1991 Chevrolet Caprice Problems

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED THEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT, CONSUMER SIFTED GEAR INTO REVERSE AND VEHICLE SURGED BACKWARDS. THEN, HE SHIFTED GEAR INTO DRIVE AND THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE. DRIVER DID NOT PUSH GAS PEDAL WHEN THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE HIT A PARKED CAR AND THEN A TRAILER. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. INSURANCE COMPANY HAS TOTALED THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME.*AK

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 1991 CHEVROLET CAPRICE. THE CONTACT WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND HEARD A LOUD ROAR, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, AND BEFORE THE CONTACT COULD APPLY THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE STRUCK A BUILDING. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN . THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. *AK ALABAMA INCIDENT REPORT PROVIDED. UPDATED 08/03/07 *TR

CONSUMER HAD CANCELED CRUISE CONTROL AT 70 MPH TO COME OFF THE INTERSTATE, CONSUMER CAME TO A PARKING LOT AND PARKED VEHICLE, WHEN GETTING BACK IN VEHICLE AND PUTTING IT IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE HIT A BUILDING AT 70 MPH, THERE WAS ONE INJURY, CONSUMER FEELS THE CRUISE CONTROL GOT STUCK. *SLC

CPSC: THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL HORN BUTTONS ON THE 91-93 CHEVY CAPRICE, HORN BUTTONS ARE DEFECTIVE AND DON'T WORK! *BF UPDATED 10/16/2017*JS

MY CAPRICE CLASSIC WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY AND HAD NOT BEEN MOVED FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR. AFTER AN HOUR FROM MY CAR BEING MOVED, MY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE DASH WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHEN I WAS MADE AWARE THAT MY CAR WAS EVEN ON FIRE FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD KID. I QUICKLY TRIED TO PUT IT OUT AND DID SO. BY THE TIME IT HAD DIED OUT AND THE SMOKE WAS GONE, THE ENTIRE MIDDLE AND PARTIAL LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH HAD MELTED TO THE FLOOR OF THE CAR. MY CAR DID NOT HAVE THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION AND NOTHING WAS LEFT ON. MY CAR JUST CAUGHT ON FIRE BY ITSELF. MY MOTHER HAD BOUGHT THE CAR FROM THE DEALER NEW AND I BOUGHT IT FROM HER. NO MODIFICATIONS HAD BEEN MADE TO IT AND EVERYTHING IS ORIGINAL FROM THE MAKER/DEALER/CCHEVROLET. I NOTICED THAT A RECALL HAD BEEN MADE REGARDING CARS CATCHING ON FIRE FREOM A SHORT. WHY WASN'T MY MOTHER MADE AWARE OF THIS IN ORDER TO CORRECT YOUR PROBLEM BEFORE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED? PLEASE RESPOND ASAP. SINCERLY, KATHLEEN BAGLEY KKB PENDING CONTACT.... 07/08/05...

1991 CHEVROLET CAPRICE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WAS DRIVING IT HOME. HE FURTHER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD OVERHEATED AND HE STOPPED TO LET IT COOL DOWN PRIOR TO THE FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0151-90) *JB UPDATED 05/13/10 *BF

WHITE SMOKE IS COMING OUT OF THE EX SYSTEM. I RECENTLY HAD A OIL CHANGE AND TUNE-UP. *TR

PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT DOES NOT LATCH. CONSUMER HAS TO USE THE MIDDLE BUCKLE TO FASTEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT GAS TANK IS LEAKING FUEL. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

PLASTIC FUEL TANK IS LEAKING. TANK IS MANUFACTURED WITH TWO CONE SHAPED DEPRESSIONS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK. STRAPS HOLD THE TANK IN PLACE. THESE STRAPS ALMOST COVER THESE DEPRESSIONS, THE TANK LEAKS AT THE DEPRESSION ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE ALLOWING FUEL TO ESCAPE. CONTACTED GM, FILE NUMBER 1-109-911-920, BUT WAS TOLD THAT GM WOULD NOT COVER THE COST TO REPLACE AT THIS TIME SINCE INSUFFICIENT COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED TO DATE. *JB

1991 CHEVROLET CAPRICE CLASSIC/AUTO ACCIDENT/ AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

DURING FRONTAL COLLISION THE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK THERE WERE 2INJURIES.*NLM

RUBBER SEAL ON WINDOWS IS LOOSE CAUSING WATER TO LEAK INTO DOOR.

CONVERTIBLE TOP/PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW MOTOR AND SWITCH/DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR PULL HANDLES/ALTERNATOR, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG FAILED.

PAINT PEELING ON VEHICLE. MR

ROOF VINYL TOP WHICH IS MADE FROM 75 POUND FIBERGLASS CAME OFF WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION POSSIBLY DUE TO ALUMINUM RIVITS. *AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT SECURITY BOLTS COME OFF AND ONE SHEARED OF THE BRAKING. *AK

AFTER SITTING DOWN IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT, THE SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARDS INTO THE REAR SEAT. *AK

REAR DEFROSTER SWITCH FAILED.

THERMOSTAT FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING STEEL BELTS ON RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED. CONSUMER STATED SAME THING HAPPENED A YEAR AGO ON LEFT REAR TIRE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER TO GET TWO ESTIMATES ON DAMAGE. ALSO, DEALER WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TIRE BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED BEFORE. TIRE SIZE P20575R15,DOT# ACULA2250K. *AK *YH

WE DROVE TO DAYTON OHIO TO PICK UP OUR DAUGHTER FROM COLLEGE. THE REAR TIRE TREADS CAME OFF THE TIRE. WE WERE IN THE FIRST LANE OF THE HIGHWAY AND WERE ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR SO WE DID NOT HIT ANYONE ELSE OR GO DOWN THE DITCH TO OUR RIGHT. WE COULD NOT GET THE TIRE OFF THE CAR AND CALLED AAA. THEY CHANGED THE TIRE AND INFORMED US THAT THE OTHER REAR TIRE WAS ALSO COMING APART. THE TIRES HAD ABOUT 10,000 MILES ON THEM. THE TIRE DID DAMAGE THE REAR OF THE CAR WITH THE IMPACT.WE BOUGHT 2 TIRES IN PA AND THEN WHEN WE RETURNED HOME REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES WITH 2 NEW TIRES. WE DID NOT HAVE ROOM IN THE CAR TO BRING THE TIRES BACK TO FIRESTONE. WE OF COURSE BOUGHT A DIFFERENT BRAND AT OUT OWN EXPENSE.TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AND YOUR TIRE COMING APART WAS A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. WE WERE LUCKY THAT WE WERE 100 FEET AWAY FROM A REST STOP AND WE DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/75R15 )

CRACKED REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER FAILED.

I AM TIRED OF PASSING VEHICLES ON A TWO LANE BLACKTOP IN THE RAIN THAT HAVE HEADLIGHTS BADLY POSITIONED OR TOO BRIGHT. ARE YOU NOT SUPPOSE TO TEST NEW VEHICLES FOR COMPLIANCE. ALL THIS NEW STUFF ONLY HELPS THAT VEHICLES DRIVER AND BLINDS THE REST OF US. ALSO YOU SHOULD MAKE THESE VEHICLES WITH TRUCK SIZE TIRES THAT SIT THREE FEET OFF THE GROUND ILLEGAL. THEY ARE A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL LARGE VEHICLES THAT HAVE AN OTHERWISE GOOD SAFETY RATING IN SERIOUS CRASHES. TWENTY TWO INCH BLINGS KILL! *TR

SOLENOID VALVE RELAY FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD RESULTING IN COLLISION. YH

AIR CONDITIONER FAILED.

SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED.

SUDDEN UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION WHILE BACKING OUT FROM A PARKING LOT. TT CONSUMER WAS BACKING UP SLOWLY FROM PARKING SPACE AND AL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF WHAT SEEMED TO BE 100 MPH CONSUMER HIT PARKED CARS AND ENDED UP ON THE GRASS AND A TREE STOPPED CONSUMER, CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, AND ALSO THE SPRING ON THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER.*JB

LUGS NUTS/BOLTS FAILED AND WHEEL CAME LOOSE THEN WEDGED CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). MJS