1998 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › rear. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Switch/Wiring1
000
Suspension › Rear1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage
Filed Mar 16, 200752,650 milesIL

ON A GM 3500HD STAKEBED TRUCK EXPERINCED GASOLINE ODOR AND SAW FUEL DRIPPING FROM THE GAS TANK. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, CORROSION HAD CAUSED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GAS TANK AND SENDING UNIT TO BREAKAWAY. COULD THIS BE SIMILAR TO PROBLEM WITH THE ENVOY AND CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER?

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Switch/Wiring
Filed Oct 27, 200457,000 milesOR

I OWN A 1998 CHEVROLET TRUCK THAT HAS THE SAME WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEMS AS THE 1994 -1997 CHEVROLET TRUCKS HAD WHERE THEY WILL CHOOSE WHEN THEY WANT TO WORK. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID TOO BAD, IT'S GOING TO COST YOU TO FIX. WHY IS THIS NOT COVERED UNDER THE SAME RECALL? *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Mar 29, 2001MO

ENGINE IS MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. PROBLEM IS RELATED TO CARBON DEPOSIT BUILD UP WHICH CAUSES A PISTON KNOCK. *AK

Suspension › Rear
Filed Aug 6, 1998GA

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING RUMBLING IN REAR END. ONLY OCCURS WHEN TURNING LEFT/RIGHT FROM A DEAD STOP AND AFTER DRIVING FOR AT LEAST ONE HALF HOUR.

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1998 — this page4000Routine
19973000Routine

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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.