Chevrolet Caprice Years to Avoid, Problems & Recalls

Which Chevrolet Caprice years should you avoid?

Going by 609 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Chevrolet Caprice years to avoid are 1993.

19933.7× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (4 fires, 9 crashes, 2 deaths).

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2014	12	3	—	—	Steering	Routine
2013	6	4	1	—	Electrical System	Routine
2012	0	3	—	—	—	Routine
2011	1	3	—	—	Structure › Body	Routine
2003	1	0	—	—	Suspension	Routine
1997	3	0	1	—	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components	Routine
1996	65	8	—	1	Power Train › Automatic Transmission	Fatalities reported
1995	88	11	—	10	Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar	Routine
1994	146	10	8	13	Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch	Routine
1993Avoid	61	6	4	9	Electrical System › Horn	Fatalities reported
1992	89	11	1	16	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Routine
1991	131	10	3	24	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Routine
1990	6	2	—	1	Vehicle Speed Control	Routine

Year

Complaints

Relative volume

Recalls

Fires

Crashes

Most reported

Status

2014

—

Steering

Routine