Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1982 Chevrolet Cavalier

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
1
NHTSA complaints
6
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

1 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
82V021000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP1982-03-08

UNDER CERTAAIN CONDITIONS, THE HOSE CLAMPS ON THE FUEL TANK FILLER PIPE AND FUEL TANK FILLER VENT PIPE COULD FRACTURE. THE FRACTURE OF THESE CLAMPS COULD CAUSE FUEL LEAKAGE AT ANY OF THE FOUR PIPE TO HOSE CONNECTIONS. LEAKAGE CAN OCCUR DURING REFUELING, OR WHILE DRIVING, IF THE FUEL TANK IS ABOVE 3/4 FULL.

FixDEALER WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE HOSE CLAMPS ON THE FUEL TANK FILLER PIPE AND VENT PIPE AT NO COST TO OWNER.

NHTSA investigations

6 actions
EA87006·STEERING1986-12-16 → 1988-09-19

POWER ST. ASSIST

EA87007·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1986-12-16 → 1987-08-07

SUDDEN ACCEL

PE87004·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1986-11-05 → 1987-07-16

ELECT. FAILURES/FIRES

DP86019·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1986-09-12 → 1986-12-22

SUDDEN ACCELERATION

DP86018·UNKNOWN OR OTHER1986-09-05 → 1986-12-19

POWER STEERING FAILURE

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