Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints

4,662 consumer complaints on file.

#8010334May 22, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
2.4L ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE NONE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES SHOW SIGNS OF TROUBLE. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762170May 22, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAGS FAILED TO WORK WHEN INVOLVED IN A CRASH RESULTING IN CAR HITTING BANK AND TURNING UPSIDE DOWN. MY DAD WAS THE OWNER OF THIS CAR BUT I FEEL A REPLACEMENT CAR WITH WORKING AIRBAGS WILL KEEP THIS FROM GOING INTO LITIGATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#565823May 21, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS PRIOR TO RECALL 02V07, ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HARD STARTS AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT, WOULD STALL AND HAD NO POWER, DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO CORRECT THIS AND CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE UNNECESSARY REPLACEMENT PARTS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010228May 21, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH STRAPS HOLDING FUEL TANK BROKE, FUEL TANK WAS DRAGGED UNTIL CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. DEALER DETERMINED BOTH STRAPS HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010101May 20, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER SPOKE WITH MANUFACTURER REGARDING NHTSA RECALL NOTICE O2V070000, MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 14779. HOWEVER, VECIHLE WAS INOPERABLE, CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT CHEVROLET HAVE VEHICLE TOWED, CHEVROLET REFUSED. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010186May 20, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
VEHICLE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A SHORT IN IGNITION SWITCH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762052May 18, 2002
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
EVAPORATOR CORE LEAKS FREON IN THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009892May 15, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FRONT AND REAR TURN SIGNALS AND BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK. TO GET TURN SIGNAL TO WORK, CONSUMER HAS TO TURN ON HAZARD LIGHTS FIRST.*AK POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009906May 15, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE PUTTING VEHICLE IN CRUSIE CONTROL GAS PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009869May 14, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
AFTER PARKING VEHICLE TRANSMISSION CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009845May 14, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. BRAKES LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE SHIMMIED. HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009849May 14, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
NO PARTS AVALIABLE FOR RECALL REPAIRS ON IGNITION SWITCH. KIT WON'T BE AVALIABLE UNTIL JULY. LEE MITSUBUSHI, CONSUMER, WILL FILL IN FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565752May 13, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION (02V070000) CONSUMER WENT IN FOR A TUNE UP, AFTER THE TUNE UP THE VEHICLE SEEMED AS THOUGH IT DID NOT WANT TO START, HOWEVER THE FOLLOWING DAY AS CONSUMER WAS LEAVING FROM WORK, SHE TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AND IT DID NOT RESPOND, SHE WAITED AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STEERING COLUMN BEGAN SMOKING AND WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE, CONSUMER THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS THAT WERE MADE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565758May 13, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
CONSUMER STATES ONE WEEK PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL 02V07, THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AND IT WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER IS BEING DENIED REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO HAVING THE PART REPLACED BEFORE THE RECALL WAS EFFECTIVE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009721May 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER'S HUSBAND JUST BROUGHT A BRAND NEW AUTOMOBILE, AND WHILE DRIVING IT HOME TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL, WHICH CAUSED IT TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. DRIVER STOPPED ON HIGHWAY, AND WAITED FOR IT TO SHIFT ITSELF. THEN DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AKI
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761793May 12, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTICE IN THE MAIL CONCERNING THE RECALL I CONTACTED MY DEALER ANDEAN CHEVROLET, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE ON "NATIONAL BACK ORDER" AND TO NOT EVEN BRING IN MY CAR THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY OR ANYONE ELSE COULD DO. I THEN ASKED WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IF I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY CAR SHOULD REALLY START ON FIRE. THE REPLY I RECEIVED WAS "THAT VERY RARELY HAPPENS, AND TO CALL BACK IN 3-4 WEEKS." TWO DAYS LATER I STARTED HAVING TROUBLE STARTING MY CAR. WHEN I TRIED STARTING IT AND IT DIDN'T I CONTINUED TO TRY TO START IT FINALLY ONLY TO END UP GETTING A MACHANICS HELP. THIS CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND EVEN BEING STRANDED IN A VERY SECLUUDED AREA BECAUSE OF THIS IGNITION PROBLEM. I EVEN ENDED UP REPLACING THE BATTERY DUE TO TRYING TO START THE CAR. MISSING WORK AND BEING LATE RESULTING IN LOOSING THE PLACEMENT. |WHAT DO I DO ABOUT THIS AND WHOM DO I HOLD RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER SITUATIONS RESULTING IN THIS RECALL THAT UNABLE TO BE FIXED AT THIS TIME?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009582May 10, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
BRAKE LIGHTS STAYED ILLUMINATED. TOOK VEHICLETO DEALER, AND THEY CORRECTED PROBLEM. SOMETIMES THERE WAS A SMELL LIKE WIRES BURNING. THEN, VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED. CONSUMER FELT THERE A PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009596May 10, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TIMING CHAIN HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS BECOMING INOPERABLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK MJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009597May 10, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP HAS STOPPED WORKING AND THE VEHICLE HAS BECOME INOPERABLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS TAKING A LOOK AT VEHICLE.*AK.*MJ
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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