2003 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHENEVER THE CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE LOST POWER. ALSO, INTERMITTENTLY CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED ON ITS OWN. VEHICLE WOULD HAVE TO BE TURNED OFF TO DISENGAGE IT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEMS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED SERIOUS NECK AND BACK INJURIES.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR VIBRATES CONSTANTLY. CANNOT SEE OUT OF IT, ESPECIALLY AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 45 MPH. TOOK TO DEALER ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE AND DEALER REPLACED MIRROR. STILL VIBRATES!! TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER BUT WAS TOLD "VEHICLE IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED." TEST DROVE 6 OTHER NEW CAVALIERS IN THE LOT WITH A SALES REP, THEY ALL DID THE SAME THING. CANNOT USE MIRROR AT ALL, THIS IS DEFINETELY NOT SAFE!!

MANUAL TRANSMISSION WENT FOR THE 3RD TIME. DEALER WON'T HONOR WARRENTY. STATES THAT THAT CAR WAS ABUSED.

VEHICLE CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. FRONT END HAS POPPING NOISES WHEN TURNING. REAR END MAKE LOUD NOISE WHEN WEIGHT IN PUT ON IT (EX. ENTERING AND DEPARTING VEHICLE CABIN). ALSO HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH VEHICLE STALLING WHEN SLOWING DOWN (MANUAL...PUT IN NEUTRAL AND RPM'S DROP-OFF CAUSING A STALL). TECHNICIANS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE LATTER PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING RIGHT REAR TIRE BLISTERED. *AK

THE TURN SIGNAL AND BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK. THE MECHANIC FROM THE DEALER SHIP NOTED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SOCKET WAS MELTED. FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *PH

WHEN DRIVING AND PRESS CLUTCH TO SLOW DOWN RPM'S DROP BELOW 300 AND VEHICLE DIES. DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP WHEN HAPPENING AND COULDN'T GET IT IN TO CHECK . VEHICLE STOPPED DOING IT AND HAS SPELLS. *AK

I WAS INFORMED BY A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP AT CHEVROLET ON 9/5/03 THAT MY VEHICLE WAS COVERED FOR HEAD GASKET REPAIR UNDER A "SPECIAL POLICY" RECALL. AT THE URGING OF THIS CUSTOMER SERVICE REP FROM CHEVROLET, BRUCE MITCHELL, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. I WAS NOTIFIED BY THEIR SERVICE DEPT. THAT THIS "SPECIAL POLICY" EXPIRED 7/03 AND THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $1,400 TO FIX ALL OF THE DAMAGES INCLUDING THE HEAD GASKET. I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP NOT TO FIX THE PROBLEMS. I CALLED CHEVROLET AND SPOKE WITH THE SAME CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AS I HAD EARLIER. HE APOLOGIZED AND INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS INCORRECT IN TELLING ME THAT THE HEAD GASKET WOULD BE COVERED AT NO COST. I PURCHASED THIS VECHICLE FROM A PRIVATE SALE IN 2/03. I WAS NEVER INFORMED BY ANYONE THAT ANY RECALLS WERE AVAILABLE TO ME. MY VEHICLE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SO I LOOKED ON CHEVROLET'S WEBSITE TO SEE IF PERHAPS THERE WERE ANY RECALLS OUT FOR MY CAR AND THERE WERE 2 AND THIS OTHER "SPECIAL POLICY". I ASKED THE COMPANY HOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT THIS POLICY HAD AN EXPIRATION DATE IF I NEVER KNEW ABOUT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DID ALL THAT THEY CAN DO AND THAT THEY CANNOT HELP ME. I CANNOT AFFORD TO GET MY VEHICLE FIXED SO THEREFORE IT IS UNDRIVABLE TO ME. I THINK THAT THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I MISSED THE EXPIRATION DATE BY 2 MONTHS BECAUSE OF AN EXPIRED POLICY THAT I NEVER KNEW ABOUT, OR WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IF I DIDN'T TAKE IT UPON MYSELF TO CONDUCT SOM

2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD AND ALREADY BOTH OF THE BACK TURN SIGNALS/BRAKE LIGHT BULBS HAVE BURNT OUT. *AK

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHUT OFF VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN.*AK

GAS GAUGE GIVING FALSE READING@LEFT-SIDE/FRONT MAKING NOISE WHEN ON ROUGH SURFACE ,(RATTLING NOISE).*AK

BRAKE PEDAL ON THIS CAR IS MUCH HIGHER THAN ACCELERATOR PEDAL. UNTIL THE DRIVER GETS USED TO THE HEIGHT MISMATCH, THE DRIVER'S FOOT HITS THE SIDE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE THIS WILL CAUSE A HUGE LAG IN RESPONSE TIME IN BRAKING.I CALLED THE LOCAL CHEVROLET SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOT AN ADJUSTMENT FOR EITHER PEDAL (LOWER THE BRAKE OR RAISE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL).*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND BOTH FRONT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A REGULAR OIL MAINTENANCE AND THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED FRONT ALIGNMENT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT STRUTS. THE VEHICLE HAD 3700 MILES. *AK NOISE HAD COME FROM THE DASHBOARD, WHEN THE LEFT DOOR WAS CLOSED, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OVER BUMPS, AND WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. THERE WAS STATIC IN THE RADIO DUE TO LOOSENESS, AND THERE WAS A RATTLE NOISE IN THE REAR, NEAR THE EXHAUST, WHEN CLOSED. *SCC THE HINGES WERE REPAIED, DUE TO A NOISE IN THE DOOR. *JB

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, ACCOMPANIED BY A GRINDING NOISE. *AK. ALSO THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WAS REPLACED PH. *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING TRANSMISSION WILL START TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER REROUTED THE THROTTLE CABLES. *AK

THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER WAS REROUTING THE THROTTLE CABLES.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 70MPH VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

THE VEHICLES FUEL PUMP SYSTEM HAD A HIGH PITCH FREQUENCY (DRAWING TO MUCH POWER). THIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. THE FUEL GAUGE IS ALSO INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *NLM

THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE NEAR THE TIRES. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *JB

A NOISE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER STATED THE FRAME WAS LOOSE, HOWEVER SECONDS LATER, THE SAME POPPING NOISE RECURRED, THE DEALER THEN STATED THE CONTROL ARM WAS THE PROBLEM. *JB

THE BRAKES GRIND/SQUEAKED WHEN USED FOR THE FIRST TIME EACH DAY. THE BRAKES WERE ALSO SENSITIVE AND GRABBED ON OCCASION. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL OPERATION. *NLM *NLM

ON MODERATE INCLINES THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ROLLS BACKWARDS AND CONTINUES, EVEN ACCELERATES UNTIL YOU BRAKE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER BOTH SAY THIS IS A DESIGN FEATURE AND IS NOT A DEFECT. THE COMPUTER MODULE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED FOR OTHER REASONS BUT THIS UNSAFE DEFECT CONTINUES. *JB

THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MADE A VIBRATION NOISE, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT GASOLINE CAN BE HEARD IN THE TANK WHEN YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

WHILE JACKING UP VEHICLE WITH A FACTORY INSTALL JACK. JACK SUDDENLY BROKEN INTO THREE PIECES, CAUSING THE MOTOR MOUNT TO SNAP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.