Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 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
134
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
13
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

134 filed
15
Crashes
8
Fires
16
Injuries reported
2
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    38
  • Seats
    7
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    5
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    5
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    5
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    5
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    5

Recalls

1 campaign
91V166000·LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH1991-09-23

THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH SPRING IS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED OR MISSING, LEADING TO A CONDITION WHERE THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH DOES NOT ENGAGE THE SECONDARY STRIKER.

RiskIF THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH IS NOT ENGAGED, AND THEPRIMARY HOOD LATCH WAS ALSO NOT ENGAGED, THE HOOD COULD OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY. IFTHIS OCCURS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, THE HOOD MAY CONTACT THE WINDSHIELD,REDUCING THE FORWARD VISION AREA OF THE DRIVER AND A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.

FixINSPECT HOOD LATCH ASSEMBLIES AND, WHERE NECESSARY, INSTALL A NEW SECONDARY HOOD LATCH SPRING.

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