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1997 Chevrolet S 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 Jul 28, 2005
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 Mar 27, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Chevrolet S 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 1–2 of 2

Body & structure
Filed Jul 28, 2005

RECENTLY PURCHASED 1997 CHEVY S-10. INVESTIGATING WHY DASHBOARD IS LOOSE AND WOBBLY, FOUND BROKEN ATTACHMENT TAB/NUT UNDER PASSENGER SIDE DASH. WELDS ARE BROKEN AND LOOK DEFECTIVE. *NM

NHTSA ID
10130397
Incident
Jul 27, 2005
Transmission
Filed Mar 27, 2003

THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AT 60 K MILES, $1600. THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN SHIFTS HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND. IT IS BEING REBUILT AGAIN AT 107 K MILES, SAME PROBLEM. GM HAS TO KNOW THERE IS A WEAKNESS BUILT INTO THIS VEHICLE. *NLM

NHTSA ID
10013541
Incident
Mar 27, 2003
Mileage
107,000 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.

Data sources

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