Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1992 Chevrolet C/K Pickups. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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HEATER CONTROLS AND BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING. REMOVED THE GLOVE BOX AND FOUND A MELTED WIRE CONNECTOR. THE FACT THAT INSULATING MATERIAL HAD BEEN WRAPPED AROUND THE CONNECTOR BY THE FACTORY SUGGESTS THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE.. *TR
I BOUGHT A USED RV FROM A PRIVATE PARTY. RV IS A '92 TIGER CX BY PROVAN INDUSTRIES. I DROVE HOME AND NOTICED REAR END SWERVING WHEN DRIVING ON FREE WAY RUTS. VEHICLE MOVES 6" TO 8" TO LEFT/RIGHT, TAKES SEVERAL SEC. BEFORE REACTING TO STEERING INPUT. I THOUGHT CAUSE WERE BAD SHOCKS/TIRES. HAD NEW TIRES / SHOCKS INSTALLED AND AIR RIDE SUSPENSION TO STABALIZE VEHICLE. TOOK RV ON ROAD TRIP, WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT NEW TIRES/SHOCKS/AIR SUSPENSION MADE NO DIFFERENCE IN VEHICLES HANDLING. CONTACTED PROVAN, OWNER DAVID ROWE TOLD ME HE HADN'T HEARD OF SUCH A COMPLAINED. HAD THE VEHICLES AXLES AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS CHECKED , NO MECHANICAL DEFECT WAS FOUND. AFTER TEST DRIVE, MECHANICS OPINION WAS THAT VEHICLE IS OVERLOADED. DOOR STICKER SHOWS 7200 LBS. GVWR. TOOK VEHICLE TO A SCALE, ITS WEIGHT WAS 7100 LBS DRY. PROVAN / DAVID ROWE TOLD ME ALL CX MODELS HAVE GVWR OF 8600 LBS AND DIDN'T BELIEVE MY UNITS DRY WEIGHT IS 7100 LBS, HE ALSO SUGGESTED I SELL RV TO SOME ONE WHO CAN HANDLE IT. I GAVE HIM VIN OF RV, HE PROMISED TO LOOK INTO IT HOWEVER. CALLED ME BACK CONCEEDING THAT VEHICLES GVWR WAS 7200 LBS BUT RECORDS SHOW DRY WEIGHT OF 6400 LBS FOR MY RV, LEAVING PAYLOAD OF 800 LBS. I TOOK VEHICLE TO CERTIFIED SCALE, IT WEIGHED 7080 LBS, ( VEHICLE UNLOADED, GAS TANK FULL ) LEAVES PAYLOAD OF 120 LBS. LOADING VEHICLE FOR A TRIP INCL. OCCUPANTS ADS 700 TO 800 LBS TO VEHICLE, GROSSLY OVERLOADED, ( CAUSE FOR UNSAFE HANDLING ? ). CONTACTED PROVAN, TOLD DAVID ROWE ABOUT WEIGHT ISSUE. HE ASKED ME WHAT I'D LIKE HIM TO DO , MY ANSWER WAS TO UPGRADE TRUCK TO HANDLE THE WEIGHT OR BUY IT FROM ME. HE WASN'T INTERESTED IN EITHER OPTION AND SUGGESTED THAT I SUE HIM IN COURT. PROVAN HAS BUILT A VEHICLE THAT IS UNSAFE AND NOT POSSIBLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT EXCEEDING ITS WEIGHT RATING. PROVAN BUILD THE RV ON 3/4 TON LIGHT DUTY TRUCK INSTEAD OF 3/4 TON HEAVY DUTY, WHICH HAS GVWR OF 8600 LBS.
THE TAILGATE CABLE OF THE CONSUMER'S 1992 CHEVROLET FLEETSIDE APPEARED TO BE RUSTED AND SPLIT IN THE MIDDLE. *NM *SC *JB
FIRST THE DRIVER SEAT BELT WOULD NOT BUCKLE, OVER THE YEARS ALL 3 SEAT BELTS HAVE BECOME DEFECTIVE. *JB
I OWN A 1992 CHEVROLET PICKUP TRUCK AND WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. I SEE THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON WIPER MOTORS, BUT IT DOES NOT GO BACK TO THAT MODEL YEAR I WAS WONDERING WHY THIS IS. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER FUNCTIONS ERRATICALLY. SUSPECT FAULTY CIRCUIT BOARD. MECHANICAL PARTS SEEM OK. *TT
CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN RECALL REPAIR AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP DUE TO PROBLEMS (99V-130). *MJS
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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