FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Beretta

Owners have filed 783 complaints about the Chevrolet Beretta with NHTSA across model years 1984 to 2002. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1995 Chevrolet Beretta

128 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

1993 Chevrolet Beretta

50 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Beretta year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2002 2 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1999 1 0 0 Body & Structure
1998 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1997 1 0 0 Body & Structure
1996 C 108 12 0 116,448 Brakes
1995 D 128 13 3 Brakes
1994 D 129 11 7 102,000 Brakes
1993 C 50 7 2 Brakes
1992 71 3 6 Brakes
1991 72 9 4 Electrical System
1990 54 5 1 Electrical System
1989 71 12 7 Electrical System
1988 90 4 5 Body & Structure
1987 3 2 1 Engine & Cooling
1984 1 0 0 Brakes

What breaks on a Chevrolet Beretta

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 183 23.4%

Worst in 1992

Electrical System 103 13.2%

Worst in 1991

Engine & Cooling 89 11.4%

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1988

Lights 46 5.9%

Worst in 1991

Worst in 1995

Steering 38 4.9%

Worst in 1988

Seat Belts 38 4.9%

Worst in 1988

Suspension 28 3.6%

Worst in 1995

Airbags 25 3.2%

Worst in 1995

Fuel & Propulsion 24 3.1%

Worst in 1995

Acceleration & Cruise Control 23 2.9%

Worst in 1994

Seats 23 2.9%

Worst in 1994

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 16 2.0%

Worst in 1988

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Beretta

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 90 28.8%
Gasoline 35 11.2%
Interior/Under Dash 34 10.9%
Engine 25 8.0%
Frontal 24 7.7%
Door 23 7.3%
Ignition 21 6.7%
Foundation Components 21 6.7%
Automatic Transmission 21 6.7%
Switch 19 6.1%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Beretta, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 35 Aug 2018

Chevrolet Beretta problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet Beretta

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.