1996 Chevrolet M Series 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 M Series, 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
- Brakes1100.0%
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
Brakes
Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.
From owner reports, verbatim
IT WAS A RAINING DAY, PICKED UP DAUGHTER AT A HOUSE ON THE DOWNPART OF A HILL. CAR WAS IN PARK, TOOK THE CAR OUT OF PARK TO DRIVE DOWN THE HILL, MY FOOT NEVER TOUCHED THE ACCELERATOR DUE TO BEING ON THE DOWN PART OF THE HILL, MY BRAKES STARTED TO PULSATE VIGOROUSLY , I KNEW NOT TO PUMP THE BRAKES BUT I ALSO KNEW THAT MY VAN WAS NOT STOPPING, THERE WAS A CAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AT A STOP SIGN, I HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES, THEY PULSATING SO HARD I COULDN'T KEEP MY LEGS STILL, I WENT TO TURN MY STEERING WHEEL THINKING IF I TURNED INTO THE BUSHES I WOULD AVOID HITTING THE CAR AND GOING INTO THE MAIN STREET. MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. I KNEW AT THIS POINT I WOULD HIT THE CAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STREETK, (MY CAR WAS NOT STALLED BECAUSE I LOOKED ON DASH BOARD TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NOT WARNING SIGNALS0I PUSHED THE CAR INTO MAIN STREET HE TURNED AND I WENT STRAIGHT AHEAD INTO A HOUSE, I THREW THE CAR IN PARK AFTER I HIT THE CAR AND THE VAN STILL MOVED FORWARD INTOTHE HOUSE. THE GIRL IN THE BACK SEAT WENT FLYING TO FRONT AND BROKE HER ANKLE, ME AND MY DAUGHTER IN THE FRONT WERE ALRIGHT, I SUFFER FROM PELVIC PAIN AND BACK PAIN BUT THERE ARE N O FRACTURES THAT WERE VISIABLE. I STILL DO NOT HAVE MY VAN BACK AND THIS IS USED FOR MY DAUGHTER WHO IS IN A WHEELCHAIR. THE VAN HAS AN ELEVATOR LIFT IN IT. THE INS. CO. ARBELLA INS. HAD A SPECIALIST TEST BRAKES, HE CLAIMS EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE BRAKES ARE ALMOST TO THE FLOOR AND MY EMERGENCY BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING AND I KNOW THEY WERE BOTH FINE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO ACCIDENT I HAD THE BRAKES CHECK.*AK
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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