Chevrolet C Series(light): recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists no recall campaign for the Chevrolet C Series(light), model years 1981 to 1998. NHTSA has 131 complaints on file for this model line. 2 of the 16 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 12% | |
| 1997 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 24% | |
| 1996 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 3 | 37% | |
| 1995 Chevrolet C Series(light) | 0 | 43 | 525% | |
| 1994 Chevrolet C Series(light) | 0 | 27 | 330% | |
| 1993 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 12 | 147% | |
| 1992 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 5 | 61% | |
| 1991 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 5 | 61% | |
| 1990 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 5 | 61% | |
| 1989 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 7 | 85% | |
| 1988 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 12 | 147% | |
| 1987 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 24% | |
| 1986 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 12% | |
| 1985 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 24% | |
| 1984 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 24% | |
| 1981 Chevrolet C Series(light) NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 24% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
182 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 181.3 | 33 |
| Power Train | 175.8 | 32 |
| Seats | 76.9 | 14 |
| Seat Belts | 65.9 | 12 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 65.9 | 12 |
| Suspension | 60.4 | 11 |
| Visibility | 49.5 | 9 |
| Electrical System | 44 | 8 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 38.5 | 7 |
| Structure | 38.5 | 7 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Blazer40 campaigns
- Silverado46 campaigns
- S1033 campaigns
- Malibu66 campaigns
- Suburban82 campaigns
- Cavalier40 campaigns
- Tahoe80 campaigns
- Impala57 campaigns
- Trailblazer29 campaigns
- Silverado 150055 campaigns
- Cobalt10 campaigns
- Lumina29 campaigns
- Astro17 campaigns
- Venture18 campaigns
- Corvette48 campaigns
- Monte Carlo44 campaigns
- Camaro56 campaigns
- Silverado 250044 campaigns
- Corsica15 campaigns
- C15001 campaign
- Caprice50 campaigns
- Avalanche18 campaigns
- Equinox32 campaigns
- Trailblazer EXT9 campaigns
- Suburban 15007 campaigns
- Beretta15 campaigns
- Colorado29 campaigns
- Lumina APV11 campaigns
- Chevrolet Truck10 campaigns
- Pickup0 campaigns
- HHR7 campaigns
- Malibu Maxx4 campaigns
- Aveo4 campaigns
- Silverado 350045 campaigns
- Express72 campaigns
- K15001 campaign
- C/K Pickups4 campaigns
- Avalanche 15005 campaigns
- Tracker0 campaigns
- Uplander5 campaigns
- G2022 campaigns
- 15003 campaigns
- C152 campaigns
- C25001 campaign
- Van0 campaigns
- Cobalt SS0 campaigns
- Celebrity15 campaigns
- C1041 campaigns
- Chevrolet9 campaigns
- K152 campaigns
- Prizm0 campaigns
- C35004 campaigns
- Trailblazer EXT 3700 campaigns
- Z710 campaigns
- K25001 campaign
- G Series6 campaigns
- C2042 campaigns
- K1032 campaigns
- Silverado 1500 HD0 campaigns
- G3024 campaigns
Chevrolet: all 169 model lines
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Chevrolet C Series(light): recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/c-series-light/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Chevrolet C Series(light) model years have the most recall campaigns?
- No model year of this line has a recall campaign in the NHTSA file.
- Which Chevrolet C Series(light) model year has the most complaints?
- The 1995 model year, with 43 of the 131 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Chevrolet C Series(light) name?
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 181.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 175.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Seats: 76.9 per 1,000 component mentions.