AFTER STARTING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE IN PARK FOR NO REASON. CAUSE OF PROBLEM UNKNOWN. *AK
1991 Chevrolet Caprice complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1991 record →
DRIVERS SEAT BELT WON'T BUCKLE. THE SPRING INSIDE THE THE BUCKLE THAT RETURNS THE RELEASE BUTTON DOESN'T WORK AND THE BELT WON'T FASTEN.
THE FRONT DOOR PANELS HAVE CRACKED ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE DOOR, MAKING IT HARD TO PULL DOOR CLOSE. DEALER HAS NO SOLUTION. *AK
REAR DEFROSTER SWITCH FAILED.
FUEL FILLER LEAKES. HAS SAFETY OR POLLUTION RECALL BEEN ISSUED?
ROTORS FAILED.
ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP AND PULL TO THE SIDE.
CRACKED REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM. *AK
AFTER SITTING DOWN IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT, THE SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARDS INTO THE REAR SEAT. *AK
RECALL 92V094000. DEALER SAYS RECALL HAS EXPIRED. *AK
OWNER CLAIMS THAT WHEN SHE APPLIES THE BRAKES THAT THEY MAKE A LOUD NOISE AND SLIP BEFORE THE CAR COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. *AK
MUFFLER TAIL PIPE FAILED.
SOLENOID VALVE RELAY FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD RESULTING IN COLLISION. YH
THERMOSTAT FAILED.
SEAT BELT FAILED.
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END CRASH, VEHICLE HIT CORNER OF 16 FT WIDE SHED, HIT TELEPHONE POST. ACCORDING TO INSPECTOR FOR CHRYSLER, NO DEFECT IN AIRBAG. VEHICLE TOTALED. DUP OF 814630, ADDED 0N 25-FEB-98. *AK
THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK HAS A SPLIT, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK. CONSUMER HAS YET TO HAVE THE TANK REPLACED. *AK GAS TANK IS MANUFACTURED WITH TWON CONE-SHAOED DEPRESSIONS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK , WHEN THE TANK IS INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE, THE STRAPS HOLDIG IT IN PLACE RUN UNDERNEATH THE TANK AND ALMOST COVER THESE DEPRESSIONS, THE TANK SPLIT AT THE TOP OF THE RIGHT SIDE DEPRESSION AND WOULD LEAK GASOLINE IF THE TANK WAS MOMRE THAN ABOUT 1/3 FULL OF FUEL, CONSUMER STATES THE GASOLINE FUMES WERE SO STRONG HE WOULD NOT PUT THE VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE. *SLC
UNSPECIFIED.
THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED.
ALL WELDING IN SEAT FRAME CAME APART, CAUSING CAR SEAT TO GO INTO RECLINE POSITION AND LOSE IT'S SUPPORT.
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH BROKE, AND THAT HE HAD RECALL WORK DONE ON PROBLEM, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED.OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY. *AK
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE GAS WAS LEAKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT HAS 3 DIFFERENT CRACKS IN THE FUEL TANK. DEALER HAS HAD VEHICLE FOR 3 DAYS. BEFORE TAKING THE VEHICLE TO DEALER HAD TO DRAIN HALF OF THE GAS OUT OF THE TANK TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, SO THAT THE GAS WOULD NOT LEAK SO BADLY. *AK
ABS MODULE FAILURE. *AK
STEERING WHEEL COVER EXUDES A BLACK SUBSTANCE IN HOT WEATHER.
THE ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY.
AIR CONDITIONER FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT ABS FAILURE WHEN WARNING LIGHT APPEARED, ALSO, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW/STOP ON DRY PAVEMENT BRAKE ACTION SEEMED INADEQUATE, VEHICLE TRAVELED CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE BEFORE STOPPING. *AK
CONSUMER WAS FILLING THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL NOTICED GAS LEAKING FROM THE TANK, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND HE REPLACEED THE PLASTIC GAS TANK BROKE LEAKS DUE TO A CUT IN THE SEAM THE TANK. *AK
UPON BRAKING APPLICATION DRIVER EXPERIENCED STICKING PEDAL WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE OR TO STOP. *AK
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS ,CAUSING ACCIDENT.
CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO MOVE VEHICLE A COUPLE OF FEET OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS, FOOT WAS ON BRAKES BUT DID NOT STOP AUTMOBILE, CONSUMER DAMAGED NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE DOOR. *AK
DEFECTIVE DISTRIBUTOR CAP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.
HORN BUTTON DIFFICULT TO LOCATE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
SOMTIMES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE CAR DOESN'T STOP. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHEN PULLING OUT FROM GAS STATION AND WANTED TO STOP TO MAKE RIGHT AND CAR ACCELERATED AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
LEFT REAR BRAKE LOCKS UP WHEN FIRST APPLIED AFTER CAR HAS BEEN SITTING. *DSH
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BACK BROKE DUE TO WEAK WELDING. *SD
WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE STALLS OUT IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING, COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT; GM CLAIMS THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *AK
DRIVERS SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. *DSH
CONSUMER WAS WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND CAR ACCELERATED AND CONSUMER WENT THROUGH A WINDOW. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
HORN INOPERATIVE ON RIGHT SIDE. *SD
WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BOLT BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL INTO THE REAR SEAT. PLEASE DESCRIBE.
RIGHT FRONT DOOR PANEL CRACKED. *DSH
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, HYDRAULIC MODULAR HAS TO BE REPLACED, BEACUSE IT HAS TOO MUCH RESISTANCE. *AK
ALTERNATOR BEARINGS FAILED, CAUSE TO STALLING AND LOSS OF ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING*AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER FAIL INTERMITTENTLY.
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