1995 Chevrolet C3500 problems
NHTSA has received 96 complaints about the 1995 Chevrolet C3500, and 17% of them involve brakes. After that come electrical system (12%) and fuel system (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 96 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 100,000 miles 11 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 11 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 100,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 91% of model years in our database.
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.
In dry weather when applying the brakes, they failed and pedal went to the floor, didn't come up, rearended car in front, no one was injured.
While driving at 65 MPH brakes locked up, causing consumer to lose control of vehicle. Consumer ran into a ditch and vehicle rolled over. Dealer is aware of the problem.
The steering column tilt locked up, a week later the whole steering column locked up and released by itself; also, ignition key would not turn the switch.
Windshield wiper motor and wipers failed during rain. Leave the switch on and hope they start working again. This truck not included in recall, but does the same thing as recalled trucks. Transmission refuses to shift from first to second gears. Stop truck, shut off engine, restart and proceed seems to work most of the time to get transmission working correctly. Sometimes must repeat several times. Cruise control failed. Both shifters replaced to fix this problem. Alternator replaced 3 times.