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1988 Chevrolet C10 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Apr 9, 2000
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jan 3, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Chevrolet C10. 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.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–7 of 7

Engine
Filed Apr 9, 2000

HEATER LINE FITTING CORRODED, SNAPPED OF AT BASE. LEAKED COOLANT. CONTACTED LOCAL DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS A COMMON FAILURE PART. OLD FITTING WAS ALUMINUM AND APPEARED TO BE A BAD CASTING

NHTSA ID
721216
Incident
Mar 21, 2000
Engine
Filed Mar 8, 2000
Fire reported

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS

NHTSA ID
551278
Incident
Jan 11, 2000
Brakes
Filed Jul 21, 1999

PROBLEM IN 1988 WITH THE ABS BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT COMING ON AND THE TRUCK WAS HARD TO STOP. SEVERAL REPAIR CALLS AT THE DEALER. AT PRESENT THE BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON AND IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP WHEN DRIVING AT 40MPH WITHIN A NORMAL DISTANCE. THE BRAKES IS AND HAS BEEN A SAFETY HAZARD ON THIS TRUCK. I NEED HELP.*AK

NHTSA ID
708926
Incident
Jan 19, 1988
Brakes
Filed Jun 9, 1998

VACUUM BOOSTER ORIGINALLY SUPPLIED ON VEHICLE PERFORMS VERY POORLY, EXCESSIVE FORCE NEEDS TO BE APPLIED IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. NEEDS TO REPLACED WITH THE NEWLY DESIGNED VACUUM BOOSTER.

NHTSA ID
536594
Brakes
Filed Dec 19, 1997

EXCESSIVE FORCE NEEDED ON PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE. OCCASIONALLY AFTER STOPPING, THERE IS A POPPING SOUND AND THE VEHICLE MOVES FORWARD AS IF BUMPED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID
527459
Suspension
Filed Jan 15, 1997

WHEN DRIVING THERE IS A NOISE IN THE FRONT BALL JOINT . *AK

NHTSA ID
807683
Steering
Filed Jan 3, 1995

DUE TO DEFECT STEERING BOLTS, STEERING WHEEL IS TOO LOOSE FOR PROPER CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

NHTSA ID
958160
Incident
Jan 3, 1994

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.

Data sources

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