Total Complaints
8 filings
CHEVROLET G30 · model year
8 NHTSA complaints, 1 crash report for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1994CHEVROLETG30 carries 8 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 1 crash, 0 fires, 2 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 1994 G30 is service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip with 4 filings, followed by service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components (2) and power train (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 1994 G30, 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
8 filings
Crashes Reported
1 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 4 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | 2 |
| POWER TRAIN | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | 1 |
COOMING OFF AN EXIT RAMP & WHEEL HIT POTHOLE. THIS CAUSED THE ABS BRAKES TO KICK IN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO ABS BRAKE PROBLEM. DROVE VEHICLE TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC NO PROBLEM WITH ABS BRAKES SYSTEM. *AK
ABS FAILURE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL KICKS BACK AND VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SURFACE. YH
ABS FAILURE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES,BRAKE PEDAL KICKS BACK AND VEHICLE DO NOT STOP WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SURFACE. YH
ABS FAILURE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES,BRAKE PEDAL KICKS BACK AND VEHICLE DO NOT STOP WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SURFACE. YH
ABS FAILURE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES,BRAKE PEDAL KICKS BACK AND VEHICLE DO NOT STOP WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SURFACE. YH
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN TRAVELING IN WET OR DRY WEATHER , CONSUMER NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY HARD TO DEPRESS, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER STATED NORMAL OPERATION. *AK
SPEEDOMETER FAILURE, DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED. *AK
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.