Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints (1997)

540 consumer complaints on file.

#743603April 6, 2001
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH RATTLES AND SQUEAKS. WHEN IT RAINS THE INSIDE OF CAR SMELLS SOUR. CANNOT PINPOINT THE LEAK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883707March 21, 2001
SEATS
WHILE STOPPING AT A RED SIGNAL WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARD, LEAVING CONSUMER FLAT ON HIS. DEALER COULD NOT EXPLAIN CAUSE OF COLLAPSE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883716March 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATED THAT SOMETIMES COULD TRY TO START ENGINE BUT IT WILL NOT START. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER AND COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS CAUSING PROBLEM. ALSO, FUEL WAS LEAKING AND VEHICLE COULD GET ON FIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560291March 13, 2001
TIRES
THE VEHICLE HIT A WATER POCKET, THE FRONT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT THE CONSUMER HIT BRAKES AND THE CAR SLID TO THE THIRD LANE AND HIT PAVED WALL. (CONTINENTAL GENERAL P195/70R14). NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#881383February 26, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT. TECHNICIAN STATED FRONT BRAKE DISC HAD FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741401February 23, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS REMAIN IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION WHEN THEY ARE TURNED OFF. AS A RESULT, DRIVER AND PASSENGERS ARE LEFT WITH LIMITED FIELD OF VISION THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. WINDSHIELD WIPERS BLOCK DRIVER'S ABILITY TO SEE ONCOMING CARS, CREATE BLINDSPOTS, AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559737February 16, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AS CONSUMER BEGAN TO BREAK AND SLOW DOWN, DUE TO CONGESTION THAT SHE NOTICED THAT WAS IN FRONT OF HER, A VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF HER, SO TO AVOID A COLLISION CONSUMER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED VIOLENTLY AND SUBSEQUENTLY CONSUMER REAR-ENDED THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER AND THE PASSENGER SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES, HOWEVER THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION(98026) THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT WILLING TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCIDENT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY A REPRESENATIVE FROM GENERAL MOTORS THAT THE RECALL WAS OLD AND THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN REPLACED, CONSUMER THEN INFORMED THE REPRESEANTIVE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PURCHASED NEW.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#879359January 30, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING, DRIVER'S FRONT FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE P194/70R14 EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, BACK OF THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740034January 28, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, STEERING:RACK AND PINION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
DEFECT 1: ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. ABS WOULD NO LONGER ACTIVATE WHILE LIGHT WAS ON. DEFECT 2: ALTERNATOR--WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC, RUSH HOUR. HAD PREVIOUSLY ASKED DEALER TO CHECK, BUT THEY CLAIMED IT WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. DEFECT 3: RACK AND PINION STEERING ASSEMBLY--WENT OUT SHORTLY AFTER ALTERNATOR, WHILE DRIVING IN THE DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT. DEFECT 4: TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER--TECHNICIAN SAID THIS CAUSED MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE--GEARS, HEAD, ETC. DEFECT 5: HORN--HAS WORKED SPORADICALLY, AT BEST, FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. SEEMED LIKE A SHORT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740004January 27, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
MY HEADLIGHTS INCLUDING BRIGHT LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK DUE TO A CORRODED HEADLIGHT HARNESS. ON THE FIRST TWO FAILURES THE CORRODED WIRES WERE REPLACED BY SPLICING GOOD WIRING TO THE EXISTING HARNESS. FINALLY I PURCHASED A NEW HARNESS ($275) FOR A TOTAL COST OF APPROM. $700 INCL. LABOR. THE HARNESS WHICH WAS REPLACED WAS THE ORIGIONAL FACTORY INSTALLED PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879123January 26, 2001
AIR BAGS
RECALL 98 V 146 000/AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT: VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED IN 1998 FOR THIS RECALL. AT PRESENT, VEHICLE STILL EXPERIENCES AN INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT WHILE DRIVING UNDER 15 MPH. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878778January 23, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
HORN WAS INOPERABLE WHICH COULD CAUSE A PROBLEM IF NEEDED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. ALSO, WINDSHIELD HAS SPOTS ON INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK RUBBER COVER ON ACCELERATOR REFUSES TO STAY ON. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739737January 22, 2001
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, INTERIOR LIGHTING
CAR WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT 10 HOURS. WHEN STARTED AND PUT IN DRIVE, "ETS OFF" LIGHT FLASHED AND THEN REMAINED ON STEADY. ALONG WITH THIS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO STAYED ON. BOTH LIGHTS REMAINED ON FOR DURATION OF DRIVE HOME FROM WORK, APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES. ENGINE SOUNDS FINE, NO STRANGE NOISES, BUT WARNING LIGHTS STILL REMAIN ON. TAKING IT TO A MECHANIC TO BE CHECKED OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739292January 12, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, TOOK TO SHOP WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER SHOWED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BUT NONE WAS FOUND, LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN WITHIN 24 HOURS TOOK TO SHOP AGAIN STILL SHOWING TRANS PROBLEM STILL UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM WAS TOLD THAT THE ONLY WAY TO RESET LIGHT WAS TO PUT ON COMPUTER BUT COULD NOT PROMISE WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876832December 20, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, AIR BAGS
HORN ACTIVED BY ITSELF AT NON STOP UNTIL IT DID NOT WORK ANY MORE. THEN, EVERY NIGHT HORN USED TO GO OFF IN MIDDLE OF NIGHT. PRESENTLY, AIR BAG IS SHOWING PUNCTURED PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876551December 15, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876603December 15, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT AT LEAST 3 OR 4 TIMES A WEEK AFTER IT HAD BEEN SITTING 6 HOURS OR LONGER. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO 4 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS, AND EACH MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM WAS CONSISTENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876369December 12, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE IDLING AND WITHOUT WARNING , DEALER HAS REPLACED THROTTLE POSITIONING CENTER, AND REPROGRAMMED PCM, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURRING, AND CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737417December 6, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE CALLED THIS MORNING (12/06/00) TO NHTSA, YOU SAID YOU WILL SEND ME A FORM TO FILL OUT. BUT THEN I GOT INTO THIS WEBSITE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO FILE AND DOCUMENT ASAP BECASUE I FEEL VERY UNSAFE WHILE DRIVING. I AM SURE MY VEHICLE HAS A DEFECT OR PROBLEM WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY OR DEATH TO MYSELF AND OTHERS. THE PROBLEM FIRST APPEARED IN EARLY JULY/00: SOON AFTER STARTING THE CAR, WARNING LIGHTS (OIL PRESSURE AND CHARGING SYSTEM) LIT UP AND THE CAR STALLED AND LOST POWER. POWER BRAKE WAS GONE, AND I WAS HEADING DOWN A STEEP SLOPE! LUCKILY I MANAGED TO STOP THE CAR WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I CAN RESTART THE CAR AND DRIVE ON. IT HAPPENED 2 TIMES MORE AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO CHECK. IT CANNOT REPEAT THE CONDITION, SO NOTHING WAS DONE. FOR THE NEXT SHORT WHILE NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED, ALTHOUGH SEVERAL TIMES 2 OTHER WARNING LAMPS WILL LIT UP (ENHANCED TRACTION SYSTEM OFF AND MALFUNCTION INDICATOR). I CALLED THE DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT BUT THE LIGHTS WILL GO OFF, AND I CANCELLED THE APPOINTMENT... ON THE NIGHT OF 11/28/00, THE SAME DANGEROUS SITUATION OCCURRED AGAIN. SINCE THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE, I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO RAN A COMPUTER TEST ON MY CAR, AND FOUND TAHT FAULTY CODE #704 HAD OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY IN MY TRANSMISION SYSTEM. BUT AGAIN, THE MECHANIC CANNOT DUPLICATE THE CONDITION, SO CANNOT FIX ANYTHING. I CALLED GM'S CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND THE DEALER TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO. THE ADVICE IS THAT THERE IS NO SIMILAR INCIDENTS REPORTED. AND I JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CONDITION TO HAPPEN AGAIN SOMEHOW. BUT THE DILEMMA IS THAT EVEN IF THE STALLING HAPPENS, THE CAR CAN RESTART, THEN THE CONDITION WILL NOT EXIST AND EVEN IF I BRING/TOW IT TO THE DEALER, THEY WON'T KNOW WHAT TO FIX!! SO I HAVE NO RECOURSE TO TAKE EXCEPT TO DRIVE THE CAR AROUND WITH THIS DANGER ON MY MIND ALL THE TIME! THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED OR THE MATTER RESOLVED, I WOULD THINK/HOPE? THANKYOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736813November 24, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE CONTINUALLY STALLING. SEVERAL TRIPS TO DEALER AND THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM. ERROR CODES P0 171 AND P0 507, REPAIRS HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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