Vehicle report
1986 CHEVROLET CAPRICE
This model year
What the record shows
The 1986 Chevrolet Caprice is a large car, and the 10th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1977 to 2018.
The EPA rated five configurations: engines from 4.3-litre six-cylinder to 5.7-litre eight-cylinder, rear-wheel drive only, two transmissions and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 14 to 19 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 30 owner complaints and 1 service bulletin for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.