Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1997 Chevrolet P30 Chassis

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the parking brake. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Parking Brake2
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum › Wheel Cylinders1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000
Parking Brake › Driveline › Hydraulic › Actuator1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Parking Brake
Filed May 16, 200631,500 milesTN

AUTO PARK-EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. THE BRAKE SHOE BURNED OUT AND CABLE HOUSING MELTED. SINCE OUT OF TOWN I WAS CHARGED UNFAIRLY AND HAD ONLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FIXED. THE AUTO PARK WORKS OFF THE SAME BRAKE SHOE BUT THE MOTOR IS BURNED UP. I MADE IT HOME WITHOUT AUTO PARK AND WILL HAVE IT FIXED AT MY LOCAL DEALER. I HAVE A LETTER FROM GM RECALL PROCESSING DATED OCT. 2004 THAT THEY TELL ME IS ONLY A WARNING TO WATCH THE SYSTEM. *JB

Parking Brake
Filed Sep 28, 200441,000 milesOH

WHILE PARKED, THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE RELEASED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB ON THREE OCCASIONS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED WITHOUT WARNING AND WHILE DRIVING. THIS RESULTED IN TOTAL BURN OUT OF THE BRAKE. *NM

Parking Brake › Driveline › Hydraulic › Actuator
Filed Jun 12, 200415,000 milesCO

AUTOMATIC PARK BRAKE SYSTEM ON MY MOTORHOME, CHEVROLET P-30. NUMERIOUS FAILURES, BOTH DEACTIVING THE BRAKE AND ACTIVATING THE BRAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. NUMERIOUS REPAIRS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jul 28, 200327,175 milesFL

WHEN THE CONSUMER PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN THE REVERSE GEAR THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PRESSURE SWITCH AND HAS NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE SYSTEMS PRESSURE. *JB *CB *NLM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum › Wheel Cylinders
Filed Jul 16, 2001MN

THE WIRES TO ACTIVATE THE ABS FOR THE FRONT ARE MOUNTED TO THE BRAKE BACKING PLATE, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT ON BOTH SIDES THE OUTER COVERING HARNESS HAD BURNED THROUGH, CONSUMER FEELS GM SHOULD CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND DID INFORM THEM OF THE PROBLEM. *SLC

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1997 — this page5000Routine
19966000Routine

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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.