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1997 Chevrolet P3 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 Feb 9, 1999
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.
0
Reports on file since Jan 12, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Chevrolet P3. 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 Feb 9, 1999

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TO ADJUST THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE. WAS INFORMED NOT DESIGNED TO BE USED AS AN EMERGENCY BRAKE. MANUFACTURER. WAS ALSO NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF THE SAME REASON. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW CAN A VEHICLE BE SOLD IF EMERGENCY BRAKE COULD NOT BE USED AS SUCH. *AK

NHTSA ID
832021
Incident
Nov 11, 1998
Brakes
Filed Feb 1, 1999

ABS BRAKE SPEED SENSOR FAILED. NLM

NHTSA ID
605897
Incident
Aug 1, 1998
Fuel system
Filed Jan 12, 1999

THIS INFORMATION WAS REPORTED TO CHEVROLET CASE #980411299,TO THE NHTSA USING FORM MAILED TO ME IN LUBEC MAINE AND HOT LINE OR MOTORHOME LIFE MAGAZINE HAS REPORTED IT TO NHTSA TWICE ALL WITH NO RESULTS OR REPLY.THE THROUGH TANK POWER WIRE WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE DISCOLORED DUE TO EXTREME HEAT EVIDENTLY FROM BINDING FUEL PUMP.REPAIRS WERE MADE UNDER WARRANTY BY FLEET SERVICE,RFD 5 ,BRUNSWICK AV,ROUTE 201,GRDNER MINE INVOICE#12372 AND#12407.THE TECHNICIANS WERE EXTREMELY COMPETENT, AND SAID THAT IF THE TANK TOP CONNECTER HAD ARCED THE TANK WOULD HAVE EXPLODED,PROBABLY KILLING ALL OCCUPANTS,NHTSA HAS SHOWN NO INTEREST IN THIS MATTER TO DATE DESPITE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO REPORT THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION.MY NEXT STEP IF NO REPLY FROM THIS ONE WILL BE TO APPEAL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO NHTSA AND FAILURE TO REPLY IN ANY MANNER. A COPY OF THIS REPORT WILL BE RETAINED.I HAVE THE THRU TANK DISCOLORED POWER WIRE INVOLVED.

NHTSA ID
701302
Incident
Jun 11, 1998

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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