Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints (1999)

240 consumer complaints on file.

#10075576June 2, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS AFTER THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED IGNITION SWITCH RECALL 04V036000 REPAIRS THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074017May 20, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *MR *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073701May 17, 2004
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE,THEN VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. UPON IMPACT, SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10067318April 16, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
INSTRUMENT PANEL DOES NOT ILLUMINATE ANYMORE. ALSO, FUSES DO NOT WORK , AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062701March 20, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN
SAME DEFECTIVE BEARING PROBLEM IN STEERING AS 2000 AND CHEVROLET CAVILIERS. BEARING IS NOISY WHEN WHEEL IS TURNED. COULD CAUSE STEERING WHEEL TO FREEZE OR LOCKUP UPON BINDING. BEARING IS A UNIVERSAL SWIVAL TYPE BEARING LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEERING COLUMN, JUST IN FRONT OF THE FIREWALL AND IS COVERED BY A RUBBER BOOT. THE BEARING MAKES A NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. THE NOISE GOES AWAY WHEN THE BEARING IS SPRAYED OVER AND OVER WITH WD-40, BUT COMES BACK AFTER A THOUSAND MILES OF DRIVING. OTHER 2000 - 2002 CAVALIERS WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THE 1999 CAVALIERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM LIKE THIS ONE AND SHOULD ALSO BE BROUGHT TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION AND RECALLED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063120March 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
NHTSA RECALL 04V036000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. RECALL WAS NOT BEING HONORED BY THE DEALER, WHO INSTALLED THE WIRING HARNESS, USED TO PREVENT HIGH CURRENT FLOW. HOWEVER, DEALER DID NOT INSTALL THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE DEALER ASKED CONSUMER TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSIS WHEN THEY WON'T CHANGE THE IGNITION SWITCH. CURRENTLY VEHICLE DID NOT START. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063137March 12, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ABS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ABS MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062907March 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM. SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE IN 1999 CONSUMER HAD THIS VEHICLE BACK AND FORTH IN THE REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANICS KEPT TELLING HER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. ALSO, SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE 4 BATTERIES BURNED OUT. VEHICLE HAD LEFT CONSUMER STRANDED, AND SHE HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERS, AND ONCE TO HER HOME. ONCE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WAS SOLVED, BUT VEHICLE STILL NEEDED AN ALTERNATOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057898February 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER, AND MECHANIC REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056729February 7, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
THE SHIFTING LEVER FREEZES AND YOUR UNABLE TO PULL CAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE ALSO THE LINKAGE HAS TENDANCY TO FREEZE AND NOT REGISTER . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10055082January 28, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
MY '99 CHEVROLET CAVALIER (Z24) SUFFERED BRAKE FAILURE IN DEC. OF 2003. THE ROADS WERE ICY--HAD BEEN SNOWING ALL DAY, AND IT WAS STILL SNOWING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH. I APPLIED THE BRAKES IN AN EASY MANNER, BUT THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. THE CAR CONTINUED AT THE SAME RATE OF SPEED. MY FOOT FELT LIKE IT WAS STEPPING ON STEEL--THERE WAS NO BRAKE ACTION WHATSOEVER. I HAD PLENTY OF BRAKING DISTANCE, AS I WAS TRAVELING VERY CAUTIOUSLY IN THESE SNOWY CONDITIONS. (THERE WERE AN ABOVE AVERAGE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THAT DAY DUE TO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS.) I HAD BEEN TRAVELING THIS SAME STRETCH OF ROAD FOR MANY BLOCKS AND IT WAS A STOP AND GO 40 MPH STRETCH OF ROAD. A LEXUS SUV WAS PARKED AT A SEMAPHORE INTERSECTION WAITING AT A RED LIGHT. I DECLARED BRAKE FAILURE AT THE SCENE, AND AFTER THE OFFICER HAD CLEARED THE SCENE I NOTICED MY ABS WARNING LIGHT WAS ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR TO HAVE THE BRAKES ANALYZED AND DOCUMENTED FOR BRAKE FAILURE. THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS DULY NOTED AND ANALYZED AND I WAS TOLD THE ABS MOTOR NEEDED REPAIR. WHEN I HAD THE REPAIRS DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT THAT NEEDED REPAIR. THE BRAKE FAILURE ITSELF WAS ALARMING, BUT WHAT IS ADDITIONALLY DISTURBING IS THAT I HAD MY BRAKES REPAIRED IN JAN. OF 2003, BECAUSE I COMPLAINED THE ABS SYSTEM WAS MAKING STRANGE, RATTLING NOISES --LIKE IT WAS FALLING APART. THE DEALERSHIP FIXED THE BRAKES, SAYING THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ABS SYSTEM AND THEY INSTEAD FIXED THE PADS AND ROTARS ON THE BRAKES. I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD WHEN I LOOKED AT THE BILL AND THEY SAID "CUSTOMER COMPLAINS OF 'SQUEALING BRAKES'. I NEVER DESCRIBED THE NOISE AS SQUEALING. INSTEAD I COMPLAINED THE ABS NOISE WAS DIFFERENT THAN I HAD EVER HEARD--A SOUND LIKE NUTS AND BOLTS COMING LOSE AND FALLING APART. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069579January 15, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, VISIBILITY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, EQUIPMENT, STEERING
CD WILL NOT PLAY. GET ERROR MESSAGE. KNOB ON MIRROR FELL OFF. BATTERY WAS REPLACED IN SEPTEMBER 2000. BATTERY KEPT DYING ON ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053346January 5, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
THE WIRE HARNESS FOR THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER STATED WATER FROM RADIATOR BUILD UP ON THE WIRES WHICH CAUSED CORROSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048210December 24, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 35 MPH, THERE WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A BROKEN STERNUM AND WAS HOSPITALIZED.*AK *CB *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10050519December 15, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ABS SYSTEM FAILED COMPLETELY. DEALER STATED ABS MOTOR BECOME INOPERATIVE. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048258November 19, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. ALSO, SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD THE DRIVER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042796October 12, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S ODOMETER. *MR THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE ODOMETER WOULD CUT IN AND OUT WHEN DRIVEN OVER A BUMP. THE CONSUMER TOTALED THE VEHICLE AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS AN ODOMETER DISCREPANCY. *SCC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039485September 24, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
RUSTED OUT FUEL LINES THAT ARE LEAKING BAD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042067September 23, 2003
WHEELS
VEHICLE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF OF VEHICLE.*MR VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT FENDER, BRAKE AND LEFT DISC. CONSUMER HAD PREVIOUSLY ROTATED THE TIRES THE DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT. NO INJURIES. *PH (PER A. JIMENEZ THIS COMPLAINT IS TO BE CONSIDERED A MAILED IN VOQ COMPLAINT). *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039200September 20, 2003
AIR BAGS
WE CAME HERE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS ON OUR CAR THE REASON BEING THAT IT SEEMS THAT THE AIR BAG IS NOT PLACED CORRECTLY AND THUS IT HINDERS THE USE OF THE HORN. THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME WE CAN NOT GET THE HORN TO BLOW. WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE BUYING THE CAR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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