1998 Chevrolet Trans Sport

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Steering1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Steering
Filed Mar 21, 2011205,000 milesWI

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN AND HE WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS HOME. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HIM THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 205,000.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Apr 6, 2005OH

THE CAM BROKE ON MY 3.4 CHEVY VENTURE VAN. THE VAN IS SERVICES AND OIL CHANGED ON SCHEDULE. THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED ON A VACATION CAUSING ME TO RENT A VAN AND PAY TOWING.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
1998 — this page2000Routine

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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.