Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints

4,662 consumer complaints on file.

• #10209444November 16, 2007
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

  2003 CHEVY CAVALIER FUEL PUMP FAILED. CONSUMER STATES THAT OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM. HE BELIEVES THAT GM SHOULD HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. HE ALSO STATES THAT HE WANTS A REFUND FOR THE REPLACED FUEL PUMP. *KB

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• #10209188November 16, 2007
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

  SPEEDOMETER STARTED RUNNING BACKWARDS AND NOW WILL STICK AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS REGARDLESS OF ACTUAL SPEED. I HAVE TO ESTIMATE ACTUAL SPEED ACCORDING TO RPM'S. CONSEQUENCES IS GETTING PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING BECAUSE I CAN NOT TELL HOW FAST NOR SLOW I AM GOING. *TR

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• #10208892November 14, 2007
  EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

  THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY IT CAN SAY THAT I AM GOING 90 WHEN I AM GOING ONLY 35 ALSO THE HEAT GAUGE NEXT TO IT WILL GO WAY OVER INTO THE SPEEDOMETER AREA WHICH THEN THEY HIT EACH OTHER WHICH CAUSES THEM TO NOT WORK PROPERLY ALSO THE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK RIGHT EITHER WHEN I GET LOW ENOUGH FOR THE CHECK GAUGE LIGHT TO COME ON IT WILL START GOING UP SAYING THAT I HAVE A HALF TANK OF GAS EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT I DO NOT. *TR

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• #10208731November 12, 2007
  FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

  I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO GO GET GROCERIES WITH MY 2 YR OLD SON. THE CAR HAS NO PROBLEMS AND DROVE FINE THERE. I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND MY CAR STALLED. I TRIED AGAIN AND IT STALLED ONCE MORE. I MANAGED TO TURN THE ENGINE OVER ENOUGH TIMES TO GET IT OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT. IT WAS AROUND 8PM AND GETTING COLD AND I HAD NOT ONLY TO DEAL WITH THIS, BUT HAVE A YOUNG CHILD OUT IN THE COLD WHETHER WHEN HE SHOULD BE GOING TO BED. I CALLED MY BOYFRIEND AND HE PICKED US UP AND HE LOOKED AT THE CAR A BIT SINCE HE KNOWS QUITE A BIT ABOUT CARS. HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING OBVIOUS SO WE HAD IT TOWED FOR TESTING TO MECHANIC HE KNOWS. THE MECHANIC WAS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO GIVE US A BIT OF A DISCOUNT ON THE TOW AND FUEL PUMP, BUT GETTING THIS REPAIRED WAS STILL COSTLY. I ENDED UP PAYING HALF AND MY BOYFRIEND WAS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO HELP ME PAY FOR THE OTHER HALF. BEING A SINGLE MOM AND STILL FINISHING UP SCHOOL I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY AT THE TIME TO REPLACE SOMETHING THAT GAVE ME NO WARNING AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED IN THE FIRST PLACE. I'M GLAD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY SON. PEOPLE COUPLE HAVE GOTTEN HURT IF WE WERE IN AN ACCIDENT. GM NEEDS TO REALIZE HOW BIG OF AN ISSUE THIS IS. *TR

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• #10208583November 10, 2007
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

  FUEL PUMP FAILED. 67,000 MILES. *TR

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• #10208223November 7, 2007
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

  ELECTRICAL FIRE IN A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER. ALWAYS HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON AND SPEEDOMETER STICKS EVERYTIME IT RAINS. THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAD COME ON AND WE WERE AFRAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO DEPLOY AND IF IT DID WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO AN ACCIDENT. WHEN IT WAS CONTINUED TO DRIVE, ALL THAT WAS SMELLED WAS SMOKE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ALL WENT OUT AND THE SMOKE BECAME HEAVIER AND ALL THE WIRES WERE DANGLING DOWN AND MELTED. THE CAR WAS TOWED AND NEEDS TO BE REWIRED AND THAT WILL COST ABOUT $1100.00. GOOD THING NO ONE WAS HURT AND IT DIDN'T ALL THE WAY CATCH FIRE. I NOW DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT WHEN IT GETS FIXED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. I HAVE HEARD FROM OTHERS THAT THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME CAR AND HOW THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS AND OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *TR

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• #10208095November 6, 2007
  POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)

  MY 2004 CAVALIER HAS HAD TWO SLAVE CYLINDERS TO FAIL. CLUTCH GOES TO THE FLOOR FAILING TO RELEASE THE CLUTCH. *TR

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• #10207954November 5, 2007
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS, INTERIOR LIGHTING

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE REAR HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS WOULD NOT FLASH WHEN THE SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE HAZARD LAMP SWITCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE LAMP CONTROL MODULE FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER (INTERIOR LIGHTING). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75,000.

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• #10208312November 2, 2007
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

  2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH SAFETY ISSUES DEALING WITH THE ENGINE. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THERE ARE SOME SAFETY ISSUES WITH THEIR VEHICLE BUT THE DEALER NEEDS A LIGHT TO BE ON TO FIND OUT. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE INJECTORS AND IT WAS NOT THE INJECTORS. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE TRAVELED ON TRIPS OVER 100 MILES LONG, THE TRAC OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED., FOLLOWED BY THE RPMS GOING UP, FOLLOWED BY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING. THE VEHICLE ALSO BURNED A LOT OF OIL, BUT ONLY WHEN THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. *JB

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• #10207495October 31, 2007
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  I WAS DRIVEN HOME FROM WORK (100 MILES BOTH WAYS) 65MPH THEN IT STOPPED ACCELERATING PULLED OVER 2 MIN. LATER BACK ON THE ROAD 1 MILE LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. FORCED IT TO MAKE IT TO TOWN 1AM. LEFT IT AT A GAS STATION. CAME BACK IN THE MORNING TO TAKE IT BACK TO DEALER (45 MIN DRIVE) IT BROKE DOWN 6 TIMES!!! I'VE HAD IT 9 DAYS!!! DEALER SAID IT WASN'T HIS PROBLEM BUT BECAUSE MY 7 MONTH OLD BABY WAS W/ME HE CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER AND SENT ME AWAY. 45 MIN LATER I WAS BROKEN DOWN ON A HIGHWAY 1 HOUR IT STILL WOULDN'T START. A MAN PULLED UP CALLED THE DEALER AND TOLD HIM TO TOW IT BACK TO THE SHOP. NEXT DAY HE WORKS ON IT END OF DAY SAYS IT MUST BE ELECTRICAL. I GAVE HIM $4800 CASH!!!! I DON'T EVEN WANT THE CAR BACK!!! HE NEEDS TO GIVE ME MY MONEY CAUSE IT IS A LEMON. *TR

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• #10206898October 25, 2007
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

  I WAS DRIVING HOME AND MY CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE ROAD. I PUSHED IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR BUT IT WOULDN'T START. I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HAD IT LOOKED AT. AFTER HE RAN DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND LOOKED AT IT. HE DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. IT COST ME $688 TO GET THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED. *TR

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• #10206942October 25, 2007
  FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

  MY DAUGHTER WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY GOING 45 MPH WHEN HER CAR JUST STOPPED. IT WOULDN'T RESTART AND SHE WAS STUCK IN A TRAVEL LANE. THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT 2 FEET BETWEEN THE LANE AND THE STEEL MEDIAN BARRIER SO ALMOST HALF OF HER CAR WAS IN THE TRAVEL LANE. WE CALLED THE POLICE AND THEY STOPPED AND REDIRECTED TRAFFIC UNTIL THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. THIS HAPPENED ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AT 10:30PM. *TR

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• #10206728October 24, 2007
  AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

  I T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 35MPH AND I RECEIVED A CONCUSSION FROM MY HEAD HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL BECAUSE MY AIRBAG SPLIT APART AT THE SEAMS. *TR

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• #10206639October 23, 2007
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH

  HEADLIGHT SWITCH HAS FAILED 3 TIMES IN 3 YEARS. NEITHER LOW OR HIGH BEAMS WILL WORK MAKING DRIVING AT NIGHT UNSAFE. SWITCH REPLACED IN OCTOBER 2004, OCTOBER 2006 AND OCTOBER 2007. THE SWITCH FROM OCTOBER 2004 HAD AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL COMING FROM IT FOR THE TWO YEARS IT WAS INSTALLED WHILE THE HEADLIGHTS WERE TURNED ON. *TR

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• #10206516October 22, 2007
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

  SHUT CAR OFF AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER FUEL PUMP FAILURE. *JB

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• #10206565October 22, 2007
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

  WHILE DRIVING ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY, I STOPPED A TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN ACROSS THIS BUSY HIGHWAY, UPON MY TURN THE CAR LOST POWER AND STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ON COMING LANES OF TRAFFIC. RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED TO STALL MOVING ONLY A FEW FEET AT A TIME AND WOULD NOT RESTART, BEING THAT I AM DISABLED THIS CAUSED A DANGER TO MYSELF AND OTHERS ON THIS BUSY HIGHWAY (AKA) HIGHWAY OF DEATH IN THIS AREA. IN CALIFORNIA HWY 99/70 NORTH BOUND NORTH OF SACRAMENTO CA. AFTER A TIME SOME MOTORIST ASSISTED ME AND PUSHED MY VEHICLE OUT OF LANES OF TRAFFIC TO THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY. I HAD NO WARNING OR INDICATION THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ABOUT TO FAIL OR THAT ANY SYSTEM NEEDED ATTENTION. BECAUSE OF MY DISABILITIES, I WOULD NEVER DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT WAS NOT RELIABLE OR WOULD CAUSED A SITUATION TO ARISE THAT WOULD BE A DANGER TO MYSELF AND THE MOTORING PUBLIC. A MECHANIC AT A CHEVROLET DEALER THAT I HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS ADVISED ME THE BEWARE OF FUEL PUMPS IN THESE VEHICLES AS THEY HAVE A VERY HIGH RATE OF FAILURE. I ALSO ASKED THE MECHANIC IF KNEW WHAT I COULD DO TO AVOID THIS SITUATION AND HE STATED THAT NO OFFICIAL MANUFACTURE ADVISORY WERE AVAIL. IN HIS OPINION THE FUEL PUMPS OF POOR QUALITY AND SUFFERED FROM OVER HEATING BEING THEY A COOLED BY THE GASOLINE IN THE TANK. AND SUGGESTED TO KEEP THE TANK FULL. I NEVER LET THE FUEL GET BELOW 1/4 TANK LEVEL AND USUALLY REFILL AT 1/2. THIS IS A 2003 MODEL WITH 39,593 MILES THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MY HOME. NOT REPAIRED. I AM NOT SURE IF I SHOULD HAVE IT REPAIRED. I HAVE NO FAITH IN THE DEALERSHIP OR THE MANUFACTURE AND THE ONLY OTHER CHOICE IS TO JUST SELL IT TO ANOTHER PERSON ADVISING THEM BEFORE HAND OR SELLING TO A WHOLESALE DEALER. I AM DRIVING MY OTHER VEHICLE. *TR

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• #10206385October 20, 2007
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

  2003 CHEVY CAVALIER SHUT DOWN SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING A REASONABLE SPEED ON LAUREL CANYON DRIVE, A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY IN CA AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I WAS BLOCKING TRAFFIC AND OTHER TRAFFIC WAS SPENDING BY MAKING ME EXTREMELY FEARFUL FOR MY SAFETY. I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THERE WAS A GREEN LIGHT AND THEN COASTED DOWN A HILL TO A PARKING PLACE. I THEN HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO FIRESTONE WHO DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP WHICH WAS REPLACED FOR $679. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL RECALL OR WOULD HAVE KEPT THE OLD PART. THIS DEFINITELY SHOULD BE A RECALL AS THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES AND IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU CAR SUDDENLY STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY. *TR

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• #10206395October 20, 2007
  FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

  MAKING AN ADDITION TO NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE07033: I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER'S TRAC LIGHT CAME ON (STATING THAT THE ETS SYSTEM WAS DISABLED) AND THEN THE CAR STALLED. CAR WAS RUNNING PERFECT BEFOREHAND AND HAD NO TELLTALE SIGNS OF FAILURE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT INTO THE CENTER TURN LANE AND OUT OF HARM'S WAY. I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE CAR. IT WOULD CRANK, BUT WOULDN'T TURN OVER. CAR HAD ABOUT HALF TANK OF GAS. CAR WAS TOWED TO NEAREST REPAIR SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD THE FUEL PUMP WENT. CAR HAS ONLY 61,000 MILES AND THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. ACCORDING TO HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-CAVALIER/TVINIC5TFU5SFSI5H THIS IS BECOMING A COMMON PROBLEM. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY POSE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN IF THIS HAPPENS DURING HIGH-TRAFFIC, ON THE FREEWAY, ETC., AND RESULT IN A CRASH. *TR

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• #10206010October 17, 2007
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

  I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN IT JUST STALLED. IT STARTED BACK. NO MORE PROBLEMS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. I WAS AGAIN DRIVING ABOUT 30-35 MILES PER HOUR AND IT JUST STALLED. IT NEVER STARTED AGAIN. CHEVY DEALERSHIP REPORTS THAT IT IS THE FUEL PUMP. *JB

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• #10206131October 17, 2007
  FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

  2003 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 41,000 MILES SUDDENLY FAILS TO START. ENGINE TURNS OVER, STRONG BATTERY, FUEL IN TANK. BEHAVIOR CONSISTENT WITH FUEL DELIVERY FAILURE. *JB

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