1996 Chevrolet C1500 problems
NHTSA has received 278 complaints about the 1996 Chevrolet C1500, and 21% of them involve wipers, windshield & visibility. Next are brakes (18%) and seats (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 278 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 16 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 15 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 77,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 16 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 77,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 16 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 15 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1996 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Chevrolet C1500 with enough data (178 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.
When applying the ABS brakes, the brakes locked up, causing a collision in which the driver's side air bag did not deploy in frontal impact.
While driving hit bridge rail at curve, went across road & bounced off bridge. Lost control after thrown back on road. Went sideways and then hit a tree, driver's air bag did not deploy. Driver sustained head injury & some bruises.
Vehicle is missing two of the three seat belts in the rear seats. Also, VIN number is missing from the door, and the dash VIN number does not match the vehicle. In addition, title of the vehicle shows 89000 miles and the odometer shows 106000 miles.
On 10/03/02 I had a chevy truck [xxx] repaired for low speed ABS engagement, (under ext warr). In sept of 2005, I again started experiencing low speed ABS engagement. This time since it was out of warranty, I had it repaired at an independent shop. It occurred first at 51,409 mi and the next time at 70,000 mi. This could prove to be a real pain if this problem is going to resurface every 20,000 miles. Updated 07/17/2012