FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Express

Owners have filed 856 complaints about the Chevrolet Express with NHTSA across model years 1995 to 2024. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2003 Chevrolet Express

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

Cleanest on record

2011 Chevrolet Express

18 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Express 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
2024 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2023 5 0 0 Electrical System
2022 6 1 0 Electrical System
2021 C 18 1 3 Brakes
2020 C 20 1 0 26,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 9 1 0 6,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2018 C 17 0 1 9,941 Transmission & Drivetrain
2017 C 31 1 0 18,000 Brakes
2016 C 20 0 3 35,000 Engine & Cooling
2015 B 12 0 0 24,865 Electrical System
2014 B 19 0 0 25,900 Airbags
2013 D 31 2 0 30,000 Engine & Cooling
2012 D 20 4 0 38,500 Brakes
2011 A 18 0 0 98,100 Engine & Cooling
2010 C 23 1 1 46,175 Engine & Cooling
2009 C 11 1 0 51,000 Airbags
2008 A 19 0 0 49,975 Transmission & Drivetrain
2007 C 18 1 2 64,000 Airbags
2006 C 17 2 0 51,764 Engine & Cooling
2005 C 33 0 1 85,934 Brakes
2004 C 26 1 2 109,500 Brakes
2003 F 75 2 7 42,598 Brakes
2002 D 77 0 4 34,910 Brakes
2001 D 60 4 2 48,173 Tires
2000 D 103 2 1 54,960 Brakes
1999 D 82 1 2 73,000 Brakes
1998 B 27 0 2 Tires
1997 C 35 3 0 80,750 Transmission & Drivetrain
1996 C 20 1 3 Fuel & Propulsion
1995 1 0 0 Electrical System

What breaks on a Chevrolet Express

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

Brakes 145 16.9%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2003

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2003

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Tires 60 7.0%

Worst in 2000

Airbags 42 4.9%

Worst in 1999

Steering 38 4.4%

Worst in 1999

Suspension 31 3.6%

Worst in 2000

Seat Belts 30 3.5%

Worst in 2000

Lights 25 2.9%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 1999

Other & Unspecified 19 2.2%

Worst in 2018

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Express

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

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 29 19.3%
Body 25 16.7%
Tread/Belt 24 16.0%
Hinge AND Attachments 16 10.7%
Automatic Transmission 16 10.7%
Ignition 9 6.0%
Automatic Emergency Braking 8 5.3%
Door 8 5.3%
Frontal 8 5.3%
Fuel Injection System 7 4.7%

Complaints filed over time

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

Mar 1997 peak 13 Aug 2026

Chevrolet Express problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet Express

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