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Chevrolet K30

Every Chevrolet K30 model year on file, 1970 to 2000. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years90 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years291970 to 2000

Recall campaigns24Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins7Summed across model years

By model year

The 1995 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 22% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Tires leads the Chevrolet K30 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Tires

Brakes

Visibility and wipers

Suspension

Structure

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Chevrolet K30 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 K30 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2000	Other	1	0.0	50	0	0	2
1997	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	0	0	0
1996	Not decoded	0	None	None	4	0	2
1995	Pickup	2	0.0	25	4	1	2
1994	Pickup	1	0.0	14	5	1	1
1993	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	2	0
1992	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1	0
1991	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	3	0
1990	Pickup	1	0.0	25	3	2	0
1989	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	2	2	0
1988	Not decoded	0	None	None	4	3	0
1987	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	5	0
1986	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	6	0
1985	Not decoded	0	None	None	4	6	0
1984	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	2	4	0
1983	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	2	0
1982	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	2	0
1981	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	1	2	0
1980	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1	0
1979	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	1	0
1978	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1	0
1977	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1	0
1976	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	1	0
1975	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1	0
1974	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1	0
1973	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1	0
1972	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1	0
1971	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	1	0
1970	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1	0

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet K30

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
99V-130 May 20, 1999
Vehicle description: extended-cab pickup trucks equipped with high-back bucket seats
Seats · 59k vehicles
96V-117 Jul 1, 1996
These tires have bead damage which occured during tire mounting
Tires · 5,773 vehicles
96V-082 May 7, 1996
Four u-bolts nuts on either side of the rear axle were under-torqued
Suspension · 17k vehicles
96V-057 Apr 4, 1996
These vehicles were assembled with the throttle cable contacting the dash mat which could bind the throttle
Speed control · 379k vehicles
96E-010 Mar 25, 1996
Seat recliner to seat frame attaching bolts on these vehicles could loosen, fatigue and fracture, allowing the seat back to suddenly recline
Seats · 2,400 vehicles
95V-246 Dec 21, 1995
Seat recliner to seat frame attaching bolts on these vehicle could loosen, fatigue and fracture, allowing the seat back to suddenly recline
Seats · 676k vehicles
95V-026 Feb 16, 1995
Due to a thin case casting, an external transmission leak can occur
Powertrain · 14k vehicles
94V-060 Apr 5, 1994
Trucks were assembled with the left-hand lower control arm to frame rear nut tightened below the specified torque
Suspension · 30k vehicles
93V-216 Dec 14, 1993
Seats have been assembled without bolts that connect the upper slave hinge to the seat back frame, or without bolts that connect the seat to the…
Seats · 1,375 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.