2017 Chevrolet Express
This year drew an ordinary 142 complaints for a Chevrolet Express — the model's median is 59. What they were about is the unusual part: 54.2% of them mention abs, against 0% across the model's other years.
| Complaints filed | 142 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 59 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Recalls | 6 |
What the complaints were about
- abs — 54.2% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (271.1×).
- module — 39.4% of this year's complaints, against 6.9% across the model's other years (5.7×).
- traction — 49.3% of this year's complaints, against 16.9% across the model's other years (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: traction, traction control, fault, affected.
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
while driving at approximately 35 MPH, the ABS inadvertently engaged, and the vehicle pulled to the left side. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed and determined that the electronic brake control module assembly needed to be…
Vehicles ABS went off while slowing to stop sign. Repair needed ABS Module part number 84055065. No part available through GM. Pulled vehicle from road as its super unsafe.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V295000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 18V655000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 19V428000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 19V387000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 18V267000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 16V700000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
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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