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2011 Chevrolet Caprice Recalls, Complaints & Specs

3 safety recalls list the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice, and owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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3 safety recalls for the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice

Most recent first. Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. Click a recall for the full defect, consequence and remedy text.

  1. Seat belts

    NHTSA 15V399000 Reported 47,042 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Chevrolet Caprice vehicles manufactured October 15, 2010, to October 22, 2013, and 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 vehicles manufactured July 25, 2007, to February 18, 2009. In the affected vehicles, the flexible steel cables that connect the seat belts to the vehicle at the outside…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the seat belt tensioner assembly which includes the steel cable, free of charge. These replacement parts reposition the tensioner cable out of the path of entry into the…

  2. Ignition (electrical system)

    NHTSA 14V540000 Reported 47,043 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Chevrolet Caprice vehicles manufactured October 15, 2010, to December 6, 2013, and 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 vehicles manufactured July 25, 2007, to February 18, 2009. In the affected vehicles, the driver may accidentally hit the ignition key with their knee, unintentionally…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will remove the key blade from the original flip key/RKE transmitter assemblies, and cut and fit a revised key blade and housing assembly, in which the blade has been indexed by 90…

  3. Column shift (power train) and gear position indication (prndl) (power train)

    NHTSA 14V544000 Reported 7,598 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Chevrolet Caprice vehicles manufactured March 24, 2011, to December 6, 2013. The affected vehicles are Police Patrol Vehicles (PPV), equipped with a specific transmission selector lever that contains two pins that can become displaced. If the pins get displaced, the…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the shift lever roll pin, replace the base pivot pin and attach a Brake Transmission Shift Interlock retention enhancement clip, free of charge. The recall began on…

1 owner complaint filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 35,000 miles. Complaints peaked in 2018 with 1 filed that year.

Most-reported components

What owners are reporting

“Went under the car, just purchased from city of walnut creek auctions, a 54k mile ex-patrol car...to change the differential oil. Found two cracks on what is a tension holding brace in the lower suspe”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, December 25, 2018 · Structure

Compare Chevrolet Caprice model years

Recall and complaint counts for every Chevrolet Caprice model year in NHTSA's database.

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1965 Chevrolet Caprice30
1966 Chevrolet Caprice20
1967 Chevrolet Caprice20
1968 Chevrolet Caprice20
1969 Chevrolet Caprice40
1971 Chevrolet Caprice30
1972 Chevrolet Caprice20
1973 Chevrolet Caprice10
1974 Chevrolet Caprice20
1976 Chevrolet Caprice10
1977 Chevrolet Caprice32
1978 Chevrolet Caprice20
1979 Chevrolet Caprice33
1980 Chevrolet Caprice20
1981 Chevrolet Caprice10
1982 Chevrolet Caprice10
1983 Chevrolet Caprice08
1984 Chevrolet Caprice17
1985 Chevrolet Caprice34
1986 Chevrolet Caprice130
1987 Chevrolet Caprice217
1988 Chevrolet Caprice112
1989 Chevrolet Caprice018
1990 Chevrolet Caprice16
1991 Chevrolet Caprice5131
1992 Chevrolet Caprice689
1993 Chevrolet Caprice161
1994 Chevrolet Caprice6146
1995 Chevrolet Caprice788
1996 Chevrolet Caprice465
1997 Chevrolet Caprice03
2003 Chevrolet Caprice01
2011 Chevrolet Caprice31
2012 Chevrolet Caprice30
2013 Chevrolet Caprice46
2014 Chevrolet Caprice312

Checking a specific 2011 Chevrolet Caprice

How do I know if my 2011 Chevrolet Caprice has an open recall?

Enter your 17-character VIN above. The VIN is on the driver's side dashboard (visible through the windshield), the driver's door jamb sticker, and your registration or insurance card. The check runs against NHTSA's live database and tells you which campaigns list your vehicle. 3 campaigns currently list the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice; your car may already have been repaired under some of them.

Is the recall repair free?

Yes. Under federal law, manufacturers must fix safety recalls at no charge for vehicles up to 15 years old from the date of sale to the first owner. Contact any authorised Chevrolet dealer with your VIN and the NHTSA campaign number (for example 14V540000).

What is the difference between a recall and a complaint?

A recall is a safety campaign filed by the manufacturer or ordered by NHTSA, with a defined defect and remedy. A complaint is a report an owner sent to NHTSA; it is not verified, but patterns of complaints are what trigger NHTSA investigations and, eventually, recalls.

Other Chevrolet models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.