1998 Chevrolet C/K Pickups defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1998 Chevrolet C/K Pickups. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• DRIVER DOOR ELECTRICAL FIRES
  Engineering Analysis EA02005 · opened May 17, 2002 · closed May 1, 2003 · led to recall 03V093000

  By letter dated march 19, 2003, the manufacturer notified nhtsa of the decision to initate a safety recall campaign on selected vehicles within the subject population.the campaign involves 507,000 c/k and m/l vehicles built during model years 1997-1998.the recall involves vehicle models with high incident rates and bui…

• VACUUM BRAKE BOOSTER
  Preliminary Evaluation PE01001 · opened Jan 8, 2001 · closed May 22, 2001

  Alleged that the vacuum brake booster can fail resulting in loss of brake effectiveness and extended stopping distances.