FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Express 1500

Owners have filed 133 complaints about the Chevrolet Express 1500 with NHTSA across model years 1996 to 2014. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2004 Chevrolet Express 1500

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

Cleanest on record

2000 Chevrolet Express 1500

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Express 1500 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
2014 D 15 5 1 57,500 Airbags
2012 3 0 0 Brakes
2011 3 0 0 Airbags
2010 4 1 0 Airbags
2009 6 0 0 72,000 Airbags
2008 B 10 0 0 66,549 Brakes
2007 6 3 1 31,669 Airbags
2006 6 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
2005 C 10 2 0 53,800 Brakes
2004 D 15 3 1 114,000 Brakes
2003 D 21 0 3 99,732 Fuel & Propulsion
2002 B 10 0 0 37,000 Engine & Cooling
2001 5 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2000 A 10 0 0 Body & Structure
1999 5 0 0 80,000 Electrical System
1996 4 0 0 Brakes

What breaks on a Chevrolet Express 1500

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

Brakes 18 13.5%

Worst in 2005

Airbags 15 11.3%

Worst in 2014

Fuel & Propulsion 15 11.3%

Worst in 2003

Body & Structure 12 9.0%

Worst in 2000

Electrical System 11 8.3%

Worst in 1999

Engine & Cooling 9 6.8%

Worst in 2004

Tires 8 6.0%

Worst in 2002

Lights 6 4.5%

Worst in 1999

Seat Belts 5 3.8%

Worst in 2003

Seats 5 3.8%

Worst in 2000

Other & Unspecified 5 3.8%

Worst in 2006

Transmission & Drivetrain 4 3.0%

Worst in 2005

Steering 4 3.0%

Worst in 2001

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 4 3.0%

Worst in 2004

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Express 1500, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 2006 peak 6 Jan 2023

Compare the Chevrolet Express 1500

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