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1989 Chevrolet K2500 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 20, 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.
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Reports on file since Nov 14, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 Chevrolet K2500. 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

Brakes
Filed Mar 20, 2002

BOTH FRONT BRAKE DISCS FAILED OVER THE PERIOD OF TWO YEARS. THE DISKS SEPARATED FROM THE HUB MOUNT CAUSING THE FRONT BRAKE ON ONE SIDE TO BECOME INNOPERABLE. LARGE STEERING INPUTS WERE REQUIRED TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM LEAVING THE ROAD. ON INSPECTION IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE ROTORS HAD SAPARETED DUE TO RUST THROUGH. BOTH SEPARATIONS WERE LOW SPEED INCIDENTS BUT IN BOTH CASES THE BRAKES WERE INNEFECTIVE AND THE STEERING LOAD WAS SUBSTANTIAL.*AK

NHTSA ID
759605
Incident
Oct 1, 2001
Tires & wheels
Filed Nov 21, 2000

PE00046, WITH ABOUT LESS THAN 15,000 MILES, THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT TIRE SIZE P24575R16 LOAD E. BOUGHT 4 TIRES, 3 OUT OF 4 TIRES TREAD SEPARATED WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. FIRST, WENT TO A GOODYEAR DEALER ,AND WILL ONLY PRORATE THE TIRE ,WHICH HE DID ON 2 TIRES. FINALLY, CONTACTED GOODYEAR DIRECTLY, AND THEY HAD THE OTHER TWO TIRES REPLACED WITH NO CHARGE.*AK *SLC

NHTSA ID
875326
Incident
Jun 1, 1999
Body & structure
Filed Jan 4, 1999

THE UPPER WELD ON THE TOP HINGE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HINGE HAS CRACKED, RESULTING IN DOOR NOT LATCHING PROPERLY. THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR OPENS WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. MANY OTHER CHEVROLET AND GMC PICKUP TRUCK OWNERS HAVE VOICED THE SAME CONCERNS TO ME ON THIS SAFETY-RELATED ISSUE. THE DOOR IS TOO HEAVY FOR THIS TYPE OF HINGE AND THEY ALL CRACK AT THE WELD JOINT WHERE THE HINGE IS WELDED TO THE DOOR. THIS RESULTS IN THE DOOR NOT BEING ABLE TO LATCH PROPERLY. *AK

NHTSA ID
701868
Incident
Jan 1, 1999
BrakesFuel system
Filed Nov 14, 1997

BRAKE PROBLEMS; ON REGULAR ROAD CONDITIONS, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN A NORMAL FASHION, THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE HAS A LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, DEALER STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED, AND THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT. THE FUEL LINES ARE ALSO RUSTED. PARTS FOR THE FUEL LINES ARE ON BACK ORDER. THE BRAKE LINES ARE BEING REPAIRED. *AK *SLC

NHTSA ID
819044
Incident
Nov 7, 1997

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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