1995 Chevrolet Pickup problems
The 1995 Chevrolet Pickup has 90 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (40%) concerns wipers, windshield & visibility. Next are brakes (11%) and seats (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 90 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 40% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 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; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 4 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Chevrolet Pickup with enough data (38 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.
Consumer was driving down the highway & under the glove compartment started smoking. A/C was on & no longer was blowing air. Consumer pulled over & burned his arm trying to get out of the vehicle . Manufacturer says they will have someone come out to look at it. Investigator said that the blower motor for the A/C was the cause of the fire. GM is not providing further help.
Consumer was driving at approxmately 50 MPH when hit another vehicle on the side head-on. Air bag did not deploy, causing the consumer to sustain severe whiplash and other injuries. Seatbelts were worn at the time.
Damage was to the front drivers side. It was pushed in so bad that the frame in front was damaged and the vehicle had to be totaled . Driver's air bag never deployed.
Dt: brakes caught fire while driving down the road, took vehicle to a mechanic and they said the brakes locked up, under the fender, the brake hub caught fire, due to overheating causing the brakes to catch fire.
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 chevrolet pickup. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for brake failure service repair. The technician noticed failure in the brakes lines on the left side of the vehicle due to rust corrosion which was replaced in 2007. Recently, the identical failure occurred with the right side brake line. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The contact had concern of the safety issue and the uncertainty of the defect without the experienced failure.