Total Complaints
1 filings
CHEVROLET T UTILITY · model year
1 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1999CHEVROLETT UTILITY carries 1 consumer safety complaint 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 1999 T UTILITY is electrical system:wiring:fuses and circuit breakers with 1 filings. 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 1999 T UTILITY, 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
1 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | 1 |
ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING WHEN OUR 99 CHEVY TAHOE LOST ALL POWER. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT A FUSE WAS BLOWN (20 ECM-B FUSE). HE DID NOT KNOW WHY AND STATED THAT IT WAS UNCOMMON FOR THIS PARTICULAR FUSE TO BLOW. WE HAD THE FUSE REPLACED AND DID NOT HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM UNTIL JUNE 26, 2005. AGAIN, I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY LOST POWER ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. I REPLACED THE 20 ECM-B FUSE. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND I DROVE FOR ABOUT A MILE WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER ONCE AGAIN. I AGAIN REPLACED THE FUSE, TURNED OFF ALL THE POWER IN THE CAB (NO RADIO, NO A/C) AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE NEXT 5 MILES TO MY HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Mileage: 65,733
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.