NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Chevrolet Cavalier Recalls
The 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 196
- Crashes reported
- 24
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Cavalier, 42 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Cavalier, 13 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Cavalier, 12 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 08E063000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Cavalier, 4 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Cavalier, 57 other models
2002 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints by year
NHTSA has received 196 owner complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier, the newest on June 7, 2023. Of these, 24 describe a crash (12%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 33 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier, the component group named most often is the electrical system (18%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (11%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (11%).
None of the 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier's 5 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier owners gave the mileage (102 complaints), the median was 53,100 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System35
- Engine And Engine Cooling22
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic22
- Steering16
- Visibility16
- Air Bags14
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 30 | |
| 2003 | 43 | |
| 2004 | 30 | |
| 2005 | 27 | |
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 43. 67% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Cavalier year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Cavalier years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 1/5
The 196 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Cavalier by model year
Other 2002 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: June 7, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted