Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 8 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 Chevrolet G10. 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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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHEVROLET G10. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BEGAN LEAKING, BECAME WORSE OVER TIME. AS OF MAY 23, 2008, THE MECHANIC REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.
CONSUMER STATES THAT TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. DELAER NOTIFIED.*AK
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE OFF THE TRACKS AND ANCHOR, CAUSING THE SEAT TO ROCK BACKWARDS, IT WAS REPLACED ONCE, AND THIS INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED AGAIN. *AK
WE HAVE REPLACED 3 DIFFERENT REAR AXLES/GEARS. BEFORE REPLACING WE DIDNT HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH BACKLASH. WE HAVE HAD THE VAN LOOKED AT & THE DEALERSHIP STATES THEY DIDNT NEED TO LOOK AT THE VAN THAT THEY HAD A BULLETIN STATING THIS WAS NORMAL BACKLASH & USUALLY FOUND IN TRUCKS. WE HAVE HAD ONE FIRE WITH THE REAR AXLE BURNING BUT NOW WE CAN TELL IF THE REAR AXLE IS BLOWING. WE HAVE SPOKE TO SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS OF THESE VANS & THEY SEEM TO BE HAVING A HOWLING IN THE ENGINE/ PAINT BURNING OFF THE HOUSING UNIT & THEY WERE TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL. THE OTHER OWNER HAS STATED HE HAS REPLACED 2 REAR AXLES. PLEASE CONTACT ME TO WHETHER OR NOT AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING PERFORMED OR HOW THE THREE OF US WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS (REAR AXLE) BUT GM KEEPS STATING THIS IS NORMAL. SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF WE DIDNT HAVE AN EXTINGUISER TO PUT THE FIRE OUT BEFORE THE FIRE DEPT ARRIVED.
THE PANEL ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR IS COMING LOOSE, AND CAUSING THE DOOR TO STICK AND JAM SO THAT THE PASSENGERS CAN'T GET OUT. DEALER HAD REPAIRED DOOR PANEL, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED FOR THE 3RD TIME. *AK
BRAKE FAIL ON OCCASIONS, BATTERY FAILED.
BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR.
STEERING FAILURE, CAR WANDERS ALL OVER ROA.D
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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