1990 Chevrolet Cavalier: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists no recall campaign for the 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier. NHTSA has 54 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name this model year.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
No NHTSA recall campaign names the 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier. The model year has a page because NHTSA has 54 complaints for it.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
54 complaints, 69 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
- 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier
- All 1990 vehicles
| Component | 1990 Cavalier | All 1990 vehicles | Cavalier, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 318.8 | 99.6 | 165.2 | 22 |
| Visibility | 130.4 | 33 | 53.6 | 9 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 101.4 | 105.8 | 138.1 | 7 |
| Power Train | 72.5 | 86.1 | 54.4 | 5 |
| Steering | 58 | 40.2 | 64.9 | 4 |
| Seat Belts | 58 | 104.7 | 28.5 | 4 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 58 | 58.4 | 86.5 | 4 |
| Tires | 43.5 | 29.7 | 12.3 | 3 |
| Exterior Lighting | 29 | 17.7 | 33.3 | 2 |
| Suspension | 29 | 28.1 | 32.2 | 2 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 16.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 2
- Complaints that report a fire
- 12
- Injuries in the complaints
- 3
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 1 Jun 2006
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE93090 | Preliminary evaluation | ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES | Engine and Engine Cooling | 8 Oct 1993 | 28 Feb 1994 | |
| EA92024 | Engineering analysis | STICKING THROTTLE | Vehicle Speed Control / Linkages | 26 Jun 1992 | 31 Jan 1994 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 1990 Chevrolet CavalierThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/cavalier/1990/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet Cavalier have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 40 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Cavalier, model years 1982 to 2005. None of them names the 1990 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier name most often?
- Electrical System: 22 of 69 component mentions, or 318.8 per 1,000. For all 1990 vehicles the figure is 99.6 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier open?
- No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.