1991 Chevrolet Beretta problems
The 1991 Chevrolet Beretta has 72 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (32%) concerns electrical system. Next are lighting (19%) and brakes (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 72 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Chevrolet Beretta with enough data (36 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
During frontal crash at approx. 25MPH, driver's air bag failed to deploy. Also, passenger side shoulder harness did not retract, which caused injuries to passenger. Passenger side seat back also broke when passenger recoiled into it.
The main problem with the car is the peeling paint. The clear coat is all off by now and looks awful. The steering wheel on the car is loss. I had that repaired in 2000 but is loss again. The supension has given problems, I just replaced some parts that were broken, luckily they weren't to much.
Thought it was my alternator it checked to be good then I bought a battery then changed the fuze and the car is still dyeing the battery gage still goes all the way down then the turn signal switch that turns the turn signal off and on smoke was coming out of the steering wheel column when it was on and now the sound of the turn signal stays on when the turn signal is off and both turn signals are flashing at the same time when its in the off position no fire just smoke.