Chevrolet Express

143 complaints across 8 scored model years and 22 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Chevrolet Express Full report

Grade 2010–2021

2013 vs model median 1.6×

Model median3× median

Engine 5

Fuel System 3

Brakes 3

Avoid

2010 · 2013

Best

2012 · 2015

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Severity-weighted complaint volume and grade by model year for the Chevrolet Express
Year	vs median	Reports	Grade
2010	1.47×	14	D
2012	0.65×	10	C
2013	1.58×	19	D
2014	0.87×	11	C
2015	0.70×	11	B
2016	1.04×	11	C
2017	0.96×	14	C
2021	1.18×	12	C

Recalls

22 campaigns on record, 1 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Recall campaigns, largest first
Campaign	Component	Model years	Units affected
14V117000	AIR BAGS:FRONTAL	2010–2014	303,013
18V295000	VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS	2014–2017	207,483
14V614000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	2014	106,307
13V001000	STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE	2013	54,686
21V115000	TIRES	2021	33,838
18V655000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	2016, 2017	30,448
21V189000 Park it	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES	2021	10,154
10V096000	VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM	2010	9,137

+ 14 further campaigns

Others in Vans

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Other models in the same segment
Model	Years to avoid	Grade
Ford Transit	20152016	C
Ford Transit Connect	20142016	C
Mercedes-Benz Metris	none flagged	C
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500	20192020	C
Ram Promaster	20142021	C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2013 Express

Complaints in window: 19
Severity-weighted: 28
Model median (weighted): 18
vs model median: 1.58×
Recall campaigns (weighted): 8
Open investigations: 0

Score 45.6 D