This vehicle is one of a fleet of seven vehicles for the la grange illinois police department. The vehicles were recently purchased new on february 28, 2014 and were shipped from australia. Over the past couple of months, the majority of this fleet (now 6 of the 7 cars) have all had power steering failures during vehicle operation (while moving). There is a great concern that the power steering will fail while we are in pursuit of an offender and there will be a loss of steering control at which time a crash will occur and will injure the officer and innocent persons.
Chevrolet Caprice power steering loss problems
11 of the 605 owner complaints about the Chevrolet Caprice describe loss of power steering, most of them for the 2014 model year.
- owner complaints
- 11
- worst model year
- 2014
- typical mileage
- 7,723
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20147
- 19961
- 19943
Often reported together
What owners say
As the bartonville illinois police officer assigned to this vehicle was approaching and beginning a turn when the power steering went out at which time he stopped the vehicle and put the transmission in park. He then turned the vehicle back on and the power steering functioned correctly. The officer then "dead-lined" the car. The vehicle was then driven to ray dennison chevrolet, pekin, illinois on october 8, 2014 for repair without incident where it has been up to and including this date due "parts" being shipped from australia according to the dealership.
This vehicle is one of seven in a fleet for the lagrange illinois police department. The vehicles were recently purchased new on february 28, 2014 and were shipped from australia. Over the last couple months, the majority of our fleet (5 of 7) have all had power steering failures while the vehicle has been on and in motion. One of the vehicles has had two such failures. As we are a police department, there is a great concern that the power steering will fail while we are in pursuit of an offender, causing a major crash involving injuries/death to others or our officers.
This vehicle is one of seven in a fleet for the lagrange illinois police department. The vehicles were recently purchased new on february 28, 2014 and were shipped from australia. Over the last couple months, the majority of our fleet (5 of 7) have all had power steering failures while the vehicle has been on and in motion. One of the vehicles has had two such failures. As we are a police department, there is a great concern that the power steering will fail while we are in pursuit of an offender, causing a major crash involving injuries/death to others or our officers.
This vehicle is one of seven in a fleet for the lagrange illinois police department. The vehicles were recently purchased new on february 28, 2014 and were shipped from australia. Over the last couple months, the majority of our fleet (5 of 7) have all had power steering failures while the vehicle has been on and in motion. One of the vehicles has had two such failures. As we are a police department, there is a great concern that the power steering will fail while we are in pursuit of an offender, causing a major crash involving injuries/death to others or our officers. Note: this vehicle's power steering failed on two occasions: june 24, 2014 and again after being repaired on november 4, 2014.
This vehicle is one of seven in a fleet for the lagrange illinois police department. The vehicles were recently purchased new on february 28, 2014 and were shipped from australia. Over the last couple months, the majority of our fleet (5 of 7) have all had power steering failures while the vehicle has been on and in motion. One of the vehicles has had two such failures. As we are a police department, there is a great concern that the power steering will fail while we are in pursuit of an offender, causing a major crash involving injuries/death to others or our officers.
This vehicle is one of seven in a fleet for the lagrange illinois police department. The vehicles were recently purchased new on february 28, 2014 and were shipped from australia. Over the last couple months, the majority of our fleet (5 of 7) have all had power steering failures while the vehicle has been on and in motion. One of the vehicles has had two such failures. As we are a police department, there is a great concern that the power steering will fail while we are in pursuit of an offender, causing a major crash involving injuries/death to others or our officers.
Upper and lower ball joints snapped when vehicle was backing up and once when moving forward and making a left turn causing loss of steering ability. Nlm
In reference to ea96022, the defective steering wheel rim broke off just above the crossbar which caused loss of steering control. 1994-1996 chevrolet caprices a total of 5 vehicles with this problem. Dealer cannot determine the problem.
During vehicle operation in wet conditions at low speeds, vehicle experiences power steering failure.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Chevrolet Caprice power steering loss
Which Chevrolet Caprice years have loss of power steering problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2014 (7 complaints), 1994 (3 complaints) and 1996 (1 complaints).
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