Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints

4,662 consumer complaints on file.

#10045849November 10, 2003
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I JACKED UP THE CAR USING THE MFG SUPPLIED JACK AT THE CORRECT JACKING POINT. THE JACK BROKE APART, CAUSING CAR TO FALL TO GROUND.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045885November 10, 2003
STEERING
CHEVROLET CAVLIER 1998 - THE CAR IS ONLY 5 1/2 YEARS OLD WITH 33,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD STEERING ISSUES FOR MORE THAN 3 YEARS WITH THIS CAR. I CAN NOT PARALLEL PARK OR MAKE HARD TURNS WITH OUT THE STEERING LOCKING UP OR FORCING ME TO YOU MY ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT TO GE THE WHEEL TO MOVE. WHEN I'VE TAKEN IT TO A DEALERSHIP THEY SIMPLY SAY THIS IS HOW THE CAR IS DESIGNED USE THE GAS AND THAT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED ALTHOUGH ACCORDING TO THIS WEB PAGE THERE HAS BEEN. APPARANTLY ACCORDING TO GM MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NOV/2002 RECALL FOR STEERING RACK/PINION WHICH SOUNDS AS IF IT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS SCHEDULED IN THE FUTURE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045681November 7, 2003
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES
I AM HAVING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME UNDERSTANDING AND OBTAINING CLEAR INFORMATION ON THE 1996 CHEVROLET CAVALIER'S THEFT SYSTEM THAT CAME WITH THE CAR FROM THE FACTORY. SOMETHING IS TRIPPING AND I CANNOT DISENGAGE IT. WHEN TRIPPED, THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF AND THIS CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME AND AT ANY PLACE, AND IT HAS!! I TALKED TO SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES AT THREE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERS AND ALL THREE SAY VERY DIFFERENT IDEAS AND NONE HELP. ALSO, THE OBD DIAGNOSIS SHOWS NOTHING WRONG BUT EACH VISIT COSTS ME OVER $80.00!! I EVEN CALLED THE FACTORY AND NO ONE WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045633November 6, 2003
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
DRIVER'S SIDE REARVIEW MIRROR VIBRATES, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING IN WINDY CONDITIONS AND/OR ON FREEWAY. SOMETIMES IT IS BAD ENOUGH WHERE DRIVER CAN'T SEE CARS BEHIND HIM. DEALER REPLACED MIRROR WHEN CAR WAS A COUPLE WEEKS OLD. NO DIFFERENCE. INFORMED DEALER ABOUT TSB 03-08-64-011 REGARDING THE INSULATOR AND TORQUE NUTS FOR THE MIRROR. DEALER PERFORMED REPAIRS ACCORDING TO TSB. OTHER MODELS EXHIBIT SAME CONDITION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046450November 6, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENTS ENHANCED TRACKING SYSTEM CAME ON. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048264November 5, 2003
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
REQUEST OF RESTITUTION FOR REPAIRS MADE TO A 1998 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS NOT INFORMED THAT A PINION BEARING WAS ALSO REPLACED BECAUSE OF A RECALL. THE CONSUMER ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE RACK AND PINION LOCKING UP. *SCC THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046552November 5, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE'S AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING.*MR *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10046391November 5, 2003
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
SUN ROOF WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES BECAUSE IT DEVELOPED A LEAK WHEN IT RAINED OR WHEN VEHICLE WAS WASHED. THE LEAK WAS CAUSING THE INNER LINING OF THE ROOF TO DETERIORATE BECAUSE OF THE WATER INTAKE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046420November 5, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042583November 5, 2003
WHEELS:HUB
WHILE DRIVING, THE HUB KEPT FALLING OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES. THE DEALER TIGHTENED AND REPLACED THE PART BY USING SILICONE GLUE, THREADING THE LOCKER ON THE HUBS. THE PROBLEM REMAINED THE SAME AND HAD NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK THE PROBLEM STARTED A WEEK AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. (THREADING THE LOCKER WHICH WAS STATED ON THE PACKAGE WAS "NOT FOR USE ON PLASTIC") *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042333November 5, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
CONSUMER STATES THAT AT 60 MPH VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. THEN VEHICLE WOULD RESTART AFTER DRIVER SAT AND WAITED A WHILE.*AK THIS OCCURRED TWICE. THE DEALER REPLACED A FAULTY FUEL PUMP. *PH *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042348November 5, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER'S CHEST HIT THE STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING MUSCLE SPASMS FROM THE NECK DOWN. *AK THE SEAT BELTS ALSO FAILED TO LOCK. *PH *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10039847November 5, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW A SPEED, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AND IT FELT LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. THE DEALER REFUSED TO FIX THE VEHICLE AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. *PH THE ABS SENSOR HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045236November 1, 2003
INTERIOR LIGHTING, STEERING, STRUCTURE, SUSPENSION:FRONT
POPPING SOUND AND FEEL WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL HAS BEEN WORKED ON TWO TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM; INTERIOR LIGHTS DO NOT TURN ON WHEN OPENING DRIVERS DOOR; TOP PORTION OF DASH IS SPLIT IN THE MIDDLE; MAKES LOTS OF CRACKLING NOISE, SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE WITH THE SUSPENSION. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046139October 31, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. TOOK VEHICLETO DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED THE PRESSURE REGULATOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045164October 31, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
I HAVE REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH IN MY 1998 CAVALIER 3 TIMES IN THE PAST THREE YEARS - THIS IS NOT A CHEAP ENDEAVOR. I KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL ON 1995-1997 - BUT WHAT ABOUT 1998? *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046101October 30, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
WHILE APPROACHING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED A FLAT TIRE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DISCOUNT TIRE SHOP. AT THE TIRE SHOP TECHNICIAN INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE TIRE WAS FINE, BUT THE WHEEL RIM BROKE IN TWO PIECES. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045099October 30, 2003
TIRES
ON SEPT 23, 2003 I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT SHOWCASE CHEVROLET WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAVALIER. TALKED TO A SERVICE ADVISOR ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS VERY HARD TO HANDLE ON GROOVE ROADS. IT FELT LIKE THE BACK-END WAS GOING ONE WAY AND THE FRONT THE OTHER. HE SAID HE WOULD LOOK AT IT, HE STATED THAT THEY PUT MORE AIR IN THE TIRES AND THAT SHOULD DO IT. THE NEXT DAY I CALLED AND ASK TO SPEAK TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AS THE VEHICLE WAS WORSE. TROY (SVC. MGR.) SAID HE WOULD DRIVE WITH ME. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD AND IT SWERVED AND TROY STATED TO ME HE FELT THE PROBLEM AND WAS HOLDING ON. HE TOLD ME TO TAKE IT BACK AS HE IS NOT SAFE IN IT. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THAT HE FEELS THAT IT IS THE TIE RODS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE SHOP AND READJUSTED THE TIE RODS, REBALANCED TIRES, AND STATED THAT HE DROVE THE OTHER CAVALIERS AND ALL WITH 14 INCH TIRES HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I ASKED HIM WHAT HE COULD DO ABOUT THIS AND HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLES WITH 15 INCH TIRES DIDN'T DO THAT AND WE COULD BUY RIMS AND TIRES AND HE FEELS THAT SHOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ON THE THIRD TRIP TO THE SERVICE DEPT. HE SAID HE COULDN'T HELP WITH THE TIRES AS THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY 15 INCH RIMS AROUND AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM. HE STATED HE COULD NOT WARRANTY THEM OUT AS IT IS AN UPGRADE IN THE VEHICLE. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT PUTTING 15 INCH TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND THEY STATE THE VEHICLE IS UP TO THEIR SPECIFICATIONS FOR THAT CAR AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO THE VEHICLE OR VEHICLE WITH 14 INCH TIRES. IT WAS NOT BROUGHT UP AS AN OPTION TO ME WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AS THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE STATED. HOW CAN THEY LET THESE CARS STAY ON THE ROAD WITH A PROBLEM CONTROLLING THEM ON GROOVE ROADS? THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ON THE ROAD DURING RAIN OR SNOW AS YOU COULD EASILY LOOSE CONTROLS IN THE GROOVES. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045122October 30, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STEERING:COLUMN, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
AIR/HEAT FAN, STEERING COLUMN ,BRAKES, ENGINE. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045129October 30, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, STEERING:RACK AND PINION, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AT 35,500 MILES FRONT STEERING STARTED MAKING A POPPING NOISE WHILE TURNING CORNERS. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT RESET. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THE ABS MASTER COMPUTER WAS REPLACED. AND STEERING WAS LUBED. AT 37,000 MILES POPPING CAME BACK, DEALERSHIP SAID THAT SINCE IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. ALSO, AT 45,000 MILES THE BRAKES WERE SHAKING, AFTER INVESTIGATION, MECHANIC STATED THAT ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 18 MONTHS AND AM LOOKING AT HAVING TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION SYSTEM AND I ONLY HAVE 55,000 MILES ON THE CAR NOW. THEN TODAY, MY AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT HAS BEGUN TO STAY ON. AM GOING TO HAVE TO GO, ONCE AGAIN, TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR FEAR THAT AIRBAGS WON'T INFLATE IN COLLISION. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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