Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 32 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Chevrolet C1500. 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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MY SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY 1988 CHEVY 2WHEEL DRIVE PICK-UP HAS FAILED AND CANNOT BE EXTENDED FOR USE. AT ONE TIME A FED LAW DIRECTING DEALERSHIPS TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE SAFETY ITEMS AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER WAS IN EFFECT. I CAN NO LONGER FIND ANY REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM. IS IT STILL IN AFFECT? AND IF IT IS HOW CAN I OBTAIN A COPY OF IT TO SHOW TO A DEALER. *TR
LATCH ON DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT IS CONTINUALLY BREAKING. *AK CONSUMER STATES LATCH BROKE WHILE LEANING FORWARD TO ADJUST RADIO AND HE CAN SEE THE BROKEN PIECE OF WHITE PLASTIC INSIDE LATCH. *SLC
BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS ON THE LEFT / RIGHT HAND SIDE DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. PASSENGER'S CAN'T RIDE IN THE REAR OF VEHICLE WITHOUT SEAT BELTS. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, VEHICLE UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME TO AVOID HITTING STOPPED VEHICLES. *YC
WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT THE VEHICLE CUT OFF AND WOULDN'T START BACK UP. ALSO, WHEN CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE LOST POWER AND DIED OUT. CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT SOMEONE CHANGED MILEAGE ON VEHICLE. *AK
THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE COMING ON AND OFF WHILE IN USE WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, ALSO, THE LINING ON THE PADS CAME OFF WHILE THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. *AK
BRAKE FAILURE.
FUEL PUMP TERMINALS SHORTED OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO DIE/STALL.
METAL AROUND STRIKER NUTS IS CRACKING BECAUSE DOOR WILL NOT SIT PROPERLY. DOOR CANNOT BE PROPERLY ADJUSTED.
VEHICLE WAS IN COLLISION, CAUSING DOOR TO DROP AT THE LATCH AND LOCK ASSEMBLEY. IT IS CAUSING THE METAL AROUND THE STRIKER NUTS TO CRACK, WEARING THE LOCK ASSEMBLY OUT.
STEERING WHEEL LOOSE.
BRAKES EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE CAUSING CONSUMER LOSS OF CONTROL ON OCCASION.
BRAKE PADS HAVE FAILED SIX TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR.
APPLIED THE BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DRIVER HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO STOP THE TRUCK. DEALER SAID THAT THE LINING ON THE PADS CAME OFF WHICH ALLOWED THE PEDAL TO STICK. *AK
ENGINE FIRE. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)
WHILE DRIVING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
LEFT REAR AXLE FAILED AND VEHICLE ROLLED OVER.
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT TAKE UP SLACK IN SHOULDER BELT AFTER LEANING FORWARD TO REACH RADIO OR CLIMATE CONTROLS. THE ONLY WAY SEA TBELT CAN BE REMOVED IS TO UNFASTEN THE BELT AND LET IT RETRACT. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
FUEL LINE LEAK, CAUSING FIRE.
UPON MAKING A STOP ON DRY PAVEMENT ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND BRAKES FADING AWAY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE.
SEAT BELTACTOR DOES NOT TAKE UP SLACK IN SHOULDER BELT AFTER LEANING FORWARD TO REACH RADIO OR CLIMATE CONTROLS. *AK
EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT ABS FAILURE, WHILE SITTING AT STOP SIGN BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS TOO FAR DOWN, ALSO, DURING PANIC STOP PEDAL GOES FOT FLOOR DUE TO LOW PEDAL PRESSURE, ABS LIGHT FLASHES, THEN STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY, DEALER CAN'T RECREATE. *AK
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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