Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints

4,662 consumer complaints on file.

#10062531March 18, 2004
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
I DISCOVERED AT 1500 MILES MY 2004 CAVALIER LS HAD A LEAK APPARENT IN THE ROOF LINER. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND TURNS OUT THE REAR BACK WINDOW SEAL WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED AND WAS CRIMPED UPON INSTALLATION AT THE FACTORY. THE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BY GM AND WAS FIXED TO MY SATISFACTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058037March 17, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN GEAR WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKES ENGINE WILL START RACING, AND VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. DRIVER HAS TO SHUT DOWN ENGINE TO STOP IT FROM RACING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062304March 16, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY
MOISTURE COLLECTS INSIDE MY VEHICLE, WHENEVER IT RAINS THERE IS WATER STANDING IN MY FLOOR BOARDS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063287March 16, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE TO WARM IT UP AND WENT BACK INTO THE OFFICE. VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES WITHIN 10 MINUTES. THE FLAMES WERE UNDER THE HOOD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063186March 15, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO A 80 DEGREE ANGLE HEAR A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062255March 15, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
I WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT TO PULL OUT OF A PARALLEL PARKING SPACE WHEN I HEARD SOMETHING POP AND IT SUDDENLY FELT AS IF MY CAR HAD LOST ALL POWER STEERING. ONE MONTH LATER I HEARD OF RACK AND PINION STEERING RECALL ON 1998 CAVALIERS WHICH IS WHAT I DRIVE AND MY CAR HAD ALL OF THE EFFECTS OF WHAT WERE LISTED. AFTER TAKING MY CAR INTO A CHEVY DEALER, I WAS TOLD MY CAR DID NOT FIT THE RECALL AND THAT I NEEDED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION. I ASKED IF THEY HAD CHECKED MY TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND THEY SAID YES THAT THERE WAS PLENTY AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY 1200 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. I DECLINED THEIR SERVICES TO FIX MY VEHICLE AND LATER HAD MY UNCLE WHO IS AN AIRPLACE MECHANIC TAKE A LOOK AT IT. HE TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY TRANSMISSION I WAS JUST VERY VERY LOW ON FLUID. MY TRANSMISSION IS PERFECT NOW AND HE AGREES THAT MY CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL SEEING AS THE RACK AND PINION STEERING HAS BROKEN. REPEATEDLY I HAVE CALLED GM TO NO AVAIL ON WHY MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL, AND I FEEL VERY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY THE CHEVY DEALER OUTZ CHEVROLET FOR NOT BEING HONEST WITH ME ABOUT MY CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062019March 12, 2004
SUSPENSION
WITH ONLY .5 INCHES OF SNOW MY CAR (A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER) LOST COMPLETE CONTROL AND SMASHED INTO THE CURB. THIS WAS WHILE TRAVELING AT LESS THAN 10MPH. I FEEL THE COMBINATION OF 16" TIRES AND THE SPORTS SUSPENSION (BOTH STANDARD ON THE CAR) WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063120March 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
NHTSA RECALL 04V036000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. RECALL WAS NOT BEING HONORED BY THE DEALER, WHO INSTALLED THE WIRING HARNESS, USED TO PREVENT HIGH CURRENT FLOW. HOWEVER, DEALER DID NOT INSTALL THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE DEALER ASKED CONSUMER TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSIS WHEN THEY WON'T CHANGE THE IGNITION SWITCH. CURRENTLY VEHICLE DID NOT START. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063137March 12, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ABS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ABS MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062052March 12, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
NOISE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. THE NOISE WAS ACTUALLY COMING FROM THE RIGHT STRUT MOUNT. DEALERS REPLACED MOUNT UNDER WARRANTY.I DON'T KNOW WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THIS CAVALIER AM CONVINCED IT IS A POORLY BUILT AUTOMOBILE AND A LEMON.GM SHOULD REPLACE THIS VEHICLE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AT NO CHARGE,BUT NOT A CAVALIER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063005March 11, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN BRAKING THERE IS A NOISE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061942March 11, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
BRAKE LIGHT/TURN SIGNAL BULBS HAVE BURNED OUT 4 TIMES(LEFT 2 TIMES, RIGHT 2 TIMES) IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062907March 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM. SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE IN 1999 CONSUMER HAD THIS VEHICLE BACK AND FORTH IN THE REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANICS KEPT TELLING HER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. ALSO, SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE 4 BATTERIES BURNED OUT. VEHICLE HAD LEFT CONSUMER STRANDED, AND SHE HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERS, AND ONCE TO HER HOME. ONCE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WAS SOLVED, BUT VEHICLE STILL NEEDED AN ALTERNATOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060840March 9, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
THE RACK AND PINION ON MY CAR FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING IT. I HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A RECALL ON THE LOWER PINION SEPERATION AS OF JAN. 2003, IT ONLY SEEMS TO COVER A CERTAIN RANGE OF VIN #'S FOR THIS MAKE. MY MECHANIC CALLED IN JAN. OF '03, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN ANY INFORMATION ON IT. I GUESS UNTIL A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN, AND THERE ARE NO INJURIES, THE MANUFACTURERE DOES NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. I HAVE 3 YOUNG KIDS, AND I CAN NOT WAIT FOR A FATALITY FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060474March 5, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
I PURCHASED FOUR FIREHAWK SS20 P215/60R14 RWL TIRES FOR MY 89 CAVALIERZ24 ON 04/19/01 IN JACKSONVILLE FL. AT STORE #005770 OR #018538-THERE ARE TWO NUMBERS. THEY HAVE BEEN ROTATED TWICE SINCE THEN. RECENTLY, I HAVE NOTICED THAT ONE OF MY TIRES IS SEPARATING ABOVE THE WHITE LETTERS IN PERFECT BI-SECTION OF THE MOLD OUTLETS(THE LITTLE RUBBER FINGER LIKE THINGIES HA HA). TO ME THIS IS ODD. I WAS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC FOR THE NAVY AND HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. AS A COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE GONE BY THE SPLITTING HAS BECOME WORSE AND IS STARTING ON THE OTHER MOLD OUTLETS. THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE INTEGRITY OF THE RUBBER COMPOSITION ON THAT TIRE FOR IT TO SPLIT OR SEPARATE LIKE THAT. THE TIRE IS DATED FOR LATE 2000 AND HAS A TREAD DEPT OF 5 STILL LEFT ON IT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060489March 5, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I HAVE ALREADY REPORTED A COMPLAINT TO GENERAL MOTORS AND HAVE A FILE #. I WARNED THEM AND EXPERIENCED MYSELF THAT THE ABS WERE DANGEROUS AND I WAS EXPOSED TO NEAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE BRAKES FREEZING AND SKIDDING WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR PATCH OF ICE. THE BRAKES SKID AND DO NOT STOP. THIS COMPLAINT WAS PUT IN OVER SIX MONTHS AGO. NOW MY DAUGHTER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. SHE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THE BRAKES SKIDDING AND NOT STOPPING. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10059837February 26, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED HEATER DID NOT WORK. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND HEATER WAS REPLACED. ALSO, ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS DEALER REPLACED WIRING HARNESS AND CONNECTION WIRES. ON ANOTHER OCCASION ENTIRE BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE SOCKETS. IN ALL, VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES IN SEVEN MONTHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059871February 26, 2004
SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER
CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE OVER A POT HOLE, AND IT FELT LIKE THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE WAS ABOUT TO COME APART. CONSUMER SMELLED GAS, AND VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, AND HE REPLACED THE SHOCK TOWERS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. ABOUT SIX WEEKS LATER, CONSUMER FELT SOMETHING DRAGGING. TOOK BACK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED THE SHOCK TOWERS ON THE LEFT SIDE. *AK RIGHT REAR SHOCK TOWER WAS ALSO REPAIRED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058987February 25, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER PURCHASED NEW AUGUST 23, 2003 BILL HEARD CHEVROLET,COLUMBUS GA. BRAKE LIGHT HAVE BURNED OUT TWICE SINCE THAT DATE. ONCE IN NOVEMBER 2003 AND AGAIN IN FEBRUARY 2004.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058902February 24, 2004
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
SINCE DEC. 5 2003 I HAVE HAD ALL 4 TIRES ON MY CAVALIER REPLACED BECAUSE THE STEEL BELTS BROKE IN THE GOODYEAR CONQUEST TIRE SIZE P195/70R14 WITH LESS THAN 25475 MILES ON THE TIRES.THESE TIRES NEED TO BE RECALLED AND TAKEN OFF THE MARKET UNTIL GOOD REPLACES THEM WITH A BETTER BUILT TIRE.I BELIEVE THE GOODYEAR CONQUEST TIRE IS A VERY DANGEROUS TIRE AND COULD CAUSE A DEADLY ACCIDENT AND COULD HAVE ALLREADY CAUSED SOME.THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENED WHEN MY TIRES WERE REPLACED , THEY WERE REPLACED BY THE GOODYEAR CONQUEST TIRE, WHICH IS LIKE REPLACING DEADLY TIRES WITH DEADLY TIRE.TODAY I HAD THE LAST TWO REPLACED BECAUSE OF BROKEN BELTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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