FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet C20

Owners have filed 100 complaints about the Chevrolet C20 with NHTSA across model years 1970 to 1997. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1995 Chevrolet C20

15 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

1993 Chevrolet C20

25 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet C20 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
1997 2 0 0 Brakes
1995 D 15 3 0 Brakes
1994 D 13 3 0 Brakes
1993 C 25 2 0 Brakes
1992 2 0 0 Tires
1991 7 0 1 Doors, Latches & Locks
1990 6 0 4 Engine & Cooling
1989 2 0 0 Seat Belts
1988 4 1 0 Engine & Cooling
1987 3 0 0 Steering
1985 2 0 0 Tires
1984 6 0 1 Transmission & Drivetrain
1983 1 0 0 Seat Belts
1982 1 0 0 Seat Belts
1981 1 0 0 Tires
1980 5 4 0 Body & Structure
1978 1 0 0 Other & Unspecified
1974 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1972 1 1 0 Tires
1971 1 0 1 Electrical System
1970 1 0 0 Tires

What breaks on a Chevrolet C20

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 22 22.0%

Worst in 1993

Seat Belts 13 13.0%

Worst in 1993

Tires 9 9.0%

Worst in 1985

Transmission & Drivetrain 8 8.0%

Worst in 1993

Fuel & Propulsion 7 7.0%

Worst in 1991

Engine & Cooling 6 6.0%

Worst in 1990

Electrical System 6 6.0%

Worst in 1993

Body & Structure 5 5.0%

Worst in 1995

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 5 5.0%

Worst in 1994

Airbags 3 3.0%

Worst in 1995

Suspension 3 3.0%

Worst in 1993

Seats 3 3.0%

Worst in 1993

Steering 2 2.0%

Worst in 1987

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2 2.0%

Worst in 1994

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet C20, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 7 May 2018

Compare the Chevrolet C20

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.