Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints

4,662 consumer complaints on file.

#10073939May 15, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S IGNITION SWITCH. *MR RECALL#04V036000. THE VEHICLE REQUIRED A NEW IGNITION SWITCH, STARTER AND BATTERY. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073485May 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE BUT IT FAILED TO DO SO. CONSUMER LIFTED UP THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT MAIN WIRE TO STARTER CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH DUE TO A WORN OUT RELAY SWITCH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066807May 11, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, TIRES
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE RPM WOULD GO TO 3000 WITH THE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR. THE CONSUMER ENGAGED THE CLUTCH AND HIT THE GAS PEDAL AND THE RPM'S WENT BACK TO NORMAL OF 950 RPMS. THE VEHICLE HAD 172 MILES AND WHEN THE CONSUMER CHECKED THE TIRES, THEY WERE 24 LBS. THE RECOMMENDED PRESSURE SHOULD OF BEEN 32 LBS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073411May 10, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAIL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073368May 7, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
POSSIBLE BRAKE OR ACCELERATOR DEFECT IN 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. *MR THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS THREE INCHES HIGHER THAN THE ACCELERATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER IN WHICH THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073366May 7, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS ARE WORN ON 2001 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. (NAR) *MR ROTORS DETERIORATED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE, AND CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT ROTORS SHOULD BE REPLACED AFTER LESS THAN 45,000 MILES. *LA *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068443May 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY ENGINE'S COOLING SYSTEM EVER SINCE I GOT IT. IT CONSISTENTLY OVER- HEATS, LEAKS COOLANT AND I BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE FAN. MY CAR FINALLY BROKE DOWN FROM IT AND I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PAY HUNDREDS OF MORE DOLLARS TOGET THE PROBLEM FIXED. I HAVE 2 FRIENDS THAT HAVE THE EXACT SAME CAR WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. I AM SO SICK OF TAKING THIS CAR IN FOR PROBLEMS. ALSO, THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE FAN BELT AND PARALLEL PULLIES, WHICH I WAS TOLD BY AAA. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072261May 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068463May 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
IN JANUARY 2004 THE CHECK COOLANT GUAGE WOULD LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY, THEN ON A DAILY BASIS, AND VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC HAD FOUND THAT THERE WAS COOLANT LEAKAGE FROM THE RADIATOR AND HAD ADVISED THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072303May 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY VEHICLE STALLED. HIGHWAY STATE PATROL HAD TO GIVE CONSUMER A RIDE BECAUSE VEHICLE DID NOT RESTART. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A GARAGE, AND MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT THE PROBLEM RELATED TO THE PART THAT WAS PUT ON BY THE FORD DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIR. MECHANIC TOOK THE PART OFF AND THE VEHICLE STARTED. HE PUT IT BACK ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER INDICATED THE PART THAT FORD WAS USING FOR RECALL REPAIR WAS FAULTY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072308May 7, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
SIDEWALL TIRE SEPARATION. UNIROYAL P185/70R14. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068233May 3, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
CHILD SAFETY LOCK WILL NOT UNDO ON THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. MECHANIC COULD NOT REPAIR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068157May 1, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
I HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE REAR BRAKE/SIGNAL LIGHTS KEEP BURNING OUT DUE TO BAD SOCKETS AND BULBS. COMBINED, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE FIVE (5) LIGHT BULBS (THREE (3) ON THE RIGHT AND TWO (2) ON THE LEFT). THE FIRST TIME WAS APRIL OR MAY 2003 ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WHEN I WAS STILL IN PITTSBURGH. THE SECOND TIME WAS IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER 2003, ALSO ON THE RIGHT SIDE, BUT THIS TIME WAS IN PORT ORANGE, FL, WHERE I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE SOCKET PROBLEM. THE THIRD TIME WAS TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING THE SECOND INCIDENT, THIS TIME ON THE LEFT SIDE, BUT THE DEALERSHIP HAD THE SOCKETS ON BACK ORDER. THE FOURTH TIME WAS IN JANUARY 2004, AGAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE, THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SOCKET. THE FIFTH TIME WAS APRIL 30, 2004, AGAIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AFTER THE SOCKET WAS REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071885April 30, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
WHEN THE FUEL IN THE TANK REACHED A QUARTER EMPTY, VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS IS DUE TO THE FUEL TANK CAP WAS SCREWED ON TO TIGHT. THE CONSUMER FEELS THIS INFORMATION IS UNTRUE BECAUSE THE CAP CAN ONLY BE TIGHTEN TO A CERTAIN POINT. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071837April 29, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE DRIVING UPHILL AT 20-25 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED LOW TRACTION INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHING. CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO GAIN SPEED AND ENGINE STALLED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071839April 29, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD JERK FORWARD. A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS, AND BOTH FRONTAL ROTORS BECAUSE THEY WORE OUT PREMATURELY. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC BRAKES PADS WERE REPLACED TWO TO THREE MONTHS AGO, AND THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064953April 29, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER TOWED THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER WENT TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE A RECALL REPAIR ON THE VEHICLE (TYPE OF RECALL REPAIR WASN'T STATED). WHEN THE REPAIR WAS FINISHED, CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE IN THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER ASKED THE MECHANIC WHERE THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM. THE MECHANIC COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE AND THOUGHT THAT THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE BELT FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER. CONSUMER DECIDED TO HAVE IT CONSULTED TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE MECHANIC BY (PRESUMABLY) A FRIEND OF THE CONSUMER. AS THE DRIVER WAS ABOUT TO RESUME COMING FROM A STOP SIGN, STEERING RACK AND PINION MECHANISM FELL WHICH ALSO LED TO STEERING LOCK-UP. THE STEERING FAILURE RESULTED THE DRIVER TO OVER TURN VEHICLE INTO A DITCH. POLICE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT BOLT FROM THE FALLEN MECHANISM WAS MISSING. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067894April 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND CAR WOULDNT START. TRIED TO START SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS. DISCONNECTED /RECONNECTED BATTERY ATTEMPTED TO START AGAIN WITH NO SUCCESS. TRIED TO START AGAIN SEVERAL HOURS LATER AND CAR STARTED JUST FINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURED.NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY SEEMED WRONG CAR DROVE JUST FINE. THERE IS NO LINK BETWEEN THIS HAPPENING WETHER WE JUST DROVE IT OR IT SAT ALL NIGHT IT HAS OCCURED EITHER WAY. WE PURCHASED THE CAR USED FROM A DEALER AND WAS NEVER AWARE OF ANY THEFT SYSTEM AT ALL. AS FAR AS WE KNOW THERE ISNT ONE IN THIS VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067911April 27, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL, EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS, EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER, EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS
THE TRANMISSION IN THESE CARS ARE VERY FAULTY, AND THE COMPANY SHOULD RE-CALL THEM. I THINK THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THEM TO EXPLAIN THEMSELVES TO THE CONSUMER FOR WE OUR THE PEOPLE BUYING THESE BAD CARS. I JUST BOUGHT MINE AND IT HAS A TRANS. PROBLEM ALREADY AND THE CAR ONLY HAS 83,000 MILES ON IT. I WANT ANSWERS ON THIS AND THE COMPANY TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS ON THESE CARS. THERE WERE OVER (66_) NOTED PROBLEMS ON THIS CAR ALONE AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS MADE THEM BAD THEN YOU GUYS MAKE THEM RIGHT AND SEND OUT RECALL NOTICES TO THE CONSUMER. BEFORE SOME-ONE COULD GET HURT IN A REALLY BAD CAR ACCIDENT OR EVEN DIE IN ONE BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT PUT RECALLS OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THESE CARS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067751April 24, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
I HAVE HAD MY 1998 CHEVROLET CAVALIER FOR ALMOST 5 YEARS NOW; IN FEB. 2003 I HAD TO PAY 321.25 TO HAVE AN IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED IN MY CAR (WHICH WAS AN RECALL ISSUE); I ASKED MARTIN BURKS CHEVROLET ON FOREST PARK PARKWAY IN FOREST PARK, GA IF THE IGNITION PROBLEM WAS A RECALL ISSUE AND BOB ALLEN, THE AUTO PART SERVICE MANAGER LIED TO ME AND STATED THAT IT WAS NOT A RECALL ISSUE, SO I PAID $321.25 FOR REPAIR SERVICE TO FIND OUT A YEAR LATER THAT THE IGNITION SYSTEM PROBLEM WAS A RECALL ISSUE. SO I WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT CHEVROLET HAS AUTO REPAIR SERVICE CENTERS WITH WORKERS THAT LIES TO CONSUMERS JUST TO TAKE THEIR MONEY. AT THIS PRESENT TIME, MY 1998 CHEVROLET CAVALIER WILL NOT START BECAUSE SOMETHING IS BLOCKING THE FUEL FROM REACH THE MOTOR/ENGINE (WHICH IS ANOTHER RECALL PROBLEM) BUT NOT ACCORDING TO THE CHEVROLET MANUFACTURER; MY WHEELS FEELS AS IF THEY ARE WOBBLING SOMETIMES; AND MY STEERING COLUMN IS MAKING A SQUEAKING SOUND WHEN I TURN IT LEFT OR RIGHT. BY PUTTING IN THE VIN NUMBER, I FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN FOUR RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT THE MANUFACTURER STATES THAT THERE HAS BEEN ONLY ONE RECALL, SOMEONE IS AGAIN LYING AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS THE CARFAX REPORT. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTIES ON THEIR VEHICLES LONGER THAN THEY DO BECAUSE THEIR VEHICLES ARE LEARNED TO BE DEFECTIVE BEFORE A LIFETIME OF 5 YEARS IS UP (PRE YEARS LIFESPAN) FOR ANY VEHICLE AND THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT BE MADE TO PURCHASE THE WARRANTIES, BUT GMPP (GENERAL MOTORS PROTECTION PLAN) SHOULD REISSUE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN SOMEONE HAVE HAD AS MANY PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLES AS I HAVE WITHIN THESE LAST TWO YEARS. I FEEL THAT THESE HEADACHES AND EXPENSES COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF MARTIN BURKS HAD FIXED MY CAR THE FIRST TIME; I ALSO FEELS THAT MARTIN BURKS CHEVROLET IS AN UNTRUSTWORTHY SERVICE CENTER. I WILL ALSO BE CONTACTING THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU TO INFORM THEM OF THE UNSATISFIED SERVICE I HAVE HAD WITH MARTIN BURKS CHEVROLET SERVICE CENTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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