2005 Chevrolet Express
This year drew an ordinary 59 complaints for a Chevrolet Express — the model's median is 62. What they were about is the unusual part: 35.6% of them mention line, against 11.9% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 59 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 62 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 9 |
| EPA combined | 14 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- line — 35.6% of this year's complaints, against 11.9% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: line, saw, run, roll.
- paint — 11.9% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (59.3×). Owners wrote it as: paint, hood, gets, peeling off.
- frame — 6.8% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (33.9×). Owners wrote it as: frame, shaking.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
Hole warn in front passenger side brake line from battery cable going to engine starter motor. The shielding on electrical cable rubbed and wore a hole in the brake line causing fluid to flow out and caused brakes to fail. No one was injured and no accident. I…
WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AT 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STOP. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, HE NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE HOSES. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUB…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 09V050000 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 09V307000 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 09V049000 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 09V272000 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 09E012000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 05V530000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 09V270000 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 05V558000 SEAT BELTS
Showing 8 of 9. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Express was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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