1993 Chevrolet Van

Routine

Owners filed 19 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip4
000
Wheels2
000
Tires › Tread/Belt2
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Switch/Wiring1
000
Structure › Body › Door1
000
Steering › Gear Box › Shaft Pitman1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder1
100
Seats1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Feb 16, 2005158,000 milesFL

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK *ER THE CONSUMER STATED THE REMAINING TIRES HAVE SINCE SEPARATED. *JB

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Nov 12, 2004156,000 milesFL

WHILE DRIVING 48 MPH FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. *AK *TC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master CylinderCrash
Filed Oct 6, 200450,000 milesPA

WHILE DRIVING BRAKES HAD NO PRESSURE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD SHE NEEDED A MASTER CYLINDER. AS SOON AS THE CONSUMER GOT THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE REPAIR SHOP THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS CHANGED TWICE. ALSO, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE REPAIR SHOP MECHANIC HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed May 3, 2002NJ

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, THE BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STRIKE THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE STOPPED AHEAD, CONSUMER LATER RECEIVED A RECALL REGARDING LONGER STOPPING DISTANCES WITH THE ABS, ATTORNEY ROBERT CLARK FOR CLIENT. *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Feb 20, 2001AL

AFTER REPAIR OF THE ABS MODULE UNDER RECALL THE ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH ILLUMINATED, THE LIGHT STAYED ON UNTIL THE VEHICLES SPEED DROPPED BELOW 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER. NLM

Seats
Filed Jul 20, 2000CA

WELDS ON DRIVERS SEAT BROKE OFF. NO WARNING WHILE DRIVING, IT JUST SNAPPED LOOSE. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed May 31, 2000CA

CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE C99046/ABS: HYDRAULIC ANTI-SKID BRAKES. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY DEALER. BUT PROBLEM WITH ABS BRAKES CONTINUED TO REOCCUR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT REPAIRS WERE MADE. *AK

Steering › Gear Box › Shaft Pitman
Filed May 23, 2000FL

SEATBELT ATTACHES ACROSS MIDDLE OF NECK! TOLD NOT TO PLACE UNDER ARM BY SUPVS'R.THIS DESIGN FLAW HAS BEEN KNOWN SINCE FIRST TESTS IN 1972! HOW MANY INJURIES & FATALITIES HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY SIMILAR DEFECTS?????

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Apr 11, 2000TN

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: INTER LOCK SYSTEM FAILED. BRAKES WERE SUPPOSE TO BE APPLIED BEFORE PLACING VEHICLE INTO GEAR. BUT WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Wheels
Filed Nov 1, 1999TX

WHILE DRIVING THE CORAL SPRINGS ON THE WHEEL CAME OFF. *AK

Wheels
Filed Nov 1, 1999TX

WHILE DRIVING CORAL SPRINGS ON THE WHEELS CAME OUT AND RIPPED THE BODY OF THE TRUCK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit BreakersFire
Filed Aug 25, 1999AR

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO A SHORT IN THE LIGHT SWITCH. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC IT WAS ELECTRICAL WIRING THAT CAUSED THE FIRE. *AK *YC

Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Mar 15, 1999TN

HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY IN BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT HEADLAMP FAILED.

Structure › Body › Door
Filed Nov 30, 1998LA

THE POST IN THE DOOR FRAME WHICH KEEPS THE DOOR CLOSED IS CRACKED, NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO SHUT SECURELY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Switch/Wiring
Filed Nov 4, 1998OR

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY TURN ITSELF OFF WHILE ON. ADVISED BY DEALER THAT IT WAS PROABABLY A CIRCUIT BREAKER OVERLOAD. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER REPAIR WOULD ONLY BE MADE AT COST TO CONSUMER. *AK *ML

Fuel System, Gasoline
Filed Aug 17, 1998TX

WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK, THE FUEL OVERFLOW SPILLS OUT, HITTING THE TAIL PIPE WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. DEALER NOT ABLE TO CORRECT. THIS VAN WAS CONVERTED BY STARCRAFT. MODEL ST20 SERIES. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jan 13, 1998MN

WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, GOING DOWN SLIGHT HILL WHEN ABS BRAKES DID NOT STOP ON DRY PAVEMENT. THEY ALSO DID NOT STOP ON STREETS WITH ICE SPOTS. VEHICLE KEPT ROLLING FOR ABOUT 60 FEET, DEALER SAID CANNOT NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM IF ABS LIGHT IS NOT COMING ON. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Mar 25, 1997MD

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PLACED IN THE PARK POSITION THE VEHICLE DOES NOT GO INTO DRIVE. CONSUMER, THEREFORE, NEEDED TO TURN THE IGNITION HALF-WAY, PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THEN PLACED THE VEHICLE FROM NEUTRAL INTO DRIVE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO GEAR. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash2 injured
Filed Sep 13, 1996NC

DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING HEAD ON COLLISION, SPEED 50 MPH, VEHICLE TURNED OVER, HIT ON FRONT AGAIN, AIRBAG STILL DID NOT DEPLOY, VEHICLE TOTALED.. *AK

19 of 19 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200211000Routine
200114000Routine
200022020Routine
199915000Routine
199816010Routine
199727000Routine
199628010Routine
199520010Routine
199411000Routine
1993 — this page19010Routine
19928031Fatalities reported
19914020Routine

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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.