2003 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER AND THE FUEL PUMP CONTINUES TO GO OUT. IT IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. IT HAS GONE OUT ONCE BEFORE AND COST ME 800 DOLLARS TO REPLACE. I WISH I KNEW ABOUT HOW FREQUENT THIS HAPPENS WITH THIS CAR BEFORE PURCHASING IT. *TR

2003 CAVALIER, THE DEFROSTER KNOB CABLE HAS GONE BAD 2X'S BEFORE IT IS GONE AGAIN, THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MOTOR WENT LAST YEAR, LAST MONTH THE FUEL PUMP WENT, THE PASSENGER SIDE MOTOR IS GOING, THE SPEEDOMETER IS MESSED UP ALONG WITH THE TACK, IT STICKS. MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS CAR JUST TURNED 17, THE SPEEDOMETER SAID SHE WAS GOING 105, WHEN SHE SHUTS THE CAR OFF IT SAYS SHE'S STILL DOING 35, AT TIMES THE CAR WONT START, DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY, THIS IS BS, THERE IS ONLY 72000 MILES ON IT, GM NEEDS TO START FIXING THESE PROBLEMS, SOME ONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED. *TR

MY ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON MY 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS STOPPED WORKING. FIRST IT WAS THE GAS GAUGE THAT STOPPED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. I JUST LEARNED TO LIVE IT. THEN RECENTLY MY SPEEDOMETER AND RPM METER STOPPED WORKING AS WELL. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PRICE ESTIMATES DONE AND NONE HAVE BEEN UNDER $500 AND I JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT DONE WHILE I'M CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED. I HAVE RESEARCHED OTHER CASES OF FAULTY INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON GM MODELS INCLUDING THE CAVALIER. THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT SAFE AND I'M ASSUMING IT'S ILLEGAL TO DRIVE WITHOUT A SPEEDOMETER BUT STILL AFTER YEARS OF COMPLAINTS TO GM OF FAULTY INSTRUMENT PANELS THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. *TR

FUEL PUMP BROKE AT 70,000 MILES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE CUT OUT AND I HAD TO COAST TO SIDE OF INTERSTATE. *TR

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER JUST STARTED LOSING POWER AND THEN DIED ON HIGHWAY. HAD TO WAIT 1 HR. FOR AAA TO COME TO TOW IN 111 DEGREE HEAT. TURNS OUT TO BE A FAULTY FUEL PUMP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER SHE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF. THE MECHANIC WAS REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE REGARDING HIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK SINCE A CRASH COULD OCCUR. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

THE CAR WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND STALLED WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. IT SEEMS THE FUEL PUMP FAILED. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED AND CAR SEEMS TO BE RUNNING. *TR

MY DAUGHTERS 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER SUDDENLY DIED ON THE INTERSTATE WITH NO WARNING. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE FUEL PUMP IS BAD. IT ONLY HAS 63,000 MILES ON IT. THE REPAIR COST ME $600. I'M FINDING OUT THAT THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL AND YEAR. I'VE NEVER IN MY LIFETIME OWNING NUMEROUS CARS HAD A FUEL PUMP FAIL. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. MY DAUGHTER WAS ALMOST HIT BY A SEMI WHEN HER CAR DIED. THIS NEEDS TO BE A FACTORY RECALL . *TR

2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER- AT 64,000 MILES FUEL PUMP DIED WHILE PARKED AT A STORE UPON RESTART $700.00 REPLACEMENT. AT APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES FRONT CLUNKING NOISE STARTED, DEALER COULD NEVER FIND A PROBLEM, NOW AT 76,000 MILES, HAVING FRONT UPPER STRUT MOUNTS REPLACED. FOUND ALOT OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT SAME ISSUES. I DETERMINED CAUSE OF FRONT CLUNK ON MY OWN. ALSO, WAS IN COLLISION THAT INVOLVED FRONT DRIVER SIDE, DOWN DRIVER SIDE FRONT FENDER, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, DON'T KNOW IF THEY SHOULD HAVE. NOONE WAS HURT, WAS SLOW SPEED CRASH. STILL CANNOT BELIEVE NO RECALL ON FUEL PUMP OR FRONT SUSPENSION. APPARENTLY GM DOESN'T WANT TO FOOT THE 700.00 BILL FOR THE FUEL PUMP DEFECT. *TR

ABS, TRAC OFF AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS STAY ON. THERE IS A TSB ON THIS BUT SINCE IT AFFECTS BRAKE OPERATION THIS SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL. *TR

FUEL PUMP BROKE. *TR

FUEL PUMP AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. *TR

FUEL PUMP FAILURE - CAR STALLS JUST INSIDE A PARKING LOT OF A LARGE SHOPPING AREA. DRIVER HAS TO HAVE HELP MOVING THE 2003 CAVALIER INTO A PARKING SPOT UNTIL A TOW TRUCK COMES TO MOVE THE CAR TO THE GARAGE FOR REPAIRS. THE FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED AT 72,441 MILES WITHOUT ANY WARNING; JUST A STALL AND THEN COMPLETELY DEAD. IT'S SAID THE FUEL PUMP SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE IS PRISTINE AND ALWAYS SERVICED AT OR BEFORE 3000 MILE INTERVALS. THERE IS NO REASON THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. THE REPAIR COST OVER $700. IT'S GOOD THIS DID NOT HAPPEN IN TRAFFIC OR THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A POSSIBLE FATALITY. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS STOPPED WORKING. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2005 AND IN ABOUT 2006 IT STARTED ACTING UP. AT FIRST THE GAUGES WOULD FLICKER IN AND OUT ONE AT A TIME SOMETIMES READING INCORRECT SPEEDS OR FUEL LEVEL AND SOMETIME NOT WORKING AT ALL. THEY WOULD SOMETIMES SEEM TO BE AFFECTED BY THE TEMPERATURE AND OTHER TIMES NOT. I TOOK IT IN AND THE MECHANIC FIDGETED WITH THE FUSES AND IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN AND HE SAID THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. SO EACH TIME THEY ACTED UP I WOULD ADJUST THE FUSES & THEY WOULD START WORKING AGAIN UNTIL EVEN THAT DIDN'T WORK. SO I WENT TO BUY NEW FUSES AND THE EMPLOYEE AT THE PART STORE CHECKED MY FUSES AND SAID THEY WERE WORKING FINE. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED. IN ABOUT 2008 OR 2009 I HAD SOME OTHER WORK DONE ON THE CAR AND THE MECHANIC SAID THAT HE HAD ACTUALLY SEEN OTHER CAVALIERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT THE PANEL NEEDED REPLACED. MY DAD WANTS TO FIX MY CAR BUT WE ARE WAITING TO AFFORD IT AND NOT SURE IF THAT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND SEEN MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM AND I AM WONDERING WHY THERE ISN'T A SAFETY RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT IS OBVIOUSLY CHARACTERISTICALLY A PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVY CAVALIER IN MORE THAN ONE YEAR. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CONSUMER SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AND PAY FOR WHEN IT IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURE DEFAULT. IT IS NOT ONLY MONETARILY INCONVENIENT BUT IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. YOU ARE UNABLE

2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER, DIED WHILE DRIVING LOST POWER STEERING AND ALMOST DROVE INTO DITCH BECAUSE I COULDN'T EASILY TURN STEERING WHEEL! I THINK IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER INCIDENT. STARTER WILL TURN THE ENGINE OVER BUT WILL NOT START... *TR

FUEL PUMP WENT OUT ON 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. LEFT MY WIFE STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD! SHE ALMOST WRECKED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING AFTER THE MOTOR QUIT. *TR

IN RESPONSE TO PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE07033 I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER ON 95 SOUTH BOUND, WHEN THE TRAC OFF LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE JERKED AND STALLED A LITTLE BIT. I ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE DRIVING, HOWEVER NOTICED THE VEHICLE STALLING EVEN MORE. I WAS IN AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PLACE IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, AND KNEW I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY. MY CAR SHUT OFF AS I WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND I WAS ALMOST HIT BY VEHICLES GOING 60-70 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD - IN A POSITION WHERE I WAS NOT EVEN ABLE TO EXIT MY VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVER SIDE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL FILTER NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS GOING TO COST ME APPROXIMATELY $417. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE WEB AND FIND IT TO BE EXTREMELY COMMON. TO SAY THAT THIS ISN'T A BIG PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE IS UNFAIR. *TR

MY 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER, AT 77,000 MILES, QUIT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I WAS LUCKY TO BE ON A LOW TRAFFIC STREET. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED HOME AND GETTING ON LINE, I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINS ABOUT THE SAME YEAR AND MAKE. EVERYONE COMPLAINED THAT THEIR FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. AFTER PURCHASING THE FUEL PUMP MODULE AND DOING THE WORK MYSELF (DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS) THE CAR RAN FINE. WHEN WILL THE RECALL BEGIN, AFTER SOMEONE DIES? *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I LOOKED AT MY SPEEDOMETER AND IT WAS NOT MOVING ABOVE 35 MILES PER HOUR. I PULLED OVER AND SAW THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT GO TO ZERO; IT STAYED AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND ON, AND THE SPEEDOMETER DECREASED TO 30 MILES PER HOUR. AFTER TURNING MY CAR OFF AND ON SIX TO SEVEN MORE TIMES, THE SPEEDOMETER FINALLY WENT BACK TO ZERO. AFTER THAT, I BEGAN DRIVING AGAIN. THE SPEEDOMETER WORKED FINE. THE NEXT DAY, THE SPEEDOMETER GOT STUCK AT 50 MILES PER HOUR. WITHOUT PULLING OVER AND TURNING THE CAR OFF, THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN WORKING AGAIN, HOWEVER, IT SHOWED I WAS DRIVING AT 100 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN I WAS DRIVING WITH HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AT ABOUT 50-55 MILES PER HOUR. THIS HAPPENS JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. WHEN IT IS COLD, THIS TENDS TO HAPPEN LESS FREQUENTLY, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH. THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO TWO OR THREE MECHANICS AND EACH TIME I AM TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. THE COMPUTER SAYS THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THIS PROBLEM, WHEN FIRST NOTICED, COULD HAVE CREATED A SERIOUS HAZARD IF THE SPEEDOMETER WAS STUCK AT 55 MILES PER HOUR, AND THE DRIVER EXITED TO A CITY ROAD AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE DRIVER WOULD HIT THEIR BRAKES, THINKING THEY WERE DRIVING FAST, POSSIBLY CAUSING A COLLISION. WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING THERE IS NO REAL WAY TO TELL THE EXACT SPEED THAT YOU ARE DRIVING. GENERAL MOTORS WAS CALLED THE DAY OF THE PROBLEM AND A REPORT REGARDING THE PROBLEM WAS CREATED. *TR

I WAS HEADING OUT OF MY HOUSE IN THE EVENING AND GOT ABOUT 2 OR 3 MILES FROM MY HOME WHEN I WENT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION MY VEHICLE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I APPLIED PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO COAST JUST ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE INTERSECTION AND MY VEHICLE ENDED UP SHUTTING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH OUT WARNING, NO SIGNS, NO LIGHTS MY VEHICLE JUST GAVE OUT ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION HAD IT OCCURRED JUST 5 SECONDS BEFORE I CLEARED THE INTERSECTION I MAY HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORST IT COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT. I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND OTHER CONSUMER REVIEW SITES GIVE DETAILED SCENARIOS OF THIS DANGEROUS FUEL PUMP FAILURE AND ITS ABRUPT OCCURRENCE. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AT MILEAGE AS LOW AS 7,000 AND WORKS ITS WAY UP. I WOULD LIKE TO BE SPOKEN WITH PERSONALLY BY SOMEONE ON THE BOARD AND FOR REASONS WHY THIS PROBLEM DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER STALLED WHILE DRIVING. HAD TOWED TO SHOP AND FUEL PUMP WAS BAD. REPLACED AT 69,000 MILES AT A COST OF $760.00. THE WARRANTY ON THE NEW FACTORY FUEL PUMP WAS FOR 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES. AFTER 14 MONTHS AND AT 78,000 MILES THE 2ND FUEL PUMP HAS GONE BAD. UNEMPLOYED AND DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT AGAIN! PLEASE RECALL. *TR

THE FUEL PUMP FAILED ON MY 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER LEAVING MY CAR POWER LESS (OFF) AT 65 MPH. THEN WOULD NOT START, LEAVING ME STRANDED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. I AM HAVING TO BUY A NEW FUEL PUMP COSTING AROUND $200 AND TAKE TIME OFF OF WORK TO FIX IT.

I BOUGHT MY 2003 CAVALIER BRAND NEW. WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY I TOOK THE CAR IN BECAUSE IT WAS MALFUNCTIONING. THE SITUATION WAS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WENT TO SHIFT GEARS AND WHEN I HELD THE CLUTCH IN THE RPM'S DROPPED ALL THE WAY TO 0 AND THE CAR STALLED. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE, SO THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. SINCE THAN THIS HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. WHILE DRIVING IT STALLS ON AVERAGE OF 5 TIMES A WEEK WHICH IS NOT SAFE ESPECIALLY ON THE FREE WAY. ALSO TO ADD TO EVERYONE ELSE'S COMPLAINT MY FUEL PUMP WENT BAD AS WELL AND HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED. *TR

I OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. 65,000 KM (NOT MILES ON IT). WORKS GREAT, ONE MINUTE, THEN THE NEXT WON'T START. HAVE HAD IT TOWED TWICE ... TOLD NO REAL PROBLEM, THEN TOLD THAT THE FUEL PUMP IS GONE. CHECKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS, BUT NO RECALL. SEEMS ABSOLUTELY UNREASONABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING ... THAT WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAVALIER TO PICK UP MY WIFE. AS I APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION, THE SYSTEM COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND I COULD NOT RESTART THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP AT THE BEGINNING OF A LEFT TURN LANE AND PUT MY HAZARDS ON. WITH THE HELP OF MY PASSENGER AND A POLICE OFFICER, WE MOVED THE CAR ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAVEL TO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR HAD 116,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE ONLY WARNING BEFORE THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND DRIVE-ABILITY WAS THE BATTERY LIGHT TURNING ON BRIEFLY. *TR

HAVE A 2003 CAVALIER 66,000 MILES AND WAS WORKING BEAUTIFULLY DROVE INTO WORK AND WAS COMING HOME STOPPED TO GET GROCERIES AND CAME OUT TO START MY CAR AND FUEL PUMP WAS DEAD. THERE WAS NO WARNING FOR THIS PROBLEM AT ALL WOULD LIKE TO FIND IF GM IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SINCE THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

MY DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW WILL INITIALLY GO DOWN. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO POWER THE WINDOW UP, IT GOES APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO INCHES THEN STOPS. I HAVE TO CONTINUE DRIVING OR LEAVE MY CAR RUNNING UNTIL THE WINDOW IS UP. IT IS VERY UNSAFE TO LEAVE MY CAR IN ANY LOT OR PARKING SPACE WITH THE WINDOW DOWN. ON AVERAGE EVERY 10 MINUTES IT WILL GO UP ANOTHER INCH OR TWO. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I POWER THE WINDOW DOWN. I WILL NOT LEAVE MY WINDOW DOWN. ELEMENTS WILL DAMAGE THE INTERIOR, AND IT LEAVES ME SUSCEPTIBLE TO VANDALS. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND I CONSIDER THIS MALFUNCTION UNSAFE FOR ME THE DRIVER AND MY CHILDREN. I PAID $18,000 FOR THE VEHICLE, I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO GO UNFIXED, HOWEVER I FEEL IT IS THE COMPANY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO RECALL AND REPAIR THE ISSUE. *TR

I OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER LS AND ON DEC. 25 WHEN I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROST BUTTON SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT FROM INSIDE THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. I COULD NOT GET THE REAR DEFROST TO TURN OFF SO I HAD TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND REMOVE THE FUSE TO IT. SHORTLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT THE POWER WINDOWS HAVE STOPPED WORKING AND THE FUSE TO THEM IS STILL GOOD, I REPLACED IT JUST IN CASE BUT THE WINDOWS STILL DO NOT WORK. THE ODOMETER HAS ALSO STOPPED WORKING SO I HAVE HAD TO GUESS MY SPEED. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN SINCE THE REAR DEFROST DOES NOT WORK I CANNOT SEE OUT THE REAR WINDOW ON COLD DAYS, I ALSO CANNOT TELL HOW FAST I AM DRIVING WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, AND THE POWER WINDOWS HAVE STOPPED WORKING. THE CAR IS DUE FOR INSPECTION NEXT MONTH AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS, THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND RELY ON IT TO GET TO AND FROM WORK EVERYDAY. I HAVE ALSO PLACED A COMPLAINT WITH GENERAL MOTORS CONCERNING THIS ISSUE AS I FEEL THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED ARE A RESULT OF POOR OR HURRIED WORKMANSHIP IN THAT AREA OF THE VEHICLE'S MANUFACTURE. *TR

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER STALLED WHILE DRIVING. ALMOST GOT KILLED. JUST ANOTHER DEFECT IN THIS CAR. I KEEP REPORTING STUFF AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE LISTENING. *TR

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER SPEEDOMETER FAILED AT 49,240 MILES. RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY UNSAFE DRIVING SPEED IN OTHERWISE PERFECT DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR

I WAS RETURNING HOME AND WHEN I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY MY CAR HAD AN EXTREME LOSS OF POWER. I WAS SURPRISED BY THIS BECAUSE IT WAS A SUDDEN CHANGE IN MY CARS PERFORMANCE. I HAD NOT BEEN HAVING ANY TROUBLE BEFORE THIS. AFTER I PARKED MY CAR AND TURNED IT OFF I LATER ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE. IT WOULD NOT START. THE ENGINE AND EVERYTHING TURNED OVER FINE IT JUST DID NOT SEEM TO BE GETTING FUEL. I THEN TURNED THE KEY ON AND OFF AND REALIZED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOT RUNNING. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2003 CAVALIERS. THANKFULLY I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND NOT IN THE LEFT LANE OF THE FREEWAY IN RUSH HOUR. I WILL BE SPENDING MY WEEKEND REPLACING MY FUEL PUMP. I WILL KEEP THE DEAD PUMP IF IT IS NEEDED FOR INVESTIGATION. *TR

STARTED THE CAR UP IN THE MORNING AS NORMAL TO WARM THE CAR UP ( ABOUT 5 MINS). DROVE ABOUT 1 MILE TO ROYAL FARMS. I SHUT DOWN THE CAR TO GO INSIDE AND I RETURNED TO THE CAR TO START IT UP. AT FIRST IT STARTED UP BUT VERY RUFF AND THEN STALLED OUT AFTER THAT IT DID NOT FIRE UP ANYMORE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME WHERE I FOUND OUT THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAS GONE UP. I HAVE HAD IDLE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR AND THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. I DO NOT KNOW IF THESE PROBLEM GO SIDE BY SIDE. *TR

SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER JUMPS AND DOESN'T DISPLAY THE CORRECT SPEED. *TR

RECENTLY PURCHASED PRE-OWNED 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER STALLED, THE ENGINE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE SINCE. IT SOUNDS AS IF IT WANTS TO START BUT WILL NOT. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE FUEL PUMP. I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS AND THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME... *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION ABOUT A YEAR AGO. ASSUMING IT WAS JUST THE FLOAT, I DECIDED I WOULD IGNORE IT AND USE THE TRIP ODOMETER TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH GAS I HAD LEFT. UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE WENT WELL PAST FULL, INTO THE REALM OF WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED TWO TANKS OF FULL, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEEDLE COULD NOT MOVE. EVENTUALLY, THE GAS GAUGE NEEDLE WENT PAST THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE (NOW AT WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED TWO AND A HALF TANKS) WHICH FREED THE TEMPERATURE NEEDLE TO ACTUALLY REGISTER. NOW, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS MALFUNCTIONING, RESTING AT THE HALF WAY POINT EVEN AFTER THE CAR SAT ALL NIGHT IN OUR RECENT FRIGID TEMPERATURES. IT NOW RUNS IN THE RED EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE. NOW, THE SPEEDOMETER IS SHOWING SIGNS OF MALFUNCTIONING, AS IT READS 5 MPH THOUGH I AM AT A COMPLETE STOP. RESEARCH ON VARIOUS INTERNET MESSAGE BOARDS SUGGEST THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN NOT ONLY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIERS, BUT OTHER YEARS AND MODELS OF CHEVY VEHICLES. WHEN I COMPLAINED TO GM THAT A MALFUNCTIONING SPEEDOMETER WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, I WAS GREETED WITH "THERE'S NO RECALL, IT'S NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, CAN'T HELP, YOUR PROBLEM, DEAL WITH IT." FOLLOWING THIS LOGIC, WHAT'S STOPPING GM FROM CREATING MORE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES, IF THE PROBLEM HAPPENS AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRES? THEY'VE ADOPTED THE ATTITUDE IT'S "NOT THEIR PROBLEM." AT WHAT POINT IS A DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM WORTHY OF A RECALL? *TR

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER AND THE FUEL PUMP HAS WENT OUT .....CAR ONLY HAS 65,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM ONLINE I SEE ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.I ALSO NOTICED YALL HAVE INVESTIGATED SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ALSO ...THE CASE WAS CLOSED DUE TO NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAINING! I REALLY THINK THIS IS A DEFECT AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED....IT IS COSTING US 600-1000 DOLLARS TO FIX! PLEASE OPEN THE INVESTIGATION AGAIN! *TR

FUEL PUMP GOES OUT AFTER ONLY 60,000 MILES. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, I OWN OTHER VEHICLES THAT HAVE 3 TIMES THIS MILEAGE BEFORE I HAD TO REPLACE A FUEL PUMP. *TR

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER, ~83,000 MILES. DEC 3 IN NE OHIO, TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON OHIO ROUTE 11 AT ~11:50PM. CAR SUDDENLY STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, TRAC LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON. ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. ENGINE STILL RUNNING BUT ROUGH. NO POWER WHEN TRIED TO MAKE CAR MOVE. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED HOME $200. TOOK ~3HRS IN FREEZING COLD AND SNOWSTORM. CAR WOULD NOT START THE NEXT DAY. COULD NOT HEAR CHARACTERISTIC WHIR OF FUEL PUMP WHEN KEY FIRST TURNED. DIAGNOSIS OF ELECTRICAL SHOWED FUEL PUMP WAS RECEIVING VOLTAGE. TAPPING ON BOTTOM OF FUEL TANK WHILE TRYING TO START CAR RESULTED IN CAR STARTING. DIAGNOSIS: NEW FUEL PUMP REQUIRED. ANTICIPATED COST $250 + LABOR. TOTAL ANTICIPATED COST: $450 + LABOR. FORTUNATELY NO OR LITTLE TRAFFIC. ALSO FORTUNATE TOW TRUCK RESPONDED QUICKLY OTHERWISE PERSONAL INJURY FROM COLD COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT THIS LOW MILEAGE. FUEL PUMPS SHOULD BE LIFETIME ENGINEERED. *TR

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER FUEL PUMP HAS TO BE DEFECTIVE FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH IT. MINE JUST WENT ON MY CAR WITHOUT ANY WARNING . *TR

I HAD PURCHASED BRAND NEW CHEVROLET CAVALIER BACK IN 2003 AFTER 10K OR SO, IT STARTED STALLING DURING DRIVING WHEN THE CLUTCH IS PRESSED TO CHANGE THE GEAR OR AT TRAFFIC STOPS. THIS PROBLEMS REPEATS EVERY WEEK OR SO AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AS ALL THE POWER TO THE STEERING AND BRAKES IS LOST. I THINK THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING TO A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM I AM NEVER GOING TO BUY A GM VEHICLE AGAIN AND WILL NOT RECOMMEND OTHERS. I WOULD LIKE GM TO FIX THIS FOR ME AS IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

PROBLEM IS WITH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. FIRST TACH STARTING FAILING NOW AND THEN. NOW ENGINE TEMP GAUGE IS DOING SAME THING. SOMETIMES TACH WORKS SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. TEMP GAUGE SOMETIMES WORKS, SOMETIMES SHOWS ENGINE HOT, SOMETIMES COLD WHEN ENGINE IS AT OPERATING TEMP. PROBLEM STARTED WHILE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN. SO FAR, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX PROBLEM, MECHANIC SAYS COST TO FIX IS $375.00. *TR

THE FUEL PUMP IN MY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER FAILED, WITH NO WARNING, LEAVING ME STRANDED IN MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE READ ON SEVERAL WEBSITES THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND SOMETIMES CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR YEAR'S MODEL. I AM FILING A FORMAL COMPLAINT BECAUSE I WANT GM HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR USING DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMPS. *TR

I OWN A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DOES NOT WORK AND NOW THE RPM GAUGE ISN'T WORKING. I HAVE ABOUT 45,000 MILES ON IT AND THE DEALERSHIP SAYS I NEED TO REPLACE THE CLUSTER. AFTER DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE REPAIR, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG ALL CAVALIERS; THE CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. I WILL HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED THIS WEEK AND WILL NEED TO SPEND $500 TO REPAIR IT. I HAVE EVEN CALLED GMC'S CUSTOMER SERVICE TO SEE IF THEIR IS A WARRANTY ON THE PART OR A RECALL. WHY ARE CAR OWNERS SPENDING $500 PLUS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WHEN IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM? *TR

FUEL PUMP FAILURE AT 125,000 KMS. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE. EVENTUALLY HAD TO PULL OVER, VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RE-START. TOWED, FUEL PUMP REPLACED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD IN TOWN GOING 40 MPH WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO CHUG. IT ENDED UP STALLING AND I WAS IN THE BUSY LANE, STILL DRIVING!!! I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY TURN ON MY HAZARDS AND TRY TO SLOWLY GET OUT OF EVERY OTHER DRIVERS WAY. I HAD CARS THAT HAD TO SLOW DOWN QUITE QUICKLY BEHIND ME AS I COULD NOT ACCELERATE OR DO ANYTHING BUT COAST OUT OF THEIR WAY. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED LIKE THIS, I HAD THE CAR TOWED THE NEXT MORNING AS WHEN IT STALLED I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK. IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. I HAD BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR. MY WARRANTY WAS JUST UP ABOUT A YEAR AGO, BUT I AM SURE THIS IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, IT COST ME $900 AND THE FACT THAT I STALLED ON A BUSY STREET. TO ME THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN. I WAS QUITE UPSET AFTER THE WHOLE ORDEAL. *TR

HVAC CABLE BENT AND THEN SNAPPED. NOW I CAN'T DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD I RAN OFF THE ROAD TODAY BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE. I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO GM OVER A YEAR AGO AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE. THEY NEVER RESPONDED TO MY LETTER. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE HAD IT FIXED BY A MECHANIC 2X AND SHOULD NOT ONLY BE REIMBURSED, BUT SHOULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED. IT STILL DOES NOT WORK RIGHT. HAD THE ACTUAL CABLE REPLACED AND THEN JUST HAD THE KINK CORRECTED ON IT AND IT BROKE AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. *TR

WHILE ACTIVELY DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER MY CAR WITHOUT WARNING JUST SHUT DOWN. I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT AND A TOW TO THE REPAIR SHOP WAS REQUIRED. I HAD TO HAVE MY FUEL PUMP REPLACED. THIS WAS A SHOCK BECAUSE MY CAR ONLY HAS 49,900 MILES ON IT. MY MECHANIC WAS EVEN IN SHOCK AND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WOULD HAPPEN. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GLIDE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT. *TR

I'D PURCHASED MY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER IN LIKE-NEW CONDITION WITH ~20K MILES. MONTHS AFTER I'D STARTED DRIVING THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THAT WHEN I WOULD PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL(MANUAL TRANSMISSION), THE RPM WOULD DROP WELL BELOW 1000 AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD STALL. WHEN IT WOULD STALL, IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN FOR A FEW MINUTES OF SITTING. I HAD THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT AND NO ONE COULD FIND A PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM DIDN'T OCCUR AT A REGULAR INTERVAL, BUT INSTEAD HAPPENED RANDOMLY AT LEAST ONCE WITHIN 2 OR 3 MONTHS TIME. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR 4.5 YEARS AND THE FUEL PUMP HAS STOPPED OPERATING COMPLETELY. THE PROBLEM WASN'T APPARENT UNTIL I TRIED STARTING MY VEHICLE ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 8TH 2009 AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE STARTER WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, BUT THE ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION UNIT WAS MAKING A DIFFERENT NOISE. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE EVALUATED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD BECOME INOPERABLE. THE REPLACEMENT FUEL PUMPS PRICE RANGES BETWEEN $150-250 ON AVERAGE AND LABOR WOULD COST MORE. BY DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS A COMMON CASE. AN O.E.M. FUEL PUMP ON A CAR UNDER 75K MILES SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 5 YEARS BEFORE DETERIORATION. *TR

I OWN A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER. THE FUEL PUMP WENT OUT ON IT. THE CAR ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT. EVERYTHING WAS WORKING GREAT I PULLED UP TO A STORE TURNED OFF THE CAR, RAN AN ERRAND, THEN THE CAR WOULDN'T START. I CHECKED ALL FUSES AND RELAYS, AND HIT THE BLEED OFF IN THE FUEL LINE. THE PUMP JUST QUIT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND MANY PPL BELIEVE THAT THE FUEL PUMP IN 2003 AND 2001 CAVALIERS HAS A DEFECT. IM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. *TR