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1992 Chevrolet Cavalier electrical system problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier16% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Electrical System complaints
16%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
2 / 7
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I own a 1992 chev cavalier z-24 and have been reading horror stories aboot the exact woes I have been suffering since buying it used in 1998 with only 15k mi on it; it only has 30000 on it now. The first to go was the heater core and belt tensioner and then the coolant leaks that has required…

    filed Jun 14, 2004

  • Vehicle was sitting in attached garage for three hours when noise was heard in garage. When looked in garage was filled with smoke and fire was coming out of both sides of windshield on passenger side. Put out fire with fire extinguisher and pushed out of garage. Large hole in dash on passenger…

    filed Dec 13, 2001

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.