1997 Chevrolet Motor Home

Routine

Owners filed 7 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the parking brake. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front2
000
Parking Brake2
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000
Parking Brake › Driveline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Parking Brake › Driveline
Filed Sep 30, 200340,000 milesTX

AUTO PARK BRAKE FAILS TO HOLD VEHICLE ON INCLINE. WITH TRANSMISSION IN PARK THE BRAKE IS SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE. IT DOES ENGAGE, BUT FAILS TO HOLD ON HILLS. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY TIME WE TRY TO PARK ON A SLOPE. I USE A SET OF WHEEL CHOCKS TO HELP KEEP THE MOTORHOME FROM ROLLING.

Parking Brake
Filed Sep 14, 2000OH

CONSUMER CAME TO A STOP, TOOK HIS FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND PUT GEAR INTO PARK WHEN HE NOTICED THE MOTOR HOME STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD, DEALER FOUND THAT THERE IS NO PARKING GEAR, THE PARK GEAR ONLY ACTIVATES THE PARKING BRAKE. *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Sep 8, 2000NJ

CONSUMER HAS A 1997 VEHICLE . BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER HAS A PLASTIC TOP THAT LEAKED FLUID, AND EVENTUALLY HAD NO BRAKES.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Aug 18, 1999NV

THE FLUID LEVEL IN THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER FAILED, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO STICK, RESULTING IN ODOR. *YC

Suspension › Front
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA

THE FRONT END MISALIGNMENT CAUSED FRONT LEFT TIRE TO BLOW OUT AND FRONT RIGHT TIRE TO WEAR OUT. YH

Suspension › Front
Filed May 14, 1998OR

FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM SWAYS, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.

Parking Brake
Filed Aug 5, 1997CA

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH, THE AUTOMATIC PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE RAPIDLY NEARLY CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION. THE INTERIOR FILLED WITH SMOKE AND HEAT FROM THE OVER HEATED BRAKE PADS WITHIN THE UNIT.

7 of 7 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20022000Routine
20001000Routine
19997010Routine
199811000Routine
1997 — this page7000Routine
19966000Routine
19959000Routine
19945000Routine
19932000Routine
19927000Routine
19911000Routine
19901000Routine

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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.