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Chevrolet B7

Every Chevrolet B7 model year on file, 1990 to 2002. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years131990 to 2002
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins440Summed across model years
By model year

The 1995 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75119901992199411996199820002002
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Visibility and wipers leads the Chevrolet B7 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Visibility and wipers
1
Suspension
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Chevrolet B7 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Chevrolet B7 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2002Not decoded0NoneNone0071
2001Not decoded0NoneNone10204
2000Not decoded0NoneNone2062
1999Not decoded0NoneNone3024
1998Not decoded0NoneNone3016
1997Not decoded0NoneNone2015
1996SUV10.090011
1995Pickup10.0131012
1994Not decoded0NoneNone009
1993Not decoded0NoneNone208
1992Not decoded0NoneNone003
1991Not decoded0NoneNone003
1990Not decoded0NoneNone002
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet B7

  • 00V-232-008 Sep 7, 2000
    Vehicle description: school buses, medium duty trucks and tractors built with bendix air abs with an ec-17 1030r electronic control unit (ecu),…
    Brakes · 30k vehicles
  • 00V-236 Aug 23, 2000
    Vehicle description: medium duty trucks
    Powertrain · 13k vehicles
  • 99V-320 Nov 15, 1999
    Vehicle description: medium duty conventional cab trucks and school bus chassis equipped with an automatic transmission, have transmission shift…
    Powertrain · 391 vehicles
  • 99V-057 Mar 23, 1999
    Vehicle description: school buses equipped with 6.0l gasoline engine, 10,000 lb. front axle, and power steering
    Steering · 75 vehicles
  • 98V-237 Sep 29, 1998
    Vehicle description: school buses equipped with power steering
    Steering · 3,969 vehicles
  • 98V-073 Apr 8, 1998
    Vehicle description: medium duty trucks equipped with air brakes and anti-lock brake systems
    Electrical system · 1,590 vehicles
  • 95V-130 Jul 5, 1995
    These vehicles were assembled with a transmission reverse signal switch that could leak causing loss of electrical contact when the transmission…
    Lighting · 5,482 vehicles
  • 94V-028 Jan 8, 1994
    Intermediate steering shaft was assembled with loose or missing upper and lower pinch bolts which may cause separation of the shaft
    Steering · 9,673 vehicles
  • 92V-187 Dec 28, 1992
    Manufacturing condition in the throttle body injector (tbi) unit might occur to allow the throttle cam lever to disengage from the throttle drive…
    Speed control · 6,656 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.