Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints

4,662 consumer complaints on file.

#10025579July 7, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THE TWO BACK DOORS ON MY 4 DOOR 2000 CAVALIER FLY OPEN. ONCE THE PLASTIC LATCH IS BROKEN, THE DOOR CANNOT BE LOCKED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED IN MARCH 2003 AND THE OTHER DOOR ON THE 4TH OF JULY, 2003. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025397July 3, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. WHILE ACCELERATING ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP - THE CAR SHUT OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER IN TIME AND I WAS NOT DRIVING THAT FAST. ALSO I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY WITHOUT HITTING ANYONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026624July 2, 2003
TIRES
FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO FENDER. NAR 07/02/2003*MR (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025158June 30, 2003
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THIS E-MAIL IS IN REGARDS TO MY 1998 CAVALIER RS. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE SINCE I BOUGHT IT ON JUNE 29, 1998. JUST 14 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR, THE CLUTCH GOES OUT. THEN IT GOES OUT FOUR TIMES THEREAFTER. A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES MY CLUTCH HAS WENT OUT. THE REASON I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW AUTOMOBILE WAS FOR THE DEPENDENCY OF THE CHEVROLET PRODUCT. I WAS MISTAKEN IN MY THINKING OBVIOUSLY. THAT DATES OF HAVING TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER ARE AS FOLLOWS: 08/29/99, 04/05/01, 08/09/01, 10/17/01, 06/26/03. I UNDERSTAND THINGS GO WRONG WITH VEHICLES, BUT FIVE TIMES ON THE SAME PROBLEM. (NO THE CLUTCH IS NOT BEING RIDDEN.) THANKFULLY I HAVE REIMBURSMENT TOWING ON MY INSURANCE, CONSIDERING I WAS MILES AWAY FROM A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. ALSO, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON JULY 20, 1999 (13 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR). MY RECEIPT STATES ALL THE CYLYNDERS WERE MISFIRING. ON NOVEMBER 21, 2001 MY CATATYLIC CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. (DON'T EVER GO ON A TRIP IN THIS CAR!) ALL THE WORK STATED ABOVE WAS DONE BY CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS. THE CAR IS PAID FOR NOW AND THEY RECEIVED ALL OF THEIR MONEY OUT OF ME. I JUST HOPE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE. (THE CAR WAS IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S NAME, MARY H. DECKER 3416 ST ANN ST OWENSBORO, KY 42303. IT IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE NAME ON THE TITLE.)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025160June 30, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
STALLING, HESITATING, LOSS OF POWER, DECREASING OF HORSE POWER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025204June 30, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
LOWER RADIATOR HOSE RUBBED ON MOTOR MOUNT AND WORE THROUGH THE METAL ON THE HOSE, CAUSING LOSS OF FLUID AND ENGINE COOLING FAILURE. HOSE WAS IN GOOD SHAPE EXCEPT FOR THIS. NEW HOSE IS STILL RUBBING. NO APPARENT WAY TO MOUNT IT DIFFERENTLY. *AK SECOND COMPLAINT. AIR CONDITIONING EXTERNAL RUNOFF OFTEN RUNS INTO CAR UNDER PASSENGER MAT INSTEAD OF OUTSIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023976June 29, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN, EQUIPMENT, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, SEATS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, WHEELS:HUB, SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP SEAL DISINTEGRATED. COST $1,081.00 (INCLUDING 3 DAY CAR RENTAL). EARLIER THIS YEAR THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE STEERING COLUMN AND I WOUND UP PAYING AN ADDITIONAL $600 FOR OTHER DEFECTS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. THINK THAT THIS AND MANY ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS ON THIS CAR CONSTITUTE IT BEING A LEMON. MORE THAN 5 RECALLS IN 7 YEARS. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023919June 28, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
CAR SUDDENLY LEAKED COOLANT, ENGINE TEMP WAS READING HOT ON DASH. THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO A STUCK THERMOSTAT, REPLACED THERMOSTAT AND COOLANT. BELT STARTS SLIPPING A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, AND ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING RADIATOR, WATER PUMP, AND BELT. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026168June 26, 2003
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
THE DEFROSTER DIDN'T WORK. *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020358June 26, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP. THE OLD FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED WITH A REDESIGNED FUEL PUMP. *JB *CB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021571June 26, 2003
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR
THE DEFROSTER DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WHICH CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. *AK PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021766June 26, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
WITH APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE JERKED. *TT THE GAS GAUGE DID NOT GIVE THE CORRECT READING AND WAS FIXED THREE TIMES. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023673June 24, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE ANTIFREEZE IS LEAKING ONTO THE HEAD GASKET AREA OF MY CAR. ANTIFREEZE HAS BEEN REFILLED EVERY WEEK DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. AFTER HAVING THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC, I BECAME AWARE THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO THE HEAD GASKETS BEING BLOWN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023723June 24, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
SINCE THE END OF AUGUST 2002, MY CAR HAS BEEN FALLING APART. IT ALL STARTED WHEN MY AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING. I HAD FREON PUT BACK INTO IT, BUT AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE FREON WAS GONE. THE MECHANIC PUT A DYE INTO THE SYSTEM TO SEE IF THERE WAS A LEAK, BUT HE COULDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS ALWAYS OVERHEATED IN TRAFFIC. OIL IS LEAKING FROM MY HEAD GASKETS. NOW, IT IS HAVING TROUBLE STARTING PERIODICALLY. I WAS IN CAMDEN WHEN IT WOULDN'T START. NOW I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. WHEN I START THE CAR, A CLICKING NOISE COMES FROM THE STARTER. OH YEAH, I HAD THE STARTER "FIXED" A YEAR AGO BECAUSE OF THE RECALL. THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM MY ALTERNATOR. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE ALTERNATOR OR THE STARTER THAT'S KEEPING THE CAR FROM STARTING. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY CAR AND THE COMPLAINTS FROM OTHERS, THIS IS NOT A RELIABLE CAR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023516June 21, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHEN I PURCHASED MY USED 2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER IN APRIL 2003 ABOUT 1 MONTH I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. AFTER PUTTING GAS IN MY CAR I WOULD DRIVE A LITTLE AND THEN THE GAS GAUGE WOULD GO DOWN TO APPEAR THAT THE CAR WAS ALMOST EMPTY BUT IT WASN'T. WHILE DRIVING ONE DAY THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF IT HAD GAS IN IT I HAD JUST PUT GAS IN IT BUT THE GAUGE DROPPED TO APPEAR TO BE ALMOST EMPTY. I HAD TO GET MY CAR TOWED TO THE SHOP I WAS TOLD MY FUEL INJECTION WENT OUT. NOT EVEN A MONTH AFTER THAT MY CAR STALLED AT A RED LIGHT AND MY TEMPERATURE GAGE WENT IN THE HOT ZONE MY CAR WOULDN'T START I HAD TO GET IT TOWED AGAIN TO THE SHOP BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. NOW HERE IT IS JUNE 2003 MY CAR IS SITTING IN THE DRIVE WAY RIGHT NOW AS I AM TYPING THIS INFORMATION. MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME AT 1:00 A.M. THIS MORNING FROM WORK WHEN THE CAR OVERHEATED AGAIN AND STARTED SMOKING. HE SAID SMOKE WAS ALSO COMING OUT OF THE BATTERY AND HE ALSO HEARD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR TODAY IS SATURDAY AND MY CAR HAS TO SIT IN THE DRIVEWAY UNTIL MONDAY MORNING THAT WHEN THE DEALER OPENS. I FEEL THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. I DON'T THINK IT IS FAIR FOR DEALERS TO BE ABLE TO SALE CARS THAT ARE IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION AND THE CAR IS SUPPOSE TO BE CERTIFIED. I AM MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE CAR AND I AM HAVING ALL THESE PROBLEMS. IT IS DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING AND THE CAR DECIDES TO CUT OFF ESPECIALLY AT 1:00 A.M. I HAVE TO BE AT WORK AT 3:45 A.M. AND MY SON GETS OFF WORK AT 1:00 A.M. THIS IS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE BOTH OF US. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023484June 20, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, STEERING, STRUCTURE, SUSPENSION:REAR
WE BOUGHT A USED CHEVROLET CAVALIER FROM THE YEAR 2000 WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY (GM CERTIFIED) FOR 3 MONTHS OR 3,000 MILES. SINCE THE BEGINNING THERE WERE 4 PROBLEMS NOT YET FIXED. 1 - THERE IS A POPPING NOISE UNDER THE BACK OF THE CAR. DEALER (KOONS CHEVROLET - WITHE MARSCH, MD) SAID HE COULDN'T DUPLICATE. AFTER BRINGING THE CAR FOR THE 3RD TIME, HE SAID THE BRAKES WERE DIRTY AND HE CLEANED THEM, BUT THIS NOISE IS STILL HERE, WHEN STARTING AT A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT FOR EXAMPLE, OR WHEN RIDING ON A ROUGH ROAD. 2 - THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE IN FRONT WHEN DRIVING. IT'S STOPPING WHEN PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT'S LINKED WITH THE BRAKES FOR SURE. THE PADS ARE NEW AND THE DEALER SAID THE ROTOR MAKES HIS NOISE, BUT HE REFUSED TO CHANGE IT (WHEREAS IT'S UNDER WARRANTY). HE SAID IT'S NOT UNSAFE. BUT THIS NOISE IS COMING LOUDER AND I FEEL LIKE A LOSS OF CONTROL. 3 - THE ABS LIGHT COME ON EVERY SINGLE DAY WHILE DRIVING AND NOT BRAKING. THE 1ST TIME, THE DEALER CHANGED THE BULB. THE 2ND TIME PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVE) HE CHANGED THE ALTERNATOR, BECAUSE MY CAR BROKE DOWN THE DAY BEFORE (NO MORE POWER AT ALL). HE SAID THE ALTERNATOR PUTTED A LOW VOLTAGE TO THE ABS CAUSING THE LIGHT TO TURN ON. THE PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVE. AND I NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DEALER. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS HAVE NOT BEEN SOLVED, AND THIS IS THE 5TH TIME I AM GOING TO THE DEALER. I THINK HE'S PLAYING WITH ME, SO THAT MY CAR WON'T BE UNDER WARRANTY ANY MORE, AND I WOULD PAY TO CHANGE STUFFS IN THE FUTURE. PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023313June 18, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 1998 CHEVROLET CAVALIER WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED AND SHE HAD NOT POWER. SHE TRIED TURNING ON A SIDE STREET SHE HAD NO POWER STEERING AND NO BRAKES. SHE TRIED TO GET OUT OF WAY OF A TRUCK THAT WAS APPROACHING HER BUT COULDN'T AND HER CAR WENT UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE CAR WAS TOTALED. THE ENGINE STALLED ONCE WHILE IT WAS IDLING SO SHE HAD TO GET IT JUMPED. MY HUSBAND AND I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT HAS LEFT SOMETHING ON OR WASN'T QUITE SURE ABOUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WHEN IT DIED WHILE BEING PARKED. I DROVE IT THE NEXT DAY AND IT SEEMED FINE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN SHE TOLD US THAT SOMETIMES WHEN SHE WOULD PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE IT WOULD DIE. SHE WOULD HAS TO PUT IT IN PARK AND THE RE-START THE ENGINE AND THE CAR WAS FINE. WE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR A MONTH. WE DON'T KNOW IF THE TRANSMISSION HAD PROBLEMS OR IF THIS WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10024385June 18, 2003
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION, THE CLUTCH GAVE OUT ON THE THIRD GEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023332June 18, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE A 1997 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. IT ONLY HAD LESS THEN EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND MILES ON IT AND THE ENGINE BLEW UP .I WAS TOLD THE REASON WHY WAS BECAUSE IT HAD A DEFECTIVE ROD IN IT. I HAVE ALL THE PARTS ECT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A DEFECT IN THE METAL IT GOES ALL THE WAY THREW THE ROD. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SUCH A NEW CAR WOULD BLOW UP . I TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF THAT CAR I HAD TO FIX SOME THINGS THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IS A JOKE OUT HERE THEY ARE WORTHLESS THY MISTREATED ME TOO. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO OR SOMEONE CAN DO ABOUT THIS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH DENISE BOOZER P.S. THAT'S APPR DATE WHEN IT HAPPENED. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024220June 17, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER REROUTED THE THROTTLE CABLES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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