OCCUPYING SEAT THE BACK BEGANS TO MOVE SLOWLY. YOU WOULD HAVE TO REAJUST SEAT EACH TIME YOU MOVE FROM IT BY USING THE MANUAL ADJUSTER.
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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