1993 Chevrolet Z71

Routine

Owners filed 15 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › windshield wiper/washer. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer5
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor3
000
Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner2
000
Seats2
000
Unknown or Other1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jun 7, 2003185,000 milesNC

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR DOESN'T WORK MOST OF THE TIME. IT MAKES A WINING SOUND WHEN YOU TRY TO TURN THEM ON. TO MAKE THEM START WORKING I HAVE TO TAP ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. *JB

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Nov 28, 2001TX

SINCE PURCHASE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE YEARS. *AK *JB

Seats
Filed Jan 8, 2001NC

BOLTS THAT HOLD SEAT MOUNT ASSEMBLY TO BACK OF SEAT SEPARATED FROM MOUNT ASSEMBLY TWICE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *SLC

Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed Aug 22, 2000MI

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BOLT BROKE DUE TO STRESS WHICH DEVELOPED ON THE BOLT, CAUSING SEATBACK BOLT TO RECLINE IN THE REST POSITION. ALSO, STRESS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BOLT. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Dec 23, 1999AL

WHEN DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed Sep 21, 1999IN

THE TOP BOLT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE INTO THE BACK SEAT. TRUCK WAS NOT MOVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE BOLT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE OWNER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Aug 23, 1999WI

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AT RANDOM. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE DUE TO VIN. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Aug 18, 1999ND

WINDSHIELD WIPER SPERFORM ERRATICALLY WHILE IN USE. THEY WILL JUST SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Seats
Filed Jul 26, 1999MS

TRAVELING 60MPH WHEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. TOOK TO DEALER TO CHECK. WAS REFUSED REPAIRS. ALSO, WIPER CIRCUIT BOARD WAS CRACKED. THIS CAUSED THE WIPERS NOT TO WORK PROPERLY WHEN IN USE.

Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed Jul 14, 1999AR

FUEL INJECTION PUMP GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS REPAIRED FUEL INJECTION PUMP. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed May 28, 1999SC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY BECOME INOPERABLE IN RAINY CONDITIONS. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN #. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed May 14, 1999TX

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY BECOME INOPERABLE IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Feb 18, 1999CA

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAS A MALFUNCTION WHICH CAUSES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads
Filed Dec 24, 1998PA

FRONT BRAKE PADS AND SHOES PREMATURELY WEARING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PADS HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY REPLACED. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. GM REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

Unknown or Other
Filed Jul 25, 1998TX

UNSPECIFIED.

15 of 15 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200224000Routine
199845030Routine
19964010Routine
19952001Fatalities reported
199415000Routine
1993 — this page15000Routine

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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.