1995 Chevrolet 1500 Problems

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY SINCE APRIL 2005. A LOCAL MECHANIC FOUND THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CIRCUIT BOARD. THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SPORADICALLY WORKED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL ROAD BRAKES FAILED, HAD TO DOWNSHIFT AND USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP TRUCK. I FOUND OUT AFTER INVESTIGATING, THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED SO BADLY THAT THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE BLEW OUT THE BRAKELINE TO THE FRONT DRIVERSIDE WHEEL. TURNS OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON CHEVY TRUCKS AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL YET !!! DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GET HURT OR DIE BEFORE THIS DESIGN FLAW GETS RECALLED? THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS A MAJOR SAFETY COMPONENT OF ANY VEHICLE, WHY IS THE NHTSA NOT ACTING ON THIS? THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACED BEFORE THE TRUCK CAN BE DRIVEN AGAIN. *TR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING 20MPH THE BRAKE MASTER FAILED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKE FUNCTIONALITY. CONSUMER COLLIDED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. TS

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE AN ILLEGAL TURN, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL AND HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

WHILE STOPPED IN MY 1995 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 4 WHEEL DRIVE PICKUP (SHORT BED, STEP SIDE) I WAS RE-ENDED BY AN SUV (PATHFINDER) DOING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH. THE TRUCK BED CRASHED INTO THE CAB AND AND DENTED IT. THE DRIVER SEAT BROKE, FRAME BENT, ETC. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

THROUGH NORMAL OPERATION MY SEAT ON THE DRIVER SIDE JUST BROKE AT THE FRAMING UNDER NEAT THE SEAT. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE MANUFACTURES AS THE METAL USED IS VERY THIN AND SO IT BROKE. *TR

FRAME AROUND BOTTOM OF DRIVER'S POWER SEAT BROKE, RESULTING IN NO STABILITY FOR SEAT. CONSUMER CONCERNED THAT SEAT WILL COLLAPSE IF INVOLVED IN A COLLISION.*AK

CONTINENTAL TIRES PURCHASED 9/26/2003 SIZE P235/75R15 SPORT LT. ON 9/02/06 2 TIRES WERE FLAT. THE TIRES WERE TAKEN TO WALMART STORE # 1367. THE TECHNICIAN WOULD NOT REPAIR THE TIRES AS HE STATED THEY WERE WEATHER ROTTED. THE TIRES ONLY HAD ~30,000 MILES . UPON NEGOTIATION ALL 4 TIRES WERE EXAMINED AND DETERMINED ALL WERE THE SAME CONDITION. ALL WERE REPLACED. MY COMPLAINT IS FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS WITH THESE TIRES,THAT AGE PREMATURELY. THE STORE SAID THAT THEY KNEW OF NO HISTORY OF THIS WITH CONTINENTAL TIRES. PLEASE ADVISE OF ANY INFO YOU HAVE ON THIS. *JB

WAS TRAVELING 55MPH WHEN VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING. COULD NOT CONTROL VEHICLE. PULLED OVER AND CHECKED OUT VEHICLE. NOTICED FRONT TIRE HAD SIDEWALL OUT, BUT LEFT TREAD INTACT. EXCHANGED TIRE. DROVE TO TIRE RETAILER AND RECEIVED ANOTHER TIRE. 2ND TIRE WAS REPLACED DUE TO SAME THING HAPPENING. 1995, CHEVROLET 1500, FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT III,I 32X11.50 WITH 34,000 MILES. *AK A THIRD TIRE EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM. *SLC

PAINT IS CHIPPING FROM TRUCK. *AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE WOULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR. *NLM THE DOOR HANDLE WAS REPLACED FOUR TIMES. SCC

DASH BOARD HAS BROKEN LOOSE FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. PROBLEMS THAT SEEM TO BE PART OF THE BREAK ARE , OIL PRSSURE GUAGE FLUCUATES, AND BATTERY SHOWS DISCHARGE WHEN THE ALTERNATOR IS WORKING PRPERLY, ALSO THE RADIO STAYS ON WHEN ENGINE IS CUT OFF AND KEY OUT,, REPLACED OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT, DID NO GOOD, REPLACED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR, DID NOT HELP. GUAGES STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND RADIO STILL STAYS ON WHEN IT SHOULD BE OFF. SEEMS TO BE IN THE WIRING AND MAYBE THE IGNITION SWITCH. *NM

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN ADJUSTING THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN AND TRIES TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT SPEED WHILE THE DRIVER IS TRYING TO SLOW OR STOP THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, AND AFTER TRYING TO REPROGRAM THE VEHICLE CONTROL MODULE SEVERAL TIMES, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. DEALER DETERMINED THAT THERE MUST BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE VCM. *AK *ML

THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE OR SURGE IN EITHER DRIVE OR REVERSE GEAR WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR AND WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. OWNER HAS DISCONTINUED USE OF CRUISE CONTROL AT DEALER'S SUGGESTION, THEY SAY THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL MODULE MAY NOT BE WORKING CORRECTLY. PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURED SINCE.*AK *ML

THE WIRING HARNESS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-135 CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE ALL POWER (STEERING AND BRAKING) AND FILL WITH SMOKE. NLM

WHEN DRIVING THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY HIT OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. OWNER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BUCKLE SYSTEM GETS STUCK WHEN TRYING TO RELEASE THE INFANT FROM THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT AND WOULD NOT UNLATCH. THE CAR SEAT WAS A CONVERTIBLE SEAT WITH A LAP OVER BELT TO SECURE THE INFANT PASSENGER. THE CONTACT CALLED AND SAID THEY RECEIVED A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT BY POSTAL MAIL, BUT THE NAME USED IN THE MAILING HAD THE WRONGT FIRST NAME GERALD INSTEAD OF JARED, SO THE CONTACT RETURNE DIT TO THE POSTMASTER. REALIZING WHAT IT WAS THE CONTACT RETURNED TO THE POSTMASTER ND REQUESTED THE LETTER DUE TO INCORRECT NAME, BUT THE POSTMASTER REFUSED TO RELEASE IT BACK TO THE C ONTACT. THE CONTCT REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL COPY OF THE COMPLAINT BE SENT TO THEM WITH CORRECT FIRST NAME. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKED AND COULD NOT BE RELEASED FOR USE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

1995 CHEVROLET PICKUP WITH 55,000 MILES DEVELOPED A NOISE IN THE STEERING AND I COULD FEEL VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND FLOOR OF VEHICLE. A LOCAL MECHANIC ISOLATED THE PROBLEM TO BE LOOSE STEERING COLUMN. THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO AN APPARENT LOOSE BUSHING UNDER THE DASH. THE MECHANIC SEARCHED THE NHTSA SAFETY RECALL LIST AN NOTICED IT MAY BE A FACTORY RECALL AND RECOMMENDED I TAKE IT TO A DEALER. THE GM DEALER INDICATED THE WAS A RECALL FOR THESE 95/96 GM PICKUPS BUT IT DID NOT INCLUDE MY VEHICLE VIN NUMBER. MY VIN IS [XXX]. SINCE THE PROBLEM WITH MY PICKUP IS THE SAME AS DESCRIBED IN THE NHTSA SAFETY RECALL NOTICE WHY WAS MY VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED? *AK UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH STEERING WENT OUT. CONSUMER COULD TURN STEERING WHEEL, BUT VEHICLE KEPT STRAIGHT INTO A POLE. *AK THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURINGTHE ACCIDENT, AND THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *YH

DRIVER'S AND THE PASSENGER'S SEATS MOVE FORWARD AND BACKWARD, WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, REAR TAIL LIGHT CONTINUALLY HAS WATER WHICH HAS LEAKED INTO SOCKET, THE WINDOWS SEEP WATER ALSO. *AK.ET.

PARTS FOR RECALL OF FUEL TANK ARE NOT AVAILABLE, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE.*AK

THE WIRING HARNESS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-135 CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE ALL POWER (STEERING AND BRAKING) AND FILL WITH SMOKE. NLM

CONSUMER NOTED SPARE TIRE HOLDER CABLE HAS RUSTED OUT AND FELL OFF, CAUSING A HAZARD IF SPARE TIRE WAS THERE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BRAKES GOT REAL SPONGY. TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE, AND THE AXLE SEAL WAS BROKEN WHICH SATURATED THE BRAKES. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK