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1992 Chevrolet Pickup 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 Apr 21, 2003
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.
1
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 Apr 10, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 13 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1992 Chevrolet Pickup. 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

Showing 1–13 of 13

Tires & wheels
Filed Apr 21, 2003

THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHICH CAUSED THE ENTIRE TREAD TO COME OFF. *JB

NHTSA ID
10017206
Incident
Mar 23, 2003
Filed Nov 10, 2002

EXTERIOR PAINT FLAKING OFF AT AN ALARMING RATE. DT

NHTSA ID
769538
Interior & seats
Filed Jun 1, 2001

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
746273
Interior & seats
Filed Feb 22, 2001

SEAT TRACK BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO CONTIUOUSLY MOVE BACK AND FORTH. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT ALL THAT HAD TO BE DONE WAS TO TIGHTEN TRACK, IN ACTUALITY THE RAILS WERE CRACKED, MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT REPLACE DUE TO HIGH MILEAGE AND THEY ALSO STATED THAT IT WASN'T A DEFECT. *SLC

NHTSA ID
881118
Incident
Dec 21, 2000
Tires & wheels
Filed Oct 5, 2000

WHILE DRIVING, BF GOODRICH RADIAL T/A REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE P275/60R15 DOT BHR7A01286 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *SLC

NHTSA ID
872342
Incident
Sep 23, 2000
Brakes
Filed Sep 30, 2000

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE BRAKES PULL SERVERLY TO THE RIGHT AND ALWAYS HAS SINCE NEW BUT YOU RECALLED 1/2 TON TRUCKS BUT NOTHING WAS DONE TO THE 3/4 TON TRUCKS AND DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHETHER THE TRUCK IS LOADED OR NOT.

NHTSA ID
732977
Incident
Aug 22, 1992
Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 24, 2000

WHILE DRIVING COULD FEEL LIKE SOMETHING WAS ON THE ROAD. HAD A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH, AND TREAD SEPARATED, RAPPING ON THE AXLE. PRIOR TO PROBLEM, TIRES SHOWED NO SIGN OF TREAD SEPARATION. BRIDGESTON LT 265/75R16. *AK VEHICLE COMPLETLY CHECKED PRIOR TO TRIP WHEN FAILURE OCCURED. *YH

NHTSA ID
868622
Incident
Aug 10, 2000
Interior & seats
Filed Mar 6, 2000
Fire reported

VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AROUND THE DASH AROUND THE CENTER OF THE RADIO AND SMELLED OF BURNING RUBBER. NLM

NHTSA ID
551204
Other / unspecified
Filed Feb 29, 2000
1 injury reported

WHEEL NUTS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REMOVED PER INSTRUCTION SHEET. THERE WAS A FAILURE IN THE RATCHET INCLUDED IN THE VEHICLE. THE RATCHET FAILED WHILE PRESSURE WAS BEING APPLIED.

NHTSA ID
719460
Incident
Feb 25, 2000
Filed Feb 2, 2000

CHEYENNE MODEL. ASHTRAY DOES NOT HAVE HEAT SHIELD . THEREFORE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THE WIRING CAN MELT, CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD. *AK

NHTSA ID
856067
Visibility
Filed Mar 19, 1999

HERE'S THE TEXT I E-MAILED TO THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER A FEW MINUTES AGO: I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR LETTER ALERTING ME ABOUT A POTENTIAL WIPER PROBLEM WITH MY 96 SUBURBAN. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THE PROBLEM YOU DESCRIBED RECENTLY BEGAN TO OCCUR IN MY 92 PICKUP. THE WIPERS WILL SIMPLY STOP WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. LATER, THEY'LL START WORKING AGAIN ON THEIR OWN. THEY HAVE STOPPED IN VARIOUS POSITIONS AT VARIOUS TIMES. I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THIS DEFECT, SIMILAR TO THE ONE OBSERVED IN NEWER MODELS, COULD BE CORRECTED BY MY DEALER AT NO COST TO ME.

NHTSA ID
704643
Fuel system
Filed Jun 30, 1998

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AT 35 MPH LOST ALL POWER AND ALL ACCELERATION. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER STATED CAUSE WAS DUE TO A FAULTY FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT WHICH NEED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
824820
Incident
Jun 29, 1998
Brakes
Filed Apr 10, 1998

HUB CENTER SEPARATED FROM ROTOR, VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECALL 93V-119).

NHTSA ID
534251
Incident
Mar 31, 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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