1996 Chevrolet K2500 Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1996 Chevrolet K2500, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Tires & wheels1100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
AFTER 4 YEARS AND 22,000 MILES , ALL 4 TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED SIDEWALL CRACKS AND ARE LEAKING AIR THROUGH THOSE CRACKS. THESE ARE THE TRAIL MARK LT245 X16 TIRES MADE BY KELLEY SPRINGFIELD ( GOODYEAR). THEY ARE ON MY CHEVY K2500 4X4 TRUCK, ALWAYS ROTATED AND INFLATED TO 40 LBS. WHEN NOT CARRYING ANY LOADS. TREAD WEAR IS EVEN WITH MORE THAN HALF LIFE REMAINING. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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