Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks, vans and motorhomes equipped with electronically fuel injected 6.5L diesel engine. This is not a safety recall in accordance with federal regulation part 573. However, it is deemed a safety improvement...
Engine & cooling
Chevrolet C10 Engine problems by year
13 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Chevrolet C10's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Engine recalls
Latest C10 engine complaints
Dt: spent thousands of dollars trying to repair problem. On 03/05 first noticed the problem when the exhaust was sending fumes into the vehicle, and was causing headaches/blurred vision, and so on. The dealership installed an exhaust system from another vehicle. The vehicle was still releasing fumes into cab. *Ak exhaust gases were passing through rubber hoses in the engine compartment. The dealership replaced the vehicle's exhaust manifold with a "caprice" manifold. The engine would hesitate between...
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the 2nd-3rd gears and idled roughly. The wipers had become inoperative, the oil pressure gauge was reading too low. There was an exhaust leak coming from the left of the manifold. The vehicle would also sputter when being driven on hills. The consumer requested to be charged back 3k dollars to his credit card. *Sc *nm
Consumer stated the windshield wipers stopped working, also the egr valve was replaced. Ts *jb
Heater line fitting corroded, snapped of at base. Leaked coolant. Contacted local dealer who said it was a common failure part. Old fitting was aluminum and appeared to be a bad casting
Vehicle experienced engine fire. (Ohio traffic crash report). *Mjs
Vehicle engine fire (ohio traffic crash report). *Mjs
Possible radiator failure resulted in fire under the hood of vehicle. (Ohio traffic crash report) nlm
While driving vehicle started surging, pulled over checked and found nothing. Started vehicle up again, before moving the vehicle it caught on fire. Fire department came to put the fire out. Dealer not aware of the defect. *Ak possible engine failure. *Slc
Intermittently while driving the vehicle stalls unexpectedly, causing loss of steering and braking control which almost caused an accident. Dealer replaced fuel injection pump. Problem is still occurring, and dealer cannot determine problem. *Ak
While driving the truck will cut off and the driver loses all steering and brakes and the driver does not have any control on the truck. This has happened several times. Took truck to dealer 4-5 times, and the dealer could not find anything. The problem still is happening. The truck will cut off for no reason and no warning. *Ak
ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, MISFIRES WHEN ACCELERATING.
While driving, any speed, engine shuts off; loose all control of vehicle; exact cause unkown. *Ak
Under vehicle carriage fire, catalytic converter suspected of causing fire. Tt after sudden explosion the vehicle caught fire from underneath the rear. The power door failed to work and the consumer in trying to get out had his hair on fire but put it out by rolling on the ground. *Yh
Vehicle continues to knock and rattle after repeated repair attempts. *Skd
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data