FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet C2500

Owners have filed 269 complaints about the Chevrolet C2500 with NHTSA across model years 1988 to 1996. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1996 Chevrolet C2500

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

Cleanest on record

1993 Chevrolet C2500

28 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet C2500 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
1996 C 61 5 0 Brakes
1995 B 76 1 0 102,000 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1994 B 62 0 0 178,232 Fuel & Propulsion
1993 B 28 1 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1992 14 1 2 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1991 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1990 11 0 1 Brakes
1989 15 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1988 1 0 0 Tires

What breaks on a Chevrolet C2500

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

Brakes 57 21.2%

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1994

Engine & Cooling 21 7.8%

Worst in 1995

Tires 19 7.1%

Worst in 1995

Seats 18 6.7%

Worst in 1994

Transmission & Drivetrain 17 6.3%

Worst in 1994

Electrical System 13 4.8%

Worst in 1995

Equipment & Accessories 6 2.2%

Worst in 1995

Body & Structure 4 1.5%

Worst in 1995

Suspension 4 1.5%

Worst in 1996

Acceleration & Cruise Control 4 1.5%

Worst in 1995

Lights 4 1.5%

Worst in 1995

Airbags 3 1.1%

Worst in 1995

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet C2500

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Motor 39 28.7%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 35 25.7%
Fuel Injection System 19 14.0%
Windshield Wiper/Washer 10 7.4%
Tread/Belt 9 6.6%
Gasoline 8 5.9%
Fuel Pump 5 3.7%
Master Cylinder 4 2.9%
Automatic Transmission 4 2.9%
Diesel 3 2.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet C2500, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Sep 1996 peak 14 Dec 2014

Compare the Chevrolet C2500

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