1996 Chevrolet C15 problems
NHTSA has received 36 complaints about the 1996 Chevrolet C15, and 28% of them involve brakes. Next are air bags (22%) and cruise control (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 36 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 10 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 10 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 97% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1996 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Chevrolet C15 with enough data (28 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While driving on two separate occasions experienced ABS failure during panic stop, rearended vehicle, and when attempting to slow/stop, swerved to avoid collision, then went into a ditch. In each instance the brake pedal went to floor, no prior warning.
When starting the vehicle on cold start RPM will acceleate at high speed, have to continue applying brakes, no control over vehicle.