2000 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints

ENGINE STALLS AT SLOW SPEED-WHILE TURNING INTO PARKING SPACE OR WHILE WAITING AT STOP SIGN. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON -NO SERVICE LIGHT COME ON -DEALER SAYS NO FAILURE CODES IN COMPUTER. PROBLEM USAULLY OCCURS AFTER CAR HAS BEEN RUN AND THEN SITS BUT DOES NOT COOL DOWN ALL THE WAY AND THEN IS DRIVEN. *AK

VEHICLE'S INTERIOR LIGHTS GO ON & OFF, ALSO THE TRANSMISSION LEAKS BADLY. FAILED TO TIGHTEN FRONT END BOLTS & PROBLEM WITH AIRBAG LIGHT.

WAS PRESSING ON BRAKES AND COULD FEEL THEM PULSATING. MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP INDICATED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED. WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. PROBLEM REAPPEARED AGAIN AT 28,000 MILES IN JUNE 2001.*AK

THE CONSUMER WAS IN DRIVEWAY TRYING TO GO FIRWARD BUT THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T GO, THE CONSUMER TRIED REVERSE, NOTHING HAPPENED AND THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, THERE WAS NO STEERING ABILITY AND NO BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM

WHILE DRIVING 1 MILE PER HOUR OR FASTER AND STEP ON THE BRAKE TO STOP,THE VEHICLE JERKS, CONSUMER STATES IT CAUSES WHIP LASH.*YD

THIS VEHICLE HAS A DUAL FUEL SYSTEM; GASOLINE AND NATURAL GAS. THE DEFAULT FUEL IS NATURAL GAS (NG). ON A HOT, 92DEGREE DAY, ON NG FUEL, I ACCELERATED HARD THROUGH A 4 LANE, STOPLIGHT INTERSECTION. THE ENGINE STALLED AND I BARELY COASTED THROUGH. THE NG FUEL TANK WAS 1/4 - 1/3 FULL. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY. *AK

THE BRAKE ROTOR WERE TURNED BECAUSE OF THE WAVINESS IN THE ROTORS, HOWEVER THE BRAKE PADS WERE STILL GOOD, BUT THERE WAS A PULSATION WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.*YH

WHENEVER APPLYING BRAKES ROTORS WOULD VIBRATE AND MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES. MECHANIC INDICATED ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED.*AK

ORIGINAL MANUFACTURED EQUIPMENT PURCHASED ON A 2000, CHEVROLET, CAVALIER, TIRE SIZE 19575R14, MILEAGE 15,800. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH TREAD SEPARATED FROM SIDE WALL OF RIGHT REAR TIRE.NO COLLISION OR INJUIRES OCCURRED.*AK WHILE DRIVING, RIGHT REAR BLEWOUT, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND SPUN, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT, TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR TIRE. *SLC

RUBBING/GRINDING NOISE PRESENT TEN DAYS AFTER PURCHASE. BOTH WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED, NOISE STILL PRESENT. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD SINGING TIRES. THE TIRES ARE GOODYEAR. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT PROBLEM, I CALLED GOODYEAR, THEY IN TURN, PUT A BRAND NEW SET OF TIRES ON THE CAVALIER. THE PROBLEM WAS STILL PRESENT. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO SEVERAL DEALERS WHO STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE WHEEL BEARINGS, MCCLINTON CHEVROLET COULD NOT HEAR THE RUBBING/GRINDING NOISE, THEREFORE, WOULD NOT INVESTIGATE OR FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE CAR OR THE DEALERSHIP. THEY WOUILD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM OR GIVE ME A NEW CAR. I HAVE SINCE THEN PARKED THE CAR. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.

CLUTCH WAS NOT ENGAGING PROPERLY, WAS NOISY WHEN CHANGING GEARS, AND WOULD JERK ONCE IN GEAR, DEALER FOUND MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING AND REPLACED IT. *SLC

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AT LOW SPEED AND THE GAUGES FLUCTATING. WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON ONLY THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT STAYS ON. RECEIVER/CD PLAYER THE PAINT IS RUBBING OFF THE BUTTONS.*AK

THREE TIMES THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. TWICE IT DIED WHEN I WAS DRIVING CAUSING ME TO MISS WORK. IT ALWAYS SHUTS DOWN THE SAME WAY.*AK

VEHICLE IS NOT ABLE TO START ANYTIME OF THE DAY. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE STALL FIRST TIME THE DEALER REPLACED IGNITION CONTROL MODULE. WHEN IT STALL AGAIN, THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED STALLING. *YH

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES CONSUMER SMELLED BRAKES BURNING. ALSO, STUTTERED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. TOOK TO DEALER TO DEALER 5-6 TIMES, COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. DEBRIS IN DRUMS, DEALER SAID. *AK

SOFTWARE PROBLEM WITH DASHBOARD-DEALER CAN'T FIX UNTIL GM RELEASES OK. *AK

WAS PULLING OUT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS INJURED, AND TAKEN IN FOR EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT. THEN, WAS RELEASED. HAS PICTURES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC A LARGE QUANTITY OF CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES ENTERED VEHICLE COMPARTMENT.*AK

LOUD CRACKLING SOUND UNDER DRIVER SIDE OF CAR FROM FRONT TO REAR WHEN TEMP IS ABOVE 50 / FRONT END RATTLES (SOUNDS LIKE A CHAIN) WHEN A BUMP IS HIT..STEERING FEELS LOOSE AT THAT TIME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AT 65 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE CUTT OFF, CAUSING LOOS OF ALL POWER. ALSO, VEHICLE HAS LOST A GREAT AMOUNT OF FUEL, PROBLEM MAY BE LINKED, CAUSING OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLE TO GET SICK. (AK CONSUMER STATES NO ONE KNOWS AS OF YET, THE FIRST TIME DEALER REPLACED BATTERY, THE SECOND TIME THEY DID NOTHING, THE THIRD TIME THEY REPLACED FILTER IN GAS LINE OR TANK.*JB

VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE ALL OVER WHILE DRIVING FROM 35 OR MORE MPH. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND WAS UNABLE TOLOCATE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER . *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND THE ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT STAYING ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND UNABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND UNABLE TO RESOLVE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WOULD BE DRIVING WITH DEFROSTER ON HIGH WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD FREEZE UP. WINDSHIELD WOULD CLOUD OVER WHEN SNOW HITS WINDSHIELD. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY FOR DRIVER. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, BUT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE PROBLEM.*AK

ACCIDENT IN DEC 2000, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS BEEN ON SINCE 15 JAN 2001, AFTER REPAIRS. TOOK VEHICLE DEALER 3 TIMES. UNABLE TO REPAIR. DEALER STATED THIS WAS A KNOWEN PROBLEM IN CAVALIERS.*AK

BRAKES DID NOT STOP PROPERLY WHEN PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT, BROAD SIDED ANOTHER VECHICLE, CAVALIER DID NOT STOP WHEN BRAKES WERE ENGAGED AT LOW SPEED, GM WAS CONTACTED AND EVEN THOUGH THE DEALERSHIP FOUND WARPAGE ON THE ROTORS THEY DISREGARD RESPONSIBILITY STATING WARPED ROTORS CANNOT INTERFER WITH PROPER OPERATION OF THE BRAKES, THEY TURNED ROTORS AND RETURNED VECHICLE, PLEASE INVESTIGATE HAVE READ MULTIPLE CLAIMS ON YOUR SITE OF SIMILIAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS VECHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE, VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AIRBAGSDID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED, AND BOTH DRIVER'S/ AND PASSENGER'S SEATBACKS COLLAPSED. DEALER AHS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ENGINE WAS CRACKED. TECHNICIAN STATED HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FRONT ROTORS FAILED. NLM

BRAKE ROTORS KEEP WARPING WHICH CAUSES VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 5-6 TIMES, HAD THEM TURNED. FRONT PADS HAD WORN EXCESSIVELY. *AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS. DEALER HAS TURNED ROTORS AND THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKE PADS ARE TOO HARD FOR SUCH A SMALL ROTOR AND TOO MUCH METAL IN FRONT BRAKE PAD IS CAUSING ROTORS TO WARP. *SLC

GOING UPHILL VEHICLE STALLED, AFTER 10 MINUTES. STARTED AGAIN, AND A WHILE LATER, ON UPHILL VEHICLE STALLED . HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, MECHANIC TOOK VEHICLE ON TEST DRIVE, AND IT STALLED UPHILL. DEALER REPLACED FUEL SENDING UNIT. IN NOVEMBER 2000, HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER PULLED IN FRONT OF HER WITHOUT PUTING ON SIGNAL SHE APPLIED PEDAL SO THAT SHE COULD STOP, AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. SHE VEERED INTO OTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND. *AK

FLOOR MAT OCCASIONALLY CATCHES THE CLUTCH PEDAL WHILE DEPRESSED EITHER SLOWING OR INHIBITING IT'S RETURN TO THE UNENGAGED POSITION. *AK

THE GAS CYLINDER IS BEING CORRODED BY THE SULFUR IN THE GASOLINE, THE GAS GAUGE WILL READ THAT THERE IS GAS AND THEN THE VEHICLE WILL JUST STOP WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *SLC

THE BRAKES HAVE FAILED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASSIONS. PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND YOU'LL GET STOPPED WHEN IT WANTS TO STOP. LAST OCCASSION OCCURED AT A 4 WAY STOP INTERSECTION, WHICH WAS THE ONLY REASON MY SISTER WAS NOT HIT. VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. SPEED AT THE TIME WAS APPROX 5 MILES PER BASED ON THE SHAPE THAT THE RAILROAD TRACKS ARE IN THAT YOU MUST CROSS WHEN APPROACHING THE SECOND STOP SIGN. THIS SECOND STOP SIGN IS LOCATED LESS THAN 50 FEET FROM THE FIRST STOP. ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED BY THE DEALER, AND THE ABS CHECKED DUE TO AN EMERGENCY STOP THAT I HAD TO ACCOMPLISH WHEN A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. DEALER IS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE, THEREFORE IT IS CONSIDERED SAFE TO OPERATE. I DISAGREE, AND FEEL THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE IF YOU CAN NOT DEPEND ON THE BRAKES.

DURING A ROUTINE STOP IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A DRY SMOOTH ROAD, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED AT LESS THAN 10 MPH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE TO DOUBLE, RESULTING IN MINOR ACCIDENT, CAUSING $1560 DAMAGE TO FRONT END OF VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE MAKES A POPPING SOUND WHEN TURNING CORNERS. DEALER SAYS IT'S NOT A SAFETY DEFECT, IT'S A NUISANCE. VEHICLE IS GOING BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE CURRENTLY ONE CAN FEEL NOISE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH VEHICLE HIT A CEMENT PILLAR AND FLIPPED OVER, AND ENDED UP ON DRIVER SIDE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS BEING TESTED.*AK

2ND GEAR SYNCHRONIZER AT FAULT. TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR, TRANSMISOM FAILS TO COME OUT OF VARIOUS GEARS AT VARIOUS TIMES. WITH THAT PROBLEM CAR MAY NOT COME TO AN EFFECTIVE STOP, WITH OUT SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF, OR HOLDING CLUTCH PEDAL IN. I HAD TO RAM THE SHIFT LEVER WITH A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF FORCE FOR LEVER TO COME OUT OF GEAR

BABY SEAT IN BACK SEAT PROPERLY INSTALLED, WHEN TOP IS LOWERED BABY SEAT CATCHES THE TOP AND BREAKES BACK [GLASS] WINDOW. RESULTING IN POSSIBLE INJURIES TO A [BABY]

HAVING PROBLEMS GOING INTO 1ST GEAR, ACTS LIKE LINKAGE IS BINDING

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPING AND HAD TO BE TURNED AT 1600 AND 1800. HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 2800 MILES.DEFECTIVE ROTORS WERE CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP WHEN BRAKING. ROTORS WERE FAILING PREMATURELY AND BEFORE BRAKES PADS. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH SEVERAL VEHICLES DUE TO STALLING (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS

RIGHT WHEEL AXLE TWISTED OFF VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION/MINOR INJURIES.*AK

DEFECTIVE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE IF THERE IS A SOURCE OF IGNITION. DEALER SAID THAT HE SHOULDNT FILL UP THE TANK. DEALER IS REPLACING THE FUEL TANK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING A RENTAL VEHICLE FUEL TANK, MADE OF PLASTIC, WAS PUNCTURED, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK OUT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. GARAGE WAS FILLED WITH GAS FUMES.*AK FUEL TANK WAS PUNCTURED BY ROAD DEBRIS AND REPLACED. *YH

THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN STOPPING, VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A THUMPING NOISE. CURRENTLY, WOULD HEAR THUMPING NOISE AGAIN WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. ALSO, POWER WINDOWS' MOTOR BURNED OUT DUE TO A A FACTORY DEFECT. MECHANIC PUT A NEW MOTOR BUT WINDOWS WERE STILL NOT OPERABLE. BE. *AK

SERIOUS ACCIDENT MAY BE RELATED TO THIS OR SIMILAR PART. WAS TOLD CAR HAD ACCELERATED QUICKLY, AND THROTTLE INCREASED RAPIDLY.PLEASE INVESTIGATE> I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEB SITE WITH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM.THIS MAY BE A SAFTEY PROBLEM. *AK