1998 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints

TRUNK LATCH FAILED TWICE. *YC

SERPENTINE BELT FAILED. *YC

CHILD SAFTEY LOCKS OUT OF ORDER, DOOR DOES NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE AT ALL. YH

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVER HEAT. YH

RADIATOR FAN FAILED. YH

COMPUTER CHIP NEED REPROGRAMMING, CAUSING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. YH

ACCELERATED PAD WIGGLES ALL THE TIME, AND THE MOTOR MOUNTS ARE NOT TIGHT WHICH MAKES THE PAD MOVE ALL THE TIME. *AK

FRONT SEAT BELTS WONT RETRACT.THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND STILL WONT RETRACT. *AK

EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE STALLING WHENEVER TRAVELLING 25 MPH WITH THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL ON. ALSO, FRONT PADS AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 11,000 MILES, AND WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT CONDITION WAS NORMAL AT 11,000 MILES OF WEAR. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML

DURING WET WEATHER THE BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY HARD WHEN PRESSED AND YOU MUST APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. HAD PADS DEGLAZED AND ROTORS RESURFACED BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES DURING WET WEATHER.

AT 8 MILES BEFORE PURCHASE OF CAR WATER PUMP, GASKET, THERMOSTAT AND SEAL REPLACED BECAUSE OF COOLANT LEAK, AT 14,000 MILES WATER SENSOR REPLACE BECAUSE COOLANT LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON, AT 15,000 MILES COOLANT COMING ON AGAIN AND HEAD GASKET REPLACED. CLAIMS NO DAMAGE TO ENGINE BUT A MECHANIC TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT TELL UNLESS THEY TEAR ENGINE DOWN AND MIC IT. AT 5,000 MILES TRUNK LEAKED AT 15,000 MILES IN FOR CONTINUED TRUNK LEAK. FRONT PASSENGER DOOR STICKS. REAR PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE STICKS OUT FURTHER THAN REST. CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CAR. ALSO HAD TO HAVE MUD FLAPS INSTALLED AFTER PURCHASE, THEY WHERE SUPPOSE TO COME WITH IT. HAD TO HAVE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT FIXED BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT MOVE. CAR IS IN WILLIAM M FOWLER AND BARBARA A FOWLER

THERE HAS BEEN ONE THING WRONG AFTER THE OTHER EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR AND I BELIEVE IT A PIECE OF CRAP BUT I GUESS THAT I AM STUCK UP IT SINCE CHEVROLET DECLINED MY BUYBACK REQUEST.

GAS GAUGE VARIES BY AN 1/8 TO 1/4 AT RANDOM.

AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR A SHORT OR A LONG PERIOD AND WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED, THERE IS A BURNING SMELL THAT COMES OUT OF THE VENTILATION SYSTEM. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ON DECEMBER 12, 1998 I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. AS I FOLLOWED THE OTHER DRIVER TO A NEAR BY PARKING LOT TO EVALUATE THE DAMAGE MY AIR BAGS BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES WENT OFF. I BELIEVE THEY FAILED IN THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY DIDNT INFLATE UNTIL ABOUT 3 TO 5 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT WHEN WE WERE PULLING OFF THE ROAD. WHEN THEY FINALLY DID EJECT AND INFLATE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG COVER BLEW OUT AND SHATTERED MY WINSHIELD CAUSING AN ADDITIONAL $412 WORTH OF DAMAGE!!! I AM JUST GLAD IT WASNT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULD OF BEEN TOTALLY USELESS. I TRUELY BELIEVE THAT THE AIRBAGS WERE INOPERABLE AND CAUSED ME AN ADDITIONAL $412 IN THE COST OF MY REPAIRS TO MY VEHICLE. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT DUE TO THE FACT THEY WERE NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY I SHOULD BE INTITLED TO SOME SORT OF RETRIBUTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND RAPID RESPONSE TO MY PROBLEM AND CONCERN!!!

WHILE DRIVING 20-25MPH, GOING UP RAMP, FRONTAL IMPACT OCCURRED. BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BROKE WINDSHIELD AND SUNROOF. DEALER CONTACTED AND REPAIRS WILL BE MADE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SMELL OF BURNING WIRES WHEN DRIVING. RADIATOR HOSE FAILED PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS. ALSO, TRANSFER CASE MALFUNCTIONED PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS 98V013000. IN ADDITION, REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE INSIDE.

WHILE DRIVING THE ABS BRAKING LIGHT CAME ON, AND HAD NO BRAKING ABILITY WHICH CAUSED A REAR END COLLISION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. CURRENTLY AT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES CONSUMER CAN SMELL THE BRAKES BURNING. CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ROTORS/HOOD LATCH AND CALIPERS STICKING. ALSO, HAD THREE MUFFLERS REPLACED. THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING, AND THE PARKING BRAKE WON'T WORK. IN ADDITION, WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE ROCHER ARM GASKET, AND THE BRAKE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE WHEN I AT 2000RPMS AND I HAVE TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO WAY OF FIXING IT BECAUSE CHEVY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY HAD NOT FOUND WHAT WAS MAKING THE NOISE BUT THEY ALSO SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT TRYING TO FIX IT

CONSUMER MADE A RIGHT TURN AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. AFTER SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO START SLOWLY. ONCE STARTED, THE VEHCILE MERGED FORWARD AND BEGAN TO JERK BACK AND FORTH. CONSUMER PROCEEDED, SHE WAS DRIVING APPROX. 10-15MPH WHEN SHE BEGAN TO BRAKE FOR A VEHICLE AND THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES TO APPLY. CONSUMER HIT VEHICLE AT 15MPH. APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MINUTES LATER, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE WHINSHIELD SHATTERED. *AK

THE CAVALIER WAS DRIVEN TO WORK BY MY DAUGHTER ON 11-09-98. SHE PARKED THE CAR AND LOCKED IT AND WENT TO WORK AT THE AFTER SCHOOL DAY CARE FOR THE YMCA. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER, A PARENT ENTERED AND ASKED WHO OWNED THE CAVALIER BECAUSE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM IT'S ENGINE. BY THE TIME MY DAUGHTER RAN OUTSIDE THE CAR HAD BURST INTO FLAMES. THE SCHOOL CUSTODIANS TRIED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS BUT THEY WERE ONLY SUCCESSFUL IN PUTTING OUT THE FLAMES THAT RAN FROM MY CAR TO 2 OTHERS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE DUE TO EITHER FAULTY ELECTRICAL OR GAS LINES. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND THEY HAVE HAD THEIR INSPECTOR LOOK AT THE CAR ON 11-16-98. SINCE THE INSPECTOR LOOKED AT THE CAR, THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE JENNY YURENKA WILL NOT RETURN MY PHONE CALLS. A RECEPTIONIST INFORMED ME THAT IT WILL TAKE GM ANOTHER 14 DAYS TO DETERMINE WHAT TO DO WITH A CAR THAT BURSTS INTO FLAMES FOR NO APPARENT REASONS.

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS CAUSED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE (UNDERCARRIAGE) WHEN CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE OFF ROAD.

VEHICLE WILL JERK FORWARD WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK POSITION, AND STARTED ENGINE. DEALER HAS DONE AN ALIGNMENT/REPLACED STEERING BOX. DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE DEFECT. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING IN THE PIZZA HUT PARKING LOT, WAS DRIVING 00 MPH AND THE AIR BAG EXPLODED IN HER FACE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CAR WAS A RENTAL CAR FROM ALMO RENTAL CENTER. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER THREE TIMES, AND THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRS BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILED.

VEHICLE OWNED FOR 7 MONTHS. DOES NOT IDLE SMOOTHLY AND SKIPS. DOES NOT SHIFT EASILY.

LOW SPEED COLLISION AND FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE AND BURNS TO ARMS AND FACE.

BRAKES FAILED INSPECTION.

LOW SPEED CRASH CAUSED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY.

CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED AIR BAG DEPLOYEDMENT AT A 5 MPH, FENDER BENDER ON THE STREET. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND NO INJURY SUSTAINED. *AK

ALL LIGHTS INCLUDING ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FAILED.

ABS BRAKES; ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE BRAKES LOCK UP. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION AT ABOUT 40 MPH, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE HOME, AND PUT VEHICLE IN THE PARK POSITION. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END CRASH, TRAVELING AT 55 MPH, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE HOT GASES FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG BURNED THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER. THE DRIVER'S RIGHT ARM WAS BURNED. THE PASSEGNER RECEIVED BURNS ON THE CHIN/WRIST/ELBOW AND INSIDE OF THE RIGHT ARM. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.(ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).

BOTH FRONT STRUTS STARTED TO LEAK AND FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL ON WET OR ROUGH ROADS.

LEFT WINDSHIELD WIPER DOES NOT REACH THE LEFT EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD. IT STOPS 3-4 INCHES SHORT, LEAVING LEFT SIDE OF WINDSHIELD UNCLEAN. THIS OBSTRUCTS VISIBILITY DURING NORMAL DRIVING AND RAINY CONDITIONS.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 15300 MILES. SERVICEMAN INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT IT RESULTED FROM THE WAY DRIVER WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ABS BRAKES GO ON BY THEMSELVES INTERMITTENTLY AT HIGH SPEEDS WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF STARTUP.

WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, CAN HEAR REAR BRAKES SCRUBBING. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. THEY WOULD HOLD SOMETIMES. *AK

UNEVEN AMOUNT OF PAINT ON THE RIM OF THE TRUNK. DEFECTIVE DOOR GASKET. INOPERATIVE BRAKE LIGHTS.

FRONT WINDSHIELD GLARE CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY.