1992 CHEVROLET CAPRICE Complaints

AFTER WE TOOK OUR 92 CAPRICE IN FOR OIL CHANGE ON OCT. 22 WITH COMPLIMENTARY CHECK OF THE BRAKES AT DEALER, WE WERE TOLD WE NEEDED THE BRAKES REPLACED, ESPECIALLY THE BACK ONES, WITH THE FRONT ONES NEEDING REPLACEDMENT IN A FEW MONTHS. GOING HOME THE ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON & STAYED ON. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE LIGHT HAD GONE ON WHILE DRIVING. WE STOPPED THE CAR & LIGHT WENT OFF, BUT AFTER BEGAN DRIVING LIGHT WENT BACK ON & STAYED ON. WE TOOK CAPRICE TO DEALER & THEY CHECKED IT & REPORTED THAT WE NEEDED A MODULATOR VALVE AT A COST OF $1400, PLUS LABOR. THEY SAID THE MOTOR IN IT HAS WORN OUT. IS THIS A DEFECTIVE PART? THEY SAID THE RECALL FOR ABS WAS FOR LEAKY FLUID, NOT THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM.

THE DASHBOARD HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF TOXIC FUMES. LATER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED. DEALER HAS TO REPLACE WHOLE DASHBOARD. *AK

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 97V217 ON JUNE 8, 1998. VEHICLE IS CONTINUALLY LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. RECALL NOTICE STATES THAT DEALER WILL REPAIR ABS MODULATOR TO STOP BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF EXISTING PROBLEM. *AK

OWNER HAD RECALL REPAIR WORK DONE IN MARCH, VEHICLE NOW IS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID FROM THE ABS SYSTEM UNIT ONTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR VEHICLE AGAIN. RECALL # 97V217000, ABS BRAKES. *AK

RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETED. WENT TO PICK UP VEHICLE AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE MODULATOR VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND THERE WOULD BE A CHARGE OF $1200 FOR THIS SERVICE. ANYWAY THE OWNER THINKS THAT THIS SHOULD HAD BEEN PART OF THE RECALL. CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THIS WAS THE POOREST RECALL JOB DONE. THE ABS MODULATOR WAS REPLACED, WHY COULDN'T THEY JUST AS WELL REPLACED THE MODULATOR VALVE? HOW DIFFERENT ARE THE TWO PARTS . *AK

THE ABS RELAY AND BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, AFTER REPAIR FAILED AGAIN AND WAS NOT REPAIRED AS PART OF RECALL.

UNABLE TO HAVE RECALL REPAIR DONE BECAUSE OF DEALER PROBLEMS AND PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

BACKING OUT; STEERING WOULD NOT TURN LEFT/RIGHT. WENT UP ON CURB. ACCELERATED TO GET OFF. CALLED DEALER & SOMEONE PICKED VEHICLE UP. BALL JOINTS DISCONNECTED. BOLTS/NUTS MISSING THAT ARE ATTACHED TO BALL JOINTS. *AK

HEADLIGHTS WILL SUDDENLY COME ON IN DAYLIGHT AND INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WILL SUDDENLY GO OFF DUE TO FAILURE OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.

DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSED REAREND COLLISION. PRIOR TO CRASH/WHEN COMING TO STOP, INSTEAD OF STOPPING, PICKED UP SPEED, DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEMS. *AK