2012 Chevrolet Captiva Sport electrical system problems
46 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2012 Chevrolet Captiva Sport, which is 34% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 46 34% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 75,000 miles 32 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 32 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles, and 34% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 3 injuries.
What owners wrote
After driving and parking, the vehicle at the store. The vehicle constantly looses all power and will not start and there are no warning signs. Keys will lock in the ignition, remote start deprograms, the car has no power. Positive battery cable is extremely hot and second-degree burns are on hand when touched. Replaced battery, positive battery cable, and 1 week later the problem started again. No problem with the starter, alternator. No loose wires and there is no electrical shortage.
Intermittently the radio first cuts off, then panel lights come on (traction control, check engine lights) turn signal lights work, but no sound. You lose power to car and cannot even take the key out of the ignition. After some time, you can finally get the key out. Sometimes it's minutes, sometimes it's hours. This started happening a few weeks ago, happening few times a week. Now, it's happening daily, even few times a day. We found a chevy forum online and shockingly this is happening to 2012 captiva's.
Other problems reported for the 2012 Chevrolet Captiva Sport
- Engine 22 complaints