1996 Chevrolet Caprice Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 1996 Chevrolet Caprice documents a car built in one trim only, the Classic, in four-door sedan and four-door wagon form. The two overhead-valve gasoline V8s continue: a 4.3-liter of 265 cubic inches and a 5.7-liter of 350, both naturally aspirated. Since nothing branches by trim, the specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostic routines apply to every car built to this description, which makes cross-checking a repair against the book straightforward.

Engines covered

• 4.3L V8 (265 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 5.7L V8 (350 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door wagon
• 4-door sedan

Trims covered

• Classic

Known issues on the 1996 Caprice. Eight recalls stand on the record for this year. Wheel security appears twice over — lug nuts tightened below specification, and a lower control arm ball joint whose attaching nuts can loosen until the joint pulls out of the knuckle — while the rear lower control arm can crack at the stabilizer bar attachment and fracture. Several others cover replacement lamps built without amber side reflectors, and one concerns two caution labels placed on the same side of the sun visor, where the air bag warning may go unread. Of eighty-four complaints, thirteen name the suspension.