Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints

4,662 consumer complaints on file.

#750587August 16, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
MID-WAY THROUGH A LEFT TURN FROM A STOP SIGN, THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND BEGAN PULLING TO THE RIGHT. INITIALLY THE CAR STEERED FREELY TO THE RIGHT AND ONLY LOCKED LEFT; THEN BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT LOCKED UP. MECHANIC SAYS THE STEERING GEAR ON THE POWER ASSIST RACK & PINION FAILED CREATING A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894472August 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION:FRONT
CONSUMER IS HEARING A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM LEFT FRONT WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING, COOLING SYSTEM MOTOR WAS MAKING THE NOISE.*AK CONSUMER STATES ENGINE LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATING ALONG WITH THE CLICKING NOISE, DEALER FIRST STATED IT WAS THE COOLING SYSTEM MOTOR, AND THEN THE BEARING AND HUB ASSEMBLY, CONSUMER STATES THE NOISE IS STILL PRESENT. DEALER STATED A FUSE SHORTED AND WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING ROUGH, DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. AIR CONDITIONER WAS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750359August 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKE PEDAL GOES SOFT AND TO THE FLOOR,LOSS OF BRAKES,(ABS) ENGAGES BUT NO INDICATOR LIGHT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750265August 12, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILS TO CONNECT, ONLY AFTER NUMEROUS TRIES WILL IT FINALLY CONNECT AND STAY FASTENED. THE HIGH PRESSURE AIR CONDITIONING LINE IS RUBBING ON THE RADIATOR FAN CAUSING A HOLE IN THE LINE, WHICH NOW NEEDS TO BE FIXED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893991August 9, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
STEERING GEAR CABLE BROKE WHILE GETTING OUT OF A PARKED SPOT. VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE FROM THE SPOT WHERE IT HAD STOPPED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750070August 8, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHEN I TURN LEFT THE STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TIME.I QUESTIONED THE DEALERSHIP AS TO HOW MANY TIMES THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR THE GUY TOLD ME THEY'VE SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE.WHEN I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AT 30MPH THE STERRING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN AND THE WHOLE CAR SKIDDED FORWARD.I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO REVIEW THIS PROBLEM AND COMPARE IT WITH OTHER CARS.I HOPE NHTSA MAKES DEALERSHIPS REPORT TO NHTSA WHEN A LIFE THREATING PROBLEM LIKE THIS ONE HAPENS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893820August 8, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN PRESSING ON BRAKE PEDAL IT WOULD PULSATE AND DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC INDICATED FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED. HAD THEM REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. PROBLEM HAPPENED IN MARCH 2001.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893832August 8, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WAS PRESSING ON BRAKES AND COULD FEEL THEM PULSATING. MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP INDICATED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED. WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. PROBLEM REAPPEARED AGAIN AT 28,000 MILES IN JUNE 2001.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562403August 7, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
FRONT TRANSAXLE WENT OUT AND WAS REPAIRED, AND THEN THE SEAL BEGAN LEAKING, ALSO INNER JOINT IN HALFSHAFT WAS REPLACED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562417August 7, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT, TIRES
WHILE TEST DRIVING VEHICLE, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY SALESMAN THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ALWAYS STAYS ON WHICH WAS NORMAL FOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AIR BAGS, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG HAD BEEN REMOVED, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE SALESMAN, WHO THEN TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NOT HIS PROBLEM AND TO CONTACT THE SAFETY PATROL OR CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749988August 7, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET,APPARENTLY WINDOW WAS BOUND UP. SPACERS MISSING ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. FORTUNATELY MY MOTHER WAS NOT INJURED, BUT COVERED IN GLASS. HAVE TAKEN IN TWICE NOW FOR THE DRIVER WINDOW WHICH KEEPS BECOMING LOOSE OR LOSING SPACERS THAT KEEP IT IN PLACE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749797August 4, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY
VEHICLE FIREWALL WHICH SEPARATES THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FROM THE PASSANGER COMPARTMENT HAS HOLES IN IT DUE TO RUST THROUGH WHICH CAUSES WATER TO LEAK INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. DUE TO THE VEHICLES UNIBODY DESIGN, IS PASSANGER SAFETY COMPROMISED? REPAIR OF SAID ITEM IS VERY EXPENSIVE DUE TO REQUIRED REMOVAL OF DASH COMPONENTS AND VARIOUS ENGINE COMPONETS WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE FIREWALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893397August 3, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE CONSUMER WAS IN DRIVEWAY TRYING TO GO FIRWARD BUT THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T GO, THE CONSUMER TRIED REVERSE, NOTHING HAPPENED AND THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, THERE WAS NO STEERING ABILITY AND NO BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9003292August 1, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
ODOMETER TRIPS, CLUSTER REPLACED, ENGINE BURNING GASKET REPLACED, ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL RADIO CASSETTE PLAYS SIDES A/B SIMUTANEOUSLY AND STATION ARE STATICKY, RADIO REPLACED ONCE PROBLEM STILL EXIST BUT CAN NOT BE DUPLICATED, BACK RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR STICK AND TRANSMISSION WILL NOT CHANGE INTO 3RD GEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562333August 1, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE DRIVING 1 MILE PER HOUR OR FASTER AND STEP ON THE BRAKE TO STOP,THE VEHICLE JERKS, CONSUMER STATES IT CAUSES WHIP LASH.*YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562282July 31, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
THE MANUFACTURER PROGRAMMED THE AIR CONDITION TO BE ON ALL THE TIME, WHICH CAUSED THE COMPRESSOR TO MALFUNCTION, ABS BRAKE TO FAIL, AND VEHICLE TO STALL AND LOOSE ALL POWER.*YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893210July 31, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
VEHICLE WAS SITTING ALL DAY UNTIL THE EVENING WHEN CONSUEMR WENT OUT AND INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT WIRIING HARNESS UNDER DASH CAUGHT ON FIRE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONCERNED WITH INCIDENT, BUT INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT CONSUMER WAS SEEKING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749294July 27, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749295July 27, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
HEAD GASKETS/TEMPERATURE GAUGE JUMPING LEFT TO RIGHT,ADD COOLANT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749297July 27, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
THIS VEHICLE HAS A DUAL FUEL SYSTEM; GASOLINE AND NATURAL GAS. THE DEFAULT FUEL IS NATURAL GAS (NG). ON A HOT, 92DEGREE DAY, ON NG FUEL, I ACCELERATED HARD THROUGH A 4 LANE, STOPLIGHT INTERSECTION. THE ENGINE STALLED AND I BARELY COASTED THROUGH. THE NG FUEL TANK WAS 1/4 - 1/3 FULL. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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