2016 Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 3500 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 2016 Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 3500, 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
- Body & structure125.0%
- Brakes125.0%
- Driver assistance125.0%
- Fuel system125.0%
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
Body & structure
Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.
From owner reports, verbatim
EXPERIENCED DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO MOVE TRUCK SLOWLY. TRUCK ACCELERATED AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, DRIVER COULD NOT DO SO. THIS TRANSPIRED FROM A PARKED POSITION AND ATTEMPTING TO GO FORWARD APPROX. A FOOT. SPEED HAD SUCH A VELOCITY THAT DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF TRUCK. THE TRUCK ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK AND THE TRUCK WENT OVER A LOW BEARING WALL. TRUCK WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY. COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH GM IN MAY 2018 WITH NO FURTHER CONTACT FROM GM AFTER INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CONCLUDED. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS TRUCK 16V-797 THE STICKER ON TRUCK FOR VIN STATES NOV. 2018. GM HAS NOT RESPONDED SINCE THE INVESTIGATION. *DT UPDATED 11/02/18*JB
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Brakes
Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.
From owner reports, verbatim
EXPERIENCED DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO MOVE TRUCK SLOWLY. TRUCK ACCELERATED AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, DRIVER COULD NOT DO SO. THIS TRANSPIRED FROM A PARKED POSITION AND ATTEMPTING TO GO FORWARD APPROX. A FOOT. SPEED HAD SUCH A VELOCITY THAT DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF TRUCK. THE TRUCK ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK AND THE TRUCK WENT OVER A LOW BEARING WALL. TRUCK WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY. COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH GM IN MAY 2018 WITH NO FURTHER CONTACT FROM GM AFTER INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CONCLUDED. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS TRUCK 16V-797 THE STICKER ON TRUCK FOR VIN STATES NOV. 2018. GM HAS NOT RESPONDED SINCE THE INVESTIGATION. *DT UPDATED 11/02/18*JB
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Driver assistance
Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.
From owner reports, verbatim
EXPERIENCED DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO MOVE TRUCK SLOWLY. TRUCK ACCELERATED AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, DRIVER COULD NOT DO SO. THIS TRANSPIRED FROM A PARKED POSITION AND ATTEMPTING TO GO FORWARD APPROX. A FOOT. SPEED HAD SUCH A VELOCITY THAT DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF TRUCK. THE TRUCK ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK AND THE TRUCK WENT OVER A LOW BEARING WALL. TRUCK WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY. COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH GM IN MAY 2018 WITH NO FURTHER CONTACT FROM GM AFTER INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CONCLUDED. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS TRUCK 16V-797 THE STICKER ON TRUCK FOR VIN STATES NOV. 2018. GM HAS NOT RESPONDED SINCE THE INVESTIGATION. *DT UPDATED 11/02/18*JB
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Fuel system
Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.
From owner reports, verbatim
We received recalls from GM and we have fuel spewing out of the tank. The vehicle is at the dealer and it is costing us to be without the vehicle as this is a commercial truck and the dealer refusing to take care of the recall. I have videos that I am retaining and cannot upload.
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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