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1986 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.
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Latest Jun 4, 2003
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.
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Reports on file since Apr 30, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 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 1–4 of 4

Fuel system
Filed Jun 4, 2003

THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH TWO HIGHLY DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVE SIDE SADDLE FUEL TANKS THAT HAVE TAKEN THE LIFE OF MANY. GM OFFERED 1000K DOLLARS TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A NEW GM VEHICLE OR $100 DOLLARS, AND SINCE THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS IN GOOD CONDITION, HE DECIDED TO TAKE THE $100 DOLLARS WHICH HE HASN'T RECEIVED FROM GM. *MR SCC

NHTSA ID
10021683
Tires & wheels
Filed Dec 4, 2000

THE FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S LT235/85R16 M/S ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BOUNCES AND APPEARS TO BE OUT OF ROUND, ONE FRONT TIRE IS NOT FLAT ACROSS BUT ROUNDED (BUBBLE), THE TIRES HAVE APPROXIMATELY 15-20,000 MILES ON THEM AND HAVE TREAD LEFT. *MJS

NHTSA ID
557853
Electrical
Filed May 3, 2000

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
722245
Incident
May 1, 2000
Fuel system
Filed Apr 30, 1995

FUEL TANK MOUNTED OUTSIDE OF FRAME. *AK

NHTSA ID
482994
Incident
Apr 30, 1995

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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