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2009 CHEVROLET EXPRESS — Complaint #2068558

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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT filed February 24, 2025

NHTSA complaint #2068558 (ODI reference 11644633) concerns a 2009 CHEVROLET EXPRESS and was filed on February 24, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 21, 2024. The vehicle had 30,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:driveline:driveshaft, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET EXPRESS cohort independently describe similar power train:driveline:driveshaft failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2009 CHEVROLET EXPRESS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2009 CHEVROLET EXPRESS
Component
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
State
California
Mileage
30,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Express. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, the contact became aware that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed, and the contact was informed that the transmission was faulty and needed to be replaced. The transmission was replaced, and the contact continued to drive the vehicle normally. The contact stated that while driving 50 MPH, the vehicle started to vibrate abnormally. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and the vehicle was towed to a local dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the transmission and the driveshaft had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2068558
ODI Number 11644633
Date Filed February 24, 2025
Failure Date February 21, 2024
VIN 1GBJG31K991

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.