Safety Score
91
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
48
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1997 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-11-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1997 CHEVY TAHOE THAT HAS HAD ALL OF THE REQUIRED TUNE-UPS AND SERVICES. I RECENTLY LOST MY TRANSMISSIONS. I H… |
| 2007-07-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET Z71. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE DETACHED WHEN H… |
| 2007-06-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THIS IS TO INFORM YOU OF A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 4L60E TRANSMISSIONS IN THE 1997 AND UP GM TRUCK TRANSMISSIONS, THE SY… |
| 2005-09-02 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ANTI LOCK BRAKES APPLY ON DRY ROADS WITH NO REASON. THE BRAKES SHAKE WHEN BEING APPLIED. I HAVE REVIEWED INFORMATION … |
| 2003-07-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | REAR END ACCIDENT DUE TO ABS RELEASING BRAKING ACTION FOR 3 TO 4 SECONDS, THUS INCREASING MY BRAKING DISTANCE.*AK |
| 2002-06-12 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | FRAME BROKE COMPLETELY. *AK |
| 2000-10-05 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS TO THE FUEL PUMP WAS CORRODED AND BURNT, CONSUMER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, ACCORDING TO THE MECHA… |
| 2000-10-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET PICKUP. A RECALL WAS BEING ISSUED ON GM 1999 -2002 CORROSION ANTI LOCK BRAKE SE… |
| 2000-09-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AT LESS THAN 70,000 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 1997 CHEV EXT-CAB 4 WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK. THAT WAS IN S… |
| 2000-07-18 | TIRES | No | 0 | ROLL OVER POTENTIAL; TIRE PROPERLY INFLATED; < 2000 MILES ON TREAD( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255R70 15 ) |
| 2000-04-30 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | SENDING UNIT IN FUEL PUMP HAD FAULTY WIRING AND FRIED, HAD TO REPLACE PUMP AND SENDING UNIT 575.00 REPAIR MAN SAID IT C… |
| 2000-01-29 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | BRAKES PULL TO THE RIGHT MOMENTARILY UPON EVERY APPLICATION. ALL BRAKE HARDWARE HAS BEEN REPLACED, INCLUDING CALIPERS;… |
| 1999-11-01 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | STEERING FEELS LOOSE, AND YOU CAN BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE STEERING WHEEL WILL JUST PULL TO T… |
| 1999-09-16 | WHEELS | Yes | 5 | WE WERE TRAVELING ON I80 (OHIO TPK.) WHEN THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL CAME OFF CAUSING THE VAN TO LOOSE CONTROL. WE HIT THE H… |
| 1999-09-15 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | THESTEERING WHEEL SEEMS TOJERK OR MOMENTARY OVERSTEERS AT MODERATE SPEEDS CAUSING THE TRUCK TO MOVE TOWARDS OTHER LAN… |
| 1999-09-15 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN MAKING RIGHT HAND TURN ONLY. THE STEERING HAS NO FORCE, FOR A SPLIT SECOND, CAUSING YOU TO OVERSTEE… |
| 1999-08-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | No | 0 | INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. CAUSE OF PROBLEM CANNOT BE TERMINED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOT… |
| 1999-07-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | SOUNDS LIKE CHEVROLET HAS BEEN REPAIRING ALOT OF THESE LATELY, ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED MY VEHICLE |
| 1999-07-08 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | AT CONSTANT HIGHWAY SPEED STEERING FORCE DECREASES FOR BRIEF PERIODS UP TO SIX OR SEVEN MINUTES. WHILE IN A CURVE OR H… |
| 1999-06-28 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | POWER STEERING IS ERRATIC IN TURNS LEFT OR RIGHT - STARTED AT 49000 MILES |
| 1999-05-27 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A TSB (76-30-01) FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC VARIABLE ORIFICE (EVO) SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF LOW VOLTAGE… |
| 1999-05-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS LEAKING AT ~34000, THE CAP WAS REPLACED. THIS DIDN'T SOLVE PROBLEM. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS R… |
| 1998-11-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | FRONT ROTORS BECAME WARPED AT 9000 MILES,REAR BRAKE SEALS LEAK AT 26000 MILES,FRONT DIFFERENTIALS SEALS LEAK(BOTH) |
| 1998-10-01 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | LIGHT DUTY C1 TRUCK, SPEED ASSISTED STEERING "GIVES WAY" AT FAST SPEEDS RENDERING THE VEHICLE VIRTUALLY UNCONTROLLABLE.… |
| 1998-08-10 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TRUCK VERES RIGHT AT ANY GIVEN TIME WHICH ALMOST PUT ME IN THE DITCH MANY TIMES |
| 1998-06-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | TRUCK WAS PARKED ON A 14 DEGREE INCLINE WITH ENGINE FACING UPHILL AND THE 4WD WAS IN 4WD-LOW. WITH NO ONE IN THE TRUC… |
| 1998-05-01 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | THIS VEHICLE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE THE POWER STEERING ASSIST TO EASE THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE VEHICLE IS STOPPED. IT WOU… |
| 1997-11-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER THE GAS PEDAL IS RELEASED THERE IS A 3 TO 5 SECOND DELAY BEFORE THE VEHICLE DECELERATES. THIS CAN CAUSE LOSS OF C… |
| 1997-10-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK APPLIED THE BRAKES AND HELD FOOT ON BRAKES AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. THE ABS CAME ON, BUT NOTHI… |
| 1997-09-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR FAILED. TT |
| 1997-09-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | REAR BRAKES DID NOT WORK AT ALL, CAUSING SLIDING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS. FRONT CALIPERS WOULD LOCK UP, AND NO BRAKES/WO… |
| 1997-01-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE SMOKES EACH TIME BEFORE THE TRUCK CUT OFF. |
| — | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | THE DESIGN OF POWER DOOR LOCK CONTROL IS INCONVENIENT. |
| — | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | FRONT DASHBOARD CAME LOOSE. *AK |
| — | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, OUT OF FIRST GEAR. HAS ONLY 54,000 MILES. WAS NEVER TOLD TRUCK HAD BEEN WRECKED WHEN PURCHASED T… |
| — | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING PROBLEM CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE TURNING RIGHT. |
| — | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, 1997 CHEVROLET TRUCK 2500. *YH |
| — | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE SHIFTING VALVE HAS FAILED 3 TIME AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THATS TOO BAD,, IT IS NO LONGER UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY, BUT I… |
| — | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN MAKING A LONG SWEEPING TURN TO THE RIGHT, STEERING WHEEL SOMETIMES TURNS UNEXPECTEDLY, MAKING MY TRUCK ADVANCE TO … |
| — | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS | No | 0 | PLACEMENT OF THE TAIL-STOP LIGHTS ON CHEVROLET AND GMC VANS ARE TOO HIGH ON VEHICLE TO BE SEEN. |
| — | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WANTS TO PULL TO THE RIGHT DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME, BUT SOMETIMES IT DOES… |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | FRONT SHOCKS BAD, FRONT TIRES CUPPING BAD ORGINAL PAINT. |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS | No | 0 | SEVERAL VEHICLES HAVE HAD FREQUENT BRAKE PAD FAILURE. ONE SET OF FRONT PADS EXPLODED. |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED. |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | SOMETIME NEAR THE END OF JULY 2000 I NOTICED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WERE ACTIVATING ON MY PICKUP TRUCK. I CONTACTED GM A… |
| — | STEERING | No | 0 | MAKES TRUCK TURN SHARPLY TO LEFT AND RIGHT AT ABOUT 1/4 TURN EITHER WAY MOSTLY AT ABOUT 20 TO 50 MPH |
| — | STEERING:LINKAGES | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKE PROBLEM, BRAKES OVERHEAT TO THE POINT THEIR ABLE TO BE SMELLED. |