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1998 Chevrolet Express 2500 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 Jul 17, 2018
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 Mar 2, 2013

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Chevrolet Express 2500. 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 1–3 of 3

ElectricalEngineFuel system
Filed Jul 17, 2018

PMD PUMP MOUNTED DRIVER FAILURE HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, MADE BY STANADYNE,

NHTSA ID
11112035
Incident
Jun 8, 2018
Mileage
165,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Mar 9, 2015

I OPENED THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OF MY VEHICLE AND LEANED INTO THE VAN TO START MY VEHICLE. THE MIDDLE OF MY BACK WAS TOUCHING THE BAR ABOVE THE AIRBAG COMPARTMENT WHEN THE AIRBAG WENT OFF DIRECTLY INTO BY BACK. MY VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN STARTED YET, NOR HAD IT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY ON MY PROPERTY. *TR

NHTSA ID
10693053
Incident
Mar 7, 2015
Mileage
210,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Mar 2, 2013

HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES FAILED WHILE IN A PARKING LOT. DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. HELD BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND MECHANIC STATED STEEL BRAKE LINE TO LEFT FRONT WHEEL HAD BROKEN DUE TO CORROSION. I HAD ALL STEEL BRAKE LINES REPLACED. SEVERAL OTHER LINES WERE ALSO BADLY CORRODED. *TR

NHTSA ID
10501071
Incident
Feb 10, 2010
Mileage
105,000 mi

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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