Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints

4,662 consumer complaints on file.

#10083853July 29, 2004
SUSPENSION:REAR
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH A FIRE STARTED ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, WHO DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080047July 29, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
WHILE DRIVING, THE HORN FAILED TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *AK THERE WAS ERRATIC HORN OPERATION. THE HORN DIDN'T WORK 50% OF THE TIME. THE DEALERS NEVER RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083975July 28, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE FAILURE. *MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED STARTING PROBLEMS DESCRIBED IN RECALL# 04V036000. THE CONSUMER WOULD PLACE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, TURN THE KEY TO THE START POSITION AND THE ENGINE FAILED TO START. THE ORIGINAL SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *SC THE CONSUMER DID NOT BELIEVE THE RECALL WAS EVER PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, SINCE THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT PROBLEMS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083388July 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
COMPLAINT REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH IGNITION CIRCUITS.*MR THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE RECALL SYMPTOMS 2 DAYS PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082586July 24, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS WILL RUST AND PIT WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RAIN OR IN VERY HUMID WEATHER IF CAR IS NOT USED TO RUB OFF RUST. PITTED ROTOR CAUSES HEAVY VIBRATION WHENEVER I APPLY THE BRAKE. TO CORRECT PROBLEM I MUST HAVE ROTORS RESURFACED OR REPLACED OFTEN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083726July 23, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE STARTING UP AS WELL AS GETTING THE HEADLIGHTS TO WORK.*MR THE CONSUMER HAD THE RECALL WORK PERFORMED WHICH WAS RELATED TO THE IGNITION. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE IGNITION FAILURE MAY HAVE ALSO CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE HEADLIGHTS. THE RECALL STATED THAT THE HIGH CURRENT COULD PRODUCE ENOUGH HEAT TO MELT INTERNAL SWITCH PARTS. THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED SMOKING AND A BURNING SMELL AT THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE TECHNICIAN THAT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH SHORTED OUT AND THAT REPAIR WOULD COST $270. THE CONSUMER FEELS THIS SHOULD BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE IGNITION RECALL. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083890July 23, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS
POST ARBITRATION EVIDENCE IN RESPONSE TO NEW DOCUMENTS PROVIDED REQUEST REPURCHASE OF 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER.*MR THE CONSUMER WENT THROUGH ARBITRATION BECAUSE OF CONTINUING REAR LIGHT PROBLEMS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083512July 22, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES AT A LOW SPEED, A CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PART HAS BEEN REPAIRED FIVE TIMES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083543July 21, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER.*MR THE VEHICLE TAIL LIGHT SHORTED OUT THREE TIMES THEN THE CIRCUIT SHORTED OUT. THE GAS GAUGE WOULD FLUCTUATE. COLD STARTS. THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE AT STOP LIGHT OR STALL OUT COMPLETELY. THE DRIVER' S SIDE SPEAKER BLEW. THE CD PLAYER WOULD EJECT THE CD WHILE IT WAS PLAYING. THE RPM GAUGE BOUNCED. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE ALTERNATOR MADE NOISE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083384July 21, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE DOOR TO OPEN WHILE IN MOTION. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081345July 19, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
WHEN DRIVING, CAN SMELL COOLANT AND SEE GREASY FILM ON WINDSHIELD. WHICH MAKES ALL OCCUPANTS THIRSTY. (THIS WAS EVEN BEFORE IT HIT MORE THAN A HUNDRED MILES) OVERFLOW COMPARTMENT FOR COOLANT STARTED OVERFLOWING AND LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON. ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE KEEPS MOVING AROUND, AND STAYS ABOVE NORMAL MOST OF THE TIME. WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR JUST DIED OUT ON ME, I RESTARTED THE CAR AND MOVED OFF THE BUSY HIGHWAY. WITH ALL OF THESE INCIDENTS, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SHOP BUT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE HEAT SENSOR WAS OUT AS WELL AS THE THERMOSTAT. THE GAUGE CONTINUED TO MOVE UP AND DOWN. I HAD A FUEL PUMP REPLACED BUT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART. THIS WAS ALL IN THE COURSE OF THREE MONTHS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082054July 15, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, SEATS, SUSPENSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
VARIOUS PROBLEMS REGARDING 1993 CHEVROLET CAVALIER..ONE COMPLAINT SUBMITTED ON NUMEROUS MVOQ FORMS. *MR CONSUMER LOST BRAKES WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE FLUID LINE FAILED. FUEL LINE FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL COMPONENTS OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT WERE FALLING APART. RUST WAS EVIDENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LOWER PART OF THE VEHICLE'S BODY, FROM FRONT WHEEL TO REAR WHEEL. FRONT AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS WORK INTERMITTENTLY ESOECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BACK STARTED TO COLLAPSE AND EVENTUALLY FAILED COMPLETELY -- SEAT BACK COLLAPSED TWICE. CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED SUSPENSION PROBLEMS AND TROUBLE STARTING VEHICLE. WATER COMING IN TO THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE FOR STATE INSPECTION FOR WHICH IT FAILED DUE TO BALL JOINT. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THREE OCCURRENCES OF HEADLIGHT FAILURES ON VEHICLE. RADIATOR FAILED WITH NO EXTERNAL CAUSE. LEAKING IN WIINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER FLUID TANK. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082077July 14, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED REGARDING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. *MR THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. RECALL# 04V036000. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE REQUIRED A NEW IGNITION SWITCH, STARTER AND BATTERY. THE STARTER WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IT APPEARED THAT THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS HAD A SHORT SERVICE SPAN IN THIS MAKE/MODEL. *SC THE CONSUMERS BILL TOTALED OVER SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT WAS SENT A CHECK FOR 136.62 FOR THE PART WHICH PERTAINED TO THE RECALL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081039July 14, 2004
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I HAVE AN EXCESSIVE GRINDING FEEL WITHIN THE CLUTCH PEDAL. A TSB FOR THIS HAS BEEN ISSUED AND SO FAR THE VEHICLE IS 6 MONTHS OLD. 2 CLUTCH ASSEMBLIES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND ONE FLYWHEEL. THE ORIGINAL TSB STATES DO NOT REPLACE THE CLUTCH COMPONENTS AND FLYWHEEL BECAUSE THIS WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. GM, WHY ARE YOU GOING AGAINST YOUR OWN TECHNICAL EXPERTS ADVISE? WANT TO PREVENT A DEVASTATING RECALL BY HOODWINKING YOUR CUSTOMERS IN SAYING THE PROBLEM IS DESIGNED IN THE TRANSMISSION AS NORMAL? THIS HAS TO BE UP CHANNELED TO HIGHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. LEMON LAWS AND IGNORANT AND COMPLACENT CUSTOMERS WHO ARE AFRAID OF GOING THE DISTANCE WILL ONLY ALLOW THEIR INVESTMENTS TO BE TRADED OR JUST LIVE WITH THE COMPLAINT. LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF 2000-2004 CAVALIERS, SUNFIRES AND MALIBUS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE COMBINATION IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. I WISH THERE WAS A FORUM TO ALLOW CROSS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OWNERS FOR A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT. THIS IS AMERICA. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD I GET BETTER RETURN SERVICE AT WAL MART FOR DEFECTIVE MERCHANDISE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081063July 14, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TRACK OFF LIGHT COMES ON AND THAN THE CAR WILL JUST STOP/STALL. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TO 5 TIMES IN DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATIONS; IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEFT TURN. THE DEALER HAS HAD THE CAR TWICE AND ARE UNABLE TO MAKE THE PROBLEM REOCCUR. THEY CAN SEE ON THE COMPUTER THAT IT STOPPED BUT THAT IS ALL. THE SERVICE DEPT AT THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN WONDERFUL THEY JUST CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. I AM VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081072July 14, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE TRIM AROUND MY DASHBOARD CONTINUES TO CRACK IN THE SAME PLACE. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE ALREADY. EVERYONE THAT I KNOW HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE. A FRIEND HAS A 1997 CAVALIER WITH THE SAME DAMAGE. MY SON HAS A 1999 CAVALIER, SAME DAMAGE. MY WIFE HAS A COWORKER AND I HAVE 2 COWORKERS THAT ALSO OWN 2000 CAVALIERS, SAME DAMAGE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS A STRESS FRACTURE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080950July 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND THE FUEL INJECTORS WERE REPLACED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE NEXT 4 TIMES (ALL IN THE SAME DAY) I WAS DRIVING TO AND FROM PENSACOLA, FLORIDA ON INTERSTATE 110 AND HIGHWAY 98 AND THE GAS FILTER AND SPARK PLUGS WERE CHANGED. THESE INCIDENTS WERE IN THE SPRING 2003. THE DEALER INFORMED ME IN APRIL 2003 THAT THE SPARK PLUGS WERE THE PROBLEM AND THEY FIXED IT AND SAID WE SHOULD BE FINE. THE MOST RECENT EPISODE WAS ON HIGHWAY 20 IN NICEVILLE, FLORIDA. I WAS DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AND NEWBORN WHEN THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AGAIN AND THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT GETTING HIT. CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING WITH NO WARNING AND WAS STRANDED ON THE INTERSTATE AND BUSY HIGHWAY. MOST RECENTLY THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE FIXED. THIS CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND I BOUGHT IT NEW WITH KEEPING THE MAINTENCE UP. AS OF NOW THE CAR CANNOT BE STARTED AND THEY HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I AM CONCERNED AS THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE WHERE I COULD NOT GET TO THE SHOULDER OR ON THE LOCAL MILE LONG BRIDGE WHERE THERE IS NO PLACE TO PULL OVER TO. I AM JUST GLAD MY WIFE AND CHILD WERE NOT INJURED THIS TIME. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081829July 13, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED WITH REPLACING THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT BULBS ON THE LEFT SIDE 3 TIMES WITHIN 9 MONTHS. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081881July 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC THAT COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE RESET AND RESET IT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080753July 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, EVERY MONTH OR SO IT WILL TURN OVER ONCE AND THE POWER WILL SHUT OFF AND WHEN I LET OFF THE KEY IT WILL COME BACK ON. THEN TRY TO START AGAIN AND IT WILL. MAYBE A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION OR STARTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

← Back to Chevrolet Cavalier