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1985 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck Owner Complaints

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

Data refreshed

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.
5
Latest Aug 8, 2002
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.
2
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 Mar 20, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck. 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 1–5 of 5

Engine
Filed Aug 8, 2002
3 injuries reported1 death reported

GENERATOR EXHAUST WAS DAMAGED CAUSING THE TAIL PIPE TO BE BENT UP TOWARDS THE REAR SLEEPING COMPARTMENT OF THE RV. OCCUPANTS WERE OVERCOME WITH CO POISIONING RESULTING IN LOSS OF LIFE FOR OUR DAUGHTER. COMPLETE DETAILS AND POLICE REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE. VEHICLE DOES NOT BELONG TO ME BUT WAS BEING USED AS TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING DURING THE RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, NASCAR EVENT ON 5 MAY 2002.

NHTSA ID
765368
Incident
May 5, 2002
Fuel system
Filed Jun 8, 2000

GAS TANK IS LEAKING GAS. NLM

NHTSA ID
552543
Engine
Filed May 15, 1996
Fire reported

ENGINE FIRE. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT) *DSH

NHTSA ID
504295
Incident
Apr 23, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Apr 1, 1996
1 injury reported

SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED IN ROLLOVER ACCIDENT, CAUSING DRIVER TO BE THROWN FROM VEHICLE/INJURED. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)

NHTSA ID
502910
Incident
Jul 26, 1994
Seat belts
Filed Mar 20, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

SEAT BELT BUCKLE OPENED IN ROLLOVER, EJECTING DRIVER/CAUSING INJURY. *DH

NHTSA ID
502474

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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