1994 Chevrolet K2500 Owner Complaints

CLUTCH PEDAL SLOWLY STARTED GETTING HARDER TO DEPRESS SINCE NEW (I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER). I PUT ON MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS. FIRST THE CLUTCH PEDAL TO ROD BUSHING/RETAINER WOULD WEAR OUT CAUSING CLUTCH TO SUDDENLY ENGAGE WITH NO WARNING. AFTER MULTIPLE BUSHINGS, THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDERS STARTED FAILING FROM TOO MUCH HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. AFTER A TOTAL CLUTCH SYSTEM REPLACEMENT AT 140K MILES, WE FOUND THE ROOT CAUSE TO BE THE FORK AND BALL STUD ATE INTO EACH OTHER DUE TO INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION. CLUTCH WORKED LIKE NEW AFTER REPLACEMENT. AT 160K MILES CLUTCH IS BACK TO VERY STIFF AND PARTS ARE NOW FAILING AGAIN, EVEN WITH OFTEN GREASING THRU BELL HOUSING ZERK FITTING FOR BALL STUD. *JS

NHTSA ID

10690601

Incident

Feb 1, 2000

Mileage

100,000 mi

AFTER FLOORING THE GAS PEDAL, IT STUCK TO FLOOR CAUSED VEHICLE TO CONTINUE ACCELERATING. ONCE HAD TO SHUTOFF ENGINE ANOTHER TIME IT HAPPENED BRIEFLY AND FIXED ITSELF. UPON INSPECTION I NOTICED A PIECE OF METAL WIRE SPLINTERED AND WOULD GET CAUGHT IN OTHER PARTS WHEN FULLY DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL. BOUGHT REPLACEMENT FOR THROTTLE CABLE LINK. I THINK THIS WILL FIX IT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10604667

Incident

Jul 18, 2012

Mileage

216,000 mi

SINCE IT DOESN'T RAIN MUCH IN PHOENIX AZ, THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED TWICE. WHILE DRIVING IN A LIGHT RAIN, WITH THE WIPERS SET ON INTERMITTENT, THEY QUIT OPERATING AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. QUITE DISTURBING WHEN YOU CANNOT SEE WHERE YOUR GOING. AFTER PULLING OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND PAUSING FOR 20 MIN, THE WIPERS MAY AGAIN WORK. SOME TIMES IT TAKES A COUPLE OF HOURS. I HAVE TESTED ALL OF THE WIPER CIRCUITS VIA THE SERVICE MANUAL RECOMMENDATION, WITH OUT FINDING A FAILURE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10028549

Incident

Feb 8, 2001

Mileage

27,000 mi

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERATIVE.*JB

NHTSA ID

10010063

Incident

Mar 8, 2002

Mileage

153,000 mi

LOW POWER AND "SERVICE ENGINE" LIGHT WOULD COME ON PERIODICALLY. DEALER "SHOTGUNNED" PARTS BUT DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. GOT MANUFACTURER INVOLVED AND ADMITTED TO A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE CONTROL CHIP. CHIP WAS REPLACED WITH ONE HAVING A HANDWRITTEN PART NUMBER AND NO MORE PROBLEM. AM AWARE THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS EXPERIENCE THIS SAME PROBLEM AND CANNOT GET IT FIXED. SOMEONE NEEDS TO "TELL THE WORLD" SINCE THE MANUFACTURER CONTINUES TO HIDE THE PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

749596

. I STARTED TO FEEL A SLIGHT VIBRATION OCCURRING IN THE TRUCK. AT THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH. I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE AN INCREASING NOISE LEVEL FROM THE TIRES. ABOUT 1 TO 2 MINUTES LATER I HEARD A LOUD BANG. THEN I EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION FROM THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. FORTUNATELY I DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDW8R4A227 TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

NHTSA ID

746429

Incident

May 31, 2001

CONSUMER BECAME STUCK IN A SNOW DRIFT IN WHICH THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING. *SLC

NHTSA ID

559004

Incident

Nov 10, 2000

SPARE TIRE HOIST AND STORAGE UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK FAILED SENDING SPARE TIRE LOOSE ONTO ROADWAY. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO MOTORISTS BEHIND. THE CABLE HOLDING THE TIRE ON THE TRUCK BROKE. ALTHOUGH I DO NOT HAVE STATISTICAL PROOF, THIS SPARE TIRE HOIST IS FAILING MORE THAN NECESSARY AS I HAVE BEEN LOOKING UNDER LATE MODEL TRUCKS AND SEEING THE SAME FRAYED CABLE PROBABLY INDICATING FAILURE AS OCCURRED TO ME. CALLED CHEVROLET, CLAIM NUMBER C984196 AND WAS STONEWALLED DUE TO MILEAGE OF VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE NOT A MILIEAGE ISSUE/*AK

NHTSA ID

725882

Incident

Jul 15, 2000

AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 1.5 HOURS THE ENGINE JUST DIED WITH NO WARNING LEAVING ME WITH NO POWER IN TRAFFIC. THE FIRST TIME THE ENGINE REFIRED WHILE IN GEAR BUT THE NEXT 4 TIMES I HAD TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT NO ONE HIT ME EACH TIME BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WARNING. I HAVE SINCE SPOKEN TO ANOTHER OWNER OF THE SAME VEHICLE AND HE DESCRIBED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND THE SAME PART REPLACEMENT THAT THE DEALER IS TELLING ME HAS TO BE REPLACED. THIS TRUCK HAS RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE FOR ITS AGE. THREE YEARS AGO WE ALSO EXPERIANCD A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP AND IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY ON 9/22/97. IS THIS A PROBLEM THAT ONLY 2 OF US HAVE HAD? LUCKILY I WASN'T TOWING MY TRAVEL TRAILER AT THE TIME.

NHTSA ID

720808

Incident

Mar 5, 2000

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING DURING OPERATION, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK

NHTSA ID

853805

Incident

Nov 15, 1999

WAS GOING APPROX. 15MPH & HEARD A HIGH PITCH SQUEAL, LIKE METAL TO METAL, COMING FROM LEFT REAR BRAKES WHILE IN MOUNTAINS. TOOK BRAKES APART & NOTICED PIECES OF METAL ON EMERGENCY BRAKES. HAD THEM REPLACED AFTER TAKING PIECES OUT. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE IN PREVIOUSLY WHEN LIGHT CAME ON & NOTHING FOUND. *AK

NHTSA ID

849540

Incident

Sep 8, 1998

WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OR AT STAND STILL VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT OR DIE. SOMETIMES CAN START RIGHT UP, BUT OTHER TIMES WOULD NOT. TOWED TO SHOP & INFORMED CONSUMER THAT FUEL PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE. MANUFACTURER NOT REPAIRING IT. WAS INFORMED BY DEALER OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

NHTSA ID

845034

Incident

May 29, 1999

BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH IS NOT WORKING, CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO BE INOPERATIVE RESULTING IN A SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

NHTSA ID

837985

CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH COMPUTER MODULE SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

831261

Incident

Nov 24, 1997

DUE TO THE FUEL INJECTION PUMP FAILURE THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON 2 OCCASIONS, BOTH OF WHICH OCCURRED WHILE ON HIGHWAYS. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID

826975

Incident

Aug 1, 1994

HAD FOOT ON BRAKE WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED/SURGED UNEXPECTEDLY, ALMOST HITTING TWO PEDESTRIANS. DEALER HAS REPLACED ENTIRE ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM. DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK

NHTSA ID

823010

SHOCK MOUNT FELL OFF FRAME OF TRUCK.

NHTSA ID

520212

Incident

Jul 17, 1997

EMERGENCY BRAKE: DASHBOARD HANDLE BECOMES UNATTACHED FROM EMERGENCY BRAKE RACHET ASSEMBLY, CAUSING NO RELEASE OF EMERGENCY BRAKE . EMERGENCY BRAKE RACHET MECHANISM BOLSTER ATTACHING MECHANISM TO LEFT FIREWALL WORKS LOOSE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. *AK

NHTSA ID

813165

BUCKET SEAT: THE BOLTS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE SEAT IS BROKEN, CAUSING THE SEAT TO RECLINE AND MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. *AK

NHTSA ID

812837

Incident

Jun 2, 1994