NHTSA Safety Recalls
Chevrolet Caprice Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 3 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Caprice, across 1 model year from 2011 to 2011.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 3
- Most recalls
- 2011
- Owner complaints
- 20
2011–2011, with a recall
3 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 20 complaints with NHTSA about the Chevrolet Caprice across 4 model years; the most, 12, concern the 2014.
Owners marked a crash on 0 of the Chevrolet Caprice complaints (0%) and a fire on 1.
Across all Chevrolet Caprice model years, owners name the steering most often (at least 9 complaints), then the electrical system (4).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Chevrolet Caprice in 2014: 9, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Chevrolet Caprice is electrical system: ignition, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Chevrolet Caprice recall, 15V399000, was reported on June 23, 2015 and concerns the seat belts.
Chevrolet Caprice years to avoid
Too few Chevrolet Caprice model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 1 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0 | 12 | 10 | not ranked |
| 2013 | 0 | 6 | 6 | not ranked |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 0 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Chevrolet Caprice years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Chevrolet Caprice
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION1
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)1
- SEAT BELTS1
Chevrolet Caprice model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Chevrolet Caprice recall campaign (3)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15V399000June 23, 2015 | seat belts | 2011 | crash and injury | 47,042 |
| 14V540000September 9, 2014 | electrical system: ignition | 2011 | crash and injury | 47,043 |
| 14V544000September 9, 2014 | power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl) | 2011 | crash and injury | 7,598 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Chevrolet Caprice. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 28, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted