Total Complaints
4 filings
CHEVROLET EXPRESS 4500 · model year
4 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2014CHEVROLETEXPRESS 4500 carries 4 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 2014 EXPRESS 4500 is electrical system with 2 filings, followed by steering (1) and suspension (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 57 investigation files overlapping the 2014 EXPRESS 4500, and 2 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
4 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 2 |
| STEERING | 1 |
| SUSPENSION | 1 |
MOTOR HOME / CAMPER BODY. PARKED FOR THE WINTER. PLUGGED IN BUT OCCASIONALLY RUN TO ENSURE BATTERIES ARE CHARGED. VEHICLE HAS 25,400 MILES ON IT. OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE ABOUT 20 F. STARTED VEHICLE AND DASH DISPLAYS WARNINGS: ENGINE OPERATING AT REDUCED POWER AND ENGINE OVERHEATED A/C TURNED OFF. SCANNED THE ECM FOR CODES AND WAS ABLE TO CLEAR THESE TWO MALFUNCTION INDICATORS. THE TOOL ALSO REVEALED A PREMIANT CODE OF "P1682 (1/1), IGNITION 1 SWITCH CIRCUIT 2". MODULE # : $7E8 AND MODULE# $7EA. THIS CODE WILL NOT CLEAR UNTIL A REPAIR IS MADE. RESEARCH REVEALS THAT THIS IGNITION PROBLEM IS PREVALENT AMONG MANY MAKES AND MODELS OF CHEVROLET AND GM VEHICLES BETWEEN THE YEARS FROM 2014 TO 2018. AND COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE BEING DRIVEN. RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS THAT THIS PROBLEM GENERALLY OCCURS WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARMER. NOT WHEN IT IS AS COLD AS IT WAS WHEN MY MALFUNCTION OCCURRED. ODDLY, IN SPITE OF THE PREVALENCE OF THIS PROBLEM AMONG CHEVY AND GM VEHICLE FOR THOS
Mileage: 25,400
SLOPPY STEERING AND SWAY CONTROL. SINCE NEW. 7000 MILES. SWERVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE. DOES NOT STEER STRAIGHT. OVER CORRECTION.
Mileage: 10
SLOPPY STEERING AND SWAY CONTROL. SINCE NEW. 7000 MILES. SWERVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE. DOES NOT STEER STRAIGHT. OVER CORRECTION.
Mileage: 10
VEHICLE HAS STALLED BEFORE. SOMETIMES WHEN STARTING JUST SPINS OVER. SOMETIMES STARTS AND SAYS REDUCED ENGINE POWER. RUNS REALLY ROUGH. CAN WAIT ABOUT 10 MINUTES THEN RESTART AND RUNS OK. USUALLY ACTS UP ABOUT EVERY 20 STARTS. THIS IS A 2014 WITH ABOUT 14000 MILES. HAS STALED WHEN BACKING UP BEFORE.
Mileage: 14,000
Loss of motive power due to engine failure
Loss of Motive Power due to the Battery Energy Control Module
Electric Vehicle Battery Fires
Outboard Front Seat Belt Anchor Cable Failure
Fuel Line Leak
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.