1994 Chevrolet G20 problems
Owners have filed 53 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Chevrolet G20. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 43% of complaints. After that come air bags (9%) and electrical system (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 53 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 43% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 17 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; 17 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 92% 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 1994 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Chevrolet G20 with enough data (30 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
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.
No deployment of air bag during collision, seat belts did not restrain, these failures resulted in several injuries to head,neck and chest.
There was no deployment of the driver's side air bag during a collision. Also, the seat belt did restrain driver. These failures resulted in several injuries to head/ neck and chest.
While driving approaching stoplight brakes would not engage. Pressed brake pedal to floor and drive van up and over curb while using emergency brake. Contacted dealer where van was towed. Said brakes needed to be bled again. Brakes bled and pedal still felt the same-spongy. Told this is normal. Driving home on winddy road,applied brakes nothing happend released brakes and tried again and the front brakes locked up. Dealer said to bring back. They inspected system said bad master cylinder.