U.S. public vehicle records

Chevrolet P3 recalls by model year

Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.

Key facts

9 owner complaints analyzed

5 distinct recall campaigns

26,117 mi median reported failure mileage

Scope: 1985 to 1998 model years. Data updated: 2026-09-30 (September 30, 2026). 1 complaints include usable failure mileage. View data status.

Compare model years

Recalls by model year

All campaigns in the snapshot affecting each model year, including recalls announced years later.

From yearThrough year

Recall campaigns

Shared campaigns appear once in each affected model year.

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1998

1985: 1; 1986: 1; 1987: 1; 1988: 1; 1989: 1; 1990: 2; 1991: 4; 1992: 1; 1996: 1; 1997: 0; 1998: 0

First model yearSecond model year

Year-by-year records

Chevrolet P3 model-year comparison
Model year	Complaints	Recalls	Change in recalls
1985	0	1	Not available
1986	0	1	0
1987	0	1	0
1988	0	1	0
1989	0	1	0
1990	0	2	+1
1991	1	4	+2
1992	0	1	-3
1996	2	1	Not available
1997	3	0	-1
1998	3	0	0

Recall history

5 distinct campaigns affect this selection. Announcement dates below are different from vehicle model years. A campaign may cover multiple years.

92V129000 · Wheels

Reported: 1992-09-08 (September 8, 1992) · Model years: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992

THE 19.5 X 6 FRONT STEEL WHEEL DISC CRACKS OUTSIDE THE MOUNTING BOLT CIRCLE AND ENDS AT THE HUB'S DIAMETER.

Consequence: IF THE CRACKING GOES UNNOTICED, THE CENTER PORTION OF THEDISC WILL CRACK COMPLETELY AND EVENTUALLY THE RIM PORTION OF THE WHEEL COULDSEPARATE FROM THE CENTER SECTION WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy: REPLACE ALL SIX (SEVEN IF THERE IS A SPARE) DEFECTIVE WHEELS WITH NEWLY DESIGNED WHEELS.

NHTSA campaign record ↗

91V123000 · Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc:Caliper

Reported: 1991-07-16 (July 16, 1991) · Model years: 1990, 1991

BRAKES MAY HAVE MISSING REAR AXLE OUTER BEARING RETAINING RING AND OR GREATER THAN SPECIFIED BEARING END PLAY. EITHER CONDITION ALLOWS THE ROTOR AND HUB ASSEMBLY TO SHIFT POSITION RELATIVE TO THE SPINDLE. THIS MOVEMENT CAN CAUSE BRAKE CALIPER PISTON RECEDE FARTHER THAN NORMAL INTO THE PISTON BORE WHICH WOULD REQUIRE GREATER THAN NORMAL BRAKE FLUID DISPLACEMENT WHEN THE SERVICE BRAKES ARE APPLIED.

Consequence: THIS CONDITION LEADS TO INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE, ANDSHOULD MINIMUM STOPPING DISTANCE BE REQUIRED, IT COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENTWITHOUT WARNING.

Remedy: REPLACE BOTH REAR AXLE HUBS.

NHTSA campaign record ↗

91V133000 · Parking Brake:Conventional

Reported: 1991-08-05 (August 5, 1991) · Model years: 1991

THE AUTOMATIC APPLY TRANSMISSION MOUNTED PARKING BRAKE LEVER PIVOT BOLT "FINGER" MAY BE LOOSE.

Consequence: THE LOOSE PIVOT BOLT COULD ALLOW THE PARKING BRAKES TORELEASE AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN SET MANUALLY; IF THE BOLT FALLS OFF WHEN THEAUTOMATIC APPLY PARKING BRAKE IS SET, THERE IS INSUFFICIENT BRAKING TO HOLD THEVEHICLE IF IT IS PARKED ON AN INCLINE. BOTH OF THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT INVEHICLE MOVEMENT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND POSSIBLY IN AN ACCIDENT.

Remedy: TORQUE PIVOT BOLT TO SPECIFICATIONS.

NHTSA campaign record ↗

91V216000 · Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly

Reported: 1991-12-13 (December 13, 1991) · Model years: 1991

SOME CHASSIS WERE SHIPPED TO BODY BUILDERS WITH DAMAGED FILL OR VENT OPENING CAPS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. IF A LEFT-HAND FILL SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED ON THE TANK, AND THERE WAS A DAMAGED RIGHT-HAND CAP, THE FUEL SYSTEM WOULD NOT BE SEALED.

Consequence: IF THE FUEL SYSTEM IS NOT SEALED, THE AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFFSYSTEM USED IN GAS STATIONS WOULD NOT WORK, ALLOWING GAS TO BE FORCED OUT OFTHE DEFECTIVE RIGHT-HAND OPENING. THE SPILLED GASOLINE WOULD RESULT IN A FIREHAZARD IF EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.

Remedy: INSTALL NEW CAPS ON THE VEHICLES WITH UNUSED RIGHT-HAND FILL OR VENT OPENINGS.

NHTSA campaign record ↗

96V005000 · Engine And Engine Cooling:Cooling System:Fan

Reported: 1996-01-16 (January 16, 1996) · Model years: 1996

THE ENGINE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLIES CAN BREAK FROM FATIGUE CAUSED BY ENGINE AND/OR VEHICLE INDUCED STRESSES.

Consequence: IF THIS OCCURS WHILE THE HOOD OR ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS OPEN, A PERSON IN THE VICINITY OF THE ENGINE COULD BE STRUCK BY A FAN SEGMENT AND INJURED.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING ENGINE COOLING FAN WITH A NEWLY RELEASED FAN ASSEMBLY HAVING RIVETS WITH LARGER HEADS.

NHTSA campaign record ↗

Explore the data

Vehicle analysis explorer

Inspect model-year patterns, reported mileage, monthly activity and the evidence behind each signal.

Data completeness

9 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-09-30.

11.1%Usable mileage1 / 9 records

66.7%Valid incident date6 / 9 records

100.0%Valid filing date9 / 9 records

66.7%Ordered incident and filing dates6 / 9 records

Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.

Problems by model year

Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.

From model yearThrough model year

Component complaint heatmap
Component	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1996	1997	1998
Parking Brake	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 546404 PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD VEHICLE STATIONARY WHEN APPLIED WHILE PARKED. NLM Look up ODI 546404 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	133.3% ODI 10050785 · 26,117 mi THE AUTO MATIC PARK SYSTEM ON MY 1998 CHEVROLET P3 CHASSIS LOCKED UP FORTUNATLEY I WAS PARKED AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE ROAD. I CAN'T RELEASE THE BRAKE AND MY MOTOR HOME WON'T MOVE.*AK Look up ODI 10050785 at NHTSA ↗
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	133.3% ODI 537256 MAIN FUEL LINE CONNECTOR CAME UNDONE CAUSING FUEL LEAK. Look up ODI 537256 at NHTSA ↗
Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly:Mounting	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	133.3% ODI 701302 THIS INFORMATION WAS REPORTED TO CHEVROLET CASE #980411299,TO THE NHTSA USING FORM MAILED TO ME IN LUBEC MAINE AND HOT LINE OR MOTORHOME LIFE MAGAZINE HAS REPORTED IT TO NHTSA TWICE ALL WITH NO RESULTS OR REPLY.THE THROUGH TANK POWER WIRE WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE DISCOLORED DUE TO EXTREME HEAT EVIDENTLY FROM BINDING FUEL PUMP.REPAIRS WERE MADE UNDER WARRANTY BY FLEET SERVICE,RFD 5 ,BRUNSWICK AV,ROUTE 201,GRDNER MINE INVOICE#12372 AND#12407.THE TECHNICIANS WERE EXTREMELY COMPETENT, AND SAID THAT IF THE TANK TOP CONNECTER HAD ARCED THE TANK WOULD H… Look up ODI 701302 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Parking Brake:Conventional	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	133.3% ODI 832021 VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TO ADJUST THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE. WAS INFORMED NOT DESIGNED TO BE USED AS AN EMERGENCY BRAKE. MANUFACTURER. WAS ALSO NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF THE SAME REASON. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW CAN A VEHICLE BE SOLD IF EMERGENCY BRAKE COULD NOT BE USED AS SUCH. *AK Look up ODI 832021 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Parking Brake:Driveline:Hydraulic	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	133.3% ODI 9004638 INSTALLED A HYDROLIC ACTUATED LINE SHAFT PARKING BRAKE (BUILD BY VICKERS HYDROTICE), HYDROLIC SWITCH FAILED WHILE DRIVING AND LOSE HYDROLIC FLUID CAUSING BRAKE TO FAIL. Look up ODI 9004638 at NHTSA ↗
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 826371 ABS LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HOOKED VEHICLE UP TO DIAGONOSTIC MACHINE AND IT READ THAT THERE IS AN OPEN SENSOR ON THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK Look up ODI 826371 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip:Control Unit/Module	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	133.3% ODI 605897 ABS BRAKE SPEED SENSOR FAILED. NLM Look up ODI 605897 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc:Caliper	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 986337 TEAMS CHEVROLET 90C51/91V123. OWNER AWAITS REPAIR, IT HAS BEEN ONE MONTH. ZONE STATES WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS. *AK Look up ODI 986337 at NHTSA ↗	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.

Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.

Failure mileage by component

Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.

Component failure mileage distribution
Component	Mileage range (25th–75th percentile)	Median	Usable records	Examples
Parking Brake	Too few reports for a range	26,117 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10050785 · 26,117 mi THE AUTO MATIC PARK SYSTEM ON MY 1998 CHEVROLET P3 CHASSIS LOCKED UP FORTUNATLEY I WAS PARKED AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE ROAD. I CAN'T RELEASE THE BRAKE AND MY MOTOR HOME WON'T MOVE.*AK Look up ODI 10050785 at NHTSA ↗

Complaint and recall timeline

Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.

ComponentPeriod

Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.

Monthly counts, recall campaigns and complaint examples

Monthly complaint and recall timeline
Month	Campaigns announced	Examples
2024-10	None	No examples available for this selection.
2024-11	None	No examples available for this selection.
2024-12	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-01	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-02	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-03	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-04	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-05	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-06	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-07	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-08	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-09	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-10	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-11	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-12	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-01	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-02	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-03	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-04	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-05	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-06	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-07	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-08	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-09 (partial)	None	No examples available for this selection.

Emerging complaint spikes

Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.

This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.

No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.

Equal-age model-year comparison

Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.

Observation windowFirst model yearSecond model year

1997: 3 complaints · 1998: 1 complaints

Equal observation windows
Model year	Through age 0	Through age 1	Through age 2
1997	0	3	3
1998	1	1	1

Date coverage across each selected cohort

Date basis for all complaints in selected model years
Year	Incident dates used	Filing date fallbacks	Excluded dates
1997	3	0	0
1998	2	1	0

Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.

Components reported together

Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.

Component co-occurrence matrix
Component	Parking Brake	Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly:Mounting	Parking Brake:Conventional	Parking Brake:Driveline:Hydraulic	Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip:Control Unit/Module	Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc:Caliper
Parking Brake	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly:Mounting	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Parking Brake:Conventional	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Parking Brake:Driveline:Hydraulic	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip:Control Unit/Module	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc:Caliper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—

Co-reporting does not establish that one component caused another concern.

Recurring narrative patterns

Specific keyword mentions beyond broad component labels. Matching includes negations and comparisons and does not confirm a diagnosis.

Search patterns

1 patterns with matching reports.

Fuel smell or leak mentions

1 mentions · 11.1% of complaints

Median mileage: Unavailable (0 usable records).

ODI 537256

MAIN FUEL LINE CONNECTOR CAME UNDONE CAUSING FUEL LEAK.

Look up ODI 537256 at NHTSA ↗

Matching rule

\b(fuel leak\w*|gas leak\w*|gas(?:oline)? smell|smell\w* (?:of )?(?:fuel|gas))\b