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1996 Chevrolet L Van 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 Apr 21, 2006
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 Mar 9, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 Chevrolet L Van. 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

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BrakesInterior & seatsOther / unspecified
Filed Apr 21, 2006

I PURCHASED MY VAN USED IN OCT 2003, AND WITHIN 3 WEEKS OF DRIVING IT, THE OUTSIDE PASSENGER AND DRIVER DOORS LATCHES HAVE BROKE FROM THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR FRAME, WHICH HAS LED TO THE DOOR UNABLE TO OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE ONLY THE INSIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THE DOOR LATCHES STOPPED WORKING, BOTH OF THE WINDOW MOTORS BURNED UP AND AM NO LONGER ABLE TO ROLL THE WINDOWS UP OR DOWN. I HAVE HAD THE DOOR LATCHES PUT BACK IN PLACE TWICE AND WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO REPLACE THEM BECAUSE THEY WON'T STAY ATTACHED. I GOT AN ESTIMATE ON THE WINDOW MOTORS AND THEY WERE VERY EXPENSIVE, AM UNABLE TO REPLACE RIGHT NOW. I FEEL THAT THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN YOUR DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE WERE A WRECK, NO ONE COULD GET TO YOU FAST ENOUGH. *JB

NHTSA ID
10155829
Incident
Nov 1, 2003
Visibility
Filed Mar 9, 2005

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INADVERTENTLY GO OUT. THE CAUSE OF WHY THIS HAPPENS IS UNDETERMINED.*AK

NHTSA ID
10113850
Incident
Mar 1, 2004

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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