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1998 Chevrolet K10 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 Jul 26, 2002
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.
0
Reports on file since Dec 17, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Chevrolet K10. 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

Body & structure
Filed Jul 26, 2002

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR CANNOT OPEN UNLESS THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR IS OPENED FIRST. THERE IS NO HANDLE ON THE BACK DOOR. CONSUMER SPOKE WITH THE CHEVROLET REP. AND WAS INFORMED THAT THAT IS THE WAY THE VEHICLE IS DESIGNED. *JG

NHTSA ID
566770
Body & structureElectricalInterior & seats+2 more
Filed Dec 29, 1999

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH SUSPENSION PULLING, NOISE IS ALSO NOTICABLE ON THE LEFT/PULLING SIDE, UNABLE TO BE RECTIFIED. *MJS

NHTSA ID
550111
Incident
Dec 30, 1998
Airbags
Filed Jan 6, 1999
Crash reported

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY CAME UPON AN ACCIDENT AND HIT ANOTHER AUTOMOBILE SIDEWAYS. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID
833124
Incident
Jan 2, 1999
Steering
Filed Dec 17, 1998

BOLT THAT HOLDS SPLIT STEERING SHAFT CAME OUT CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.

NHTSA ID
543075
Incident
Nov 30, 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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