FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet C35

Owners have filed 67 complaints about the Chevrolet C35 with NHTSA across model years 1988 to 1996. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1993 Chevrolet C35

23 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly body & structure.

Cleanest on record

1995 Chevrolet C35

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet C35 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 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1995 A 10 0 0 Brakes
1994 B 19 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1993 D 23 2 1 Body & Structure
1992 4 1 0 Brakes
1991 4 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1990 1 0 0 Brakes
1988 3 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Chevrolet C35

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

Brakes 17 25.4%

Worst in 1995

Fuel & Propulsion 9 13.4%

Worst in 1994

Transmission & Drivetrain 8 11.9%

Worst in 1993

Body & Structure 8 11.9%

Worst in 1993

Electrical System 5 7.5%

Worst in 1994

Steering 4 6.0%

Worst in 1993

Engine & Cooling 3 4.5%

Worst in 1993

Tires 3 4.5%

Worst in 1993

Suspension 2 3.0%

Worst in 1991

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2 3.0%

Worst in 1994

Lights 2 3.0%

Worst in 1993

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1 1.5%

Worst in 1993

Wheels 1 1.5%

Worst in 1993

Seats 1 1.5%

Worst in 1993

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet C35, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 5 Mar 2008

Compare the Chevrolet C35

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