1999 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints

MORE THAN ONE INCIDENT: BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHTS ARE ON. THE ABS MOTOR PACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND WAS TOLD BY CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM. BAD MOTOR PACK DUE TO CORROSION IN GEARS IN MOTOR PACK. THIS CAUSES ABS TO "SHUT OFF" BUT ALSO FOR BREAKS TO DRAG, STICK, PREMATURE BREAK WEAR, AND WARPED ROTORS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS ISSUE. NEWER DESIGN OF MOTOR PACK CONSISTS OF ELECTRONIC SOLENOID. CHEVROLET NEEDS TO RECALL THIS!*AK

BRAKE LIGHT FAILED TO OPERATE BECAUSE THERE WERE ONLY TWO WIRES CONNECTED TO THE BRAKE CLUSTER. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR A RELAY SWITCH. AFTER RECEIVING THE VEHICLE IT WAS MAKING A WINNING NOISE, AND THE CLOCK ON THE RADIO WAS FLICKERING. DEALER STATED THE ALTERNATOR WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

RECALL 02V286000 CONCERNING POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY. THE STEERING WHEEL INTERMITTENTLY LOCKED UP WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS. CONSUMER SAW ON NHTSA WEBSITE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM INVOLVING 1996-1998 VEHICLES, BUT THE 1999 VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY. *NM

COMPLAINT REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH IGNITION CIRCUITS.*MR THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE RECALL SYMPTOMS 2 DAYS PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE. *NM

WHEN DRIVING THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND RELEASED. THEN VEHICLE SLID. CONSUMER REPLACED BRAKES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT EVERY 4500 MILES RACK AND PINION STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THEY WILL GIVE CONSUMER $600.00 CREDIT TOWARDS A NEW VEHICLE. THIS WAS UNACCEPTABLE TO THE CONSUMER. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH DASHBOARD LIGHTS BLINKING ON AND OFF.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR THE STARTER SYSTEM. THE DEALER REPLACED THE HARNESS. AFTER THE RECALL WAS DONE THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE DASH LIGHT WOULD BLINK ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT A CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY $592.86 FOR THIS REPAIR. THE DEALER EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THE WIRES BEHIND THE DASH HAD LOOSENED WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER FEELS THE VEHICLE MAY BE TOO DELICATE IF IT CANNOT STAND A FEW BUMPS IN THE ROAD. *NM

THE HIGH BEAMS AND DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS FAIL INTERMITTENLY. *MR THE WIRES RUBBED UNDERNEATH THE BATTERY TRAY. (FOUND CORRODED SPLICES IN THE HARNESS UNDER THE BATTERY TRAY) THE RUNNING LIGHT INDICATOR ON THE DASHBOARD WAS OFF AGAIN AND THE HIGH BEAM INDICATOR WAS ALWAYS ON WHEN THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH WAS IN EITHER POSITION. THE PROBLEM WITH THE RUNNING LIGHTS WAS YET ANOTHER CORRODED AND SHORTED OUT A WIRE FORM THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS. (FOUND WIRING C101 CORRODED AND CIRCUIT 1200 AT C101 WAS REPAIRED) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT CAUSED BY A BAD SENSOR, BUT ANOTHER BAD WIRE LEADING TO A SENSOR. (FOUND WIRING TO THE VENT SOLENOID BAD) THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK NOISE IN THE REAR WHEN HITTING LARGE BUMPS DUE TO WORN REAR STRUT MOUNTS. *SC

APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS AFTER THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED IGNITION SWITCH RECALL 04V036000 REPAIRS THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *MR *NM

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE,THEN VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. UPON IMPACT, SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

INSTRUMENT PANEL DOES NOT ILLUMINATE ANYMORE. ALSO, FUSES DO NOT WORK , AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES. *AK

SAME DEFECTIVE BEARING PROBLEM IN STEERING AS 2000 AND CHEVROLET CAVILIERS. BEARING IS NOISY WHEN WHEEL IS TURNED. COULD CAUSE STEERING WHEEL TO FREEZE OR LOCKUP UPON BINDING. BEARING IS A UNIVERSAL SWIVAL TYPE BEARING LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEERING COLUMN, JUST IN FRONT OF THE FIREWALL AND IS COVERED BY A RUBBER BOOT. THE BEARING MAKES A NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. THE NOISE GOES AWAY WHEN THE BEARING IS SPRAYED OVER AND OVER WITH WD-40, BUT COMES BACK AFTER A THOUSAND MILES OF DRIVING. OTHER 2000 - 2002 CAVALIERS WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THE 1999 CAVALIERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM LIKE THIS ONE AND SHOULD ALSO BE BROUGHT TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION AND RECALLED. *JB

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

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

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

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER, AND MECHANIC REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

THE SHIFTING LEVER FREEZES AND YOUR UNABLE TO PULL CAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE ALSO THE LINKAGE HAS TENDANCY TO FREEZE AND NOT REGISTER . *AK

MY '99 CHEVROLET CAVALIER (Z24) SUFFERED BRAKE FAILURE IN DEC. OF 2003. THE ROADS WERE ICY--HAD BEEN SNOWING ALL DAY, AND IT WAS STILL SNOWING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH. I APPLIED THE BRAKES IN AN EASY MANNER, BUT THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. THE CAR CONTINUED AT THE SAME RATE OF SPEED. MY FOOT FELT LIKE IT WAS STEPPING ON STEEL--THERE WAS NO BRAKE ACTION WHATSOEVER. I HAD PLENTY OF BRAKING DISTANCE, AS I WAS TRAVELING VERY CAUTIOUSLY IN THESE SNOWY CONDITIONS. (THERE WERE AN ABOVE AVERAGE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THAT DAY DUE TO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS.) I HAD BEEN TRAVELING THIS SAME STRETCH OF ROAD FOR MANY BLOCKS AND IT WAS A STOP AND GO 40 MPH STRETCH OF ROAD. A LEXUS SUV WAS PARKED AT A SEMAPHORE INTERSECTION WAITING AT A RED LIGHT. I DECLARED BRAKE FAILURE AT THE SCENE, AND AFTER THE OFFICER HAD CLEARED THE SCENE I NOTICED MY ABS WARNING LIGHT WAS ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR TO HAVE THE BRAKES ANALYZED AND DOCUMENTED FOR BRAKE FAILURE. THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS DULY NOTED AND ANALYZED AND I WAS TOLD THE ABS MOTOR NEEDED REPAIR. WHEN I HAD THE REPAIRS DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT THAT NEEDED REPAIR. THE BRAKE FAILURE ITSELF WAS ALARMING, BUT WHAT IS ADDITIONALLY DISTURBING IS THAT I HAD MY BRAKES REPAIRED IN JAN. OF 2003, BECAUSE I COMPLAINED THE ABS SYSTEM WAS MAKING STRANGE, RATTLING NOISES --LIKE IT WAS FALLING APART. THE DEALERSHIP FIXED THE BRAKES, SAYING THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG W

CD WILL NOT PLAY. GET ERROR MESSAGE. KNOB ON MIRROR FELL OFF. BATTERY WAS REPLACED IN SEPTEMBER 2000. BATTERY KEPT DYING ON ME.

THE WIRE HARNESS FOR THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER STATED WATER FROM RADIATOR BUILD UP ON THE WIRES WHICH CAUSED CORROSION. *AK

WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 35 MPH, THERE WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A BROKEN STERNUM AND WAS HOSPITALIZED.*AK *CB *JB

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ABS SYSTEM FAILED COMPLETELY. DEALER STATED ABS MOTOR BECOME INOPERATIVE. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. ALSO, SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD THE DRIVER. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S ODOMETER. *MR THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE ODOMETER WOULD CUT IN AND OUT WHEN DRIVEN OVER A BUMP. THE CONSUMER TOTALED THE VEHICLE AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS AN ODOMETER DISCREPANCY. *SCC *JB

RUSTED OUT FUEL LINES THAT ARE LEAKING BAD

VEHICLE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF OF VEHICLE.*MR VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT FENDER, BRAKE AND LEFT DISC. CONSUMER HAD PREVIOUSLY ROTATED THE TIRES THE DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT. NO INJURIES. *PH (PER A. JIMENEZ THIS COMPLAINT IS TO BE CONSIDERED A MAILED IN VOQ COMPLAINT). *JB

WE CAME HERE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS ON OUR CAR THE REASON BEING THAT IT SEEMS THAT THE AIR BAG IS NOT PLACED CORRECTLY AND THUS IT HINDERS THE USE OF THE HORN. THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME WE CAN NOT GET THE HORN TO BLOW. WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE BUYING THE CAR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. *AK WATER DRIPPED FROM THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO ADD ANTIFREEZE. THIS COOLED THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THERE HE FOUND OUT THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS BAD AND THE ENGINE ROCKED BACK AND FORTH. THIS CAUSED THE BOLT ON THE COMPRESSOR TO PENETRATE A HOLE IN THE HOSE. THE MOTOR MOUNT AND HOSE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *PH *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS LOW COOLANT LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED. SERVICE MECHANIC INDICATED THIS WAS DUE TO WATER IN THE MOTOR CAUSED BY A BLOWEN HEAD GASKET.*AK

THE CONSUMER NOTICED NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AND THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT WAS BINDING. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STILL OR TURNING, A CLUNK NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE STEERING SHAFT BINDED. (NANCY WITASZAK-CONSUMER) *SCC *JB

I HAVE A 1999 CAVALIER, PURCHASED NEW. APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO MY DASHBOARD CRACKED UP AROUND THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD FOR NO REASON. SINCE MY CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY I DID NOT PURSUE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, IN THE MEANTIME, MY DAUGHTER PURCHASED USED THE SAME MAKE & YEAR OF CAR AND SHE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THE VEHICLES HAVE NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND I AM WONDERING IF THIS IS A DEFECT WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. ALSO, MY DOORS FREEZE SHUT ALL WINTER LONG. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE ABOUT THIS?*AK

CAR OVERHEATED, CAUSING ENGINE DAMAGE, NO INDICATION OF OVERHEATING PROBLEM. *AK

TIMING TENSIONER KEEPS GOING OUT ON CAR. HAS BEEN REPAIRED 3 TIMES. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO STAY LATCHED AFTER BEING BUCKLED.*AK *TS *JB

WHEN DRIVING, CONSUMER DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL TWICE SUCCESSIVELY AND ENGINE SHUDDERED, THEN STALLED.. 1999, CHEVROLET, CAVALIER Z24.*AK

CAR CUTS OFF AT ANY GIVEN TIME. CAN BE RUNNING AT 60 MPH OR SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, JUST COMPLETELY CUTS OFF. WILL NOT RESTART, HAVE TO PARK IT AND LET IT SIT, COULD ONLY TAKE 10 MINUTES OR COULD TAKE A FEW HOURS BEFORE IT WILL RUN AGAIN. *JB

I GOT A FLAT TIRE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I USED THE JACK ISSUED BY GENERAL MOTORS TO LIFT UP MY CAR TO CHANGE MY TIRE. I PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE FLAT TIRE WHEN THE JACK BROKE AND DROPPED MY CAR ON THE GROUND WITH NO TIRE FOR SUPPORT. I WAS NOT PHYSICALLY INJURED BUT IT WAS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN HAD I NOT BEEN BENDING OVER TO CHANGE THE TIRE. *NLM

I PURCHASE A USED 1999 CHEVROLET CAVALIER FROM A CHEVROLET DEALER IN HAMILTON NJ. SINCE THE TIME OF PURCHASE IN LATE 2001, THE CAR HAS BEEN IN SERVICE MANY TIMES FOR THE WINDOWS AND LOCKS NOT WORKING AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND HAS HAD THREE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATORS REPLACED. EACH TIME I WAS TOLD A NEW REGULATOR WAS PUT IN. WHEN I QUESTIONED THE QUALITY OF THE REGULATORS, THE DEALER TOLD ME MY COMPLAINT WAS WITH GM AND NOT THEM BECAUSE THEY GET THEIR PARTS FROM GM. HOW CAN THE WINDOW REGULATORS BE "BAD" THREE TIMES IN LESS THAN A YEAR? BESIDES THE WINDOWS, I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC LOCKS NOT WORKING AND THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR NOT CLOSING. THE CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WARRENTY EXPIRES AND I NEED YET ANOTHER WINDOW REGULATOR? I DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE NJ USED CAR LEMON LAW BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS BEGAN THREE MONTHS BEYOND THE LIMITATION DATE, EVEN THOUGH I MET EVERY OTHER QUALIFICATION.

FRONT BRAKES LOCKING AT LOW SPEEDS DUE TO ABS FAILURE. CAR WAS TAKEN TO GM DEALERSHIP, THE FIRST MECHANIC SAID FRONT ROTORS MIGHT BE WARPED. I REPLACED FRONT BRAKES AND INSTALLED NEW ROTORS AND PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE. WENT BACK TO DEALERSHIP THEN THEY ADVISED ME THAT SINCE MY TIRES WERE NOT ALL THE SAME BRAND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM....NEW TIRES DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. CAR IS NOT KICKING ANY CODES OUT TO THE COMPUTER AND NO ABS LIGHT IS ON. DEALER SPOKE TO GM TECH'S AND AT THAT POINT REPLACED BOTH FRONT ABS WIRING HARNESSES. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS....BACK TO GM TECH'S AGAIN...RT REAR HUB WAS CHANGED THINKING IT WAS A BAD SENSOR BUT STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. THIS CAR HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER AT LEAST 10 TIMES NOW AND CHEVROLET WILL NOT DO A THING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. AT CHEVROLETS REQUEST I TOOK THE CAR TO A DIFFERENT DEALER, THE MECHANIC ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROBLEM EXISTS BUT CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING IT. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE ARE RUNNING ME AROUND.*JB

THE REAR DRIVERS DOOR LATCH BROKE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2001 HAD IT REPLACE. THE IN MARCH OF 2003 THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH BROKE SO THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE.

WHEN THE CONSUMER SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A TURN, THE ENGINE STALLED.*JB ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS CONSUMER SLOWS DOWN VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE WILL STALL. *MR

VALVE COVER GASKET AND HEAD GASKET BOTH FAULTY ON ENGINE AT ONLY 60,000 MILES. THIS IS A VERY COMMON COMPLAINT YET I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY RECALLS. CHEVROLET FAILS TO ADMIT TO THESE FAILURES, AND WILL NOT ASSIST. IN SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, THREE OTHER CAVALIER OWNERS HAVE REPLACED HEAD GASKETS AND CHEVROLET DOES NOTHING.*JB

THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN.*JB

THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HAVE NO POWER. *PH *JB

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING FAILED.*JB

FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LINKED TO THE FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING, IN A STEADY DRIP, FUEL. EITHER O RINGS WERE FAILING OR REGULATOR WAS DEFECTIVE OR FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY.

HEADLIGHT FAILURE, NOT BULB. CALLED DEALER, THEY SAID IT WAS WIRING HARNESS PROBLEM, THAT IT IS VERY COMMON ON 1999 CHEVY CAVALIERS (WHAT I HAVE), BUT REFUSED TO WARRANTY IT. IF IT IS SO COMMON THAT THE HARNESS FAILS WHY DOES CHEVY NOT RECALL IT?