Chevrolet Express Complaints (2001)

63 consumer complaints on file.

• #743221March 28, 2001
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS

  A CHEVROLET EXPRESS/EXPLORER LIMITED SE CAUSED SERIOUS ISSUES ON THE HIGHWAY FOR ME AND 4 OTHER DRIVERS (THAT I WITNESSED).. BRAKE LIGHTS ARE SO HIGH OFF THE GROUND, THEY ARE NOT DETECTABLE! I ALMOST SLAMED INTO THE BACK OF THIS VAN 5 TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET AROUND IT. I COULD NOT TELL WHEN THE VAN WAS SLOWING OR STOPPING. THIS IS A SERIOUS MISJUDGMENT IN ENGINEERING. THOSE LIGHTS ARE EASILY 4 FOOT ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF AN 18 WHEELERS. NO ONE IS ACCUSTOM TO LOOKING THAT HIGH UP FOR BRAKE LIGHTS.*AK

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• #742927March 23, 2001
  VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD

  THE COMPANY I WORK FOR RECENTLY PURCHASED A NEW WORK VAN FOR ME TO USE. UPON MY FIRST DAY OF DRIVING I REALIZED THAT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TINTED STRIP IN THE WINDSHIELD. I AM A TALL PERSON AND WHEN SITTING IN THE SEAT MY LINE OF VISION IS THRU THIS TINTED STRIP. AT NIGHT I NOTICED THAT MY DISTANCE OF VISION IS VERY LIMITIED, EVEN IN DAYLIGHT HOURS. I HAVE CHECKED WITH SEVERAL AUTO GLASS DEALERS AND THEY ALL SAY I CAN'T GET THIS WINDSHIELD WITHOUT THE TINTED STRIP. I HAVE TALKED TO THE DEALER AND TO GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND THEY TELL ME THE SAME THING. THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME IN FINDING IF I COULD GET A SPECIAL ORDER ON A CLEAR WINDSHIELD. I AM LOOKING FOR A WINDSHIELD MANUFACTURER THAT COULD MAKE ME ONE SPECIAL ORDER. ANY HELP OR ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.*AK

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• #732464September 25, 2000
  TIRES:VALVE

  THE VALVE STEMS ON THREE OF MY TIRES WERE MALFUNCTIONING DUE TO IMPROPER DESIGN OF THE STEMS. THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AT 70 MPH I WAS LOOSING AS MUCH AS 15 PSI OF AIR IN ONLY 10 MILES. THE AIR WAS LEAKING AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE VALVE STEMS BECAUSE OF THEIR IMPROPER DESIGN. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT IT IS OCCURING UNTIL THE TIRE(S) GOES FLAT, WHICH, IF IT OCCURS AT HIGHWAY SPEED, COULD EASILY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. I WAS LUCKY AND SAW THAT MY TIRES WERE ALMOST FLAT WHEN I STOPPED FOR GAS. THE IMPROPERLY DESIGNED VALVE STEM HAS THE FOLLOWING LETTERING ON IT: SCHRADER USA TR 600 HP 150.*AK

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