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1996 Chevrolet Cavalier visibility problems

27 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the visibility on the 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier5% of all complaints for this model year.

27
Visibility complaints
5%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Driving down the road, motor stops running and I lost all power both steering and electrical. Got it to the side of the road. Waited 2 minutes and started it back up it was fine. Only did this 2 times within a week period. Engine idle rough since I purchased it in 1998. Took it in and they said…

    filed Apr 22, 2004

  • Neither of the only 2 windows will roll down or up due to the failure of the motors. The first motor failed at 50k miles, the seond at 60k miles. In the event of an accident, progress would be impeded or prevented due to these failures. Dt

    filed Nov 15, 2002

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.