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1998 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Hd 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 Mar 16, 2007
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 Aug 6, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Hd. 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 1–4 of 4

Fuel system
Filed Mar 16, 2007

ON A GM 3500HD STAKEBED TRUCK EXPERINCED GASOLINE ODOR AND SAW FUEL DRIPPING FROM THE GAS TANK. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, CORROSION HAD CAUSED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GAS TANK AND SENDING UNIT TO BREAKAWAY. COULD THIS BE SIMILAR TO PROBLEM WITH THE ENVOY AND CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER?

NHTSA ID
10185310
Incident
Jan 30, 2007
Mileage
52,650 mi
Visibility
Filed Oct 27, 2004

I OWN A 1998 CHEVROLET TRUCK THAT HAS THE SAME WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEMS AS THE 1994 -1997 CHEVROLET TRUCKS HAD WHERE THEY WILL CHOOSE WHEN THEY WANT TO WORK. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID TOO BAD, IT'S GOING TO COST YOU TO FIX. WHY IS THIS NOT COVERED UNDER THE SAME RECALL? *AK

NHTSA ID
10096513
Incident
Apr 7, 2004
Mileage
57,000 mi
Engine
Filed Mar 29, 2001

ENGINE IS MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. PROBLEM IS RELATED TO CARBON DEPOSIT BUILD UP WHICH CAUSES A PISTON KNOCK. *AK

NHTSA ID
884550
Incident
Apr 1, 1999
Suspension
Filed Aug 6, 1998

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING RUMBLING IN REAR END. ONLY OCCURS WHEN TURNING LEFT/RIGHT FROM A DEAD STOP AND AFTER DRIVING FOR AT LEAST ONE HALF HOUR.

NHTSA ID
780204

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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