Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints (1999)

240 consumer complaints on file.

#10005149February 3, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT ON MY 2 CAVALIERS CHECKED FOR NEW ONES AND DIDN'T NEED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006196February 3, 2003
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE STEERING RACK AND PINION AS STATED IN RECALL NUMBER 02 V 286 000, BUT THERE VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003394January 25, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER WINDOW MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE ALREADY AND IT HAS QUIT AGAIN. JUST WONDERING IF THEY HAVE REPLACED THIS MOTOR WITH A NEW ONE EACH TIME OR A REMANUFACTURED ONE. IF IT WAS NEW IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE PRODUCT? SHOUDN'T A FAILED PART UNDER WARRANTY BE REPLACED WITH A NEW PART?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004547January 24, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE TRAVELING 72 MPH ENGINE BLEWOUT WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY DEALER, TECHNICIAN NOTICED EXHAUST BLEW INTO COOLANT SYSTEM WHICH BLEW THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDER FURTHER INFORMATION. TS...*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006813January 10, 2003
STEERING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR IN SPRINGFIELD MO., I ONLY HAD 8 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT. I LIVE IN ROLLA WHICH IS ONLY 110 MILES AT THE MOST. I DROVE STRAIGHT HOME AND THE MILEAGE SHOWED 265 MILES, TWICE THE MILEAGE. ALSO, THE CAR SHAKES AND GRINDS WHEN STARTING. THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THAT WAS WHEN IT HAD LESS THAN 1000 MILES. FUEL LINES OR SOMETHING SMELLS HEAVY WITH GAS. MY CAR EATS GAS MORE THAN MY ASTRO VAN. THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. I HAVE PUT THREE COOLING SYSTEMS IN THIS CAR THEY SAID WAS WRONG. FUSES KEEP BURNING OUT. I HAVE REPLACED 65 BULBS, THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG. IT'S MUCH WORSE NOW. WHEN I TURN THE CAR THE STEERING STICKS THEN GOES INTO THE TURN, THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE SINCE I BOUGHT IT. PH **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**770836
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000772January 7, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY CAR IS A 1999 CAV AND THE PAINT ON THE TOP OF MY CAR FADED ALREADY!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001928January 3, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000229December 18, 2002
STEERING
WHEN DRIVING CAR IT FEELS LIKE WHOLE FRONT END IS FALLING OUT. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND WOBBLES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023200November 22, 2002
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
CONSUMER STATED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS RECALL#02V286000 RACK AND PINION. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769695November 14, 2002
AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY. DT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#769017October 28, 2002
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER HAS BEEN LAUNCHED OUT AFTER BEING HEATED UP. IT HAS LANDED IN MY LAP WHILE DRIVING AS WELL AS GOING UNDER THE CAR SEAT WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I DO NOT WANT TO BURN MYSELF OR HAVE TO TRY TO FIND A RED HOT LIGHTER UNDER MY SEAT WHILE DRIVING. I BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF SOMEONE WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE LIGHTER LIKES TO LAUNCH ITSELF OUT. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019638September 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH THE TRANSMISION BROKE APART, CAUSING RAPID LOSS OF POWER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019089September 19, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
BOTH BACK DOORS ARE DIFECTIVE; REAR RIGHT DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE AT ALL, AND REAR LEFT WILL NOT OPEN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017798September 3, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
THE BRAKE LINE ERUPTED AND CAUSED LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID WHEN IT LEAKED ONTO THE TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING. A REPAIR SHOP MADE REPAIRS. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE LINE WAS LEFT OUT OF THE CLAMP THAT HOLDS THE BRAKE LINE ON TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO VIBRATE AND EVENTUALLY RUBBING A HOLE INTO THE LINE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016629August 19, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 40-50 MPH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765059August 1, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
OUR DAUGHTER ALICIA CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT OAK STREET, SHE MADE A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO BROADWAY. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS COMING BACK OUT OF THE TURN IT JERKED IT OUT OF HER HAND AND HER CAR SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND SHE RAN OVER A GRATE OVER DRAINAGE AND HIT CURB WHICH BLEW OUT TWO FRONT TIRES, THEN SHE JUMPED CURB STOPPING CAR ONE FOOT FROM TREE. SHE HAD ONLY ONE TIRE LEFT ON ROAD OTHER THREE WERE IN YARD. ALICIA WAS NOT INJURED, THOUGH SHE WAS VERY SHAKEN UP. WE CALLED ADR WHICH SENT A TOWING TRUCK TO THE 1700 BLOCK OF BROADWAY TO PICK HER CAR UP. THERE WAS A MRS. PETRY WHO WAS BEHIND ALICIA WHEN THIS HAPPENED. SHE STA;YED WITH ALICIA UNTIL I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED THOUGH A POLICE CAR DID DRIVE BY WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK. I CALLED GM IMMEDIATELY TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS ON THE RACK AND PINION. I CALLED AGAIN ON MONDAY, JULY 22, BUT I DID NOT HAVE VEHICLE # IN FRONT OF ME. I CALLED BACK ON JULY 24TH WEDNESDAY ABOUT 10:30 A. M. IN THE MEANTIME I HAVE BEEN ON INTERNET AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO A FEW PEOPLE WHO KNOW THINGS ABOUT CARS. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT GM HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH RACK AND PINION FOR YEARS.. THERE HAS EVEN BEEN RECALLS. I TALKED TO A CYNTHIA MCDONALD ON JULY 24TH ABOUT 10:30 A.M. AND SHE TOOK DOWN A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WHERE VEHICLE IS , SO FORTH. SHE ASSIGNED #1-187-50-241 AND SENT THIS INFORMATION TO THE PRODUCT ALLOCATION RESOLUTION DEPT. AND TOLD ME THAT I WOULD FOR SURE HEAR SOMETHING IN TWO BUSINESS DAYS. I CALLED ON MONDAY AND WAS TOLD THAT DON LATIMER #57748 AT THE BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER AT 1-800-231-1841 HAD THIS FILE AND SHOULD CONTACT ME BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY. ON TUESDAY I WAS TOO BUSY AT WORK TO CALL. ON WEDNESDAY JULY 31, I CALLED AT LEAST THREE TIMES AND LEFT AT LEAST T WO VOICE MAILS FOR MR. LATIMER . I WAS TOLD NOT TO GET THE CAR FIXED UNTIL I HEARD BACK FROM GM, I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL BE CHARGED STORAGE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015074July 30, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY
DASHBOARD IS CRACKING NEAR WINDSHIELD IN THE CENTER. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER GLUED IT INTO PLACE, BUT REMEDY DID NOT WORK FOR LONG, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013648July 10, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN CHECKED BY DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011555June 11, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
AFTER RECALL 99V218000 REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED PROBLEM GOT WORSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761682May 8, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, NOT THE BULBS OR FUSES, BUT FROM CORROSION IN WIRING. THIS CAR IS LESS THAN 3 YRS OLD! WE CHECKED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OTHERS W/ SAME YR/MAKE/MODEL/MILES WITH SAME PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS... WE DID NOT REALIZE THE LIGHTS WERE OUT AT FIRST AND DROVE SOME DISTANCE W/O HEADLIGHTS. THE HIGH BEAMS WORK IF THEY ARE TURNED ON JUST THE REGULAR HEADLIGHTS WIRING IS FAULTY. [email protected] HAS REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE SAME CAR WITH ONLY 37,000 MILES. GM HOTLINE ANSWERER SAYS THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM. HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T TAKE A FATALITY ACCIDENT FOR THEM TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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