Chevrolet Caprice
Registered in 1996.
About this model
The Chevrolet Caprice is a full-size car produced by Chevrolet in North America from 1965 through the 1996 model years. All versions of the full-size Chevrolet models reached their peak in 1965, with over a million units sold. It was the most popular car in the U.S. in the 1960s and early 1970s, during a time when its production also included the Biscayne, Bel Air, and Impala trims.
From the Wikipedia article Chevrolet Caprice, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 2066 kg · 2950 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Coolant fires
Engineering analysis, opened January 1999, closed August 2000.
Rear wheel separation
Engineering analysis, opened May 1996, closed December 1996.
Rear wheel separation
Preliminary evaluation, opened January 1996, closed May 1996.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Chevrolet filed 32 bulletins about the 1996 Caprice.
- Engine and engine cooling: 10
- Equipment: 9
- Power train: 7
- Electrical system: 3
- Service brakes, hydraulic: 1
- Steering: 1
- Tires: 1
- Expanded Availability for Remanufacture and Return (R&R) Electronic Control Modules · December 2023
- This warranty administration bulletin provides information regarding the field action courtesy transportation policy. · March 2023
- This Preliminary Information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the Tire Pressure Monitor, Active Fuel Injector tester, multi media tester, PICO… · February 2022
- This Preliminary Information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the Tire Pressure Monitor, Active Fuel Injector tester, multi media tester, PICO… · February 2020
- This informational bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on Procedures to Unlock Delco Radio with Theftlock. · January 2020
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on how to unlock radios that are Delco TheftLock. Technician will use the radio to get the scrambled code. Technician… · December 2019
- This warranty administration bulletin provides information regarding the field action courtesy transportation policy. · October 2019
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on how to unlock radios that are Delco TheftLock. Technician will use the radio to get the scrambled code. Technician… · October 2019
24 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.