Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data
Data refreshed
Our database contains 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1990 Chevrolet C10, most frequently naming the brakes, transmission and visibility categories. 2 safety recalls have been issued covering this model year; and 2 NHTSA investigations name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
When owners filed reports about this model year
Not enough dated records to plot a meaningful trend — 3 months of data.
Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
2 campaigns cover this model year
Recalls apply to specific vehicles, not to every vehicle of a model year. Check your VIN with NHTSA or your manufacturer's dealer to confirm whether a recall affects your vehicle.
Check a VIN on NHTSA.govPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA inquiries naming this vehicle. An investigation is not a finding of a defect.
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES
AN ALLEGED MALFUNCTION IN THE ATLERNATOR RESULTING IN ENGINE COMPARTMET FIRES.
FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY
There is no summary currently available
Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE FRONT BRAKES STOPPED, BUT THE BACK WHEELS KEPT SPINNING. DEALER COULDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK
HEATER DEFROSTER BECOMES INOPERATIVE WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. TT
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID OVERHEATS, GEARS DO NOT ENGAGED FULLY, CAN SMELL BURNT TRANMISSION FLUID, INVOLVED IN RECALL 93V016000 DEALER ONLY INPECTED PROBLEM
Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Investigations | Issue Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 1998 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 53.9 |
| 1995 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 57.1 |
| 1994 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 52.1 |
| 1993 | 9 | 4 | 2 | — |
| 1992 | 9 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 1991 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — |
| 1990Viewing | 3 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 1989 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | 5 | 6 | — |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 1986 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 1985 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 1984 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 1983 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 1982 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 1981 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 1980 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1979 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 1978 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1977 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 1976 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1974 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 1973 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 1971 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1970 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1968 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1967 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.