Chevrolet C1500 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 821 owner complaints across 9 model years of the Chevrolet C1500 (1988–1996). The most-complained-about year is 1996.

Pick your Chevrolet C1500 model year

• 1988
• 1989
• 1990
• 1991
• 1992
• 1993
• 1994
• 1995
• 1996

What Chevrolet C1500 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 821 complaints with NHTSA. The 1996 model year has the most, with 229.

• Visibility: motor162
• Visibility: windshield wiper/washer109
• Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip91
• Seats61
• Power train: automatic transmission28
• Seats: recliner20
• Engine and engine cooling: gasoline13
• Air bags: frontal13

All Chevrolet C1500 recalls (1)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Chevrolet C1500, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Anchorage (seat belts)

   NHTSA 90V170000 Reported September 17, 1990 194,243 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

   Trucks can contain incorrect instructions on how to properly adjust rear seat lap-shoulder belts as required by FMVSS 209.

   Remedy: Provide owner's manual insert containing the correct rear lap-shoulder belt instructions.

   Model years: 1989, 1990

Other Chevrolet models

• Malibu19,364 complaints
• Silverado 150018,029 complaints
• Impala10,434 complaints
• Tahoe10,032 complaints
• Equinox9,161 complaints
• Silverado8,799 complaints
• Blazer8,192 complaints
• Suburban8,164 complaints

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.