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1998 Chevrolet G Series 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 Aug 9, 2000
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 Feb 18, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Chevrolet G Series. 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

Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 9, 2000
Crash reported2 injuries reported

ONE OF SEVERAL FAILURES WE EXPERIENCED WITH THIS TIRE. ALL TIRES FAILED ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE TIRES SEPERATED AND THE TREAD COME OFF THE CASING OF THE TIRE. WE ARE NO LONGER USING THIS TIRE ON OUR VEHICLES, NO OTHER TIRE HAS FAILED ON OUR TRUCKS, WITH THE SAME LOAD AND CONDITIONS.( DOT NUMBER: VN11B1A188 TIRE SIZE: 24575R16 )

NHTSA ID
727186
Incident
Oct 27, 1998
Brakes
Filed Nov 23, 1999

BRAKES FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE ACCIDENT, AFTER REPAIRED VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES CONTINUALLY, AFTER SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS VEHICLE IS NOT ABLE TO BE RECTIFIED OF FAILURE. MJS

NHTSA ID
549691
Incident
Jun 19, 1998
Brakes
Filed Oct 29, 1999

ABS FAILURE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL KICKS BACK AND VEHICLE DO NOT STOP WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SURFACE. YH

NHTSA ID
549342
Visibility
Filed Feb 18, 1999

BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR VIBRATE BADLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO FOCUS ON ANY OBJECT THROUGH THE MIRRORS.

NHTSA ID
543946
Incident
Sep 1, 1998

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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