Recall Register

1998 Chevrolet C10: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1998 Chevrolet C10. The newest campaign is 98V187000. NHTSA received the report on 10 Aug 1998. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 98V187000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will inspect the fuel tank for wear and, either install a spacer between the fuel tank and the front crossmember, or if necessary, replace the fuel tank.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 56,409 units in total.

  1. 98V187000Received . 55,272 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: crew cab pickup trucks. The front, inner corner of the fuel tank can contact the body sill either intermittently or constantly. This movement can cause a discernible noise and, over time, can wear a hole in or crack the fuel tank at point of contact.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition can result in fuel leakage and a distinct fuel odor if the tank were filled above the level of the hole or crack. In the presence of an ignition source, a fire could result.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect the fuel tank for wear and, either install a spacer between the fuel tank and the front crossmember, or if necessary, replace the fuel tank.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 98V033000Received . 1,137 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Disc / Rotor

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks and multi-purpose passenger vehicles. One or both front brake rotor/hubs were built with an out-of-specification gray iron that can fail during the life of the vehicle.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If a driver continues to drive with a cracked rotor, the cracks could continue around the wheel mounting bolt circle and ultimately result in a wheel separation.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect the rotors for a core date of "287" and, if found, replace the rotor.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1998 Chevrolet C10: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Fuel System, Gasoline1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
8 Sep 1999

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 1998 Chevrolet C10, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1999, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19610
  2. 19671
  3. 19680
  4. 19701
  5. 19711
  6. 19731
  7. 19742
  8. 19761
  9. 19772
  10. 19780
  11. 19790
  12. 19800
  13. 19812
  14. 19822
  15. 19830
  16. 19840
  17. 19851
  18. 19861
  19. 19870
  20. 19885
  21. 19892
  22. 19902
  23. 19911
  24. 19923
  25. 19933
  26. 19949
  27. 19957
  28. 19966
  29. 19973
  30. 19982
  31. 19991
  32. 20001
  33. 20011

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1998 Chevrolet C10: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/c10/1998/. 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
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1998 Chevrolet C10?
56,409 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet C10 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 41 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet C10, model years 1961 to 2001. 2 of them name the 1998 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Chevrolet C10 name most often?
Fuel System, Gasoline: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Chevrolet C10 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.