Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints (1998)

345 consumer complaints on file.

#721743April 20, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721667April 19, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
UPON EXITING GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A GREAT RATE OF SPEED. UNABLE TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AS THIS HAPPENED WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS, VEHICLE JUMPED CEMENT PARKING BLOCKS AND VEHICLE LANDED ON PARKING BLOCKS. INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARED VEHICLE TOTAL LOSS. COLLISION REPAIR SHOP STATED NEITHER MANUFACTURER NOR INSURANCE COMPANY WILL GO THROUGH VEHICLE TO DETERMINE WHAT WENT WRONG DUE TO "TIME IS MONEY." NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM OUT OF A VEHICLE, BALANCE REMAINING WAS ONLY APPROXIMATELY $3,700.00. LOOKED UP RECALLED VEHICLES, SIMILAR TO ID NUMBERS 95V201000 AND 87V011000. AS STATED, THIS ALL HAPPENED SO ABRUPTLY VERY HARD TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHAT WENT WRONG. I AM REPORTING THIS IN THE HOPE THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANOTHER CAVALIER OWNER WHO MAY NOT BE AS FORTUNATE AS WE WERE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#860241April 12, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
DRIVER'S SEAT MOVING BACKWARD WHILE DRIVING. APPOINTMENT BEING MADE WITH DEALER CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860068April 11, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH AND WITHOUT A COLLISION DRIVER'S WINDOW UNEXPECTEDLY SHATTERED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857701March 1, 2000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
WHEN TURNING A CORNER AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. DEALER HAD VEHICLE FOR 2 WEEKS, AND STILL COULD NOT FIX THE DEFECT PROPERLY, LOCK IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857356February 22, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
THE DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO WEAR UNEVENLY WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND COULD CAUSE A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550972February 16, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
SPARK PLUG WIRES SHORTED. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718361February 5, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLAMPS FAILED ON INTERSTATE,CAME BACK ON BUT WOULD FLICKER, DEALER FOUND 4 WIRES WITH CORROSION. DEALER UNABLE TO FIND NOISE IN SUSPENSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855820January 31, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR , CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717936January 26, 2000
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
CD PLAYERS SCRATCH CD'S WHEN FIRST PUTTING IN, WHICH GM ADMITTED TO IN A LETTER. THE THIRD CD PLAYER NOT ONLY SCRATCHES BUT SKIPS ERRATICALLY AND TUNER WILL NOT ALWAY RECEIVE CHANNELS JUST STATIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855501January 24, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A TURN CONSUMER COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE WHILE TURNING, THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVED TWICE ON THE RACK AND PINION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854773January 6, 2000
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT PITMAN
WHILE MAKING A TURN POWER STEERING SHAFT PITMAN SHEARED OFF, CAUSING A MINOR COLLISION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716538December 28, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE TELEPHONE POLE WAS STRUCK HEAD-ON AT 20 MPH , AIRBAGS FAILED TO DELPOY. AS RESULT, SUSTAINED BACK AND NECK INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#716426December 25, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
INTERMITTENT BRAKING PROBLEM. BRAKES "LOCK-UP"AND VEHICLE SKIDS UNDER ALL NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY WHEN VEHICLE IS "COLD." WHEN PROBLEM OCCURS, BRAKE PRESSURE IS LOST AND IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE CAR WILL STOP. CAN OCCUR ON RELATIVELY LEVEL ROADS AND STEEP INCLINES ALIKE AT BEGINNING BRAKING SPEEDS FROM 5MPH UP TO 45MPH. VEHICLE ALSO MAKES LOUD POPPING SOUNDS WHEN BRAKING SYSTEM IS MALFUNCTIONNING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND TEST DRIVEN 4 TIMES BY DIFFERENT CHEVROLET DEALERS AND EACH TIME THEY "COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM." I HAVE A FRIEND WHO DRIVES THE SAME MODEL CAVALIER WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME BRAKING PROBLEMS AND HAS ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WAS "NO PROBLEM/COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM." *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550088December 21, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
HEAD LIGHT SWITCH FAILED AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715347November 28, 1999
SEATS
MY 13 YR OLD DAUGHTER AND 12 YR OLD NIECE TRIED TO HIDE FROM ME AFTER A RIDE IN THE TRUNK OF THE CAR. THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD LEAVE A SEATBELT BETWEEN THE BACK SEAT AND THE TRUNK TO PREVENT IT CLOSING. IT LOCKED. THEY WERE TRAPPED FOR 20-30 MINUTES BEFORE I HAPPENED TO WALK BY THE CAR (IT WAS 90 DEGREES) AND HEARD THEM. LUCKILY THEY WERE OKAY BUT A FEW MORE MINUTES AND THEY MAY HAVE PASSED OUT - THEN WHO KNOWS? PLEASE HAVE ALL CARS WITH SIMILAR BACK SEATS (OPEN FROM PASSENGER AREA TO THE TRUNK, BUT NOT VICE VERSA) HAVE SAFETY LATCHES PLACED IN THE TRUNK BY THE MANUFACTURER. IT WILL SAVE LIVES!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#715006November 19, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TRANSMISSON SLIPS SOMETIMES AND NO ONE CAN TILL ME WHAT IS WRONG. THE MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE AND THERE IS ONLY 29,917 MILES ON IT. THE CAR VIBRATES REALLY BAD WHEN YOU ARE JUST SETTING IN IT WITH THE CAR RUNNING LIKE WHEN YOU ARE AT A RED LIGHT OR A STOP SIGN. YOU JUST START THE CAR UP AND IT CLUNKS YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND IT CLUNKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845517November 17, 1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN FIRST STARTING VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND CONTINUES NOT TO MOVE AS A RESULT OF THE WHEEL LOCKING , BRAKES WILL ALSO NOT WORK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549484November 12, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASHBOARD MATERIAL REFLECTS ONTO THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713440October 17, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
CAR SHUT OFF AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, AFTER SPITTING AND SPUTTERING. WAS ALMOST REARENDED. SEEMS WORSE WHEN CAR IS COLD, BUT STILL SPITS AND SPUTTERS AFTER ENGINE IS WARM. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT IS ON STEADY. GAS CAP IS ON FINE. I WILL WAIT FOR TANK OF GAS TO FINISH AND GET ANOTHER TO SEE IF THERE WAS PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS. IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, WILL TAKE IT TO BENNETT CHEVROLET, MY DEALERSHIP,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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