Chevrolet Optra — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 26 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Lights12 (46.2%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2004–2007.
• Air bags (restraint system)2 (7.7%)
• Electrical system2 (7.7%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2004–2007.
• Engine2 (7.7%)
• Fuel system2 (7.7%)
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)2 (7.7%)

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (20 records, model years 2004–2007) are most frequently classified under: lights, steering and fuel system.
• Manufacturer communications (1,485 records, model years 2004–2007) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2004 227 records for 2004 227
2. 2005 289 records for 2005 289
3. 2006 319 records for 2006 319
4. 2007 325 records for 2007 325

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 2mention a crash
• 4mention a fire
• 4mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 6
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 1,485
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 25
• Owner complaints NHTSA 20

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0442 in 20 records · 2004–2007
• P0521 in 3 records · 2005–2007
• P0606 in 1 record · 2006–2006
• P2106 in 1 record · 2006–2006
• P2110 in 1 record · 2006–2006

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.