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Chevrolet Chevette

Every Chevrolet Chevette model year on file, 1976 to 1987. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years143 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years121976 to 1987
Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 1981 model year drew the most complaints, 5, 36% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

02461976197719781979198019815198219831984198519861987
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Seat belts leads the Chevrolet Chevette complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seat belts
4
Engine and cooling
3
Electrical system
2
Brakes
2
Fuel system
2
Powertrain
2
Speed control
2
Lighting
1
Seats
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Chevrolet Chevette model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Chevrolet Chevette by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1987Not decoded0NoneNone020
1986Hatchback30.086320
1985Not decoded1100.0100130
1984Not decoded0NoneNone240
1983Hatchback10.0100140
1982Hatchback30.0150250
1981Hatchback540.0500370
1980Not decoded10.0100370
1979Not decoded0NoneNone040
1978Not decoded0NoneNone020
1977Not decoded0NoneNone120
1976Not decoded0NoneNone430
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet Chevette

  • 88V-050 Apr 4, 1988
    Automatic transmission shift lever button mechanism may wear to the point that the button on the shift lever no longer needs to be depressed to…
    Powertrain · 371k vehicles
  • 86V-131 Sep 19, 1986
    Push pull headlight switch may have electrical contacts which allow an intermittent headlight circuit causing headlight to flicker or suddenly go out
    Lighting · 106k vehicles
  • 86V-056 Apr 28, 1986
    Push-pull headlight switch may have electrical contacts which allow an intermittent headlight circuit causing headlight to flicker or suddenly go out
    Lighting · 93k vehicles
  • 84V-011 Feb 6, 1984
    Some vehicles have bucket seat back locks that do not conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard 207, anchorage of seats
    Seats · 77k vehicles
  • 83V-027 Mar 4, 1983
    Carburetor fuel plug may come out and fuel could leak from the carburetor
    Fuel system · 492k vehicles
  • 82V-106 Nov 1, 1982
    Carburetor fuel inlet housing plug in the side of the carburetor may come out
    Fuel system · 107k vehicles
  • 81V-060 May 19, 1981
    On certain vehicles, the seat belt retractors in the rear seating positions contain first lock positions which will not lock when used by smaller…
    Seat belts · 55k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.