Safety Score
56
Average
Recalls
4
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (4)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-01-30 | 96V019000 |
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | 308 | — | Details |
| 1995-04-24 | 95V082000 |
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:SPRINGS | 87,039 | — | Details |
| 1994-04-16 | 94V076000 |
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS | 139 | — | Details |
| 1994-03-21 | 94V049000 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS | 8,475 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 CHEVROLET CAPRICE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND THE … |
| 2011-08-12 | TIRES | No | 0 | FIRESTONE TIRE FR380 WS P225/75R15 55,000 MILE TIRE. AFTER 12,000 MILES TIRE S ARE SHOWING STEEL BELTS THROUGH THE TREA… |
| 2009-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | GM HAS PUT THE PROBLEM UNDER TSB 94-C-59 OR 94V049 IT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THEY WILL REPAIR THE PROBLEM AT NO COST… |
| 2005-07-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES | No | 0 | DT: CABLE FROM BATTERY TO JUNCTION BOX OVERHEATED AND STARTED A FIRE. IT MELTED THE STUD THAT BATTERY CABLE WAS CONNEC… |
| 2005-07-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | DT: GENERAL MOTORS REFUSED TO HONOR A RECALL 94-C-59 ON 1994 CHEVROLET CAPRICE CLASSIC. CAR OVERHEATED IN THE ELEC… |
| 2004-09-26 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | I STARTED MY 1994 CHEVY CAPRICE CLASSIC AND BEFORE I COULD GET IT INTO GEAR, MY CAR TOOK OFF AND SLAMMED INTO THE BACK … |
| 2004-09-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE PURCAHSED USED FROM A CHEVY DEALER. EXPERIENCED COMPLETE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER, EVEN HAZARD LIGHTS INOPERATI… |
| 2004-07-01 | TIRES | No | 0 | PROBLEMS WITH FIRESTONE TIRE EQUIPMENT ON VEHICLE.*MR THE CONSUMER HAD NEW FIRESTONE TIRE INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. W… |
| 2004-06-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES | No | 0 | VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED DUE TO BATTERY CABLE CONNECTION OVERHEATING AT THE UNDER HOOD ELECTRICAL CENTER STUD. T… |
| 2004-06-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | DIGITAL DASH SPEEDOMETER GOES AWAY, DOES NOT SHOW SPEED OF TRAVEL. WHEN THIS HAPPENS OPPERATOR DOES NOT KNOW THE RATE O… |
| 2004-04-06 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY WIFE'S 1994 CAPRICE HAS HAD INTERMITTENT NON WORKING POWER STEERING SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. IT IS A TOTAL LOST … |
| 2003-04-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | FUEL PUMP FAILURE. WIRE CONNECTED TO FUEL PUMP MELTED BARE. WIRE CONNECTOR MELTED ONTO FUEL PUMP. WIRE HARNESS MELTE… |
| 2000-12-15 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | METAL AROUND LATCH THAT HOLDS DOOR IS CRACKED, AND IS NOT CATCHING PROPERLY, DOOR DOES NOT SHUT TIGHTLY. *AK |
| 2000-11-21 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ABS VALVE ROTTED OUT, CAUSING TOTAL FAILURE OF BRAKES. *AK |
| 2000-10-03 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-08-20 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH, I ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW USING THE POWER WINDOW CONTROLLER … |
| 2000-07-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT WATER PUMP WAS FAULTY/DEFECTIVE. IT NEEDS REPLACEMENT AT LESS THEN 28,000 MILES OF WEAR. DEALER … |
| 2000-07-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55 ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE ACCELLERATOR PEDAL GOT STUCK . THE CONSUMER APPLIED BOTH FEET… |
| 2000-06-08 | TIRES | No | 0 | IN THE FIRST INCIDENT THE TREAD SEPARATED AND THEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT. HAD THE TIRES VISUALLY INSPECTED; THEY SAW NO PR… |
| 2000-03-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | No | 0 | AFTER PARKING VEHICLE AND SHIFTING INTO PARK WITH ENGINE STILL RUNNING, WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, VEHICLE STARTED TO MOVE … |
| 2000-02-03 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | A DESCRIPTIVE LETTER REGARDING THE STEERING COLUMN CORROSION FAILURE WAS SENT TO THE MANUFACTURERE WITH NO REPLY. DT |
| 1999-12-07 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | Yes | 0 | WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND THEN SHIFTING INTO PARK, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. NO I… |
| 1999-11-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING--DETERMINED IT WAS A FUEL PROBLEM. AFTER REMOVING THE FUEL TANK FROM A 1994 CHEVROLET CAPRICE … |
| 1999-09-30 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM | No | 0 | WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVER WAY UPPER CONTROL ARM SNAPPED IN HALF. *AK |
| 1999-09-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | HORN ASSEMBLY IS HARD TO USE, AND DOSEN'T WORK WHEN NEEDED. NEEDS TO BE RECALLED..SAFETY HAZARD ,MANY MORE WILL REPORT … |
| 1999-09-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 1 | A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO CONSUMER NOTICED A SMELL AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD. WHILE INSPECTING THE PROBLEM CONS… |
| 1999-07-20 | STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT PITMAN | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR: VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN WHEN IT STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD AREA, DRIVER PULLED INTO … |
| 1999-05-13 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | RETRACTOR SPRING ERODED PLASTIC COVER AND CAME OUT. SEAT BELT DOESN'T PROTECT DRIVER. |
| 1999-05-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL WIRING FROM BATTERY CABLE TO MAIN FUSE BLOCK OVERHEATING WHICH COU… |
| 1999-04-11 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | Yes | 0 | IN A SUDDEN ICE/SNOW STORM HIT A PATCH OF ICE & VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIDE TO LEFT TOWARDS TRAFFIC. SWERVED TO RIGHT & HI… |
| 1999-04-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING CAR TO HESITATE. THEN PULLED OFF AND LEAKED EXHAUST FUMES INTO THE CAR. *AK |
| 1998-12-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | REAR BRAKES WERE NOT ADJUSTED PROPERLY/BRAKE LINING GOT CONTAMINATED AND HAD BAD BRAKE FLUID, WHICH MAY CAUSE REAR BRA… |
| 1998-09-06 | WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS | No | 0 | WHILE PULLING INTO GARAGE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF DUE TO BALL JOINT NUT FALLING OFF. THIS CAUSED FRONT WHEEL TO THE… |
| 1998-08-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN, GIVING THE DRIVER NO INDICATION . THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR PRIOR … |
| 1998-07-20 | EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT | No | 0 | IN AN ATTEMPT TO CHANGE A TIRE THE JACK BROKE. |
| 1998-06-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | CONSUMER WANTS TO REPORT THE DESIGN AND POOR MATERIALS USED ON THE CONNECTOR FROM BATTERY CABLE TO THE FUSE BOX. BELIEV… |
| 1998-04-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | HORN DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY, AND IT'S VERY HARD TO USE THE HORN. ALSO, THERE IS A LEAKAGE WITHIN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. … |
| 1998-04-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 57 MPH THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN DRIVER TURNED OFF THE SWITCH OR HITTIN… |
| 1997-12-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STICKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA. |
| 1997-12-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STICKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA. |
| 1997-12-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA. |
| 1997-12-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA. |
| 1997-12-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA. |
| 1997-12-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA. |
| 1997-12-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA. |
| 1997-12-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA. |
| 1997-12-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA. |
| 1997-12-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA. |
| 1997-12-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA. |
| 1997-12-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA. |