Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 82 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1995 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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The contact owns a 1995 Chevrolet G20. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 MPH, the windshield wipers failed to operate as needed. The contact stated that the failure recurred several times. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 168,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET G20. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY ENGAGING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
THIS COMPLAINT ADDS PDF ATTACHMENTS THAT I FAILED TO FILE 10 MINUTES AGO BECAUSE I MISUNDERSTOOD PROCESS.
TRAVELING STRAIGHT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (65MPH), ON A VERY SMOOTH HIGHWAY, A LOUD POP WAS HEARD AND MY FRONT END DRIVER'S SIDE SUSPENSION COLLAPSED. I VEERED LEFT, STARTED TO ROLL, AND WAS RIGHTED BY A TOYOTA TACOMA IN THE LANE TO MY LEFT. THE TACOMA PROCEEDED TO WRAP AROUND THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE COLLIDING WITH A VEHICLE IN THE LANE TO MY RIGHT. TWO VEHICLES WERE TOTALED AND THE DRIVER OF THE TACOMA SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE RECENTLY INSTALLED SUSPENSION (MOOG COMPONENTS, INSTALLED BY FIRESTONE) HAD TWICE BEEN INSPECTED BY FIRESTONE IN THE PREVIOUS 6,000 MILES. (SUSPENSION INSTALLED 10,000 MILES PRIOR TO ACCIDENT, INSPECTED 6,000 AND 3,000 MILES PRIOR TO ACCIDENT BECAUSE I NOTED TO FIRESTONE OBSERVED EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND A SUSPENSION CLUNKING NOISE). THE PATROLMAN ON SCENE DID NOT CITE ME BECAUSE HE OBSERVED THE OTHERWISE BROKEN SUSPENSION WAS OF NEW, RECENTLY INSTALLED CONDITION. A LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE. GIVEN THE SEVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT I REQUESTED ALL FAILED SUSPENSION COMPONENTS BE PLACED IN MY VEHICLE. WHEN I ARRIVED TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE I WAS INFORMED THESE PARTS WERE DISCARDED. TWO DAYS AFTER I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE I FORMALLY REQUESTED FIRESTONE ADDRESS A SERIES OF SUSPENSION CONCERNS I HAD, ONE YEAR LATER, NO RESPONSE ON ANY CONCERN. 500 MILES AFTER THE SUSPENSION RE-REPAIR, I ONCE AGAIN WAS EXPERIENCING A CLUNKING NOISE AND ANOTHER FIRESTONE RETAIL CENTER DETERMINED ALIGNMENT SHIMS WERE MISSING, AND ON REPLACEMENT THE CLUNKING NOISE DISAPPEARED. FIRESTONE HAS NOT RESPONDED IF THEIR COULD BE A CONNECTION BETWEEN SHIM OMISSION AND PREMATURE BALL JOINT FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET G20. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES WHEN THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SHOULDER AND COASTED TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME WHERE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC EXAMINED THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 62,173. THE PLUNGER IN THE MASTER CYCLINDER WAS INCAPABLE OF PROPELLING THE BRAKE FLUID THROUGH THE LINES AND THE BRAKE CYCLINDERS COULD NOT EXPAND. VEHICLE HAS STOP BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION. FAILURE DURING DOWN GRADE. VEHICLE PICKED UP SPEED WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS USED TO STOP ITS FORWARD PROGRESS. UPDATED 11/09/2011 *LN *TR
DT: THE CONTACT STATED ONE MONTH AGO HE NOTICED A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE AT ANY SPEED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. JUST AS HE WAS PRESSING THE PEDAL THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER HE WAS OFF OF THE PEDAL THE LIGHT DISAPPEARED. HE THE CONTACT CITED RECALL 99I006000. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY TOLD HIM THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR MALFUNCTIONING. RECALL 98V15001 WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL MALFUNCTION AND STOP WORKING; DRIVER'S VISIBILITY IS POOR. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH IT'S WINDSHIELD WIPER AS STATED IN RECALL 03 V159 000 BUT IT'S VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED.
FRONT END- WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ENTIRE FRONT END SHIMMIES AND VIBRATES MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VAN. WE HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS VAN FOR LESS THAN 2 YEARS BUT THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. DOOR HINGES PREVIOUSLY REPLACE WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY NO LONGER OPERATE PROPERLY THEY ARE EITHER BROKEN OR STUCK. SEAT BELTS ARE TWISTED OR FAIL TO RETRACT. FRONT DOORS HAVE SHIFTED DOWNWARD. REAR POWER RECLINING SEAT IS STUCK IN DOWN POSITION. WAS STRUCK ON FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. RECENTLY HAD TO HAVE EGR VALVE REPLACED ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT MY 1995 VAN HAD 1996 PARTS. COULD NOT FIND THIS PART IN ANY AUTO PARTS STORE IN TOWN SO I ENDED UP HAVING TO GO TO SALVAGE TO GET ONE FOR $50, IT WAS ALMOST $200.00 NEW AND EVEN AFTER WAITING A WEEK FOR THE PART THE AUTO PARTS STORE DID NOT GET ONE. THE HINGES FOR MY VAN ARE $43 EACH AND I AM SURE OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS SHOULD BE EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THE SNOW AND SALT IN OUR STATE. IT JUST SEEMS CHEVROLET SHOULD HAVE REDESIGNED THESE HINGES.
THE REAR SPRINGS ON THE BACK PART OF THE VEHICLE IS CAUSING BOTH FRONT TIRES TO WEAR EXCESSIVELY. THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE CAUSE WAS DUE TO THE WRONG SIZE SPRINGS USED AT TIME OF MANUFACTURE. TS
AS A RESULT OF VEHICLE HIGHDROPLANNING AT THE RATE OF SPEED 45 MPH THROUGH A WATER PUDDLE, HITTING A TREE WITH FRONT END. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.AK
WE HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE RIGHT SIDE AXLE AND BEARINGS. ALSO THE COIL WENT OUT, AS WELL AS THE ENGINE SMALL BLOCK - WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM - THEY THEN HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE.
REAR DRIVE AXEL ALWAYS NOISY, SEAL BROKE 2 TIMES, CAUSING DAMAGE TO BREAKS. THERE IS SCORING OF THE DRIVE AXLE AND HOUSING DAMAGE. I T HAS BEEN REPAIRED BUT I AM INFORMED I NEED A NEW REAR END BUT THAT CHEVROLET DOES NOT PRODUCE THEM. NHTSA REPORTS INDICATE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I DO NOT WANT TO PAY 850.00 TO RELACE MY USED REAR END WITH A USED ONE THAT WILL FUNCTION JUST AS BADLY. WHERE CAN I GET NEW RELIABLE REPAIR PARTS FROM THE FACTORY. DO THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DEFECT AND ARE THEY MAKING ANY COMPENSATION. COME ON THIS IS A 44,000.00 G-20 MARK III CONVERSION VAN, I WOULD EXPECT A BETTER DRIVE SYSTEM THAN THIS. HELP PLEASE. THANK YOU MRS. SHEPHERD
BRAKES SPONGIE, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, BREAK FLUID OK. POWER ASSIST BOOSTER WEAK. *AK
WHEN TURNING OFF HIGHWAY STEERING SEEMED WOBBLY. TURNED INTO BIG TIMBER AT ABOUT 25MPH, STEERING SHOOK AS WE MADE TURN, ALL DUE TO TIRE SEPARATION MOSTLY INSID AREA OF THE WHEEL.
WHEN DRIVING DIFFERENTIAL WOULD MAKE GRINDING NOISE. NOISE WAS LIKE IT WAS STRAINING WHEN ACCLELRATING AND/OR BRAKING. *AK CONSUMER HAD A LOSS OF POWER HAD TO REPLACE SWAY BUSHINGS, VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVER HEAT IN WHICH THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF NOISES FROM REAR END BUT WAS ADVISED COULD NOT DUPLICATE, CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED OF A TICKING NOISE BUT WAS ADVISED THAT WAS NORMAL, ALSO SPEAKER ON LEFT SIDE HAS STATIC UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED, NOISE IN BRAKES WHEN BACKING UP,FRONT DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY MAKES A BANG NOISE,DRIVE BELT SQUEAKING, SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED, WATER LEAKING INTO VEHICLE WINDSHIELD WAS FITTING POOLY REPLACED WINDSHIELD, VACUUM BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED,STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AT 40 MPH, CIGARRETTE LIGHTER WHEN IN USE SMOKES DUE TO ASHES ON LIGHTER ELEMENT ALSO IGNITION COIL HAD TO BE RELACED DUE TO CORROSION HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS REPLACED .*JB
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED IN AUGUST 1999. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE IS MAKING GRINDING SOUNDS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK
CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 99I006000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99046/ ABS BRAKES. CONSUMER NOT SURE IF DEALER MADE THE RECALL REPAIRS. VEHICLE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP. *AK THE DRIVER IS EXPERIENCING BRAKE PROBLEM AFTER IT WAS FIXED FOR RECALL. *YH
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IN THIS ACCIDENT A CAR AND OUR VAN IMPACTED BOTH AT APP. 40MPH EACH HIT WITH FRONTAL IMPACT CAUSING EXT. DAMAGE TO OUR VAN AS WELL AS THE PASS. RESTRAINT NOT WORKING AND CAUSING INJURY. GM SENT "EXPERT" BUT TO NO AVAIL. REPAIR AS WELL AS WRECKER AND POLICE SAY DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED EVEN IF A SMALL IMPACT OF THAT MAGNATUDE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. MICHELLE AND PHILIP CAMP. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES HAVE FAILED TWO TIMES IN PANIC STOPS, BRAKES WILL RELEASE ON ROUGH ROADS, BRAKES HAVE FAILED IN REVERSE, DEALER HAS REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER BUT THREE FAILURES HAVE OCCURED SINCE. BRAKES ARE GETTING WORSE WITH PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR IN PANIC STOPS AND RELEASING. HAD FAILURE IN MOUNTAINS THIS SUMMER IN REVERSE (PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR AND BRAKES RELEASING). THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THE DESIGN OF THESE BRAKES! *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL THIS IS DUE TO A FAULTY CIRCUIT BOARD. *AK
#1-MOUNTING BRACKETS FOR DRIVERS SEAT BROKE . SEAT FALLS BACKWARDS!! (THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT YET REPORTED TO DEALER WHEN TYPING THIS LETTER) #2- ORIGINAL ENGINE (350 CID)- KNOCKED ON STARTUP- ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITH ORIGINAL LONG BLOCK SUPPLIED BY WARANTY CO.-- REPLACEMENT ENGINE STILL HAS VERY LOAD KNOCKING AT STARTUP.
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