1997 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck problems
Owners have filed 53 complaints with NHTSA about the 1997 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 28% of complaints. After that come steering (25%) and transmission (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 53 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 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: 4 complaints mention a crash; 5 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1997 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck with enough data (31 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.
We were traveling on I80 (ohio tpk.) when the right rear wheel came off causing the van to loose control. We hit the highway's concrete center divider causing injury to my sons, my wife and aunt. Upon further inspection of the damaged vehicle I observed that all of the wheel lugs were sheared at the hub assembly. Please, if there is any defect on the material strength used to make these lugs, they should be immediately addressed as many lives depend on these vehicles.
Truck was parked on a 14 degree incline with engine facing uphill and the 4wd was in 4wd-low. With no one in the truck and after 5010 minutes, truck disengaged from park. The truck proceeded down the hill causing the driver to jump out of way from being hit. The truck came to rest after hitting the side of a home. Police were called to investigate the accident.
Dt: the contact owns a 1997 chevrolet pickup. A recall was being issued on GM 1999 -2002 corrosion anti lock brake sensors. The 1997 chevrolet pickups were not included in this recall. Vehicle was experiencing the same anti lock brake corrosion as the 1999-2002 recalled vehicles. Took the vehicle to the dealership, and was told that it would be $1500 to fix this problem. When stopping at less than 3 MPH had to put both feet on the brakes as hard as one could to get it to stop.
Anti lock brakes apply on dry roads with no reason. The brakes shake when being applied. I have reviewed information on your database which have this exact same complaint. I believe there are not more since the vehicles are over 5 years old and people believe it to be normal wear and tare. It is not normal. The anti locks are over sensitive.
I have a 1997 chevy tahoe that has had all of the required tune-ups and services. I recently lost my transmissions. I have never pulled anything with this truck. I searched the internet and found that almost 95 out of a 100 buyers have had this same problem. Why should the chevy corp. Be able to sell you something and months later that trans go out and all they have to say is it common.