Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints

4,662 consumer complaints on file.

#8009447May 8, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHTS DO NOT WORK WHEN CONSUMER IS DRIVING. HEADLIGTHS WILL NOT COME ON, BUT HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WILL. HAS HAD BULBS REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. C0NTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009460May 8, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS STEERING HAS LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER HAS HAD TO TURN VEHICLE OFF TO UNLOCK STEERING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER CHECKED VEHICLE BOTH TIMES AND WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND PROBLEM,I TRADED THIS VEHICLE AFTER LAST OCCURRENCE, NO PAPER WORK WAS GENERATED FROM EITHER VISIT. * MJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009335May 7, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
UPON RECEIVING NHTSA RECALL LETTER 02V070000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALLL 14779. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS. CONSUMER CALLED TO PICK VEHICLE UP FROM DEALER, BUT DEALER STATED THAT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. UPON TAKING VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS VEHICLE WAS SMOKING VERY BADLY. DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009352May 7, 2002
SUSPENSION
WHILE TURNING THERE WAS A KNOCKING AND CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009357May 7, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02 V 070 000 IN MAIL. HOWEVER, CONSUMER HAD REPAIRS DONE PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL LETTER. CHEVROLET DID NOT WANT TO REIMBURSE CONSUMER THE MONEY SPENT ON THE REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009365May 7, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
FRONT SEAT BELTS AND PASSENGER/ DRIVER SIDE BELTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES FOR SHREDDING. HOWEVER, THEY ARE SHREDDING ONCE AGAIN. TOOK TO DEALER. DEALER REFUSE TO REPLACE AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009203May 6, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING, THICK HEAVY SMOKE CAME FROM HEAD GASKET, ALSO ANTI-FREEZE LEAKED FROM VEHICLE. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THIS MATTER HAD OCCURRED. TOOK TO DEALER. IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE, AND IT WAS HAPPENING AGAIN. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761481May 3, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I LEARNED THAT TECHNICAL BULLETINS WERE GIVEN WITH REGARD TO THIS PROBLEM. IT APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AFTER REVIEWING NUMEROUS CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AND TECHNICAL BULLETINS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008995May 2, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, AIR BAGS
AT 55 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE, VEHICLE VIBRATED AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE SPUN AROUND, HIT A GUARDRAIL HEAD ON, THEN SKIDDED 35 YARDS DOWN A EMBANKMENT. PASSENGER SUFFERED BACK INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED YET THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THE ABS SYSTEM DID NOT WORK AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL IT HIT THE GUARDRAIL AND SKID 35 YDS DOWN THE GUARDRAIL, THE TURN SUGNAL FAILED DUE TO A BLOWN FUSE. *JB *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8008997May 2, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
AT 55 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE, VEHICLE VIBRATED AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE SPUN AROUND, HIT A GUARDRAIL HEAD ON, THEN SKIDDED 35 YARDS DOWN A EMBANKMENT. PASSENGER SUFFERED BACK INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED HOWEVER THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THE ABS DID NOT WORK AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL IT HIT THE GUARDRAIL AND SKID 35 YARDS DOWN THE GUARDRAIL, THE TURN SUGNAL FAILED DUE TO A BLOWN FUSE. *JB *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8009032May 2, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, EGR VALVE WAS REPLACED IN JUNE 2000, DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761463May 2, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AT A SPEED OF 35-40 MPH HITTING A FIREBIRD IN THE REAR, MY AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY CAUSING ME TO HIT MY HEAD. EITHER MY BUMPER IS DESIGNED TO LOW FOR A STRAIGHT ON IMPACT CAUSING THE HIT TO SLIDE UP OVER THE SENSOR AND CRUSH THE HOOD OR THE SENSOR IS POSITIONED POORLY OR MALFUNCTIONED ENTIRELY. MY RADIATOR WAS PUSHED INTO THE ENGINE, IF THE BUMPER WAS NOT HIT HOW COULD THE RADIATOR GO INTO THE ENGINE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8008898April 30, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
DUE TO IGNITION FAILURE VEHICLE HAD STALLED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008735April 29, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHILE DRIVING APPLIED GAS AND VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE. WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE IS VERY SLOW IN PICKING UP SPEED. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008755April 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE IS OVERHEATING. WHILE DRIVING TO KEEP VEHICLE FROM OVERHEATING HAS TO TURN FAN ON FOR AIR CONDITIONING. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761270April 27, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WIRING HARNESS FOR HEAD LAMPS BROKEN AT PIVIOT IN TILT STEERING COLUM CAUSING ALL LIGHTS TO GO OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761227April 26, 2002
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WHEN DRIVING WITH THE TOP DOWN AND THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOWS UP, THE SUPPORT MECHANISM CAN NOT SUPPORT THE WINDOWS AND THE CLIPS EVENTUALLY BREAK. CHEVROLET WILL NOT RECOMMEND TO THE OWNERS TO LOWER THE WINDOWS OR DEVELOP A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS PRESSURE CAN ALSO PUT STRESS ON THE WINDOW AUTOMATIC MOTORS CAUSING THEM TO BREAK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008665April 26, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
RECAL 02 V 070 000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH. DEALER STATED PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL JUNE. CONSUMER FELT VEHICLE MAY CATCH ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008510April 24, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
NHTSA RECALL 02-V-070-000/ MANUFACTURER RECALL 02008 ON IGNITION SWITCH. RECALL COULD NOT BE SERVICED DUE TO PARTS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE DANDY BROTHERS CHEVROLET: 276-386-3111 UNTIL JUNE OF 2002 CONSUMER BEING CONCERN IF PROBLEM OCCURS BEFORE PART IS AVAILABLE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008331April 23, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
FRONT LEFT WHEEL BEARINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES, FRONT RIGHT TWICE. TAKEN TO DEALER DUE TO A LOUD HUMMING SOUND WHEN DRIVING, BEARINGS WERE WORN OUT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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