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1999 Chevrolet P 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 Sep 26, 2017
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 Sep 26, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1999 Chevrolet P. 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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Brakes
Filed Sep 26, 2017
Fire reported

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET P TRUCK. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE AND THEN SUDDENLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASED. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, SMOKE APPEARED COMING FROM THE FRONT BRAKES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER BEING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO OVERHEAT AND THE ABS SENSOR TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

NHTSA ID
11029992
Incident
Aug 1, 2017
Mileage
40,000 mi

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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