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1988 Chevrolet Caprice Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
12
Latest Sep 29, 2000
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Mar 14, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 12 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Chevrolet Caprice. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–12 of 12

Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 29, 2000

WAS COMING OUT OF A REST STOP AT 75MPH & FELT A BUMP. PULLED VEHICLE OVER & CHECKED THE TIRES & FOUND NOTHING WRONG. LATER, SAW A SLIVER OF THE TREAD COMING OFF & PULLED OVER AGAIN. STILL NOTICED NOTHING. HAD PUT VEHICLE ON CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE TIRE EXPLODED. STOPPED VEHICLE. TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED, BUT TTREAD HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED. WENT TO NEXT REST STOP & REPLACED TIRE WITH THE SPARE. DO NOT HAVE THE ORIGINAL TIRE. *AK

NHTSA ID
871833
Electrical
Filed Sep 12, 2000
Fire reported

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME AT 9:30P.M. AND THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND OFF THE LIGHTS GOT VERY DIM AND SHE PULLED OFF THE ROAD. MY SON HAPPENED TO BE BEHIND HER AND GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. HE NOTICED SMOKE AND FIRE COMING FROM THE CAR. HE PULLED HER OUT OF THE CAR AND THEY GOT APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET FROM THE CAR AND IT EXPLODED IN A BALL OF FIRE. THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.*AK

NHTSA ID
731118
Incident
Sep 5, 2000
Engine
Filed Apr 20, 1999

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
705790
Seat belts
Filed May 26, 1998

REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT HAVE SHOULDER BELTS ONLY LAP BELTS.

NHTSA ID
536037
Electrical
Filed Dec 30, 1997

WIRING CONNECTIONS IN THE TILT-STEERING WHEEL TOO TIGHT AND PULL OUT WHEN TURNING VEHICLE, CAUSING TURN SIGNAL AND BRAKE LIGHTS TO FAIL.

NHTSA ID
527169
Incident
Dec 3, 1997
SteeringTransmissionVisibility
Filed Aug 14, 1997

STEERING WHEEL LOCKS-UP IN COLD WEATHER.

NHTSA ID
521003
Driver assistance
Filed Oct 30, 1995

VEHICLES CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONS ACCELERATING TO HIGHER SPEEDS THAN DESIRED. TT

NHTSA ID
974169
Suspension
Filed Sep 8, 1995

STABILIZER BAR CRACKED, RESULTING IN UNCONTROLABLE WHEEL ACTION. TT

NHTSA ID
971802
Incident
Sep 6, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Jul 17, 1995

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY . PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

NHTSA ID
968855
Incident
Jul 17, 1995
Electrical
Filed Jun 19, 1995

THE VEHICLE CONSISTENTLY STALLS WHEN WARMING UP, AND THE VEHICLE HAS NO ACCELERATION, THE VEHICLE WORKS FINE AFTER SERVICE FOR A WHILE AND THEN BACK TO THE SAME

NHTSA ID
967232
Incident
Jun 19, 1995
Interior & seats
Filed May 30, 1995

THE FRONT SEAT BRACKET BROKE TWO TIME AND IS BROKE NOW. TT

NHTSA ID
966019
BrakesDriver assistance
Filed Mar 14, 1995

VEHICLE SPEED INCREASES WHILE DRIVING. MUST DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL HARD TO RESUME NORMAL SPEED. TT

NHTSA ID
961925
Incident
Oct 14, 1994

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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