1999 Chevrolet Express

Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (0)

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Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2010-09-01 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 WITHOUT WARNING ALL HEADLAMPS WENT OUT DRL,LOW BEAMS AND HIGH BEAMS. ALL OTHER LIGHTS WORKED OK. NOT FUN AT NIGHT TO HA…
2006-03-18 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET EXPRESS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. SHE …
2005-11-21 AIR BAGS Yes 1 VEHICLE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY WHEN I CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE DOING BETWEEN 30-40 MPH. IMPACT WAS MAINLY ON THE DR…
2005-09-24 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 1999 CHEVROLET EXPRESS SPARE TIRE FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TS THE SPARE TIRE WAS ATTACHED WITH A STEEL CABLE TO THE R…
2005-09-23 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP No 0 DT : THE POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT BROKE INSIDE THE PUMP ON JULY 14, 2000, THE DEALER REPLACED IT UNDER WARRANTY. ON …
2005-06-12 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 AFTER TRAVELING FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME ON A HIGHWAY AND THEN SLOWING TO A STOP ON THE EXIT, THE VEHICLE HARD SHIFTS I…
2005-06-10 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL No 0 DT: VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WHEN PLACED KEY IN IGNITION DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED ONTO DRIVER. VEHICLE HAD BEEN …
2005-04-27 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS No 0 PASSENGER DOORS HINGES ARE STICKING
2005-04-01 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS No 0 DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 3500 VAN. THE HINGE ON THE DOUBLE DOORS ON THE SIDE FROZE, THEY WILL NOT…
2004-11-10 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL No 0 VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER STATED TH…
2004-11-05 EQUIPMENT No 0 SEVERE ALLOY WHEEL CORROSION ON ALL WHEELS. *JB
2004-11-01 EQUIPMENT No 0 NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON ALLOY WHEELS SHOULD NOT RESULT IN THE SEVERE CORROSION I HAVE ON MY WHEELS. I DON'T KNOW IF TH…
2004-09-13 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS No 0 WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES BRAKE LIGHTS/TURN SIGNALS AND OTHER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PARTS FAILED TO COME ON. CONSUMER RE…
2003-11-30 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 WHILE DRIVING LEFT FRONT BRAKE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP TRIED TO REPAIR THE PRO…
2003-10-13 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN CONSUMER WOULD RETURN TO RESTART IT FROM MINUTES TO HOURS, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STA…
2003-10-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM No 0 DRIVER SAID VAN WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC. MECHANIC STAT…
2003-07-28 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING No 0 THE DOME LIGHT WENT OUT SUDDENLY, ALL BACK WIRES WERE MELTED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
2003-07-24 STEERING No 0 DT: 1999 CHEVROLET EXPRESS. THE SHAFT ON THE POWER STEERING UNIT BROKE. THE CONSUMER STATES THE POWER STEERING INSTA…
2003-06-11 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 WIRING HARNESS UNDER FUSE BLOCK AT DRIVERS FEET NOT PROPERLY SECURED BY S-CLIP AND WIRES RUB AGAINST ACCESS HOLE IN SHE…
2003-06-10 TIRES No 0 WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM A FIELD TRIP IN OUR 15-PASSENGER VAN FULL OF CHILDREN, THE STEELTEX R4S TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT AND …
2003-04-15 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN BRAKE ARE APPLIED. THIRD SET OF FRONT BRAKES IN 65,000 MILES. ROTORS TURNED EACH TIME. *N…
2003-02-13 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY No 0 POSITIVE BATTERY BOLT CAME OUT OF BATTERY CAUSING LEAK AND RENDERING BATTERY USELESS. SOUNDS LIKE A MAJOR FACTORY DEFEC…
2003-01-13 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS No 0 HINGES ON REAR SIDE DOOR STICKS. BAD DESIGN. UNABLE TO GREASE THOROUGHLY. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE RO…
2002-12-28 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED. *JB THIS WAS THE CONVERTER PLACED IN THIS VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS TEST DRIVING WHE…
2002-11-25 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER OFF THE ROAD. CON…
2002-08-29 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL No 1 WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 30 MPH, THE DRIVERS AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY WARNING, CAUSING INJURY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND…
2002-06-30 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY No 0 SIDE DOOR HINGE HAS FROZEN. DOOR WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS HINGE FAILURE CAUSED THE WHEEL…
2002-03-14 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC No 0 FRONT BRAKES HAVE FAILED AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES. 1ST TIME OCT 21,1999 AT 5,910 MILES, 2ND TIME DEC 14,1999 AT …
2001-11-11 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, MY VAN HAS COMPLETELY LOST ALL OPERATION. MY CAR QUITS RUNNING, STEE…
2001-10-15 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 PAINT FLAKING ON MIRRORS AND BUMBERS AND TRIM
2001-07-19 POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION No 0 WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THE SUN GEAR IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD GONE O…
2001-06-02 TIRES:TREAD/BELT No 0 TIRE HAD COMPLETE CASTASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE SIDE WALL WHILE ON HIGHWAY DRIVING 54 MPH. THE ENTIRE SIDE WALL BLEW OUT…
2001-05-18 STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR No 0 NUT ON STEERING COLUMN FELL OF, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING.*AK AN ARM ON THE PPWER STEERING CYLINDER IS BOLTED THAT CON…
2001-05-01 TIRES:TREAD/BELT No 0 PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS LOADING UP TRUCK AND NOTICED THAT PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE HAD A CHUNK OF THE TREAD GONE. FIRES…
2000-12-13 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 DEALER FAULTING NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR TO OFFSET REAL PROBLEM BUT AFTER FIXING THE PROBLEM TO HAVE IT REOCCUR IN 15000 MI…
2000-11-03 TIRES:TREAD/BELT No 0 TREAD SEPARATION AFTER LOUD NOISE. (THOUGHT A JET WAS GOING OVERHEAD). FELT NO VIBRATION OR ANYTHING ELSE PRIOR TO TIRE…
2000-10-13 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC No 0 I DON'T KNOW IF EITHER PROBLEM IS DANGEROUS. I DO KNOW IM WORRIED TO LET MY WIFE DRIVE THIS VEHICLE WITH MY CHILDREN …
2000-10-02 TIRES No 0 APPROXIMATELY 6 WEEKS AGO I NOTICED THAT THE AIR PRESSURE IN MY TIRES HAD LOWERED, & I SHOUGHT WITH THE WEIGHT VARIANCE…
2000-09-15 TIRES No 0 BOTH TIRES RECENTLY ROTATED FROM BACK TO FRONT, NOTICED BOTH FRONT TIRES ARE SEPARATED. MY ADDRESS IS CANMORE, AB CANAD…
2000-09-05 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR No 0 THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED AT 27831 ON 5/4/01; AT 40373 ON 10/26/01 AND IT IS AGAIN BAD AS OF THIS CONTACT.*AK
2000-05-06 VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR No 0 BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE EXTERNAL MIRRORS VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50MPH. THE SERVICE DEP…
2000-03-15 POWER TRAIN No 0 THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STICKS AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF DRIVING (LONG TRIPS). THE NEEDLE HAS STAYED STUCK AT 70 MPH WHEN …
2000-01-15 VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR No 0 BOTH EXTERIOR MIRRORS WOULD VIBRATE SEVERELY WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 50 OR MORE. THIS CONDITION CAUSES VER…
1999-10-21 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS No 0 IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH EPA STANDARDS, THE BRAKE PADS MATERIAL HAS MORE WEAR AND TEAR THAN USUAL WHICH CAUSES EXTENDED …
1999-10-15 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 WHILE COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKES WILL FADE OUT AND PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR. *AK
1999-07-06 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS RELEASED, IT TAKES 10-15 SECONDS FOR THE FUEL INJECTION TO SHUT OFF, AND THE PEDAL STICKS WHEN TR…
1999-06-29 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 BATTERY HAS BEEN CHANGED 3 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR IN A HALF. NEW BATTERIES, THAT WERE REPLACEMENTS, WERE DYING OUT…
1999-04-30 POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY No 0 I AM NOT A SATISFIED CUSTOMER AND NO ONES WANTS TO HELP ME. I WANT A REPLACEMENT. I DON'T FELL SAFE ON THE HIGHWAY....
1999-04-10 EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER No 0 A/C UNIT WORKS, HOWEVER DUE TO SHORT CYCLE EXCESSIVE WEAR OCCURS TO A/C AND ENGINE.
1999-04-01 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 BRAKES REPAIRED ON TWO OCCASIONS, HOWEVER STILL DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. *MJS