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2000 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2000 record →

Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs
Filed Jun 13, 2000NY

AFTER LOUD BANGING NOISE, THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED DUE TO THE WHEEL BOLTS SHEARING OFF, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO DETACH COMPLETELY. *MJS

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed May 25, 2000MA

TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELY; VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND WAS LEAKING FLUID. NLM

Power Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Apr 28, 2000MO

WHILE DRIVING AND UPON ENGAGING THE CLUTCH IT WILL NOT DISENGAGE, CAUSING UNWANTED AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO REPLACE PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Apr 9, 2000GA

THE CAR HAS REPEATLY REFUSED TO CHANGE OUT OF 2ND GEAR, ONE OCCASION I WAS GOING AROUND 47 MILES PER HOUR AND THE JUST STOP MOVING THE RPM'S READ AROUND 4 THE, AND THE CAR READ ABOUT 45 MLES PER HOUR BUT IT WAS NOT MVING. THE CAR BEHIND ME HAD NO IDEA WHY I STOPPED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BRAKE LIGHTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATLY AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE HWY WITH THIS VEHICLE. MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ANYONE BEHIND ME ARE IN DANGER EACH TIME WE GET IN THE VEHICLE. IF SOMEONE FRM BEHIND DID HIT ME THEY WOULD THINK IT WAS ALL THERE FAULT BECUASE THE RE-ENDED ME. THE CAR CAN BE GOING OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR ONE MOMENT AND BACK DOWN TO 30 THE NEXT MOMENT. I DO NOT FEEL SAVE IN THIS VEHICLE, NOR DO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE CAR WITH AND THOSE THAT HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR THEMSELVES. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Mar 30, 2000GA

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ABS BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID, AND THE TIRESTO TO BLOW OUT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Mar 27, 2000PA

SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. YH

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 16, 2000MO

THIS PART FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE FORCING THE DRIVER TO HAVE TO RIDE THE BRAKES TO KEEP THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Mar 14, 2000MD

WHEN ATTEMTPING TO PLACE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER LINKED THE PROBLEM TO A SEAL WHICH NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch2 injured
Filed Feb 29, 2000NH

WE PURCHASED A NEW VECHICLE ON A FRIDAY. I WAS RETURNING FROM THE MALL AT NIGHT WITH MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. WE WERE PASSING A TRACTER-TRAILER TRUCK ON I91 IN MASS. THE HOOD POPPED UP WITHOUT ANY WARNING, CRASHING INTO THE WINDSHIELD AND COMPLETLY OBSTRUCTING OUR VISION. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, AND NARROWLY AVOIDED A CATASTROPHIC COLLISION. MY DAUGHTER SPRAINED HER KNEE IN THE JARRING AND THE TRAUMA OF THE INSTANT. . .I SUSTAINED INJURIES TO MY STERNUM AND TO MUSCLES IN MY UPPER BACK. WE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFICULTY WITH THE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND I ENDED UP IN A CLOSED SERVICE STATION PARKING LOT , IN A STRANGE CITY, WITH MY TWO CHILDREN FOR ALMOST THREE HOURS. WE WERE TREATED POORLLY AND EVEN THREATENED BY THE DEALERSHIP. WE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFIFULTY TRYING TO REPORT A CLAIM ABOUT OUR INJURIES, AND DO NOT KNOW WHERE THIS STANDS TODAY. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE HOOD RELEASE NOT SUSTAINING THE COMBINATION OF SPEED AS WELL AS THE RESISTANCE CAUSED BY PASSING A LARGE TRUCK. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Feb 15, 2000MA

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN OIL & TRANSMISSION LEAK. NOTHING WAS WORKING PROPERLY IN VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS, ALSO, TRANSAXLE WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY. WAITING TO RECEIVE A NEW TRANSMISSION FROM MICHIGAN TO REPLACE ORIGINAL. *AK

Suspension › Rear › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly › Shackle
Filed Feb 2, 2000TN

WHILE DRIVING REAR LEAF SPRING U- BOLTS BROKE, CAUSING THE ENTIRE REAR END TO DROP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Suspension › Rear › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly
Filed Jan 18, 2000AZ

SPRINGS ARE TOO WEAK CAUSING POOR STABILITY AND CONTROL. YH

Power Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Nov 29, 1999MA

THE CLUTCH WILL RETURN TO THE UP POSITION BECAUSE OF THE POSITIONING OF THE FLOOR MAT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Sep 14, 1999PA

NOTICED LATCHING PLATE & BUCKLE WOULD GET VERY HOT FROM SUN SHINING THROUGH WINDSHIELD. CAN NOT LATCH BUCKLE UNTIL BUCKLE HAS COOLED OFF. *AK

Structure › Body › Door
Filed Sep 9, 1999NJ

DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT FIT PROPERLY, MISALIGNED CAUSING CLOSURE PROBLEMS. MJS

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