1996 CHEVROLET 1500 Problems & Recalls

VEHICAL IS ONE FAMILY OWNER, HAS 76000 MILES ON IT. BRAKES ARE VERY BAD, HAVE REPLACED ALL HYDROLICS, PADS HOSES DISC AND DRUMS, VEHICLE ON BRAKE APPLICATION WILL SHAKE VERY BAD, AND ALSO WILL JERK THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH. DEALER HAS VEHICLE NOW FOR AT LEAST 8 TIMES TO TRY AND FIX. VERY DA...

Mileage: 76,000

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND WAS GETTING OFF AT A EXIT RAMP AND I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PAD THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I DID NOT HAVE BRAKES AT THAT POINT AND ALMOST HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME I FINALY CAME TO A STOP AND CHECKED TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND SEEN BRAKE FLUID EVERYWHERE UND...

Mileage: 98,000

WENT TO DRIVE VEHICLE WHEN I NOTICED PEDAL WHEN TO FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEAR THE REAR OF VEHICLE INSIDE FRAME NEAR THE FUEL TANK WAS RUSTED COMPLETELY. THIS VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED AND LOOKS PERFECT BESIDES RUSTED BRAKE LINES. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

I HAVE A 1996 CHEVROLET C1500 ORIGINALLY EQUIPPED WITH A 5 LITER WHICH WAS REPLACED WITH A 5.7 LITER. I REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT DUE TO THE OLD PART WAS NO LONGER GOOD. WITHIN 2 MONTHS THE NEW PART SHORTED OUT, FRYING ONE OF THE WIRES ON THE INSIDE PART OF SENDING UNIT, INSIDE THE FUE...

Mileage: 218,931

I JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK ON CRAIGSLIST AND WHEN I GOT IT HOME IT WOULDN'T BACK UP OR SHIFT IN TO SECOND GEAR RIGHT SO I AM HAVING THE TRANNY REBUILT NOW WHIT A MASTER REBUILD KIT AND NEW SUN SHELL AND NEW TORQUE CONVERTER. *TR

Mileage: 220,563

WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDDLE LEFT REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE RUPTURED RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKE PEDDLE AND STOPPING ABILITY. *TR

Mileage: 102,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHEVROLET 1500. WHILE DECELERATING FROM 30 MPH TO MAKE A TURN, THE CONTACT WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING 60 MPH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS NECK, BACK, AND SHOULDERS. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THE VEHI...

Mileage: 140,000

I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO AND SINCE I HAVE HAD IT I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED 5 TIMES BY A MECHANIC SHOP, COSTING OVER $300 EACH TIME IT WAS DONE. IT WOULD WORK FOR AWHILE THEN QUIT, LEAVING ME STRANDED IN REMOTE AREAS. I USED TO BE A MECHANIC BEFORE A BACK INJURY ...

THE FRONT AXLE SEAL KEEPS LEAKING. IT WAS REPLACED SIX TIMES. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND NO ASSISTANCE OFFERED.*AK ENGINE HAD COOLANT RUNNING OUT OF IT. DEALER FOUND WATER PUMP LEAKING. REPLACED WATER PUMP, SERPENTINE BELT AND BELT TENSIONER. FUEL PUMP AND POWER STEERING UNIT WAS ALSO RE...

Mileage: 73,000

THE FRONT AXLE SEAL KEEPS LEAKING. IT WAS REPLACED SIX TIMES. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND NO ASSISTANCE OFFERED.*AK ENGINE HAD COOLANT RUNNING OUT OF IT. DEALER FOUND WATER PUMP LEAKING. REPLACED WATER PUMP, SERPENTINE BELT AND BELT TENSIONER. FUEL PUMP AND POWER STEERING UNIT WAS ALSO RE...

Mileage: 73,000

THE FRONT AXLE SEAL KEEPS LEAKING. IT WAS REPLACED SIX TIMES. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND NO ASSISTANCE OFFERED.*AK ENGINE HAD COOLANT RUNNING OUT OF IT. DEALER FOUND WATER PUMP LEAKING. REPLACED WATER PUMP, SERPENTINE BELT AND BELT TENSIONER. FUEL PUMP AND POWER STEERING UNIT WAS ALSO RE...

Mileage: 73,000

THE FRONT AXLE SEAL KEEPS LEAKING. IT WAS REPLACED SIX TIMES. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND NO ASSISTANCE OFFERED.*AK ENGINE HAD COOLANT RUNNING OUT OF IT. DEALER FOUND WATER PUMP LEAKING. REPLACED WATER PUMP, SERPENTINE BELT AND BELT TENSIONER. FUEL PUMP AND POWER STEERING UNIT WAS ALSO RE...

Mileage: 73,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT IT LOST POWER AGAIN. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A WIRE INSIDE THE FUEL PUMP WHICH WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE FUEL TANK HAD MELTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FU...

Mileage: 127,110

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT IT LOST POWER AGAIN. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A WIRE INSIDE THE FUEL PUMP WHICH WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE FUEL TANK HAD MELTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FU...

Mileage: 127,110

DURING RAINY WEATHER FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR BOTTOM HINGE IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO CLOSE THE DOOR. WHEN THE DOOR CLOSES IT DOESN'T STAY SHUT SINCE IT DOESN'T CLOSE FULLY. THE HINGE IS A TWO PART SYSTEM, IT CANNOT BE GREASED OF LUBRICATED. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THE ENTIRE BOTTOM HINGE ...

Mileage: 120,000

THE THROTTLE ON MY 1996 CHEV 4X4 EXT.CAB SHORT BED PICKUP STICKS FORCING ME TO APPLY EXTENSIVE FOOT PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD. I HAD THE PROBLEM REPAIRED TWICE BUT IT RETURNS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON TH...

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE DRIVER TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT. THEN DROVE TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE GREASED. *AK

I OWN A 1996 CHEVROLET 1/2 TON P/U AND WHAT HAPPENED IS ON MY FUEL PUMP SENDER A FEW OF THE WIRES CAUGHT ON FIRE, OBVIOUSLY CAUSING MY TRUCK NOT TO WORK. I GOT THE PART REPLACED, BUT I AM CONCERNED IN THE FACT THAT I HAD A FIRE IN MY GAS TANK BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE PERSON WHO FIXED THE FUEL ...

Mileage: 99,650

THE DRIVER'S SEAT TRACK BALL BEARINGS CONSTANTLY BREAK WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO SLIDE BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER HAS HAD TRACKS REPAIRED TWO TIMES BUT THE PROBLEM RETURNS. *NLM THE SEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REFUSED TO LOCK AND NOW THE DRIVER SIDE IS DISPLAYING THE SAME. SCC

Mileage: 32,000

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD TWO DIFFERENT METALS WHICH DI NOT HOLD THE GASKETS PROPERLY. *JB

Mileage: 68,620

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD TWO DIFFERENT METALS WHICH DID NOT HOLD THE GASKETS PROPERLY. *JB *TS

Mileage: 68,620

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL BE WORKING AND THEN JUST STOP, I HAVE TO TURN THEM ON AND OFF AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL THEY START BACK AND THEN THEY ONLY SEEM TO WORK ON THE INTERMITTEN POSITION. I HAVE CONTACTED CHEROLET AND THERE IS A RECALL BUT NOT FOR MY VIN. I WORK AT A GOVERNMENT FACITITY AND WE HAVE ...

WHILE DRIVING 40MPH IN THE RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR JUST STOPPED, CAUSING LOSS OF VISION OF THE ROAD.*AK