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Chevrolet C2500

Every Chevrolet C2500 model year on file, 1988 to 1996. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20913 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years91988 to 1996
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins13Summed across model years
By model year

The 1995 model year drew the most complaints, 60, 29% of the model's total

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

020406019881989199019911992199319941995601996
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 C2500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Visibility and wipers
53
Brakes
47
Fuel system
33
Tires
19
Seats
18
Engine and cooling
17
Powertrain
16
Electrical system
11
Equipment
5
Suspension
4
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Chevrolet C2500 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 C2500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1996Pickup5311.3883203
1995Pickup601.7750213
1994Pickup523.8743212
1993Pickup195.3271201
1992Pickup1118.2169201
1991Pickup10.018201
1990Pickup616.7150301
1989Pickup60.0120301
1988Pickup10.033200
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet C2500

  • 07E-088 Oct 24, 2007
    Certain honeywell fram racing brand hp4 and hp8 oil filters that were manufactured from may 25, 2006, through september 14, 2007, and sold for use…
    Equipment · 122k vehicles
  • 06E-043 May 19, 2006
    Certain replacement fuel filters, fram brand name p/n g3727, with date codes x52911 through x60801 sequentially or x600141 and a mexico country or…
    Fuel system · 88k vehicles
  • 90V-170 Sep 17, 1990
    Trucks can contain incorrect instructions on how to properly adjust rear seat lap-shoulder belts as required by fmvss 209
    Seat belts · 194k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.