Factory specifications, fluid capacities, torque values, EPA fuel economy and the federal safety record for the 1982 P30.
The 1982 Chevrolet P30, a heavy-duty chassis platform commonly used for motorhomes and commercial vehicles, recorded a single owner complaint—focused on tires—and one recall. While the model’s broader complaint history for the 1990–1999 period ranged from a low of one complaint in 1991 to a high of ten in 1994, the 1982 model year itself stands out for its minimal reported issues, suggesting a relatively trouble-free start for this platform in its early years.
Owner-reported issues, recalls, investigations and service bulletins on record with NHTSA — an unfiltered look at what owners actually experience.
The federal dataset provided spans 1990 through 1999, meaning the 1982 model year sits entirely before the earliest recorded data point with no comparable prior years in the record. Target-year data for 1982 identifies one tire-related complaint and zero crash or fire complaints, whereas the nearest subsequent year of 1990 logged two complaints, three recalls, and two investigations. Across the documented generation arc, complaint totals fluctuated between zero and ten with spikes in 1994 and 1998, recalls remained in the one-to-three range through 1998 before tapering to one in 1999, and technical service bulletins rose from zero to seven. Because 1982 predates this entire window, it falls before the escalating TSB counts and the mid-decade complaint peaks visible in the 1990s data. With only one recorded complaint area and zero crash or fire incidents in the federal data—figures that compare favorably to the higher complaint volumes and multiple recalls documented from 1990 onward—1982 appears to be a relatively benign year to buy, provided the specific vehicle has been well maintained.
All 1 complaints on record, top 1 components.
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaint database.
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