2004 Chevrolet Express — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 627 evidence records for the 2004 Chevrolet Express, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 26 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Brakes7 (26.9%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 1998–2018.
  • Fuel system4 (15.4%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 1996–2014.
  • Seat belts3 (11.5%)Official recall records for this system: 13, covering model years 2003–2014.
  • Electrical system2 (7.7%)Official recall records for this system: 14, covering model years 2003–2018.
  • Engine2 (7.7%)
  • Steering2 (7.7%)Official recall records for this system: 13, covering model years 1996–2013.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

  • Owner complaints (1,210 records, model years 1996–2018) are most frequently classified under: brakes, electrical system and tires & wheels.
  • Safety recalls (193 records, model years 1996–2018) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, fuel system and steering.
  • Transport Canada recalls (151 records, model years 1996–2018) are most frequently classified under: brakes, electrical system and seat belts.
  • Manufacturer communications (23,593 records, model years 1996–2018) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, engine and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 1996 48 records for 1996
  2. 1997 79 records for 1997
  3. 1998 91 records for 1998
  4. 1999 167 records for 1999
  5. 2000 416 records for 2000
  6. 2001 430 records for 2001
  7. 2002 475 records for 2002
  8. 2003 662 records for 2003
  9. 2004 627 records for 2004
  10. 2005 680 records for 2005
  11. 2006 841 records for 2006
  12. 2007 944 records for 2007
  13. 2008 1,097 records for 2008
  14. 2009 1,168 records for 2009
  15. 2010 1,562 records for 2010
  16. 2011 1,719 records for 2011
  17. 2012 1,811 records for 2012
  18. 2013 1,875 records for 2013
  19. 2014 1,729 records for 2014
  20. 2015 1,577 records for 2015
  21. 2016 1,308 records for 2016
  22. 2017 1,211 records for 2017
  23. 2018 1,015 records for 2018

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

  • 1mention a crash
  • 2mention a fire

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

  • Safety recalls NHTSA 7
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 590
  • Investigations NHTSA 1
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 8
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 21

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Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.

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