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1995 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 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 Jun 16, 2012
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 Feb 10, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1995 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. 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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Body & structureBrakesEngine
Filed Jun 16, 2012

BRAKE LINES BROKE WHILE DRIVING AND EXHAUST SYSTEM REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST. THE WHOLE UNDER BODY FRAME, DRIVE TRAIN HAS EXCESSIVE RUSTING. THE INSIDE OF THE TAILLIGHT BRACKETS HAVE ALSO RUSTED AND THE LIGHTS FELL OUT WHILE DRIVING. ONLY 98000 MILES, WELL MAINTAIN AND BEEN KEPT GARAGE WHILE NOT IN USE. I READ THERE ARE INVESTIGATIONS ON LATER MODELS AND BECAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE RUST AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE FRAMES STRUCTURE AND OTHER LINES BREAKING WHICH COULD CAUSE SAFETY ISSUES. *JB

NHTSA ID
10461953
Incident
Feb 2, 2010
Steering
Filed May 19, 2011

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 . THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL FRAME WAS RUSTED, WHICH DISTURBED THE VEHICLE HANDLING ON THE ROAD. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE CONTACTED BUT WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 208,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 208,645.

NHTSA ID
10402039
Incident
May 5, 2011
Mileage
208,000 mi
AirbagsExterior lighting
Filed Feb 10, 2009
Crash reported

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND HE FELT THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 124,000. UPDATED 03/09/09. *LJ NO POLICE REPORT WAS GIVEN. THE CONSUMER STATED IN CALIFORNIA WHEN THERE ARE NO INJURIES AND BOTH PARTIES AGREE TO WHAT NO POLICE REPORT IS TAKEN. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS SITED. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE STEERING WHEEL AND AIR BAG WAS REMOVED TO REPLACE A SIGAL SWITCH ASSEMBLY. UPDATED 03/11/09. *JB

NHTSA ID
10258261
Incident
Feb 2, 2009
Mileage
124,000 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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