NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Chevrolet Cavalier Recalls
The 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 330
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier
2004 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints by year
NHTSA has received 330 owner complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier, the newest on May 17, 2024. Of these, 17 describe a crash (5%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier, the component group named most often is the electrical system (56%), followed by the vehicle speed control (8%) and the power train (7%).
None of the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier owners gave the mileage (263 complaints), the median was 52,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System185
- Vehicle Speed Control27
- Power Train23
- Visibility23
- Steering16
- Air Bags15
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 26 | |
| 2006 | 21 | |
| 2007 | 14 | |
| 2008 | 36 | |
| 2009 | 22 | |
| 2010 | 55 | |
| 2011 | 34 | |
| 2012 | 22 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 30 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 55. 25% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Cavalier year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Cavalier years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 1/5
The 330 complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Cavalier by model year
Other 2004 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: May 17, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted