Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 11 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Chevrolet G20. 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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WHEN THE CONSUMER SHIFTED THE GEAR TO REVERSE AND ACCELERATED AT A LOW SPEED THE FRONT BRAKE PIN SNAPPED. THE CONSUMER LOST STEERING CONTROL BUT MANAGED TO PULL OVER. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP MECHANIC BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *MJS
WHEN DRIVING 55 MPH THE VEHICLE PULLS TO EITHER SIDE FROM SIDE TO SIDE, DRIVER HAS TO SLOW DOWN IN ORDER TO DRIV. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FIVE TIMES. *AK.
ENGINE FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT).
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.(OHIO TRAFFIC REPORT)
SMOKED NOTICED COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE THEN FLAME CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE TOTALLY DESTROYED THE VEHICLE.
DESIGN OF FUSE BOX ALLOWS WATER TO ENTER, SHORTING OUT WIRES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.
FAILURE OF THE CRUISE CONTROL, WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AT A HIGH SPEED. *AK CONSUMER STATES AS HE WAS DRIVIING IT STARTED TO RAIN AND HE MUST HAVE HIT THE CRUISE CONTROL BY MISTAKE WHEN GOING TO TURN ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THE ACCELERATOR WENT TO THE FLOOR THE VAN STARTED TO SPEED UP AND CONSUMER TRIED TO APPLY THE RAKES, BUT THE VANSKIDDED BACK AND FOURTH, CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, CONSUMER TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT DID THE SAME THING, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND EXPLAINED SITUATION BUT WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS.*JB
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BOLT THAT HOLD THE SEAT BROKE. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM REAR OF THE VAN, DUE TO TRANMISSION FLUID LEAKAGE, RESULTING IN FIRE. TT
THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT DON'T LOCK. TT
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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