2001 Chevrolet C/K Pickups defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2001 Chevrolet C/K Pickups. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• PARKING BRAKE FAILURE
  Defect Petition DP05009 · opened Dec 20, 2005 · closed May 31, 2006

  Odi's review of complaint data received since the close of ea04-011 revealed no indication that the investigation should be re-opened.more details can be found in the federal register notice enclosed in the dp05-009 public file.odi reserves the right to reopen the investigation in the future should conditions warrant.

• HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILRES
  Engineering Analysis EA04012 · opened Apr 30, 2004 · closed Feb 28, 2005 · led to recall 05V005000

  Gm is conducting a recall on all subject vehicles build between may 1999 and october 14, 1999.significant changes were incorporated into production in early october 1999, and vehicles built after that date have lower warranty failure rates.the complaint and warranty data appear to support the effectiveness of these cha…

• PARKING BRAKE FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA04011 · opened Apr 9, 2004 · closed May 10, 2005 · led to recall 05V161000

  In a letter dated april 20, 2005, gm notified nhtsa that it had decided that defects that relate to motor vehicle safety exist in certain model year (my) 1999-2002 c/k 1500 series (pbr parking brake system) and my 2001-2005 c/k 2500 and 3500 series (trw parking brake system) pickups with manual transmissions.according …

• PARKING BRAKE FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE03057 · opened Dec 8, 2003 · closed Apr 9, 2004

  Odi opened pe03-057 to assess parking brake ineffectiveness in the subject vehicles.these vehicles are equipped with four wheel disc brakes that incorporate a single-shoe drum-in-hat parking brake independent of the service brakes.complaint and warranty data indicate that the parking brake linings tend to wear out earl…

• ALLEGED FAILURE OF 2ND ROW SEATBELT ALR
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02067 · opened Sep 25, 2002 · closed Feb 11, 2003

  The automatic locking retractor (alr) is a feature incorporated in the subject vehicle for locking the webbing to properly secure a child safety seat into a vehicle.this pe was opened based on a gm technical service bulletin stating that with certain child safety seats the webbing may not remain locked.there are no com…