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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Chevrolet W-Series Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the Chevrolet W-Series, across 4 model years from 2001 to 2010. The 2010 has the most (1); the fewest among years with a recall is 2010 (1).

Model years
4

2001–2010, with a recall

Recall campaigns
1
Most recalls
2010

1 recalls

Owner complaints
7

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 7 complaints with NHTSA about the Chevrolet W-Series across 4 model years; the most, 4, concern the 2004.

Owners marked a crash on 1 of the Chevrolet W-Series complaints (14%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Chevrolet W-Series model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 2 complaints), then the service brakes, hydraulic (2).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Chevrolet W-Series in 2009: 3, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Chevrolet W-Series is electrical system, in 4 model-year listings.

The newest Chevrolet W-Series recall, 13V259000, was reported on June 19, 2013 and concerns the electrical system.

Chevrolet W-Series years to avoid

Too few Chevrolet W-Series model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Chevrolet W-Series, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2010110not ranked
2004142not ranked
2003110not ranked
2001110not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Chevrolet W-Series years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Chevrolet W-Series

  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM4

Chevrolet W-Series model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Chevrolet W-Series recall campaign (1)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Chevrolet W-Series, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
13V259000June 19, 2013electrical system2001, 2003–2004, 2010fire1,774

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Chevrolet W-Series. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: December 14, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted