Recall Register

1990 Chevrolet P300: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1990 Chevrolet P300. The newest campaign is 94V183000. NHTSA received the report on 27 Sep 1994. The NHTSA record gives the component Parking Brake. 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, 94V183000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will update the components of the auto apply parking brake system, bleed the hydraulic power system, and adjust the parking brake.
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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 3,890 units in total.

  1. 94V183000Received . 3,762 units.

    Parking Brake

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The auto apply parking brake system fails to release the parking brakes after action has been taken to release them or the system may automatically apply the parking brake while the vehicle is in motion. In either case, if the driver does not notice the telltale red brake light and stop the vehicle, the system will fail.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If the operator parks the vehicle, applies the parking brake with the failed auto apply parking brake system, the parking brakes will not set and the vehicle can roll inadvertently.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will update the components of the auto apply parking brake system, bleed the hydraulic power system, and adjust the parking brake.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..

  2. 93V214000Received . 128 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The front left brake pipe chafes against the power steering hose which wears a hole in the brake pipe. This causes a potential loss of brake fluid resulting in loss of front brake system operations.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If this occurs the braking effectiveness of the vehiclediminishes and may result in a vehicle crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will install a new brake pipe with sufficient clearance to prevent this condition.

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

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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.

1990 Chevrolet P300: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Parking Brake1
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
18 May 1995

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 1990 Chevrolet P300, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, 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. 19891
  2. 19902
  3. 19911
  4. 19921
  5. 19931

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

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 1990 Chevrolet P300: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/p300/1990/. 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
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 1990 Chevrolet P300?
3,890 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 P300 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet P300, model years 1989 to 1993. 2 of them name the 1990 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1990 Chevrolet P300 name most often?
Parking Brake: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1990 Chevrolet P300 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.