Electrical System › Horn
Filed Apr 6, 1998OH
HORN BUTTON DIFFICULT TO ACTIVATE DUE TO DESIGN WITH THE AIR BAG PLACED IN HORN BUTTON AREA.
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1994 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 1994 record →
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STICKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STICKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Structure › Body › Door
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1998MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Electrical System
Filed Dec 15, 1997IL
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 10MPH, MAKING A TURN, ENGINE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM TURNED OFF, LOST ALL BRAKING POWER/ STEERING AND LIGHTS. CONSUMER HAD TO RUN UP ON CURB UNTIL ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. UPON CHECKING UNDER THE HOOD, DISCOVERED THAT A POSITIVE CABBLE FROM THE BATTERY LEADING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSE BOX WAS LOOSE. THIS DEFECT COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint
Filed Dec 15, 1997NJ
LOWER BALL JOINT SNAPPED OFF CONTROL ARM.
Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator
Filed Dec 15, 1997NH
STARTER FAILED, EXHAUST MANIFOLD FAILED DUE TO WARPING, PCM FAILED.
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Dec 2, 1997NJ
IN REFERENCE TO EA96022, THE DEFECTIVE STEERING WHEEL RIM BROKE OFF JUST ABOVE THE CROSSBAR WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. 1994-1996 CHEVROLET CAPRICES A TOTAL OF 5 VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Tires
Filed Aug 8, 1997WI
GENERAL TIRE REPLACED DUE TO WEAR.
Visibility › Windshield
Filed Jul 22, 1997MA
REAR WINDOW GLUE FAILED TO SECURE WINDOW, ALLOWING WINDOW TO FALL OUT ONTO REAR SEAT.
Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Jul 18, 1997SC
CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE BACK RIGHT AXEL BROKE AND THE WHEEL AND BRAKE DRUM CAME OFF. THE SEAT BELT CAME LOSE. .CONSUMER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT THE MANF.
Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Filed Jul 9, 1997OH
THE MAIN POWER FUSE UNDER THE HOOD BURNED UP. DEALER TOLD OWNER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CAR, BUT ONLY ON TAXI CABS AND POLICE VEHICLES. *AK
Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Filed Jun 23, 1997MI
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER, THE SPEEDOMETER READING WENT FROM 70 TO ZERO, THEREFORE, THE ENGINE CUT OFF DUE TO THE AMP FUSE BLOW OUT. THE CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE AMP FUSE. *AK
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Jun 13, 1997TX
THE POWER WINDOWS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDED AND THE REAR WINDOWS WILL NO LONGER GO UP OR DOWN. *AK
Service Brakes, Air › Antilock
Filed Mar 17, 1997MO
WHEN DRIVING ON ROCKS OR GRAVEL AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WORK, AND ON OCCASION THE VEHICLE HAS SLID THROUGH INTERSECTIONS. *AK
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 13, 1997MA
THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Auxillary TankFire
Filed Mar 10, 1997MO
AUXILLARY POSITIVE TERMINAL UNDER THE HOOD OF THE CAR BECAME LOOSE AND SHORTED OUT, CAUSING FIRE.
Service Brakes, Air › Antilock
Filed Feb 3, 1997NY
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DO NOT WORK IN THE SNOW.
Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator PedalCrash
Filed Jan 27, 1997MA
IN THE PROCESS OF STOPPING WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT, TOOK HIS FOOT OFF OF THE THROTTLE AND THE THROTTLE GOT STUCK AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND HIT A WALL. *AK
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 8, 1997MI
RIGHT AND LEFT REAR DOOR STRIKER PLATE LATCH CRACKED AROUND MOUNTING AREA.
Electrical System › Ignition › ModuleFire
Filed Dec 9, 1996SC
WIFE DROVE VEHICLE, SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING, VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED, UNDER HOOD WIRES MELTED, TERMINAL LEADING TO BATTERY HAD OVERHEATED, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK FUSE BOX TERMINAL CRACKED INTO PIECES WHILE TRYING TO DISCONNECT IT, PLASTIC PROTECTIVE CAP HAD MELTED AND MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DISASSEMBLE, CONSUMER FOUND THAT NO ANTI-VIBRATION DEVICE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE CONNECTION. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE ECU. REAR MAIN SEAL WAS INSTALLED. *SLC
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Nov 19, 1996WA
DURING VEHICLE OPERATION IN WET CONDITIONS AT LOW SPEEDS, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES POWER STEERING FAILURE. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Gear Position Indication (prndl)
Filed Aug 27, 1996MD
DELAY IN SHIFTING GEARS FROM PARK TO DRIVE.
Air Bags
Filed Aug 27, 1996MI
OTHER: AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
Suspension › Front
Filed Jul 9, 1996PA
DUE TO THE SUPENSION FAILURE THE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE IS WEARING OFTEN. ALSO DUE TO A ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK THE LIGHTS COME ON AND GO OFF WHEN DRIVING.
Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under DashFire
Filed Jun 10, 1996NY
WHILE DRIVING SMOKE WAS BEING EMITTED FROM DASHBOARD, CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF AND WOULD NOT OPEN FOR EXIT.CAR BURNED COMPLETELY.THIS IS SECURITY/POLICE CAR. *AK *JB
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Jun 4, 1996NY
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY STEERING WHEEL BROKE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
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