Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data
Data refreshed
Our database contains 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Chevrolet K10, most frequently naming the fuel system category. 1 safety recall has been issued covering this model year; and 2 NHTSA investigations name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
When owners filed reports about this model year
Not enough dated records to plot a meaningful trend — 2 months of data.
Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
1 campaign cover this model year
Recalls apply to specific vehicles, not to every vehicle of a model year. Check your VIN with NHTSA or your manufacturer's dealer to confirm whether a recall affects your vehicle.
Check a VIN on NHTSA.govEQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
NHTSA inquiries naming this vehicle. An investigation is not a finding of a defect.
FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY
There is no summary currently available
EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAKS
SUMMARY:SOME 1981-86 TRUCKS WITH 7.4L ENGINES AND CAST IRON EXHAUSTMANIFOLDS MAY EXPERIENCE A CONDITION WHERE AN EXHAUST LEAK DEVELOPSBETWEEN THE MANIFOLD AND THE CYLINDER HEAD MATING SURFACE CAUSING A NOISECONDITION. MOST OF THE REPORTS (AND ALL OF THE INJURIES AND THEMANIFOLD FIRE) ARE FROM THE P30 MOTORHOME CHASSIS.GM STATES THAT A WARPEDOR CRACKED MANIFOLD WOULD PERMIT SMALL AMOUNTS OF EXHAUST GAS LEAKAGEGENERALLY RESULTING IN NOTICEABLE NOISE AND FUMES.THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDSARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS (SUCH AS OPERATING UNDER SEVEREENGINE/VEHICULAR LOAD CONDITIONS AND HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES).THEMOTORHOME APPLICATION IS PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS ALLEGED DEFECTSINCE THE VEHICLE IS NEARLY ALWAYS AT OR NEAR THE GVWR OF THE VEHICLE.THEFEW NUMBER OF REPORTS RECEIVED BY ODI FOR A PROBLEM WHICH BEGAN 8 YEARS AGOSUGGESTS THAT THE DEFECT EITHER OCCURS INFREQUENTLY OR IS NOT PERCEIVED ASA SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD.THE SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED TO IDENTIFYTHE HIGH TEMPERATURE PROBLEM AND PROVIDE A REMEDY AGAINST REOCCURRENCE.===
Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
RIGHT GAS TANK LEAKS AT SEAM, COULD CAUSE FIRE. *AK
Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Investigations | Issue Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | 8 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1995 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 55.3 |
| 1994 | 8 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 1993 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — |
| 1992 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 1991 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — |
| 1990 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 1989 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 1988 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 1985Viewing | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 1982 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 1978 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1977 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1975 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 1974 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 1973 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 1972 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1971 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 1970 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 1969 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1967 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.