1998 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 transmission problems
20 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 1998 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 20 4% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 fire.
What owners wrote
This vehicl caught fire and burned after transmission problems; hydraulic fluid suspected as source of fire; no one present at time of fire, the owner having gone for help after shutting off the motor and parking the truck.
I have a 1998 chevy k1500 pick-up this will be the second time it has gone to the garage for a rough shift, slippage during shift I have looked online and their are thousands of complaints for the same type of vehicle, second the door handles break very easy on this year of truck inside and outside. The bad part about that is for any reason you get out and the kids are in the truck and the door closes you aren't able to get back into the vehicle, chevy doesn't want to here anything about this because obviously it…
Other problems reported for the 1998 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- Brakes 150 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 60 complaints
- Steering 48 complaints
- Electrical system 24 complaints
- Engine 21 complaints
- Suspension 19 complaints
- Body & structure 16 complaints
- Cruise control 15 complaints