1999 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints

PASSENGER'S DOOR POPS OPEN WHILE DRIVING. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY ADJUSTED STRIKER.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 60-65MPH AND HAD REAR ENDED A STALLED OUT VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT WITH OTHER VEHICLE, BOTH AIR BAGS CAME OUT, BUT FAILED TO INFLATE. NO INJURIES OCCURRED. *AK *SLC

VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN, AFTER CONSUMER REMOVES HIS FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL, THE PEDAL HAS REMIANED LOCKED IN A DEPRESSED POSITION CAUSING THE CAR'S ENGINE TO CONTINUE RUNNING, AS IF PRESSURE WRE STILL BEING APPLIED TO THE PEDAL, AS A RESULT THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE AND AT TIMES HAS ACHIEVED SPEEDS OF UP TO 80 MPH, CONSUMER HAS BEEN ABLE TO DISENGAGE THE GAS PEDAL FROM ITS LOCKED POSITION BY EITHER PUMPING THE PEDAL UNTIL IT IS RELEASED OR SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL, THE CAR WILL SLOW DOWN, BUT THE GAS PEDAL REMAINS LOCKED IN A DEPRESSED POSITION, AND THE CONTINUED RUNNING OF THE CARS ENGINE CAUSES THE WHEELS TO GRIND AGAINST THE BRAKES, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN IN TO DEALER, BUT NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. *JB

BRAKES ARE GRINDING AND WEARING OUT FAST. FIRST SET WAS PUT ON BEFORE DECEMBER 2000. ABS LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON/OFF. DEALER IS NOT RESPONDING TO WHY THEY'RE WEARING OUT SO FAST. *AK

BRAKES SCREACH AND VEHICLE WOBBLES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. WHEELS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO FALL OFF. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED TWICE WITHIN A FEW MONTHS.*AK

TOP BRAKE PINS CAME COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BRAKE CALIPER . METAL PART OF BRAKES WERE BENT UP. NO INJURIES BECAUSE OF BRAKE FAILURE.*AK THE FAILED RIGHT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER WAS REPAIRED BY THE CONSUMER HIMSELF. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT IT WAS THE THIRD TIME THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED IN LESS THAN TWO YEAR. *YH

VEHICLE MAKES A RATTLING SOUND WHEN DRIVEN. NOISE COMES FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE.DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

SPARK PLUGS FAILING DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS I HAVE REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OF MY CHEVROLET CAVALIER BUT THE CAR WILL CONTINUE AT THE SAME PACE AS IF MY FOOT WERE ON THE PEDAL. PLEASE CALL ME AT (650) 812-2482 TO DISCUSS.*AK

POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE TEMPORARILY. HAD NO STEERING CONTROL. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS RUNNING. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY SITUATION. *AK SEAT BELT FAILED TO WORK. VEHICLE ROLLS WHEN EMERGENCY BRAKE IS APPLIED. *YH

WIRES FROM THE IGNITION ARE RUBBING AGAINST BOLTS ON ENGINE, AND IS CAUSING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF EXPOSURE. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED OF VEHICLE CATCHING ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF IT. *AK

MAIN SEAL LEAKED OIL AT 5000 MILES, VEHICLE IS HARD TO RESTART ONCE IT HAS RUN FOR A WHILE. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE IMPACT AT SPEED 55 MPH. VEHICLE WAS FORCED INTO A DITCH AT 30 MPH IMPACT HEAD-ON IN WHICH NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ,CAUSING DRIVER TO GO INTO STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, FUEL CUT OFF SWITCH DID NOT KICK IN. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

FRONT SEAT BELTS ARE ALWAYS TWISTED,TAKEN BACK TO DEALER 3 TIMES, DEALER SAID ALL CAVALIERS ARE LIKE THIS. COMPARED TO A NEW ONE AND SAID LOOK AT THE NEW ONE IT'S JUST LIKE YOURS, CANNOT RESOLVE PROBLEM.BUT IN THE OWNERS MANUAL IT SAID ,NOT TO PUT SEAT BELTS ON WHEN THERE TWISTED, OR RISK SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.*AK

THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH ROTORS WARPING CAUSING BRAKE PULSATION, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATES CONTINUALLY, AFTER SEVERAL REPLACEMENTS AND REPAIRS OF THE SYSTEM (ROTORS, PADS, CALIPER SLEEVES) THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED, FINAL ANALYSIS REVEALED A DEFECTIVE ABS COMPUTER SYSTEM CAUSING PROBLEMS. *MJS

WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES CONSUMER NOTICED A LOUD NOISE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMAITION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY THE CAR STOPPED MOVING. HAD IT TOWED INTO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THE CLUTCH & 3RD & 4TH GEAR WENT OUT. WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT HAPPEN VERY OFTEN TO OTHER SIMILAR CARS. I TALKED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS BEEN SERVICING CHEVY CARS FOR 22 YEARS. HE STATED THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION CARS THAT THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS WHICH CAUSES THE CLUTCH TO NOT DISENGAGE AND BURNS UP THE CLUTCH AND RUINS THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE CAR STOPPED WITH NO WARNING ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER THEY FIXED THE CAR TWO DAYS LATER I WAS ON THE SAME HIGHWAY AND THE CLUTCH BURNED UP AGAIN. IT IS NOW BACK THE DEALERSHIP TO BE REPAIRED.*AK

WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT 55MPH AND VEHICLE HIT A BUMP. THEN, SUDDENLY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE DUE TO LOSS OF VISIBILITY. MOVED TO SLOW LANE & HIT CEMENT WALL & WENT INTO A TAIL SPIN. REAR BUMPER WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE & CAME OFF. HORN FAILED TO WORK WHEN IT WAS USED. DRIVER RECEIVED BURNS ON RIGHT HAND FROM PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. *AK

AFTER AN ACCIDENT, MY RIGHT REAR DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. OCCASIONALLY, YOU CANNOT START IT ON THE FIRST TRY. THE BRAKES LOCK AND THE TIRES DO NOT TREAD ALTHOUGH THEY ARE BOTH UNDER 6 MONTHS OLD.*AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING ONGOING BRAKE PROBLEMS, FRONT ROTORS HAVE WARPED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BRAKE PADS AND THE CALIPER MOUNTING SLEEVES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPLACED, THE BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT WERE ILLUMINATED AT THE SAME TIME, DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A FAULTY EBCM COMPUTER MODULE WHICH HAD BEEN BAD FOR A WHILE, BRAKE PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. DRIVER'S SIDE AXLE SEAL LEAKED. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT END SEEMED LOOSE WHILE DRIVING, DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING LINKAGES. THE BLOWER CONTROL SWITCH WAS REPLACED DUE TO BLOWER INOPERABLE ON HIGH. *SLC

CAR WAS PURCHASED AS A DEMO VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER BUT IS STILL COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTUERER'S ORIGINAL EXPRESSED WARRANTY. FIRST FAILURE RESULTED IN CAR STALLING AND TOWED AND BATTERY REPLACEMENT BY OWNER (6/00). BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND CAR TAKEN TO ORIGINAL DEALER (CASA CHEVROLET) ON 8/11/00, DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. CAR THEN TAKEN TO SECOND GM DEALERSHIP (GALLES CHEVROLET) ON 8/21/00, ALTERNATOR FAILED TEST AND REPLACED. BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND CAR STALLED AND TOWED TO GALLES CHEVROLET ON 9/22/00, FUSE LINK AT STARTER REPLACED. BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND CAR STALLED AND TOWED TO GALLES CHEVROLET ON 10/04/00, ALTERNATOR FAILED TEST AND REPLACED. BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND CAR WAS DRIVEN TO GALLES CHEVROLET ON 10/10/00, PCM REPLACED. IN ALL INSTANCES THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON 10/17/00 BUT IS INTERMITTENT AND CAR HAS NOT STALLED TO DATE. LETTER SENT TO MANUFACTUER REQUESTING REPURCHASE OF VEHICLE UNDER LEMON LAWS FOR FAILURE/INABILITY TO REPAIR THE SAME DEFECT WHILE UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND A DEER RAN IN FRONT OF VEHICLE, AND ROLLED UP ONTO THE VEHICLE, AND ROLLED BY DOWN TO THE GROUND. SENSOR WENT OFF AND MODULE LIGHT CAME ON. BUT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY, AND VEHICLE'S FRONT WAS SMASHED IN. CONSUMER STATED THAT THAT DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED TO WORK. PROBLEM WAS CAUSING THE LIGHTS INSIDE & OUTSIDE NOT TO COME ON. HAD THE FUSES REPLACED FOR ALL ELELCTRICAL COMPONENTS. ALSO HAD THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS CHECKED & MECHANIC INDICATED NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. BEEN BACK TO DEALER TWICE ABOUT ELECTRICAL CLUSTER PROBLEM.*AK THE CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SHOP FIVE TIMES FOR ELECTRICAL, INSTRUMTNT CLUSTER, BRAKE LIGHTS AND BACK UP LIGHTS. *YH

CATALYTIC CONVERTER DEFECTIVE. *SLC

POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FAILURE, ETS LIGHT, SAFETY BELT LIGHT, AND AIRBAG LIGHT FLASH ON AND OFF. *SLC

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE COMING TO A STOP OR MAKING A TURN INTERMITTENTLY FOR PAST 6 MONTHS. (8 TIMES IN ONE DAY) CHEVY DEALER HAS MADE REPAIRS. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS

ONE OR MORE FRONT ROTORS WARPED--DEALER CONTACTED, BUT CLAIMS WARPED ROTOR (EVEN AT 30K MILES) IS CONSIDERED "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR" UNDER GM WARRANTY, AND THUS NOT COVERED.

HIT BRAKES, AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING ACCIDENT, GM WAS CONTACTED, UPON THEIR INVESTIGATION, NO FAULT, LACK OF EVIDENTS, EVIDENTS WAS DESTROYED AT DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR TURNING. DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM ON SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF PARKING LOT. WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO START VEHICLE, SHE APPLIED REVERSE GEAR, AND VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE AT ALL. ALSO, IT WAS LEAKING WATER, A DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

1999 CHEVROLET CAVALIER INTERMITTENTLY STALLS, THIS CAN BE STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR SLOWING TO TURN A CORNER. HAPPENS WITH OUT WARNING , THIS HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES OR MORE. THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN BY A YOUNGER DRIVER , DAUGHTER 19 AND IS UNSAFE NOT KNOWING WHEN IT WILL STALL. DEALER MIDWAY CHEVROLET SERVICE MANAGER JOHN DUNLAP STATES HE CAN AND WILL NOT FIX THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE CONDITION IS HARD IN AND WILL NOT RUN. MIDWAY HAS STATED THEY WILL NOT SPEND TIME TO TROUBLE SHOOT THIS CONDITION EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY. COMPLAINT FILED WITH CHEVROLET FILE # C00794773, CHEVROLET CUSTOMER REP. BONNIE HARRIS ALSO STATES CHEVROLET WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO FIX THIS CONDITION UNTIL IT IS A HARD FAILURE OR A CODE IS THROWN. WE CONSIDER THIS CHEVROLET APPROACH TO BE NOT ONLY A SAFETY HAZARD, BUT AN UNACCEPTABLE APPROACH TO A VALID WARRANTY CLAIM. THANK YOU

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHILE GOING DOWN HILL AND PEDAL BECOMES HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

BRAKES LOCK UP AND FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. YH

WHILE TRAVELING DID NOT NOTICE BIG TRASH VEHICLE AND HIT IT HEAD-ON . UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. DRIVER INJURED. *AK *ML

VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SURGED AND ACCELERATED. DEALER HAS REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS, PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES. *AK

#1. AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT INTERMITTENTLY FLASH APPROX ONCE A SECOND, FOR 10 TO 15 SECONDS WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED OR MOVING. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. THEY DID A SCAN WITH TECH 2 AND FOUND NO CODES SET. THEY SAID THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING IN AN ACCIDENT GIVEN OTHER REPORTS OF NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT LISTED ON YOUR WEB SITE. #2 IF TURN SIGNAL LEVER IS NOT MOVED TO THE PHYSICAL STOP FOR A FLASH TO PASS, ONLY THE REAR TURN SIGNALS WILL FLASH. THEY FLASH FAST JUST LIKE WHEN ONE BULB IS BURNED OUT. DEALER SAID THIS IS NORMAL. #3 THIS IS THE 2.4L ENGINE. UPON DECCELARATING FROM AT LEAST 2ND GEAR ALMOST TO A STOP AND THEN ACCELERATING, THE TRANS HESITATES SLIGHTLY AND THUMPS INTO GEAR. THEN THE UPSHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR IS NOT A SMOOTH SHIFT BUT VERY HARD. EVEN THOUGH MECHANIC ACKNOWLEDGED EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM DURING A TEST DRIVE WE BOTH MADE TOGETHER, HE STATES HE COULD NOT DUPLICATE COMPLAINT ON THE PAPERWORK. SCAN TEST OK, NO CODES, OK AT THIS TIME. IT SEEMS TO ME, IF THERE IS NO CODES SET IN THE CONTROL MODULE THEN THERE CAN NOT BE A PROBLEM. WHAT DID MECHANICS DO BEFORE CARS HAD COMPUTER CONTROL MODULES? DID THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO SOME WORK TO IDENTIFY WHAT WAS WRONG? BY THE WAY, I AM A COMPUTER ENGINEER AND HAVE BEEN ONE FOR 35 YEARS. I PLAN TO CONTINUE PERSUING THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO OWN A 1998 CAVALIER WITH THE 2.2L ENGINE AND A 1999 BUICK CENTURY WITH THE 3.1L ENGINE. THE 1998 CAVAILER HAS THE SAME TURN SIGNAL PROBLEM BUT NOT T

LEFT FRONT ELECTRIC WINDOW MOTOR FAILED. NLM

POWER STEERING RACK NEEDS REPLACING WITH LESS THAN 14 MONTHS OWNERSHIP. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW IN TENNESSEE. THE DIAGNOSTIC AND ESTIMATE OF THE REPAIR WAS PROVIDED BY NALLEY CHEVROLET. I AM UNSURE OF THE RISK OF DRIVING THE CAR SAFELY UNTIL I CAN AFFORD THE >$1100 REPAIR. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY KIND OR TYPE OAF ACCIDENT. PLEASE ADVISE. *AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD KNOCK WHILE IN PARK. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER'S SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. ALSO, ENGINE WOULD OVERHEAT. ALL BRAKES AND FRONT ROTORS REPLACED. *ML

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT AT MPH OR IN REVERSE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WITHOUT A WARNING. THERE WILL BE NO STEERING AND NO BRAKES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK A PULL IN THE SHIFTS WHEN THEY CHANGE GEAR DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMER DOUGHTYER IS DRIVING THE CAR IT STALL CAUSING MINOR ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE AIR BAG VIOLENTLY DEPLOYED HITTING THE DRIVER IN CAUSING INJURY, THE OTHER AIR BAG BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. *YH

CONSUMER HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH TREE AFTER AVOIDING A PICKUP TRUCK, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT THE AIR BAG LIGHTS CAME ON. DAUGHTER WAS INJURED IN THE COLLISION. GMAC HAS TAKEN FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AIR BAG FAILURE. *AK *ML

POWER STEERING KEPT GOING OUT. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, AND EACH TIME THE SAME DEFECT OCCURRED. THIS AFFECTED CONSUMER'S ABILITY TO TAKE FULL CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. *AK *ML

THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE ELECTRONIC TRACTION SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING DUE TO BURNT SPARK PLUG WIRE. YH

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH OVER A WET SURFACE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, STRICKING TREES IN FRONTAL COLLISION, BUT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES AND UPON MAKING A RIGHT TURN, BRAKES MAKE NOISE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE AND STICK. CONSUMER HAS TO TURN OFF VEHICLE TO STOP IT.*AK