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1999 Chevrolet Medium Duty Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Jan 30, 2008
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1999 Chevrolet Medium Duty, 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

  • Transmission1100.0%

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

Transmission

Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules.

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From owner reports, verbatim

I HAD A MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. NO WARNING, NO NOISE, NO INDICATION WHAT SO EVER. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FROM HIGHWAY AT 2AM TO REPAIR SHOP. UPON INSPECTION BY THE REPAIR SHOP THEY FOUND THAT THE TRANSFER CASE FAILED AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO ULTIMATELY FAIL AS WELL....THE TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM WAS FIXED AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY ON COVERED MINIMAL COST....THE TRANSMISSION WAS FIXED AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY DID NOT COVER AND OF THE COST...LEAVING ME WITH A BILL OF OVER $1600.00!!!!! AFTER MISSING TWO FULL WEEKS OF WORK FOR THIS ISSUE I STILL HAD TO INCUR THE FULL COST OF THIS REPAIR. IT CLEARLY STATES IN THE WARRANTY CONTRACT THAT THESE REPAIRS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. PLEASE INFORM ME IF THERE ARE ANY RECALL ITEMS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. *TR

NHTSA ID 10216459 · filed Jan 30, 2008

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.

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