1994 Chevrolet C/K Pickups Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 CHEVROLET C/K PICKUP. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIPERS WOULD ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY BEFORE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

MY WIPERS WORK AT TIMES, HOWEVER MOST OF THE TIME I CANNOT GET THEM TO WORK AT ALL. I HAVE THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL THAT IS INCLUDED IN RECALL# 03V159000. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO MY VIN, MY TRUCK IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. THE RECALL IS DUE TO A DEFECT WHICH IF PRESENT WILL CAUSE YOUR WIPERS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT MY WIPERS ARE DOING. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE SAME ISSUE ON MORE VIN'S THAN ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED. GM/CHEVROLET SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND REPLACE ALL OF THESE DEFECTIVE WIPER MOTOR COMPONENTS. IT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING IN THE RAIN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR WIPERS STOP WORKING FOR THEM NOT TO. *TR

BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK ON 1994 CHEVY Z71 PICK UP. *JB

NHTSA RECALL 99V025000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98065 CONCERNING BRAKE LIGHTS. CONSUMER CALLED FOR AN APPOINTMENT. NEED PART STILL WASN'T AVAILABLE. *AK

1994 CHEVY PICKUP TRUCK SPARE TIRE HOLDER CABLE RUSTED AND THEN BROKE WITHOUT WARNING, CAN RELEASE SPARE TIRE ON HIGHWAY. MY BROTHER ALMOST HIT ON HEAD WHILE CHECKING TIRE PRESSURE OF SPARE TIRE. *TR 4/2/09 CONSUMER IS UPDATING INFORMATION. *NJ UPDATED 04/06/09*JB

DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE & FELL BACKWARDS WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 60MPH. PASSENGER GRABBED STEERING WHEEL BECAUSE DRIVER LOST SEMI-CONTROL OF VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED & SAID THEY WOULD REPORT PROBLEM. *AK

DRIVERSIDE SEAT BELT RECIEVER HAS BROKEN.

THE ALARM ASSEMBLY (GM PART NUMBER 15042437) FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY WITH THE SEATBELT RESTRAINT SYSTEM. THE ALARM ASSEMBLY IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF AUDIBLE TONE, AND THE SEATBELT INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS SUPPOSED TO REMAIN LIT, WHEN THE DRIVERS SEATBELT WAS UNATTACHED. THE AUDIBLE TONE WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING, AND THE SEATBELT LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NOT REMAIN LIT. I REPLACED THE ALARM ASSEMBLY, AND NOW EVERYTHING IS WORKING ONCE AGAIN. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THIS PARTICULAR COMPONENT WAS FLAGGED IN THEIR SYSTEM AS BEING INVOLVED IN A RECALL CAMPAIGN. I THINK THERE IS A NEED TO SEE IF OTHER MODEL YEARS NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS SAME RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ME WITH ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS COMPONENT FAILING SINCE IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE WARNING SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEATBELTS.*AK

TIRE BLEW OUT ON RT 95 NEAR BRUNSWICK, GA. TIRES HAD APPROXIMATELY 10/32 TREAD AND HAVE NEVER BEEN RUN LOW. BELT COMPLETELY SEPERATED AND DESTRYED FENDER FLARE. *NM

DUNLOP TIRE FAILURE - BLOWOUT. *NM

GM 6.5 DIESEL JUST SHUTS ITSELF OFF GOING DOWN THE ROAD LOSE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES GOOD WAY TO GET PEOPLE KILLED. GM REPLACED ONE PUMP AT 110,000 HAD THE PUMP REMOVED AND REBUILT AT 130,000 NOW IT STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN . COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS STYLE FUEL SYSTEM AFTER LOOKING ON THE INTERNET CALLED GM THEY DIDNOT SEEM WORRIED ABOUT IT .

FAILURE OF FUEL INJECTION PUMP OCCURED ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS . THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURED ON AUGUST OF 1997 WITH 28800 MILES WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. FUEL INJECTION PUMP WAS REPLACED AT JAY CHEVROLET IN HIGHLAND , MICHIGAN. THE SECOND FAILURE TOOK PLACE IN JULY OF 1999 WITH APPROX. 45000 MILES REPAIR DONE AT CHAMPION CHEVROLET HOWELL, MI . THREE MONTHS AFTER SECOND REPAIR, MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE OCCURED AS A RESULT OF DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTOR, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKE SYSTEMS & PUTTING DRIVER AND ALL OTHER ROAD TRAFFIC IN DANGER. THIS TRUCK IS USED IN A SEASONAL BUSINESS WHICH RUNS FROM APRIL - NOV. BECAUSE WE USE THE VEHICLE ONLY 7 MONTHS OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE GONE OVER THE 5 YEAR WARRANTY BUT ARE WAY UNDER THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY . AUTHORIZED CHEVROLET SERVICE TECHNICIANS ACKNOWLEDGE MANY PROBLEMS WITH FAULTY FUEL INJECTION PUMPS ON THE DIESEL ENGINES, YET THE MANUFACTURER ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR AND OR REPLACE DAMAGES CAUSED FROM DEFECTIVE PARTS INSTALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER . THIS IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT AND SHOULD BE GIVEN IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPS WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY TO HAVE ALL PROBLEMS WITH FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS TO BE REPAIRED SO THAT WE CAN GET REASONABLE USE FROM THIS VEHICLE. THERE IS NO ONE THAT CAN SAY 49,000 MILES ON A DIESEL ENGINE IS REASONABLE LIFE EXPECTANCY. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP OR SUGGESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE SO THAT WE CAN RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS ONCE AND FORALL.

THE ALARM ASSEMBLY (GM PART NUMBER 15042437) FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY WITH THE SEATBELT RESTRAINT SYSTEM. THE ALARM ASSEMBLY IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF AUDIBLE TONE, AND THE SEATBELT INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS SUPPOSED TO REMAIN LIT, WHEN THE DRIVERS SEATBELT WAS UNATTACHED. THE AUDIBLE TONE WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING, AND THE SEATBELT LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NOT REMAIN LIT. I REPLACED THE ALARM ASSEMBLY, AND NOW EVERYTHING IS WORKING ONCE AGAIN. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THIS PARTICULAR COMPONENT WAS FLAGGED IN THEIR SYSTEM AS BEING INVOLVED IN A RECALL CAMPAIGN. I THINK THERE IS A NEED TO SEE IF OTHER MODEL YEARS NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS SAME RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ME WITH ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS COMPONENT FAILING SINCE IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE WARNING SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEATBELTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE SHUT DOWN DUE TO A COMPUTER CHIP THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

HEADLIGHT SWITCH SHORTED OUT CAUSING HEADLIGHTS TO TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING. SWITCH WAS HOT AND THERE WAS A SMELL OF BURNING WIRES. SWITCH WAS REPLACED WITH FACTORY SWITCH FROM CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND IT REPEATED THE PROBLEM.*AK

FACSIMILE FROM SENATOR CORNYN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE PROBLEMS WITH HIS 1994 CHEVROLET TRUCK. *NJ WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER NOTICED WHITE SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE TAILPIPE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER, EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONSUMER STATED HE DID HAVE A TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL PREVIOUSLY. *JB

WIPER MOTOR HAS QUIT A FEW TIMES WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN . I'VE HAD TO GET OUT IN THE RAIN AND TAP ON THE MOTOR TO GET THE WIPERS GOING . SO I ENDED UP REPLACING THE COMPLETE UNIT OUT OF MY OWN POCKET . I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT A RECALL AT THE TIME SO I ENDED UP SPENDING MONEY TO REPLACE THE UNIT . THEN I FIND OUT THE DRIVER DOOR IS SAGGING AND THERE IS A RECALL ON THAT

1994 CHEVY PICKUP TRUCK SPARE TIRE HOLDER CABLE RUSTED AND THEN BROKE WITHOUT WARNING, CAN RELEASE SPARE TIRE ON HIGHWAY. MY BROTHER ALMOST HIT ON HEAD WHILE CHECKING TIRE PRESSURE OF SPARE TIRE. *TR 4/2/09 CONSUMER IS UPDATING INFORMATION. *NJ UPDATED 04/06/09*JB

FACSIMILE FROM SENATOR CORNYN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE PROBLEMS WITH HIS 1994 CHEVROLET TRUCK. *NJ WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER NOTICED WHITE SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE TAILPIPE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER, EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONSUMER STATED HE DID HAVE A TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL PREVIOUSLY. *JB