Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints (2003)

678 consumer complaints on file.

#10511668May 13, 2013
WHEELS
I WAS TURNING LEFT ON TO A STREET AND I HEARD A LOUD BOOM AND THEN THE CAR JUST CAME TO A STOP. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE RIM WAS SNAPPED IN HALF. THIS CAUSED MY AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503492March 18, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, ALL OF THE ILLUMINATED GAUGES AND INTERIOR LIGHTS SWITCHED OFF INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 710,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501887March 6, 2013
POWER TRAIN
DROVE 54 MILES LAST VENEING TO SAFEWAY, BOUGHT MILK THERE. DROVE HOME, THEN WENT TO LEAVE FOR WORK TODAY, AND MY CLUTCH HAD FAILED OVERNIGHT. IT IS THE CLUTCH HYDRAULIC SYSTEM THAT HAS FAILED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499236February 19, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN DRIVING ON A LONG TRIP, I NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER KEPT INCREASING AFTER EACH TIME I STOPPED THE CAR. WHEN I STOPPED, THE SPEED READ 25. I WENT 45 MPH, IT WENT TO 70 MPH. ETC. IT NOW RESTS IN VERTICAL POSITION FACING DOWN. THE GAS GAUGE HAS ALSO BEGUN TO GO HAYWIRE. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE CAR WOULD LONGER CAN GO INTO CRUISE CONTROL (WITHOUT WORKING FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN SHUTTING OFF), I AM THINKING BECAUSE OF THE SPEEDOMETER OR CLUSTER. EITHER WAY, IT NOW NO LONGER WORKS AT ALL. SEEING EVERYONE'S COMPLAINTS ON HERE AND WITH "GOVERNMENT MOTORS" NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT, I WILL NOT PUT MY TRUST IN THEIR BRAND ON ANY FUTURE VEHICLES. THIS ALSO HAPPENED ON MY 2005 CAVALIER. GOOD THING FOR A GPS... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490974January 3, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. I WAS TRAVELING AT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS ABOUT 40 MPH AND I LOOKED DOWN AND MY SPEEDOMETER SHOWED 65 MPH. WHEN I CAM TO A STOP MY SPEEDOMETER ONLY WENT DOWN TO 25 MPH. THE NEXT MORNING IT WAS DOWN TO 0. ONE WEEK LATER IT WENT UP AND DIDN'T GO BELOW 35 MPH AND IT HAS KEPT INCREASING. NOW WHEN I GET IN THE CAR THE SPEEDOMETER IS AT 95MPH. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL FOR THESE ITEMS. THE COST TO REPAIR IS $500 AND MAKES IT TOO EXPENSIVE FOR IT TO BE FEASIBLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10483675November 7, 2012
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND CAR JUST KONKED OUT AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I TRIED AND TRIED BUT TO NO AVAIL. HAD TO PUSH IT INTO A GAS STATION ABOUT 100 YARDS, NOT EASY AS A 50 YEAR OLD FEMALE (NO ONE STOPPED TO HELP ME, JUST SPED BY). I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON-LINE THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN HABITUAL PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. IT ONLY HAS 71,000 MILES ON IT AND I JUST PURCHASED THE FIRST PART OF 2012???? WHAT IS UP? THIS MANY PROBLEMS SHOULD HAVE INVOLVED A RECALL! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10478854October 6, 2012
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER STALLS : CHANGED THE FUEL PUMP , PRESSURE SOLENOID SWITCH ,TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH SOLENOID .TIRED OF THIS AND NO ONE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT STILL STALLS AND ALL EVERYONE CAN DO IS GUESS AT WHAT IT IS I HATE MY CAVALIER THE LAST THREE YEARS I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER GOT THAT FIXED AFTER THREE CONVERTERS HELP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10470535August 14, 2012
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT TOP SPEED WHEN CAR DIED. GOT TO SIDE OF ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED. HAD TO HAVE FUEL PUMP REPLACED. A YEAR LATER THE NEW FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. A YEAR LATER THAT PUMP WENT OUT. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE FOURTH FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AND IT IS IN THE SHOP AGAIN. CAR IS NOT SAFE AS THIS HAPPENS SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING AND LEAVES YOU WITH NO CONTROL IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC MOVING AT TOP SPEED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10466967July 22, 2012
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I'VE OWNED TWO DIFFERENT 2003 CHEVY CAVALIERS AND IN BOTH CARS THE FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AFTER A YEAR OF OWNING THE VEHICLES. I WENT THROUGH TWO FUEL PUMPS IN MY FIRST CAVALIER AND I BOUGHT ANOTHER CAVALIER AFTER THE FIRST WAS WRECKED AND MY SECOND CAVI LOST ITS PUMP NOW. I KNOW OF CARS WITH 3 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF MILES ON IT WITHOUT HAVING A SINGLE FUEL PUMP PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10464266July 5, 2012
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. HE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHO ADVISED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10464032July 3, 2012
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
MY GAUGE CLUSTER WENT OUT WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. VERY UNSAFE, I WAS UNSURE OF THE HEAT OF THE ENGINE AND IT IS ONE OF THE HOTTER DAYS OF THE YEAR!!!! LOOKED ON-LINE AND FOUND HOW COMMON THIS ISSUE IS. I CANT SEE HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE, HOW HOT MY CAR IS, HOW FAST IM GOING, OR HOW HARD MY CAR IS WORKING. IF THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS FAILING SO WIDELY IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED!!!!!!!!! VERY VERY VERY UNSAFE. TRIED TO TAKE TO ADVANCED AND THEY WONT READ THE CODE AS ITS NOT A STANDARD CODE (?) GM YOU ARE LOOSING CUSTOMERS FAST AND PUTTING THOUSANDS OF LIVES AT RISK BY LETTING THIS CONTINUE TO GO PAST YOU AND ALL FOR THE SAKE OF A LITTLE MONEY TO FIX A PROBLEM YOU SOLD TO US? IF YOU CAN RECALL THE SAME ISSUE ON SOME OF YOUR TRUCKS YOU CAN ON THIS CAR AS WELL, DISCONTINUED OR NOT. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10458255May 13, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER STOPED WORKING! SAFTEY ISSUE! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10451463March 13, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, ALL OF THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED TO PAY HALF OF THE REPAIR COST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 51,900.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10448300February 17, 2012
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
OWNER OBJECTS TO GM'S ASSERTION THAT THIS IS NOT A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT. VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT NOTICE AND LEFT AUTO OCCUPANTS IN A DANGEROUS POSITION. ENGINE STUMBLED ONCE AND THEN STALLED WHILE DRIVING DOWN SNOW- COVERED ROAD. HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF TRAFFIC. ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. WAS TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY AND IN-TANK FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED. OWNER HAS ALWAYS BEEN CAREFUL TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST 1/4 TANK LEVEL AS THIS FAILURE HAS BEEN WIDELY PUBLICIZED. EARLIER MODEL 1993 CAVALIER WENT TWICE THIS MILEAGE WITHOUT ANY FUEL PUMP FAILURES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10442330January 4, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AND IS STUCK ON 52 MPH. FUEL GAUGE IS STUCK ON FULL, TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS POINTING TO NOWHERE, AND THE TACOMETER IS POINTING AT ZERO. IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10442233January 3, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING LOOKS LIKE THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH OTHER CHEVROLET CAVALIERS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10441549December 28, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK OIL AND BATTERY WARNING LAMPS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE TO TEH CONTACT WITH REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,769. KMJ UPDATED 01/25//12 *BF UPDATED 01/27/12
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10437773November 29, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING. I ORDERED 2 USED ONES THEY DID NOT WORK. I HAD THE DEALERSHIP REBUILD IT AND IT STILL DOES NOT WORK. I HAVE SEARCHED ONLINE AND SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. GM HAS RECALLED THIS ITEM ON SEVERAL MODELS BUT NOT ON THE CAVALIER AS OF YET. I HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS AND STILL HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. NO SPEEDOMETER, GAS GAUGE. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10430410October 16, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY
DARK GREEN EXTERIOR PAINT STARTED FADING IN 2008 NOW IS SEVERE & COVERS ROOF & HOOD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10430171October 14, 2011
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, SHE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE HORN, BUT IT FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW CANCELING CAM. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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