1994 Chevrolet Caprice problems
Owners have filed 185 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Chevrolet Caprice. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. Next are latches & locks (15%) and brakes (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 185 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 17 and 11
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 93,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 10 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 93,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 17 complaints mention a crash; 11 complaints mention a fire; 9 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Chevrolet Caprice with enough data (139 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 safety recall campaigns.
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.
A couple of months ago consumer noticed a smell and saw smoke coming from the hood. While inspecting the problem consumer's finger was sufferely burned.
Vehicle suddenly accelerated to high unknown speeds causing frontend collision. Drivers/passengers airbags did not deploy during accident. Tt
While driving smoke was being emitted from dashboard, car would not turn off and would not open for exit.car burned completely.this is security/police car.
Dt: cable from battery to junction box overheated and started a fire. It melted the stud that battery cable was connected to, the junction box and the area around the junction box. Caller was at a car wash and the attendent saw smoke and alerted consumer. They opened the hood and disconnected the battery. Vehicle was towed to dealer. Manufacturer said they had no recall.
Digital speedometer was 35 MPH off which resulted in a rear end collision because vehicle was going faster than the speedometer indicated. Digital gas gauge also failed to function which resulted in vehicle running out of gas while driving although the gauge read half of tank. The cause of both failures was undetermined.