Reliability & cost of ownership
Gulf Stream Cavalier Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Gulf Stream Cavalier? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Gulf Stream Cavalier problems by model year
20 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 14 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Cavalier | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2012 Cavalier | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2011 Cavalier | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2010 Cavalier | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2009 Cavalier | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2008 Cavalier | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2007 Cavalier | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2006 Cavalier | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2005 Cavalier | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2004 Cavalier | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2003 Cavalier | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2002 Cavalier | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2001 Cavalier | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2000 Cavalier | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |