Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints

4,662 consumer complaints on file.

#10190206May 8, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHEN INSERTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. RECALL #04V036000 REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ON JULY 5, 2004. TWO YEARS LATER THE FAILURE REOCCURRED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,200.
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0
Deaths:
0
#10189734May 4, 2007
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
2003 CHEVY CAVALIER- ON THIRD FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT, GAUGE THAT READS GAS TO GAS HAND OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY AND FUEL PUMP QUITS WORKING, NO WARNING, HAPPENS SUDDENLY. *TR
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10189837May 4, 2007
SEATS
CAVALIER COUPE LS SPORT 2005: THE DRIVER'S SEAT RECLINING SYSTEM IS UNSTABLE. YOU CAN FEEL IT MOVE AND ACTING LOOSE WHILE DRIVING. IT WAS NOT LIKE THIS WHEN FIRST PURCHASED. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO MAKE IT STABLE AGAIN. THEIR ONLY RESPONSE WAS, THAT THIS WAS NORMAL, WITH TIME IT BECOMES LOOSE. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO MAKE SEATS THAT FEEL FINE AT FIRST, AND A YEAR LATER, BECOME IN THAT CONDITION. YOU DRIVE WITH YOUR BACK REST UNSTEADY AND ERRATIC. THIS CAN CAUSE BACK/NECK PROBLEM IN THE LONG-RUN. (ALSO, THE FRONT SEATS ARE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, UNPLEASANT ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A LONG COMMUTE, IT ABSOLUTELY HAS NO HEAD-REST SINCE THEY ARE LEANED BACK TOO MUCH, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY WITH YOUR HEAD RESTED AGAINST IT. PLUS, THE FRONT SEATS RECLINING SYSTEM WON'T ALLOW YOU TILT IT FORWARD MUCH, CONSEQUENTLY DRIVING RATHER LEANED BACK MORE THAN USUAL, ON YOUR SEAT.) *JB
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No
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0
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0
#10189713May 3, 2007
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
2003 CHEVY CAVALIER FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS SAYING THE FUEL PUMP ON 03 CAVALIERS ARE GOING OUT. MY CAR HAS 59K MILES. *JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189550May 2, 2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72622 ,AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72632. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE CONTACT RELEASED THE FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING. AFTER PHYSICALLY LIFTING THE PEDAL UP WITH THE SHOE THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED FOR ABOUT 9 MILES. HOWEVER, AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKE A FEW TIMES THE BRAKE PEDAL STOPPED WORKING. SHE GOT OFF THE FREEWAY AND MADE IT TO DEALER WHERE SHE LEFT THE VEHICLE. THE TEMPERATURE WAS AROUND 45 DEGREES. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK AT FUL THROTTLE. UPDATED 05/23/07.*JB
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189488May 2, 2007
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH IN DRY CONDITIONS THE CONTACT SWERVED IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING A DEER. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A TREE HEAD ON AND THEN SWERVED AND STRUCK A SECOND TREE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THE FRONT AIR BAGS AND SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED, AND THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES. THE CONTACT WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 62,207.*AK THE CONSUMERS SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK INTO PLACE AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED FOR ABOUT 40 DEET BEFORE IMPACT. UPDATED 12/04/07
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10189233April 30, 2007
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT POWER WINDOW NO LONGER WORKS. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10189238April 30, 2007
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
CD PLAYER STOPS WORKING WHEN IT GETS HOT. REPLACED CD PLAYER/RADIO-SAME PROBLEM. *AK
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No
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0
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0
#10189316April 30, 2007
STRUCTURE
DASHBOARD CRACKED IN MIDDLE ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IN AND KEPT CRACKING. CALLED DEALERSHIP , WHO SAID NOT A SAFETY ISSUE .DASHBOARD BOARD COLLAPSED ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET CAVALIER ,AND I HAVE SINCE OTHER CARS WITH THE SAME DEFECT. CAN YOU PLEASE LOOK IN TO THIS MATTER THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10188623April 23, 2007
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
ON APRIL 14 2007 MY HUSBAND WENT OUTSIDE TO START THE 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER WE PURCHASED IN OCTOBER OF 2006, THE CAR HAS 53000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR WOULD NOT START. UPON TAKING THE CAR TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WE WERE TOLD THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED AND THAT WE WERE LUCKY WE WERE NOT DRIVING THE CAR AT THE TIME AS THE CAR ITSELF WOULD HAVE SIMPLY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE MECHANIC FIXED THE CAR AND REPAIRS RAN ALMOST 600.00. I THEN CALLED CHEVROLET TO COMPLAIN AND THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST ME IN THIS MATTER. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE FURTHER I FOUND A WEBSITE OF COMPLAINTS FROM 90 CONSUMER'S REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. THE WEB ADDRESS IS HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-CAVALIER/TVINIC5TFU5SFSI5H/P3 . PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS. *JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10188414April 20, 2007
STRUCTURE
2005 CHEVY CAVALIER IS LEAKING AND WAS REPAIRED THREE TIMES SINCE MY FIRST REPORT FILED IN NOV. OF 2005. THE CARPETING WAS REPLACED DURING THE SECOND REPAIR BECAUSE OF MILDEW SMELL. THE CAR IS NOW LEAKING AGAIN FOR THE FORTH TIME AND THE CARPETING IS SATURATED UNDER THE FRONT SEATS. IT'S BEEN LEAKING SINCE I FIRST BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. I WANTED TO RETURN THE CAR THE FIRST TIME BUT THE DEALERSHIP WOULDN'T TAKE IT BACK, SAYING THEY COULD REPAIR IT. THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THIS MODEL BECAUSE OF LEAKING PROBLEMS. THREE TRIES AND IT'S STILL NOT FIXED. *JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10188117April 17, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, SUSPENSION
WELL, I HAVE A 1999 CHEVROLET CAVALIER, THE BASIC MODEL, NOTHING FANCY. THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. I WAS TOLD IT WAS JUST THE LIGHT AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. THE FRONT END SHOOK, CAUSING THE WHOLE CAR TO VIBRATE, AND SOMETIMES CLICKED WHEN DRIVING ON THE ROAD. THE ONLY WAY I HAVE FOUND TO STOP IT WAS TO STEER THE WHEEL A BIT, BUT THAT MADE ME GO INTO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WAS NO REAR DEFROSTER, MAKING IT VERY HARD TIME TO SEE OUT OF THE BACK WINDOW WHEN IT WAS ALL FOGGED UP. WHEN I ATTEMPTING TO STOP SOMETIMES THE BRAKES TOOK A MINUTE TO START WORKING OR THEY JUST PULSATED, AND IT WAS HARD TO STOP FAST IF I HAD TO, I COULD GO ON AND ON SO MUCH MORE ABOUT THE CAR, BUT I THINK ONE GETS THE DRIFT ABOUT IT . WHEN I WENT TO THE RECALL PAGE THERE WERE MORE THINGS ON IT THEN I WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT, THE ONLY RECALLS I KNEW ABOUT WAS THE IGNITION, ,AND THE HOSE FOR THE COOLANT THE WAS LEAKING BECAUSE IT WAS RUBBING ON SOMETHING. WHEN I WENT TO GET THE IGNITION FIXED THEY DIDN'T TIGHTEN THE NUT ON THE STARTER AND I HAD TO SOMEONE ELSE DO IT. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT THE STARTER FAILED, BUT THEN I FOUND OUT IT WAS THE NUT WHICH WAS NOT TIGHTENED DOWN RIGHTLY. I HAVE GIVEN ALL THE INFORMATION REQUIRED. I THINK IT WAS SOLD A LEMON. AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187771April 13, 2007
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
1992 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE PIECE AT THE CENTER OF THE DRIVING WHEEL CAN COME LOOSE, INTERFERE WITH STEERING, AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE CENTER OF THE DRIVING WHEEL HAS A PIECE WHICH IS OVER THE HORN. HIS CAME OFF AS I WAS MAKING A SHARP U-TURN ON A TWO WAY STREET. IT JAMMED IN BETWEEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND MY TURN SIGNAL LEVER. I TEMPORARILY WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE PIECE AT THE CENTER OF THE DRIVING WHEEL CAN COME LOOSE, INTERFERE WITH STEERING, AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187680April 12, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
CLUSTER IN DASH FAILED, NO GAUGES WORK. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186500March 29, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER. IT HAD 49,000 MILES. I NOTICED A SQUEALING SOUND FROM BY BRAKES. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT IN THINKING IT WAS THE BRAKE PADS. WELL, MY WHOLE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS LEAKING. MY BRAKES SYSTEM WAS ALSO WEARING UNEVENLY CAUSING HALF OF THE PARTS TO BE DESTROYED. ONE SIDE OF THE BRAKE PAD WAS NORMAL AND THE OTHER SIDE WAS THIN AS A WIRE. THE GUY TOLD ME THAT THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY UNSAFE AND PROBABLY A RESULT OF A DEFECT IN MY BRAKE SYSTEM. I KNEW OF A FRIEND OF MINE THAT HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM AT 20,000 MILES. I CONTACTED CHEVY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING BUT I TRADED IT IN. (I TRADED IT IN FOR A TOYOTA BECAUSE AT THIS POINT REGARDLESS IF THE BRAKE SYSTEM GOT FIXED, I WAS SCARED FOR MY LIFE TO DRIVE A CAR THAT ALMOST THE WHOLE BRAKE SYSTEM WENT OUT AFTER 2 YEARS.) THE CAR RECEIVED ALL PROPER MAINTENANCE AND I STILL HAVE THE RECEIPT FROM THE BRAKE PLACE. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186195March 26, 2007
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2001 CHEVROLET CAVALIER WITH 47000 FAILURE MILEAGE AT 25 MPH HE MADE A LEFT TURN AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF POWER STEERING FLUID ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME, AND THE CONTACT TOOK THE WHEEL OFF, FILLED THE VEHICLE WITH POWER STEERING FLUID, AND NOTICED IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE RACK AND PINION. THE DEALER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED, AND THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185751March 21, 2007
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE IS RUSTING. THE DEALER SAND BLAST AND REPAINTED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE HINGES ON ALL OF THE DOORS AND THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINUED TO RUST. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19000.
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185212March 15, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE 2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER STARTING IN NOVEMBER 2005 WE HAD THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER CHANGED DUE TO BEING UNABLE TO START THE CAR. THIS LASTED FOR ABOUT A YEAR WHEN PROBLEMS STARTED MORE FREQUENT. WE BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND HE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. HE STATED THAT THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND THEY COULD ONLY FIND THE PROBLEM WHEN THE CAR FAILS TO START. IT WOULD START FOR THEM WHILE IT WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP. I CONTACTED GMAC AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM. I COULD NOT GET ANYONE TO TECHNICALLY FINE THE PROBLEM. IN ESSENCE, THIS CAR HAS AN ON GOING PROBLEM AND IT IS USELESS TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN STUCK WITH THE CAR AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES AND HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER AT MY EXPENSE. WE WOULD LIKE TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AS WE CANNOT EVEN SELL THE CAR WITH THIS PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10184924March 13, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN THE WEATHER IS BAD MY BRAKES DO NOT WORK CORRECTLY UNTIL I HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR FOR A WHILE. LAST MONTH I COULD NOT COME TO A STOP AT ALL AND DAMAGED THE FRONT END I ASKED AROUND AND FOUND ANOTHER PERSON WITH THE SAME MODEL CAR THAT HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM ALSO. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10184643March 9, 2007
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
MY 2001 DRIVER EDUCATION VEHICLE IS A CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING I NOTICED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS WHEN SELECTED WILL INITIALLY WORK, BUT AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS THEY STOP FLASHING. I AM FORCED TO TURN THE SIGNAL OFF, AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN WHICH USUALLY RECTIFIES THE PROBLEM FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME...BUT THEY OFTEN STOP FLASHING EVEN WHILE WAITING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, OR WHEN PROCEEDING THROUGH A TURN. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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