Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints

4,662 consumer complaints on file.

#721481April 14, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE COOLANT LEAKS BECAUSE OF A FAILURE IN THE CLINDER HEAD GASKET THEY HAVE NO RECALL,ONLY A LETTER#C98054 WHICH SAYS THEY WILL REPLACE AT NO CHARGE FOR 7YRS OR 100,000MILES. THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE MINE BECAUSE I HAVE A REBUILT SALVAGE TITLE, THE CAR IS LIKE NEW WITH THE ORIGINAL ENGINE. ANTIFREEZE LEAKING ON OUR ENVIRONMENT IS NOT GOOD,WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721434April 13, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY
I HAVE HAD THE TOP REPLACED ONCE AND THE SAME PROBLEM CAME BACK AGAIN , IN THE SAME PLACE 11 MONTHS LATER. THE SAME HOLE SAME SIDE SAME PLACE , I NEED HELP.
Crash:
No
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No
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0
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0
#721355April 12, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WAS AT FULL STOP AND WHEN ACCELERATING GAS PEDAL HUNG UP, CAUSING CAR TO ACCELERATE TO 95 MILES PER HOUR THEN SLAMMING BRAKES PEDAL RELEASED AND CAR MADE 90 DEGREE SPIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860210April 12, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER SHOP FOR A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL REPAIRS, AND WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
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
#721214April 9, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
THE CAR HAS REPEATLY REFUSED TO CHANGE OUT OF 2ND GEAR, ONE OCCASION I WAS GOING AROUND 47 MILES PER HOUR AND THE JUST STOP MOVING THE RPM'S READ AROUND 4 THE, AND THE CAR READ ABOUT 45 MLES PER HOUR BUT IT WAS NOT MVING. THE CAR BEHIND ME HAD NO IDEA WHY I STOPPED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BRAKE LIGHTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATLY AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE HWY WITH THIS VEHICLE. MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ANYONE BEHIND ME ARE IN DANGER EACH TIME WE GET IN THE VEHICLE. IF SOMEONE FRM BEHIND DID HIT ME THEY WOULD THINK IT WAS ALL THERE FAULT BECUASE THE RE-ENDED ME. THE CAR CAN BE GOING OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR ONE MOMENT AND BACK DOWN TO 30 THE NEXT MOMENT. I DO NOT FEEL SAVE IN THIS VEHICLE, NOR DO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE CAR WITH AND THOSE THAT HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR THEMSELVES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721237April 9, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I'M REPORTING THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTOR FOR A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. CAMPAIGN # 99-0-88. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711251April 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR FROM THE DATE THAT IT WAS PURCHASED. THE BRAKE ROTOR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN WORKED ON SEVERAL TIMES, AND IT WILL STOP FOR A WHILE, BUT WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN WITH TIME. THE ABS LIGHT AND LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAVE BEEN ON AND OFF FOR OVER AND YEAR AND WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THEM FIXED, THE SOUND FROM THE EXHAUST, POSSIBLY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR AND AGAIN, WE WERE TOLD WE NEEDED TO REPLACE IT, THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THEN ENGINE IS SOUNDING MORE AWFUL AS TIME GOES ON...LOTS OF NOISE UNDER THE HOOD ESPECIALLY AT CRUSING SPEED, AND THEN AGAIN WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP, AND MORE RECENTLY EVEN WHEN IDLING. NOT ONLY WAS THIS CAR NOT SERVICED PROPERLY WHEN I WOULD BRING IT IN WITH A COMPLAINT, BUT I FEEL AS IF THE DEALERS WERE PURPOSELY PUTTING ME OFF JUST SO THE WARRANTY WOULD RUN OUT AND I WOULD HAVE TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS MYSELF. OBVIOUSLY I AM NOT THE ONLY ON THAT HAS HAD SIMILIAR PROBLEMS. AND ALSO, THE CAR HAS BEEN LEAKING ANTIFREEZE FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS, BUT CANT SEEM TO FIND THE LEAK. DEFINITELY CAN SMELL THE BURNING ANTIFREEZE, ESPECIALLY AFTER AN EXTENDED TRIP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859855April 7, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WAS LOSING COOLANT WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER ,AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. VEHICLE NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859772April 5, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING STRUCK A DEER ON THE ROAD. THEN CHECKED UNDER HOOD, WHERE ANTI-FREEZE WAS LEAKING FROM ENGINE HEAD GASKET WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859590April 3, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN ENGINE HEATS UP IT CAUSES PLASTIC TO SHRINK, AND GAS SHOOTS OUT OVER THE TOP OF MOTOR. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859591April 3, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN MOTOR HEATS UP IT CAUSES PLASTIC TO SHRINK AND GAS SHOOTS OUT OVER TOP OF MOTOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720893April 2, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
FEB 2000,SLOWING DOWN AT TOLL BOOTH,CAR STALLS.RESTARTED ONLY AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. AFTER THAT EVERY TIME SLOWING DOWN FOR LIGHTS,TURNS,ETC. THE CAR STALLS.CALLED DEALER,FIRST TOLD IT WOULDN'T DO THAT. NEXT DAY RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL FOR COMPUTER MALFUNCTION AND NOT BEING PROPERLY SHIELDED. WAS TOLD COMPUTER WAS REPLACED,IT WAS A REMANUFACTURED UNIT. AFTER IT WAS REPLACED,STOPPING AT LIGHT AND CAR STALLED AGAIN,BUT WAS RESTARTED SOMEWHAT QUICKLY. HAS HAPPENED REPEATLY SINCE THEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720897April 2, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE), SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
IN JUL7 OF 1999, THE ETS OFF LIGHT AND THEENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. THE MECHANIC SAID THE COMPUTER SHOWED DUE TO EMISSION REGULATIONS, THE EGR VALVE NEEDED REPLACED. REPLACED THE VALVE, A MONTH LATER THE TWO LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN. I WAS TOLD THE EGR VALVE WAS DEFECTIVE. HAD IT REPLACED AGAIN. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER, THE TWO LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN. THE MECHANIC TOLD US THE SYSTEM WAS VERY SENSITIVE, BUT THE EGR WAS FINE AND JUST RESET THE LIGHTLS. LAST WEEK THE TWO LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN, THE EGR WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THE NEXT DAY, THE CAR STARTED JERKING FIERCELY AND THE TWO LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WE ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING THE PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A COMPUTER DEFECT, A VALVE DEFECT OR WHAT. BUT IT'S NOT SAVE TO HAVE A VEHICLE THAT CONSTANTLY SHUTS OFF THE TRACTION SYSTEM DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND CAUSES THE CAR TO JEK WHILE DRIVING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720909April 2, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
THE HEADLAMPS FAILED. WATER ENTERED THE FRONT LIGHTING HARNESS LOCATED BEHIND THE FRONT BUMPER FACIA. THE WATER WAS RETAINED IN THE HARNESS AND CAUSED THE CORROSION OF THE SPLICES FOR THE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS AND DRL CIRCUITS. THE SPLICES WERE BROKEN BY THE CORROSION, RESULTING IN FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720841March 31, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE ROOF CONTINUES TO LEAK AND THE DEALER AND THE MANAFACTURER WILL NOT TAKE IT BACK. IT FALLS WELL WITH IN THE LEMON LAW FOR VA. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859452March 30, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, TIRES
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ABS BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID, AND THE TIRESTO TO BLOW OUT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720741March 29, 2000
AIR BAGS
I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR TWO YEARS. I HAD IT FIXED ON 08/10/1998. I RECEIVED THE RECALL FOR THE CALIBRATION IN THE AIR BAGS COMPUTER IN OCT 98. I TOOK MY CAR TO BAY CHEVROLET (6970 N. MILITARY HWY. NORFOLK, VA 23518)(757-855-2261) ON 08/22/1998. THE MILEAGE AT THIS TIME WAS 31,491. THEY REPROGRAMMED THE AIR BAG SDM AND REPLACED THE HORN ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THIS TIME. I CALLED THEM BACK IN NOV 99 WHEN PROBLEM WAS REOCCURRING. VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND TO HAVE IT FIXED WOULD HAVE COST ME $600+ DOLLARS. I FEEL IT SHOULD BE FIXED FOR FREE, SINCE PROBLEM KEEPS REOCCURRING. PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FIXED AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720774March 29, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET DIAGNOSED TO BE LEAKING COOLANT INTO ENGINE AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT ACCORDING TO PALANKER CHEVROLET IN WEST BABYLON N.Y. VEHICLE KNOWN TO HAVE GASKET PROBLEMS ON THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE IN 1995 CAVALIERS AND 1996 CAVALIERS ACCORDING TO OTHER CHEVROLET DEALERS( IE, DOBLER CHEVROLET, HEMSTEAD N.Y) AND BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL OR GOOD WILL ASSISTANCE. I AM VERY DISALUSSIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE DEALER I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO TO BE REPAIRED SAYS THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR THIS MILAGE AND YEAR AND THAT CHEVROLET WILL NOT PAY FOR REPAIRS OR OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE.. I HAVE SPOKEN TO CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY HELP OR ENLIGHTENMENT REGARDING MY PROBLEM, INSTEAD IU HAVE BEEN SHOVED ASIDE AND IGNORED. I HAVE HAD MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF OWNERSHIP THAT HAVE NO EXPLAINABLE ANSWER AS TO WAY THEY OCCURRED BUIT YET HAVE HAD PARTS REPLACED CONTINUOUSLY UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY. I AM THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED WITH THIS LEMON OF A CAR AND THIS IS THE FINAL STRAW!!! PLEASE HELP ME IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE WITH MY UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCE AND CONTACT ME WHEN POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ADVANCE :)*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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