2011 Chevrolet Express
This year drew an ordinary 97 complaints for a Chevrolet Express — the model's median is 59. What they were about is the unusual part: 25.8% of them mention found, against 0% across the model's other years.
| Complaints filed | 97 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 59 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Recalls | 5 |
What the complaints were about
- found — 25.8% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (128.9×).
- revealed — 24.7% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the model's other years (17.8×). Owners wrote it as: revealed, between, pin, removed.
- very — 32% of this year's complaints, against 4.9% across the model's other years (6.5×).
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
Vehicle broke down with a crank no start condition. Verified no fuel pressure. Diagnostics revealed no continuity between tank fuel pump positive lead at fuel pump relay, and ground. Removed fuel tank, disconnected fuel pump wiring harness, and found burned pi…
WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STABILITRACK AND TRACTION CONTROL SERVICE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH A BEEPING SOUND. IN ADDITION, THE POWER REDUCE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED. THE VEHICLE IDLED VERY ERRATICALLY.…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V267000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 14V500000 FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER Fixed free of charge.
- 14V117000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 13V080000 FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
- 13V225000 FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
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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