Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints

4,662 consumer complaints on file.

#10320049March 15, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I OWN A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER. WITHIN A YEAR OF MY PURCHASING THE CAR, USED, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. A MECHANIC NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE ITEM AND AGAIN IT HAS STOPPED WORKING. THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE ON MY.CAR.STATS. SHOULDN'T SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT THIS? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10319578March 14, 2010
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
MY DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW WILL INITIALLY GO DOWN. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO POWER THE WINDOW UP, IT GOES APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO INCHES THEN STOPS. I HAVE TO CONTINUE DRIVING OR LEAVE MY CAR RUNNING UNTIL THE WINDOW IS UP. IT IS VERY UNSAFE TO LEAVE MY CAR IN ANY LOT OR PARKING SPACE WITH THE WINDOW DOWN. ON AVERAGE EVERY 10 MINUTES IT WILL GO UP ANOTHER INCH OR TWO. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I POWER THE WINDOW DOWN. I WILL NOT LEAVE MY WINDOW DOWN. ELEMENTS WILL DAMAGE THE INTERIOR, AND IT LEAVES ME SUSCEPTIBLE TO VANDALS. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND I CONSIDER THIS MALFUNCTION UNSAFE FOR ME THE DRIVER AND MY CHILDREN. I PAID $18,000 FOR THE VEHICLE, I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO GO UNFIXED, HOWEVER I FEEL IT IS THE COMPANY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO RECALL AND REPAIR THE ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10318711March 10, 2010
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER LS AND ON DEC. 25 WHEN I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROST BUTTON SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT FROM INSIDE THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. I COULD NOT GET THE REAR DEFROST TO TURN OFF SO I HAD TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND REMOVE THE FUSE TO IT. SHORTLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT THE POWER WINDOWS HAVE STOPPED WORKING AND THE FUSE TO THEM IS STILL GOOD, I REPLACED IT JUST IN CASE BUT THE WINDOWS STILL DO NOT WORK. THE ODOMETER HAS ALSO STOPPED WORKING SO I HAVE HAD TO GUESS MY SPEED. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN SINCE THE REAR DEFROST DOES NOT WORK I CANNOT SEE OUT THE REAR WINDOW ON COLD DAYS, I ALSO CANNOT TELL HOW FAST I AM DRIVING WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, AND THE POWER WINDOWS HAVE STOPPED WORKING. THE CAR IS DUE FOR INSPECTION NEXT MONTH AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS, THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND RELY ON IT TO GET TO AND FROM WORK EVERYDAY. I HAVE ALSO PLACED A COMPLAINT WITH GENERAL MOTORS CONCERNING THIS ISSUE AS I FEEL THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED ARE A RESULT OF POOR OR HURRIED WORKMANSHIP IN THAT AREA OF THE VEHICLE'S MANUFACTURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10318778March 10, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, STRUCTURE, STEERING
2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS TEMPERATURE GAUGE SHOWS THE CAR IS OVER HEATING AND INTERFERES WITH THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO THE SPEEDOMETER WILL SHOW 110MPH WHILE SITTING IN PARK OR WHILE DOING 65MPH DROP AND SHOW NO SPEED. ALSO THE FRONT OF THE DASH CRACKS OUT AND CAN PRODUCE SHARP PIECES THAT CAN CUT THROUGH THE SKIN EASILY. ALSO THE STEERING HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE 2005 COBALTS AT LOW SPEEDS SOMETIMES THE CAR IS VERY HARD TO TURN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317913March 8, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2003 CHEVY CAVALIER STALLED WHILE DRIVING. ALMOST GOT KILLED. JUST ANOTHER DEFECT IN THIS CAR. I KEEP REPORTING STUFF AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE LISTENING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317455March 7, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IGNITION SWITCH, OR ANTI THEFT SYSTEM, CAUSES FUEL PUMP TO NOT WORK PROPERLY AND ALSO FUEL INJECTORS, BEEN IN GARAGE 3 TIMES AND FINALLY WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM AFTER SPENDING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS, WAS TOLD GM HAD A RECALL ON THIS PART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317504March 7, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CAVALIER STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY, IT WILL STICK AT RANDOM PLACES ON THE DIAL, EVEN WHEN NOT DRIVING. SOMETIMES THE NEEDLE WILL POINT STRAIGHT DOWN AT THE ODOMETER AND STICK THERE ALSO. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO GET BETTER WITH WARM WEATHER, BUT IS STILL NOT RIGHT. NOW IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, THE TACHOMETER HAS STARTED TO STICK AND NOT REGISTER AT ALL WHEN IT IS VERY COLD OUTSIDE, LIKE THE SPEEDOMETER THOUGH, THE TACHOMETER WORKS BETTER IN WARMER WEATHER. COOLANT TEMP. GAUGE STICKS ALSO WHEN IT GETS COLD OUT. THESE PROBLEMS ARE VERY REPAIRABLE, I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE BY THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM YET! THIS IS SURELY A SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE GM DO A RECALL ON THESE CARS BEFORE YOU PULL OFF A "TOYOTA." *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317325March 6, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317392March 6, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER SPEEDOMETER INACCURATE AND DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AFTER 60,000 MILES. SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL AND OTHER TIMES ITS SAYING YOU'RE GOING 110MPH WHEN YOU ARE GOING AT A SNAILS PACE. STILL RESEARCHING HOW TO FIX IT AND AFFORDABLE. SEARCH 2005 CAVALIER AND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME ISSUE POP UP. IT FAILED ON ME WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HAD NO IDEAL HOW FAST I WAS GOING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317415March 6, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2003 CHEVY CAVALIER SPEEDOMETER FAILED AT 49,240 MILES. RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY UNSAFE DRIVING SPEED IN OTHERWISE PERFECT DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315340March 2, 2010
SUSPENSION, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I BOUGHT THIS CAR A 2002 CHEVY CAVALIER IN 2005, AND AT THE TIME THERE WAS 25K ORIGINAL MILES SO I WAS TOLD. SINCE THEN I HAVE FOUND OUT THERE HAS BEEN 5 RECALLS ON THIS CAR FOR VARIOUS SAFETY HAZARDS, NONE OF WHICH I WAS EVER TOLD ABOUT PRIOR OR DURING MY PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE. THE SIGNALS HAVE FAILED, I HAD TO PAY FOR THEM TO BE REPLACED, THE BEARINGS ON THE TIRES CAUSED DRY ROT AND I HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE THOSE, BOTH WERE ON THE RECALL LIST. THE ENGINE WOULD OVER HEAT IN THE IDLE POSITION, AND THEY REPLACED AN AIR FILTER SITTING THAT AS THE PROBLEM AND IT WASN'T. THE PEDAL STICKS WHEN I ACCELERATE AND SOMETIMES GETS STUCK, THE ROCKERARMS HAVE STARTED TO GO BAD AND IT HAS CAUSED THE VALVE STEMS TO BEND,THUS CAUSING THE OILPUMP TO SEIZE UP AND NOW MY CARS ENGINE HAS A BLOWN GASKET,THIS IS UNDER THE ENGINE COMPONENT SYSTEM RECALL, WHICH WAS REPORTED IN 2007. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. AND NOW IM PAYING 350 PER MONTH FOR A CAR THAT IS NOT RUNNING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315647March 2, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE GAUGES ON MY CAVALIER ARE ALL MESSED UP. SOMETIMES THE ONLY GAGE THAT WORKS ARE MY RPM GAUGES. ALL THE OTHER GAUGES: THE GAS GAGE, THE THERMOMETER GAUGES AND THE MPH GAGE NEVER WORK RIGHT. I CAN'T TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING, HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE CAR OR IF IT'S GOING TO OVERHEAT ON ME OR NOT. IT WILL NOT RESET. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315775March 2, 2010
STEERING
I CURRENTLY DRIVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER LS, I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE POWER STEERING FOR A FEW YEARS. THE VEHICLE WILL DRIVE AND STEER FINE FOR A WHILE, THEN IT WILL BEGIN TO MAKE A LOW GRUMBLING NOISE WHEN I SLOW DOWN AND TURN. THE STEERING BECOMES STEADILY MORE DIFFICULT. I EVENTUALLY TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A SLOW LEAK IN MY STEERING FLUID AND INSTEAD OF PAYING TO FIX IT, TO KEEP FILLING IT WITH FLUID WHENEVER I START HEARING THE NOISE. SO FAR, I'VE ONLY LOST THE POWER STEERING ONCE - LUCKILY I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY. FILLING THE POWER STEERING WORKS AS A QUICK FIX FOR A FEW WEEKS. I'VE ALSO NOTICE THAT WHEN I GOT TO OPEN THE POWER STEERING FLUID CAP - IT APPEARS THAT THE FLUID HAS BEEN "BOILING" OR FOAMING FOR A WHILE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT HELPS, BUT IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING I'VE NOTICED. THANKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315190March 1, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. SHE STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE CLUSTER, A FUSE OR THE WIRING COULD BE FAULTY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN INTO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. NO REPAIRS MADE TO DATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,075.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10314726February 26, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I OWN A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER AND THE SPEEDO AND TEMP. GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. THIS PROBLEM IS ALWAYS. NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE DO TO THE COST OF THE PART BEING $300+. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10314112February 25, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I WAS RETURNING HOME AND WHEN I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY MY CAR HAD AN EXTREME LOSS OF POWER. I WAS SURPRISED BY THIS BECAUSE IT WAS A SUDDEN CHANGE IN MY CARS PERFORMANCE. I HAD NOT BEEN HAVING ANY TROUBLE BEFORE THIS. AFTER I PARKED MY CAR AND TURNED IT OFF I LATER ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE. IT WOULD NOT START. THE ENGINE AND EVERYTHING TURNED OVER FINE IT JUST DID NOT SEEM TO BE GETTING FUEL. I THEN TURNED THE KEY ON AND OFF AND REALIZED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOT RUNNING. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2003 CAVALIERS. THANKFULLY I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND NOT IN THE LEFT LANE OF THE FREEWAY IN RUSH HOUR. I WILL BE SPENDING MY WEEKEND REPLACING MY FUEL PUMP. I WILL KEEP THE DEAD PUMP IF IT IS NEEDED FOR INVESTIGATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10314238February 25, 2010
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TL*THE DRIVER RENTED A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE DRIVER WAS HIT HEAD ON BY AN OUT OF CONTROL 2002 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER. BOTH VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED. THERE WERE FOUR FATALITIES AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. THE HIGHLANDER SPEED INCREASED UP TO 85 MILES PER HOUR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE CONTACT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE MILEAGE WAS ON THE VEHICLE WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED. UPDATED 04/07/10. UPDATED 06/18/10
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
4
#10314448February 25, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I OWN A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER AND THE SPEEDOMETER HAS NOT WORKED FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. NOW THE GAS GAUGE AND THE TACHOMETER IS MALFUNCTIONING, ONLY TO RETURN TO NORMAL SPORADICALLY. THE CAR IS 5 YEARS OLD AND I DON'T BELIEVE I SHOULD BE EXPERIENCING THESE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THE CAR, BUT I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR CAVALIERS (BETWEEN 2004 AND 2005 MODELS). THIS SAFETY FEATURE ON THE CAR SHOULD NOT MALFUNCTION. CHEVROLET SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THESE CARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10313880February 24, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
STARTED THE CAR UP IN THE MORNING AS NORMAL TO WARM THE CAR UP ( ABOUT 5 MINS). DROVE ABOUT 1 MILE TO ROYAL FARMS. I SHUT DOWN THE CAR TO GO INSIDE AND I RETURNED TO THE CAR TO START IT UP. AT FIRST IT STARTED UP BUT VERY RUFF AND THEN STALLED OUT AFTER THAT IT DID NOT FIRE UP ANYMORE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME WHERE I FOUND OUT THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAS GONE UP. I HAVE HAD IDLE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR AND THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. I DO NOT KNOW IF THESE PROBLEM GO SIDE BY SIDE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10313363February 23, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHENEVER THE CONTACT STARTED HER VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYED INCORRECT INFORMATION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 45294.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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