NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Chevrolet Cavalier Recalls
The 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 287
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier
Steering
- Campaign
- 08E063000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004 Cavalier, 4 other models
2005 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints by year
NHTSA has received 287 owner complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier, the newest on January 26, 2019. Of these, 7 describe a crash (2%); owners reported 5 injuries and 4 deaths.
In complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier, the component group named most often is the electrical system (74%), followed by the vehicle speed control (6%) and the power train (6%).
The 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier owners gave the mileage (230 complaints), the median was 66,261 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System211
- Vehicle Speed Control18
- Power Train16
- Structure14
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic13
- Visibility10
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 19 | |
| 2009 | 29 | |
| 2010 | 77 | |
| 2011 | 43 | |
| 2012 | 25 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 15 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 77. 18% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Cavalier year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Cavalier years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 1/5
The 287 complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Cavalier by model year
Other 2005 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: January 26, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted