This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I have a 1999 Chevy silveraido the frame has broke. The truck is mint everything but the frame and the brake lines.I have ordered a new frame and will replace.Chevy will do nothing.
Manual transmission locked in gear. Emerg. Brk. Cable will not adjust. ABS module has noise. Stopped by removing fuse, ABS feature not functioning. Trans failed in Feb. 2003 @ 65K miles. Repair made by valencia Chevrolet in valencia calif. Cost was handled by a extended service warranty. Cost to me after a lot of heated negotiation was $85. The Agency wanted me to authorize a new trans. And clutch. Cost: $3600 the emergency brake cable failed @21K miles in 2001, the ABS module failed @42K miles. In 2002. Neither brake item has been repaired. Valencia Chevrolet wants $2300 to repair the ABS problem, no quote to repair brake cable.
The consumer's 2 year old son was able to move the gear shift without the brake being applied first, and the vehicle rolled backwards. The consumer stated it was a defect, because according to the manual, the brake must be applied before the gear shift can engage in a gear.
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- New Preston, CT, USA