1997 Chevrolet Pickup steering problems
23 complaints about steering have been filed for the 1997 Chevrolet Pickup, which is 20% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 23 20% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
Steering wheel pulls hard to the right when steering through a curve. It is a very sudden movement and lasts from 1-3 seconds and can happen several times going through a curve. I was traveling on a two lane road and was pulled off of the road traveling at 55 MPH nearly missing a tree. This problem exists at any speed and at any time.
Tl*the contact owns a 1997 chevrolet pickup. While turning left at 15 MPH, the steering wheel locked. The contact shut off the engine and placed the gear into park. He then restarted the vehicle and the steering wheel unlocked. He had to do this twice before taking the vehicle to the dealer. The contact stated that the dealer did not want to inspect the vehicle. They have had the vehicle for two days and cannot determine the cause of the failure. The current and failure mileages were 138,000.
Other problems reported for the 1997 Chevrolet Pickup
- Brakes 28 complaints
Steering problems in other years
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