1994 Chevrolet Z71

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor5
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer3
000
Tires › Tread/Belt2
000
Visibility/Wiper1
000
Seats1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
101
Exterior Lighting › Brake Lights1
000
Air Bags › Frontal1
100

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jun 9, 2014132,000 milesCT

VEHICLE BOUGHT USED AT 132000. WIPERS STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. MUST BANG ON WIPER MOTOR TO ENGAGE BLADES. HEADLAMPS, FUSES, AM/FM RADIO, AND HAZARD LIGHTS ALSO FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Apr 2, 201027,000 milesOR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 CHEVROLET Z71 EXTENDED CAB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE AFTER BEING TURNED ON. HE TAPPED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND WIPERS BEGAN TO WORK. THE CONTACT HAD NEITHER TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP NOR CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 27,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 29,000.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Sep 11, 200330,000 milesSD

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INTERMITTANT OR QUIT WORKING. THERE IS A RECALL BUT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Aug 25, 2003110,000 milesCO

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING INTERMITENTLY. *AK

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Aug 7, 2001NV

WHILE DRIVING 70MPH VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING, PULLED OVER AND CHECKED TIRES, NOTICED LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD A LARGE BULGE. TOOK SPARE AND REPLACED LEFT FRONT TIRE, ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER, HEARD A LOT OF NOISE HITTING VEHICLE, PULLED OVER AND STOPPED TO CHECK, RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD LOST ITS TREAD, NOISE WAS WHERE TREAD HIT WHEEL WELL AND BUMPER AND BENT IT, TIRE MAINTAINED AIR PRESSURE. SPOKE TO CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE AND INFORMED CONSUMER TO TAKE TIRES TO TIRE RETAILER FOR REPLACEMENT, MANUFACTURER WILL REPLACE 2ND TIRE, BUT NOT THE 1ST TIRE, RETAILER HAD THROWN IT AWAY, BF GOODRICH RADIAL LONG TRAIL, T/A P245/75R16.*AK DOT NUMBER AP70HL11346. *SLC

Seats
Filed Mar 26, 2001AL

DRIVER'S SEAT HAS DISENGAGED FROM SEAT TRACK AND ANCHOR . PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Feb 21, 2001TX

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL SHUT OFF ONCE IN WHILE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE CONSUMER.*AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jan 8, 2001CA

WHILE DRIVING AND USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS THEY STOP WORKING, AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THEN, WILL STOP WITHOUT A WARNING. CONSUMER HAD SEEN A RECALL , BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDEDDUE TO VIN. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Oct 12, 2000GA

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE IN RANIY WEATHER CONDITIONS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Sep 15, 2000GA

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND FELT VIBRATION. LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. HE MOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE PEDAL AND THE TIRE EXPLODED, AND IT DESTROYED THE RIMS. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS #AT, P26575R16.*AK

Exterior Lighting › Brake Lights
Filed Sep 7, 2000MI

CONSUMER HAD A PROBLM WITH BRAKE LIGHTS BEING INOPERATIVE. A MECHANIC FIXED THEM SO THEY WOULD WORK. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER 4 YEARS AFTER PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO DEALERSHIP TO BE REPAIRED. PROBLEM RETURNED AS SOON AS CONSUMER GOT TO DESTINATION. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Aug 9, 2000LA

THESE ARE BOTH POTENTIALLY ACCIDENT-CAUSING / LOSS-OF-CONTROL POSSIBILITIES.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Aug 3, 2000WY

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 40 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jul 11, 2000IN

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ERRATICALY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

Power Train › Automatic TransmissionCrash1 injured
Filed Jan 24, 2000AZ

CONSUMER HAD PARKED VEHICLE BY PUTTING THE PAWL ON PARK, BUT SEAT COLLAPSED AND HE GRABBED THE STEERING WHEEL. THEN VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD. CONSUMER SAID THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE HILL. *AK

15 of 15 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200224000Routine
199845030Routine
19964010Routine
19952001Fatalities reported
1994 — this page15000Routine
199315000Routine

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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.