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1991 Chevrolet K15 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 Mar 1, 1999
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.
2
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 Feb 24, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 9 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1991 Chevrolet K15. 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 1–9 of 9

Seat belts
Filed Mar 1, 1999

RESTRAINT RETRACTOR LOCKS IN POSITION AND WILL NOT EXTEND OR RETRACT WITHOUT CONSIDERABLE MANIPULATION.

NHTSA ID
703875
Incident
Apr 12, 1997
Powertrain (other)
Filed Jan 9, 1999

7/9/93 REPRTED CLANKING NOISE IN REAR DIFFERTANAL @ 11462 MI. TOLD IT WAS A NORMAL NOISE.@ 54257 MI.REAR DIFFERTANAL HAD AXLE LEAKS REPAIRED.@AT 70876.0 MILES 11/5/97 COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF REAR DIFFERTAL @ A COST OF $1354.00 0N 1/7/99 @89000.0 MILES REAR DIRRERANTL COMPLETE SELF DESTRUCTED SHOOTING METAL OBJECT THOUGH REAR COVER.HAS THERE BEEN OTHER REPORTS OR ? WITH THIS VEHICLE

NHTSA ID
702074
Incident
Nov 5, 1997
Brakes
Filed Dec 18, 1998
Crash reported

PARKING BRAKE RELEASES AFTER DRIVER LEAVES TRUCK, NO WARNING.

NHTSA ID
701457
Incident
Oct 20, 1998
Transmission
Filed Mar 17, 1997
Fire reported

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY ABOUT 65MPH SAW SMOKE COMING FROM BEHIND THE VEHICLE, STOPPED AND NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE.THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR SAID MAIN SEAL ON TRANSMISSION BURST, CAUSING A FIRE. *AK

NHTSA ID
808890
Incident
Feb 5, 1997
Brakes
Filed Feb 28, 1997

WAS DRIVING AND APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL, WENT TO THE FLOOR ,TOOK TO DEALER ON ONE OCCASSION AND HE REPLACED THE H2500 MODULE ELECTRICAL BRAKE CONTROL, SINCE THEN HAS TAKEN BACK A COUPLE OF TIMES. *AK

NHTSA ID
808010
Incident
Jan 21, 1997
Steering
Filed Nov 18, 1996

WHILE DRIVING, BOLTS BACKED OUT OF TILT STEERING COLUMN, STEERING WHEEL JAMMED/LOCKED UP, NO WARNING, NEAR CAUSING ACCIDENT. *AK

NHTSA ID
805225
Incident
Nov 15, 1996
Brakes
Filed Sep 22, 1995

ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. *SD

NHTSA ID
488370
Incident
Sep 22, 1995
Brakes
Filed Sep 7, 1995

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM WORKS IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND IT IS NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT USE.CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON STEEP AND BUMPY ROADS. TT

NHTSA ID
971731
Body & structure
Filed Feb 24, 1995

THE FRONT GRILL HAS LITTLE BUBBLE AND PART IS CRACKED. TT

NHTSA ID
960529
Incident
Dec 21, 1990

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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