IllustrationWINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ERRATICALLY. SOMETIMES THEY QUIT IN MIDDLE OF OPERATION, SOMETIMES THEY WON'T RUN, AND SOMETIMES THEY RUN REAL FAST AND CANNOT BE SHUT OFF. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK
1992 Chevrolet Silverado
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
Similar to other model years
Owner complaints for the 1992 Chevrolet Silverado do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 76.
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Owner complaints by model year
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What owners reported most
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
Limited mileage data: 5 of 40 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Visibility. Review the 13 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Engine And Engine Cooling. Review the 7 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic. Review the 5 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
1 crash reports3 fire reports0 injury reports
What owners actually said
40 reportsSTARTED BURNING ALOT (2 QTS PER TANK OF GAS) OF OIL. CONTACTED A CHEVY MECHANIC, WHO SAID THIER WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE PISTON RINGS USED IN THAT YEAR ENGINE, AS I WRITE THIS LETTER MY ENGINE IS BEING COMPLETELY REBUILT, IT'S COSTING ME APPROX. 2,800 TO HAVE IT DONE. AS A LIFE LONG GENERAL MOTORS MAN, I'VE NEVER OWNED ANYT…
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STARTED BURNING ALOT (2 QTS PER TANK OF GAS) OF OIL. CONTACTED A CHEVY MECHANIC, WHO SAID THIER WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE PISTON RINGS USED IN THAT YEAR ENGINE, AS I WRITE THIS LETTER MY ENGINE IS BEING COMPLETELY REBUILT, IT'S COSTING ME APPROX. 2,800 TO HAVE IT DONE. AS A LIFE LONG GENERAL MOTORS MAN, I'VE NEVER OWNED ANYTHING BUT A GM PROUDUCT , I'M CURIOUS TO HERE YOUR RESPONCE TO THIS PROBLEM, I WAS ALSO TOLD THOSE PISTON RINGS WERE NOT EXPECTED TO LAST MORE THAN 40,000M. *AK
WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN & WOULD HAVE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON, THEY WOULD STOP WORKING FOR NO REASON. HAS TO STOP VEHICLE & GET OUT & HIT THE MOTOR UNDER THE HOOD TO GET THE WIPERS TO WORK AGAIN. HAD THE WIPER MOTOR REPLACED TWICE & STILL PROBLEM EXISTS. THE WARRANTY RAN OUT ON THE THIRD REPLACEMENT. *AK
PASSAGER'S SIDE SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING A SAFETY PROBLEM FOR THE CONSUMER TO SIT PROPERLY IN THE SEAT. *AK
SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL WORK, SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT, AND SOMETIMES THE WIPERS WILL QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK *ML
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH TRANSMISSION SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR. WENT FROM OVERDRIVE TO NEUTRAL. HAD TO PULL OVER & SHIFTED INTO PARK. VEHICLE THEN SHIFTED INTO 2ND GEAR ON ITS OWN. HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY. MECHANIC FOUND SPEED SENSOR CIRCUIT HAD TO BE RESET. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE. AFTERWARDS, NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE UNDER THE HOOD. ANOTHER DRIVER EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK
CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE. THE HEAD GASKETS BLEW UP, CAUSING THE ANTIFREEZE TO EXPLODE AND RUN ONTO THE ENGINE. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER CONSTANTLY HAS TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO RESTART THIER VEHICLE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE DRIVING. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANU…
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CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE. THE HEAD GASKETS BLEW UP, CAUSING THE ANTIFREEZE TO EXPLODE AND RUN ONTO THE ENGINE. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER CONSTANTLY HAS TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO RESTART THIER VEHICLE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE DRIVING. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK
THE METAL MOUNTING BRACKET OF THE IDLE PULLEY BENT AND LATER SEPARATED, AFTER BEING WEAKENED BY HEAT DETERIORATION FROM A "FROZEN" SHAFT.
THE DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE DEFECTIVE CALIPERS TO HEATUP AND THE ROTORS TO WARP AND CAUSED MORE WEAR AND TEAR OF THE BRAKE PADS. HAD TO REPLACE PADS 6 TIMES. DLR CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK
Official recalls
0No recalls in this snapshot.
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NHTSA investigations
0No exact-year investigations in this snapshot.