FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Pickup

Owners have filed 585 complaints about the Chevrolet Pickup with NHTSA across model years 1972 to 2003. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1997 Chevrolet Pickup

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

Cleanest on record

2003 Chevrolet Pickup

12 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Pickup 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
2003 B 12 0 0 24,000 Brakes
2002 B 21 1 0 30,150 Brakes
2001 C 19 3 0 35,750 Tires
2000 C 37 2 0 41,500 Brakes
1999 C 51 2 0 33,000 Brakes
1998 D 60 7 2 Brakes
1997 D 113 8 0 84,500 Brakes
1996 D 75 7 1 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1995 D 90 4 1 74,000 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1994 C 60 4 1 73,000 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1992 8 0 0 Brakes
1991 17 0 1 Tires
1990 13 1 0 Brakes
1978 1 0 0 Tires
1975 2 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1973 2 1 1 Fuel & Propulsion
1972 4 2 0 Tires

What breaks on a Chevrolet Pickup

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

Brakes 126 21.5%

Worst in 1997

Worst in 1995

Tires 62 10.6%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1998

Steering 34 5.8%

Worst in 1997

Worst in 1997

Worst in 1996

Seats 25 4.3%

Worst in 1995

Suspension 17 2.9%

Worst in 1997

Acceleration & Cruise Control 15 2.6%

Worst in 1999

Body & Structure 14 2.4%

Worst in 1997

Lights 14 2.4%

Worst in 1994

Seat Belts 13 2.2%

Worst in 1997

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Pickup

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

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 66 26.4%
Motor 49 19.6%
Windshield Wiper/Washer 40 16.0%
Tread/Belt 25 10.0%
Fuel Injection System 16 6.4%
Automatic Transmission 13 5.2%
Disc 12 4.8%
Gasoline 10 4.0%
Fuel Pump 10 4.0%
Front 9 3.6%

Complaints filed over time

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

Dec 1996 peak 25 Apr 2023

Chevrolet Pickup 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 Pickup

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