1999 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints

HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT ON MY 2 CAVALIERS CHECKED FOR NEW ONES AND DIDN'T NEED

CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE STEERING RACK AND PINION AS STATED IN RECALL NUMBER 02 V 286 000, BUT THERE VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. PH

THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER WINDOW MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE ALREADY AND IT HAS QUIT AGAIN. JUST WONDERING IF THEY HAVE REPLACED THIS MOTOR WITH A NEW ONE EACH TIME OR A REMANUFACTURED ONE. IF IT WAS NEW IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE PRODUCT? SHOUDN'T A FAILED PART UNDER WARRANTY BE REPLACED WITH A NEW PART?

WHILE TRAVELING 72 MPH ENGINE BLEWOUT WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY DEALER, TECHNICIAN NOTICED EXHAUST BLEW INTO COOLANT SYSTEM WHICH BLEW THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDER FURTHER INFORMATION. TS...*AK

WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR IN SPRINGFIELD MO., I ONLY HAD 8 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT. I LIVE IN ROLLA WHICH IS ONLY 110 MILES AT THE MOST. I DROVE STRAIGHT HOME AND THE MILEAGE SHOWED 265 MILES, TWICE THE MILEAGE. ALSO, THE CAR SHAKES AND GRINDS WHEN STARTING. THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THAT WAS WHEN IT HAD LESS THAN 1000 MILES. FUEL LINES OR SOMETHING SMELLS HEAVY WITH GAS. MY CAR EATS GAS MORE THAN MY ASTRO VAN. THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. I HAVE PUT THREE COOLING SYSTEMS IN THIS CAR THEY SAID WAS WRONG. FUSES KEEP BURNING OUT. I HAVE REPLACED 65 BULBS, THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG. IT'S MUCH WORSE NOW. WHEN I TURN THE CAR THE STEERING STICKS THEN GOES INTO THE TURN, THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE SINCE I BOUGHT IT. PH **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**770836

MY CAR IS A 1999 CAV AND THE PAINT ON THE TOP OF MY CAR FADED ALREADY!

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

WHEN DRIVING CAR IT FEELS LIKE WHOLE FRONT END IS FALLING OUT. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND WOBBLES

CONSUMER STATED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS RECALL#02V286000 RACK AND PINION. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED. TS

NO SUMMARY. DT

ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER HAS BEEN LAUNCHED OUT AFTER BEING HEATED UP. IT HAS LANDED IN MY LAP WHILE DRIVING AS WELL AS GOING UNDER THE CAR SEAT WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I DO NOT WANT TO BURN MYSELF OR HAVE TO TRY TO FIND A RED HOT LIGHTER UNDER MY SEAT WHILE DRIVING. I BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF SOMEONE WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE LIGHTER LIKES TO LAUNCH ITSELF OUT. DT

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH THE TRANSMISION BROKE APART, CAUSING RAPID LOSS OF POWER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

BOTH BACK DOORS ARE DIFECTIVE; REAR RIGHT DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE AT ALL, AND REAR LEFT WILL NOT OPEN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

THE BRAKE LINE ERUPTED AND CAUSED LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID WHEN IT LEAKED ONTO THE TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING. A REPAIR SHOP MADE REPAIRS. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE LINE WAS LEFT OUT OF THE CLAMP THAT HOLDS THE BRAKE LINE ON TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO VIBRATE AND EVENTUALLY RUBBING A HOLE INTO THE LINE.*JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 40-50 MPH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

OUR DAUGHTER ALICIA CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT OAK STREET, SHE MADE A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO BROADWAY. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS COMING BACK OUT OF THE TURN IT JERKED IT OUT OF HER HAND AND HER CAR SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND SHE RAN OVER A GRATE OVER DRAINAGE AND HIT CURB WHICH BLEW OUT TWO FRONT TIRES, THEN SHE JUMPED CURB STOPPING CAR ONE FOOT FROM TREE. SHE HAD ONLY ONE TIRE LEFT ON ROAD OTHER THREE WERE IN YARD. ALICIA WAS NOT INJURED, THOUGH SHE WAS VERY SHAKEN UP. WE CALLED ADR WHICH SENT A TOWING TRUCK TO THE 1700 BLOCK OF BROADWAY TO PICK HER CAR UP. THERE WAS A MRS. PETRY WHO WAS BEHIND ALICIA WHEN THIS HAPPENED. SHE STA;YED WITH ALICIA UNTIL I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED THOUGH A POLICE CAR DID DRIVE BY WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK. I CALLED GM IMMEDIATELY TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS ON THE RACK AND PINION. I CALLED AGAIN ON MONDAY, JULY 22, BUT I DID NOT HAVE VEHICLE # IN FRONT OF ME. I CALLED BACK ON JULY 24TH WEDNESDAY ABOUT 10:30 A. M. IN THE MEANTIME I HAVE BEEN ON INTERNET AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO A FEW PEOPLE WHO KNOW THINGS ABOUT CARS. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT GM HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH RACK AND PINION FOR YEARS.. THERE HAS EVEN BEEN RECALLS. I TALKED TO A CYNTHIA MCDONALD ON JULY 24TH ABOUT 10:30 A.M. AND SHE TOOK DOWN A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WHERE VEHICLE IS , SO FORTH. SHE ASSIGNED #1-187-50-241 AND SENT THIS INFORMATION TO THE PRODUCT ALLOCATION RESOLUTION DEPT. AND TOLD ME THAT I WOULD FOR SURE HEAR SOMETH

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING NEAR WINDSHIELD IN THE CENTER. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER GLUED IT INTO PLACE, BUT REMEDY DID NOT WORK FOR LONG, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN CHECKED BY DEALER.*AK

AFTER RECALL 99V218000 REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED PROBLEM GOT WORSE. *AK

HEADLIGHTS DO NOT WORK WHEN CONSUMER IS DRIVING. HEADLIGTHS WILL NOT COME ON, BUT HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WILL. HAS HAD BULBS REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. C0NTACTED DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS STEERING HAS LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER HAS HAD TO TURN VEHICLE OFF TO UNLOCK STEERING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER CHECKED VEHICLE BOTH TIMES AND WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND PROBLEM,I TRADED THIS VEHICLE AFTER LAST OCCURRENCE, NO PAPER WORK WAS GENERATED FROM EITHER VISIT. * MJ

HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, NOT THE BULBS OR FUSES, BUT FROM CORROSION IN WIRING. THIS CAR IS LESS THAN 3 YRS OLD! WE CHECKED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OTHERS W/ SAME YR/MAKE/MODEL/MILES WITH SAME PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS... WE DID NOT REALIZE THE LIGHTS WERE OUT AT FIRST AND DROVE SOME DISTANCE W/O HEADLIGHTS. THE HIGH BEAMS WORK IF THEY ARE TURNED ON JUST THE REGULAR HEADLIGHTS WIRING IS FAULTY. [email protected] HAS REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE SAME CAR WITH ONLY 37,000 MILES. GM HOTLINE ANSWERER SAYS THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM. HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T TAKE A FATALITY ACCIDENT FOR THEM TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS. THANK YOU.*AK

WHILE TURNING THERE WAS A KNOCKING AND CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WIRING HARNESS FOR HEAD LAMPS BROKEN AT PIVIOT IN TILT STEERING COLUM CAUSING ALL LIGHTS TO GO OUT. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DAY LAMP (LIGHTS) FUSES BLEW NUMEROUS OF TIME WHILE DRIVING. NLM

WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKES CONSUMER NOTICED A THUMBING NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES. TECHNICIAN STATED INTER LOCK BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CAR TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED CAR RUNNING HOT, DROVE IT 3 MILES TO SAFETY, ENGINE CEASED, WARPED HEADS. NO PRIOR NOTICE OF OVERHEATING, NEVER OVERHEATED BEFORE THIS INCIDENT; ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. WARRANTY COMPANY INSPECTED, SAID WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT FAILED, BOTH WERE MANUFACTURER PARTS, WHICH CAUSED ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND SEVERE DAMAGE. I WAS NOT REIMBURSED BY WARRANTY FOR ENGINE, I HAD TO PAY MYSELF, $3000.00 - IF MANUFACTURER DEFECTS THAN WARRANTY CO SHOULD PAY!*AK

GAS GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER AND TEMPERATURE LIGHT WILL NOT WORK. AT THE SAME TIME ALL OF THE PANEL LIGHTS WILL COME ON - GAS LIGHT, ENGINE LIGHT, BRAKE LIGHT, ETC. THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN EVERYTHING WILL WORK PROPERLY. THIS OCCURS AT LEAST ONCE A DAY, AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES. WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR THE ODOMETER READING HIEROGLYPHICS BUT NOTHING WAS RESOLVED.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER , REDUCING VISIBILITY WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER DIAGNOSED NUT FOR TRANSMISSION OF WINDSHIELD WIPER, SNAPPED OFF, CAUSING FAILURE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT REPLACED ORIGINAL PADS THREE TIME AND ROTORS ONCE. *YH

PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE. *AK CONSUMER STATED BRAKE PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND ROTORS WERE TURNED, CONSUMER HAS HAD 3 SETS OF BRAKE PADS ON VEHICLE.*SLC

ENGINE HAS 2 CRACKED PISTONS AND 3 CRACKED VALVES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED, AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF THE ENGINE. CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS UNDRIVEABLE. *AK ALUMINUM HEAD WILL HAVE TO BE MACHINED BEFORE REUSE. *TT

WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AND VEHICLE BEING IN IDLE PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND THE MANUFACTURER TOLD HER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS IN MIDDLE OF ROAD WITH OUT WARNING. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE ANOTHER VEHICLE COULD REAR END CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE DOES NOT CHANGE INTO GEARS PROPERLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION.*AK

FIRST, THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AT DEALERS, THE SENSOR FAN NOW DOES NOT WORK, THE BATTERY AND RADIATOR ARE NOT FUNCTIONING, THE STEERING IS MALFUNCTIONING, AND THE BRAKES ARE SLIPPING, AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS ALSO SLIPPING AGAIN, I REPORTED ALL THIS TO CHEVY AS I WAS NOT GETTING SATIFACTION FROM THE DEALERS IN FLORIDA AND NOW THE MY VEHICLE IS BROKE DOWN AND WILL NOT RUN IN BRADENTON FLORIDA AT COX CHEVELOT ON CORTEZ ROAD IN FLORIDA, I CALLED AND TALKED TO SEVERAL WOMEN IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT CHEVY AND THEIR NAMES ARE BRANDY MAYS AND LILLANIA LOPEZ, I STILL HAVE NO VEHICLE AND NOW I AM NOT RECEIVING ANY COURTEOUS SERVICE AS I WAS TOLD CHEVY WOULD BUY BACK THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS A LEASE. I HAVE PURCHASED A NEW CHEVY TRUCK AND DUE TO THE RED TAPE AND CHEVY NOW REFUSING TO HELP ASSIST ME WITH THE BUY BACK I AM UNABLE TO KEEP MY NEW TRUCK DUE TO THIS RED TAPE AND ALL THE FORMS AND INFORMATION THAT THE SERVICE DEPT. NOW SAYS I NEED TO HAVE HAD DONE, BUT I WAS NOT INFORMED WHEN I FIRST MADE THE COMPLAINT ON SEPT 7. I CALLED BACK ON SEPT, 28, WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT CHEVY WENT BACK ON THEIR WORD. I AM NOT A CAR DEALER, I DO NOT WORK AT CHEVY AS A SERVICE REPRESENTITIVE, AND I SURE DO NOT KNOW WHAT PAPERS OR FORMS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE MANUFACTURE IN DETROIT MICHIGAN NEEDS TO FILL OUT PAPERWORK. I AM AN UNSATIFIED CONSUMER, AND I FEEL THE RUN AROUND I AM RECEIVING IS A GREAT INJUSTICE. I LOVED MY CAR AND IT IS IMMACULATE INSIDE AND OUT. I ONLY WANT TO KEEP MY NEW CHEVY

WIFE AND KIDS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE CAR TURNED OFF WITHOUT WARNING. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. COST ME $850 TO REPLACE. TRIED TO WORK WITH CHEVROLET TO GET COMPENSATION AND THEY WERE UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY EVEN THOUGH MY WIFE AND KIDS COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *AK

THE BRAKING SYSTEM CONTINUALLY FAILS, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ARE FAULTLY, THEY DO NOT WORK AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO, THEY HAVE A TENDACY TO HOLD AND STICK AT BOTH INSTANT AND IMMEDIATE PRESSURE WITH OUT RELEASE, AS WELL AS DURING NORMAL DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT CALL FOR INSTANT BRAKING.*YD

HAD TO HAVE ROTORS TURNED AT 14,000 MILES; THEN FOUND THEY WERE RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 33,200 MILES. FOUND THERE WAS NO BACKING PLATE TO KEEP ROTORS FROM RUSTING; DEALER ADMITS NOTHING ABOUT DESIGN FLAW AND SAYS THE REPAIR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. HAD ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED AT A SURPRISINGLY HONEST MIDAS, WHERE THEY SAID IT'S LIKELY I WILL NEED TO DO THIS ALL AGAIN IN TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF THE POOR DESIGN OF THE DISC BRAKE SYSTEM.*AK

IGNITION WIRING OVERHEATED. *AK

A POPPING SOUND WAS COMING FROM FRONT END ON LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP ON FOURTEEN OCCASIONS. VARIOUS PARTS REPLACED, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILS TO CONNECT, ONLY AFTER NUMEROUS TRIES WILL IT FINALLY CONNECT AND STAY FASTENED. THE HIGH PRESSURE AIR CONDITIONING LINE IS RUBBING ON THE RADIATOR FAN CAUSING A HOLE IN THE LINE, WHICH NOW NEEDS TO BE FIXED.*AK

FRONT TRANSAXLE WENT OUT AND WAS REPAIRED, AND THEN THE SEAL BEGAN LEAKING, ALSO INNER JOINT IN HALFSHAFT WAS REPLACED.*JB

ODOMETER TRIPS, CLUSTER REPLACED, ENGINE BURNING GASKET REPLACED, ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL RADIO CASSETTE PLAYS SIDES A/B SIMUTANEOUSLY AND STATION ARE STATICKY, RADIO REPLACED ONCE PROBLEM STILL EXIST BUT CAN NOT BE DUPLICATED, BACK RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR STICK AND TRANSMISSION WILL NOT CHANGE INTO 3RD GEAR.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE REAR DEFOGGER FAILED AND WAS REPAIRED BY DEALER, SOON AFTER REPAIR THE ENTIRE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING WITH THE DEFOGGER ON, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE CONSUMER USED IT SINCE IT WAS FIXED. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN STOPPING QUICKLY (PANIC STOP) BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES HARD AND DOES NOT STOP THE CAR. LOUD CRUNCHING NOISES ARE PRESENT AND CAR PROCEEDS ANOTHER 50FT BEFORE STOPPING. TAKEN TO DEALER AT LEAST 4 TIMES-THEY CANNOT "DUPLICATE" THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN TWO ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT OF THIS BRAKE PROBLEM.*AK

FUEL PUMP FAILED ON EXPRESSWAY DRIVING. ENGINE ABRUPTLY DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. CAR WAS PUSHED TO SHOULDER OF EXPRESSWAY AND TOWED TO DEALER WHO REPLACED FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND SENDER MODULE. *AK

HEATER/ AIRCONDITIONER AND DEFROSTER BLOWER STOPPED WORKING. DEALER REPLACED THEM ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN.*AK