2005 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints

CHEVY CAVALIER 2005 MALFUNCTIONING DASH INSTRUMENTS SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER WORKING GAS GAUGE NO LONGER WORKING. *TR

THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE CONCERNING THE 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. SPECIFICALLY, THE GAUGES (TACH, SPEEDOMETER, TEMPERATURE AND GAS) OFTEN QUIT WORKING, EITHER ALL AT ONCE OR ONE-BY-ONE. THE LOSS OF THE GAUGES IS A DANGER NOT ONLY TO THE MOTORISTS, BUT ALSO TO EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD. I BOUGHT MY 2005 CAVALIER BRAND NEW. AT APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES, MY TEMP, TACH AND SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. OFTEN, THE TEMP GAUGE WILL SWING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND INTERFERE WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. MANY DAYS, MY SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT WORK AT ALL; ON OTHER DAYS, IT WILL SHOW A READING OF 80 MPH - EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS NOT MOVING. I DO NOT FEEL THIS PROBLEM IS A MATTER OF NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, WHICH IS WHAT THE DEALERSHIPS TELL THOSE OF US WITH THESE PROBLEMS. TOO MANY OF US HAVE THESE ISSUES, WHICH HAPPEN ON BOTH LOW MILEAGE AND HIGH-MILEAGE CARS. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER AND THE FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. I WAS ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 60 MPH AND THE CAR SPUTTERED AND DIED. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER AND MY SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE HAVE GONE CRAZY, THIS REPAIR IS UPWARDS OF ABOUT $600 AND I JUST WENT ONLINE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I COULD DO AND FOUND A WEBSITE CALLED CARCOMPLAINTS.COM WHERE 30 OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME IF NOT SIMILAR ISSUE WITH THE 2004-2005 CAVALIER, THERE WAS RUMOR OF A RECALL AFTER THE CAR STIMULUS EVENT, BUT NOW I NEED TO GET MY CAR INSPECTED AND CANNOT BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. I HAVE USED A GPS TO MONITOR MY SPEED, THANK GOD FOR THOSE AND SO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE, BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

FIRST THE TACHOMETER REDLINED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. MECHANIC SAID IT'S NOT REALLY AN IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT SO IGNORE IT (IT STICKS CONSTANTLY NOW). HOWEVER, BEGINNING OF 2009, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED READING HOT AND STICKING. ABOUT NOVEMBER THE SPEEDOMETER JOINED IN AND IS STICKING.*TR

FUEL GAUGE DOESN'T WORK ALL THE TIME FUEL GAUGE CAUSES THE TEMP GAUGE TO HANG UP. *TR

DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONING WHEN VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION , SPEEDOMETER WILL INDICATE VARIOUS SPEEDS LIKE 110, 100. 70, MPH OR STUCK IN A MPH POSITION WHEN VEHICLE IS NOT IN OPERATION WITH ENGINE OFF. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED FUNCTIONING ON MY 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER. IT OCCASIONALLY WILL WORK, BUT ONLY SPORADICALLY, IF EVER. *TR

MY 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER FUEL AND TEMPERATURE GAUGES QUIT WORKING NOW THE TECH IS GOING HAYWIRE. I USE A GPS SO I KNOW MY SPEED. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. COST IS OVER $500. TO REPLACE ALL THE GAUGES. LOST GAUGES ONE AT A TIME. *TR

ALMOST THE ENTIRE GAUGE CLUSTER (SPEEDOMETER, FUEL, TACH, ETC) HAS GONE HAYWIRE. I AM UNCERTAIN AS I DRIVE OF SPEED, FUEL, ETC. OTHER CHEVROLET CAVALIER INDICATE THE SAME SAFETY CONCERN AND THE FACT THAT GM REFUSES TO CORRECT THE SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR AL FERRY

2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. ABOUT A MONTH AGO MY FUEL AND ODOMETER GAUGES STARTED TO FAIL. I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF THE SIMILAR MAKE AND MODEL. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT MUST BE ADDRESSED. I KNOW THIS IS COSTLY TO REPAIR AND I DO NOT THINK IT IS DUE TO THE AGE OR WEAR AND TEAR OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. ABOUT A MONTH AGO MY FUEL AND SPEEDOMETER GAUGES STARTED TO FAIL. I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF THE SIMILAR MAKE AND MODEL. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT MUST BE ADDRESSED. I KNOW THIS IS COSTLY TO REPAIR AND I DO NOT THINK IT IS DUE TO THE AGE OR WEAR AND TEAR OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

MY 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER FUEL AND TEMPERATURE GAUGES QUIT WORKING. I RAN OUT OF GAS IN A REMOTE LOCATION WHILE THE GAUGE SAID I HAD HALF A TANK. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. *TR

ALL GAUGES GOING HAYWIRE. THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE BEING THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERING VARIOUS SPEEDS WHEN I AM NOT MOVING AND REGISTERING OVER 110 MILES PER HOUR WHEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT I AM GOING OVER 20 MPH. *TR

THE GAUGE CLUSTER WENT OUT. STARTED WITH THE TEMP THOUGH MY CAR WAS OVER HEATING THEN AFTER I TOOK IN AND LOOKED LIKE AN IDIOT THEY TOLD ME MY CAR WAS OVER HEATING. THEN A WEEK LATER IT DID IT AGAIN THEN THE GAS GAUGE MESSED THEN THE RPM, 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER. *TR

ONE BY ONE, THE GAUGES IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, AND TACHOMETER NO LONGER FUNCTION. REPAIRS ARE PENDING WHILE I DETERMINE IF MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL COVER IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER AND AROUND THE 70,000 MILEAGE MARK WHEN MY TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE BROKE AND I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE IS A DEFAULT WITH THIS CABLE, BECAUSE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BEND IN THE CABLE AND OVER THE TIME THIS CABLE WILL WEAR OUT AND BROKE...CAUSING ME TO PURCHASE A NEW ONE...SO IM MAKING A COMPLAINT TO WHOM IT MY CONCERN THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS CABLE AND TO BE FIX WITH OUT THE BEND IN THE CABLE....THANK YOU *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS; PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THERE WAS AN UNINTENDED INCREASE IN THE ACCELERATION. THE ENGINE REVVED EXTREMELY HIGH WHICH CAUSED THE ABS, ENGINE, AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT INDICATORS TO ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL INTERMITTENTLY. IMMEDIATELY AFTER APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE BEGAN DRIVING NORMALLY. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER POWER WINDOW MECHANISM ALSO FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE WINDOW MOTOR WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, WHEN THE WINDOW WAS ACTIVATED THE RESPONSE TIME WAS SLOW WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE WINDOW SHIELD WIPERS TO MALFUNCTION. THE SPEED ODOMETER AND RPM GAUGES DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS WHICH COULD BE RELATED TO THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY EXHIBITING REDUCE ENGINE POWER. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,400.

AT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES, OUR 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER'S GAS GAGE, SPEEDOMETER, AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, AND COST TO FIX, WE DECIDED AGAINST REPAIRS, AS WE DON'T HAVE $500+ TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET, WE HAVE FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIERS. OUR CAR IS A ONE OWNER VEHICLE, SO WE KNOW THE MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF THE CAR. CHEVROLET, TO THIS POINT, HAS DONE NOTHING FOR THE OTHER OWNERS, WHO HAVE PAID FOR THIS REPAIR. REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT OUR CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS OBVIOUS MALFUNCTION. *TR

SPEEDOMETER DEFECTIVE, NEEDLE STICKING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WHEN VEHICLE IS MOVING. ( 100 , 70, 64, 59 MPH) REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL SPEED OF VEHICLE IS WHEN VEHICLE IS BEGIN DRIVEN. NEEDLE MOVES AT ANYTHING AND STICKS IN POSITION EVEN AFTER VEHICLE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GENERAL MOTORS REPAIR SHOP ON 10/06/09 , THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER. CHECKED WITH GENERAL MIRRORS CORPORATION , THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER INSTRUMENT PANEL IS NOT WORKING RIGHT. SO FAR THE GAS AND THE TEMP GAUGES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AND I AM SURE THE OTHERS WILL SOON FOLLOW. I HAVE 48000 MILES ON MY CAR AND THE FIVE YEAR WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM. FROM MY INTERNET RESEARCH I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MAKE OF CAR. ALSO GM HAS RECALLED OTHER CAR MODELS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. SO WHY NOT THIS ONE? *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER THAT HAS NEVER BEEN MODIFIED IN ANY WAY AND ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS ACTING FAULTY. I CHECKED THE SENSORS AND LINES IN THE ENGINE, TOWARDS THE STEERING WHEEL AND EVERYTHING SEEMS INTACT. AFTER THAT, IT WOULD ACT UP SOMETIMES AND WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF, THE GAUGES WOULD STAY STUCK AND WHEN YOU RESTART THE ENGINE, THEY WOULD ROTATE EVEN MORE FURTHER PASS THEIR NORMAL IDLED POSITION. IT JUST GOT WORST AND WORST. NOW IT'S NOT EVEN WORKING. I CAN'T REALLY TELL WHEN I AM LOW ON GAS UNTIL MY GAS CHECKLIGHT COMES ON NOR CAN I TELL HOW FAST I AM DRIVING. THAT'S MY WORST CONCERN. MY TEMP GAUGE SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES NOT. SPEEDOMETER AND RPM DON'T WORK AT ALL. THIS IS FAULTY AND THINK THAT CHEVY SHOULD EITHER HAVE IT RECALLED OR REPLACE FOR FREE. IT WAS BOUGHT IN HAVING FAITH IN RELIABILITY THAT THE CAR AND PARTS WOULD LAST A LITTLE LONGER THAN 4 YEARS, ESPECIALLY INTERIOR PARTS/INSTRUMENTS. *TR

CLUTCH PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHILE I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS THAT DUE TO THE POOR DESIGN OF THE CAR THE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH LINE WAS SEVERED BY A SHARP PIECE OF METAL THAT HOLDS AN ELECTRICAL HOUSING. THE LINE RUNS RIGHT A LONG THE SHARP EDGE OF THE METAL AND RUBS AGAINST IT UNTIL EVENTUALLY IT GETS CUT AND ALL THE FLUID LEAKS OUT AND THE PEDAL HAS NO PRESSURE TO ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STAY IN GEAR AND MAKE IT VERY HARD TO CONTROL. *TR

FAULTY GAUGES CLUSTER. THE GAS, TEMPERATURE, SPEEDOMETER, AND RPM GAUGES STOP WORKING IN A WEEKLY BASIS FOR SEVERAL DAYS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH NO LONGER LATCHES ONTO THE VEHICLE. WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR ALWAYS OPENS. THE DRIVER MUST HOLD THE DOOR IN ORDER TO PREVENT IT FROM OPENING WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH. HE HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAS NOT FOUND ANY RECALLS. HE BELIEVES THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 68,480. UPDATED 07/01/09 *BF THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR LATCHES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. UPDATED 07/02/09.*JB

WHEN MY GAUGES WON'T WORK I PUNCH THE DASH RIGHT BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL & VOILA, THEY JUMP TO ATTENTION. MY SPEEDOMETER DOES HANG UP SLIGHTLY < & THE CAR OVERHEATS SLIGHTLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. 2 COOLANT CHANGES IN 100,000 MILES HAVE HAD NO EFFECT. DEXCOOL IS NOT GOOD, AS IT WILL GEL. RECOMMEND DRAINING IMMEDIATELY FOR ALL. *TR

GREASE YOUR TIE ROD ENDS !! THIS KEEPS THE FRONT END TIGHT & STRAIGHT !! THEY COME FROM CHEVY BONE DRY. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AT 32200 MILES, WENT TO DEALER, SAID APPROXIMATE COST IS $500.00, TALKED WITH MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT IS VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON ALL GM MID 2000'S CARS AND TRUCKS. CHECKED ONLINE, FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND A COUPLE PLACES THAT SAID GM IS TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEMS ON THE TRUCKS UNDER 70,000 MILES BUT NOT THE CARS. I CONSIDER THE SPEEDOMETER TO BE SAFETY RELATED ON A CAR AS WELL AS ON A TRUCK AND DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY GM WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF A PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE BEEN AWARE OF FOR A COUPLE YEARS. *TR

THE CLUTCH PEDAL STUCK TO THE GROUND AND FAILED, THE CAR WOULD NOT COME OUT OF GEAR. FINALLY TURNED OFF THE KEY AND GOT THE ENGINE TO STOP. HAD JUST COME OFF A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND WAS IN A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE SO THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, BUT A FEW MINUTES EARLIER THE CONSEQUENCES COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. THE CLUTCH LINE SNAPPED BECAUSE THERE IS A SHARP PIECE OF METAL THAT LIES NEXT TO IT AND RUBS IT. THIS CAR HAS A HISTORY OF THIS HAPPENING AT ABOUT 40K THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF. GM HAS NOT DONE A RECALL, BUT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

IN DEC 2008, TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTING READING HOT BUT READ NORMAL A FEW DAYS LATER. IT BECAME ERRATIC FOR ABOUT A WEEK THEN STARTED POINTING TO THE RIGHT OF HOT AND KEPT MOVING FURTHER CLOCKWISE UNTIL IT WAS IN THE 6 O'CLOCK POSITION AND STAYED THAT WAY FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. NOW (MAR 2009) IT IS IN THE 4 O'CLOCK POSITION AND PREVENTS THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE FROM MOVING PAST IT. WITHIN A FEW MOMENTS DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE THEN DROPS BACK TO 0 UNTIL THE CAR SLOWS BELOW THE SPEED WHERE THE TEMPERATURE NEEDLE STOPPED IT. UPON RE-ACCELERATING THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE ATTEMPTS TO OPERATE SOMEWHAT NORMALLY UNTIL IT IS STOPPED AGAIN BY THE TEMPERATURE NEEDLE. THEN IT DROPS BACK TO 0 AFTER A FEW MOMENTS. MANY OTHER PEOPLE SAY THEY EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCE FAILURE OF ALL GAUGES IN THE CLUSTER. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED BECAUSE A DRIVER LOSES CONTROL AFTER LOSS OF POWER DUE TO A CONDITION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE GAUGES WORKED PROPERLY (OUT OF GAS, EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE ETC.) EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT THEIR OWN COMPLAINT AT HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/IVOQ/ AND SIGN UP WITH MYCARSTATS.COM TO TRACK THIS ISSUE. *TR

CLUTCH PEDAL FAILED TO RETURN AND CAUSED DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. NO INJURY CLUTCH HOSE LINE TO SLAVE CYLINDER WAS POSITIONED TO CLOSE TO BRAKE LINE CAUSING WEAR AND EVENTUAL LEAK OF FLUID LINE IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. THE PREVIOUS WEEK THE CAR WAS INSPECTED BY HANDY CHEVROLET,THE LOCAL DEALER, AND I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A NEW CLUTCH AND LEAK WAS NOT DETECTED. OTHER OWNERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON THE INTERNET. *TR

INSTRUMENT PANEL SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE ARE INACCURATE, GAUGES STICK, FLUTTER AND BECOME INOPERATIVE AND OFTEN REPORT FALSE SPEEDS AND FUEL LEVEL. THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH OCCASIONAL ERRATIC BEHAVIOR, BUT WITH EACH PASSING WEEK THE PROBLEM IS PERSISTENT. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER, AND AROUND 60,000 MILES I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER STICKING GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, I WOULD LOOK DOWN AND SPEEDOMETER IS READING OVER 110 MPH, WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ 70 MPH, THIS HAPPENED EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR ACTUAL SPEED IS. IT WOULD GO BACK TO ZERO AFTER A FEW DAYS. AFTER DEALING WITH THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS, I NOTICED THE OTHER DAY THAT MY FUEL GAUGE IS DOING THE SAME THING, WHEN THE FUEL NEEDLE WENT CLEAR TO THE RIGHT OF FULL, IT HAD MY TEMP GAUGE NEEDLE HUNG UP. KNOWING THAT NONE OF MY GAUGES NOW APPEAR TO BE WORKING CORRECTLY I TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP YESTERDAY TO BE PUT ON THE COMPUTER TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS(TOLD TO DO SO BY GM, TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP WITH THE REPAIR COST). THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE PROGRAMMING IN THE DASH CLUSTER HAD BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF WHACK, AND THAT THEY HAD REPROGRAMMED THE DASH CLUSTER AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE, SAID A HIGH VOLTAGE SURGE HAD CAUSED THE DISRUPTION. I DROVE THE CAR OUT OF TOWN TODAY AND WHEN I PARKED THE CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY MY SPEEDOMETER IS READING 70MPH AND MY FUEL GAUGE IS STUCK AT 3/4 OF A TANK. COST ME $113 FOR NOTHING YESTERDAY. IT IS A WONDER THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN IN A WRECK OR INJURED FROM HAVING TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF FUEL OR REALIZED SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THEIR GAUGES. GENERAL MOTORS HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. INITIALLY THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ONLY FAILED, NOW THE FUEL GAUGE HAS FAILED ALSO, THE ONLY GAUGES REMAINING FUNCTIONAL ARE THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER. LOCAL DEALER SAYS INSTRUMENT FAILURE IS COMMON PROBLEM. 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT IT FAILED TO STOP. HE NOTICED THAT THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE HOSE BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY AND CRASHED WAS INCREASED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE DEALER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 58,000. UPDATED 05/06/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO CLUTCH TUBING AND IT RUBBED IN TWO PLACES. THE CONSUMER WIFE HAD NO CLUTCH AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPDATED 05/08/09.*JB

I WANT TO KNOW IS THERE A RECALL ON MY GAUGES ON MY 05 CAVALIER BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IF I RUN OUT OF GAS AND I HAVE A WRECK BECAUSE MY GAS GAUGE DON'T WORK AND DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING OR WHAT THE RPMS OF MY ENGINE OR THE TEMP OF THE ENGINE. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. SHE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE ON A RAIN SLICK ROAD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ALTHOUGH SHE IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING HER SORE NECK EVALUATED BY A DOCTOR. SHE WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT IN HER VEHICLE (2005 CHEVY CAVALIER). THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO BREAK THE WINDSHIELD. THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT DID NOT INFLATE PROPERLY. UPON INSPECTION, IT IS APPARENT THAT A HOLE IN THE AIRBAG (ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER) IS THE REASON THE AIRBAG DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. OBVIOUSLY, THE FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG IS THE REASON FOR THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

HAVING SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH CLUSTER. FIRST HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. SOMETIMES WOULD NOT BUDGE FROM COLD EVEN AFTER DRIVING 30 MILES. THEN SPEEDOMETER COMPLETELY MESSED UP. SOMETIMES IT WOULD WORK, BUT USUALLY IT WOULD SHOW THAT I WAS DRIVING 110 MPH. FINALLY I JUST REPLACED THE ENTIRE CLUSTER BOARD. WORKED PROPERLY FOR ONE DAY, BUT BROKE AGAIN NEXT DAY. AT LEAST THE TEMPERATURE IS ACCURATE. BUT I HAVE TO DEPEND ON MY GPS DAILY TO KNOW HOW FAST I'M DRIVING. OCCASIONALLY IT WORKS PROPERLY, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND HERE RECENTLY MY ODOMETER IS GOING CRAZY. ACTUAL MILEAGE IS ACCURATE, BUT TRIP MILEAGE CONTINUALLY RESETS ITSELF AND OFTEN APPEARS ON ITS OWN, WITHOUT ME PUSHING THE BUTTON. SOMETIMES FLASHES ON AND OFF FOR NO REASON, EVEN AFTER CAR HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. *TR

HAVE 2005 CAVALIER WITH 59,000. STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SPEEDOMETER AT ABOUT 51,000 MILES. SPEEDOMETER WOULD COME TO REST ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 110 WHEN CARE IS NOT MOVING. THEN IT WOULD SHOW 80 OR SO MPH WHEN I WAS ONLY GOING AROUND 20 TO 25. IT IS NOW STOPPED AT PEGGED ALL THE WAY OVER . THEN THE TACK STARTED ACTING UP, IT WOULD MOVE ALL OVER THE GAUGE. IT TOO IS NOW HOLDING AT 1000 RPM EVEN WHEN I AM GOING AROUND 70 MPH. NOW THE FUEL GAUGE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE TOO. ALL THIS WITHIN ABOUT 10,000 MILES. WHAT NEXT, IS THE TEMP GAUGE GOING TO GO HAY WIRE?????? I HAVE TALKED WITH REPAIR SHOP AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT CHEVROLET HAS BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR GAUGES FOR AROUND THREE YEARS , SINCE 2002 MODEL. IF THIS IS SUCH A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM, WHY HASN'T CHEVROLET DONE A RECALL ON THE REPLACE OF THE GAUGE CLUSTER. OR ARE THEY ONLY LOOKING TO MAKE A PROFIT FROM THE INNOCENT CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE THE MISFORTUNE TO HAVE BOUGHT A CAVALIER. THE CHEVY DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE REPLACE QUITE A FEW OF THESE PROBLEMS. THIS REPAIR IS NOT CHEAP, DEALERSHIP WANTED AROUND $600 DOLLARS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I TRIED PUTTING OF THE REPAIR SINCE I COULD ALMOST JUDGE HOW FAST I WAS GOING. THAT WAS TILL I GOT A TICKET. NOW THAT THE GAS GAUGE IS GOING HAY WIRE, LOOKS LIKE I WILL HAVE TO FORK OUT THE MONEY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE I RUN OUT OF GAS SOME WHERE ON THE HIGHWAY, OR MY WIFE RUNS OUT OF GAS IN SOME BAD NEIGHBOR. SURE DON'T WANT ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THAT. WHY DOESN'T CHEVY DO A

AFTER ONLY APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES, THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER IS NOT READING CORRECTLY. SOMETIMES IS STICKS ON ANY GIVEN SPEED, WHILE OTHER TIMES IT WILL JUST READ ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR FASTER OR SLOWER THAN I AM ACTUALLY GOING. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH CAVALIER OWNERS. WHILE THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN THE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT FOR ME, IT CERTAINLY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE ACCIDENTS FOR OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. TO VIEW OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE FOR THE CHEVROLET CAVALIER PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/CAVALIER/2005/ELECTRICAL/SPEEDOMETER_IS_NOT_ACCURATE.SHTML FORTUNATELY FOR ME, MY INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL BE COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AT A COST OF ONLY $100 TO ME. OTHERS WILL BE CHARGED UP TO ABOUT $300 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM...OR THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES WITH A BROKEN SPEEDOMETER. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. *TR

SPEEDOMETER IS NO LONGER WORKING CORRECTLY, IT NOW COMES TO REST ANYWHERE FROM 30-60 WHEN CAR IS NOT MOVING, IT DOES INCREASE AS SPEED INCREASES BUT DOES NOT DECREASE AT THE SAME RATE, CAUSING THE SPEEDOMETER TO REGISTER ABOVE THE LIMIT OF THE DIAL. HORN DOES NOT WORK VIA THE STEERING WHEEL, THE HORN DOES SOUND WITH LOCKING AND PANIC BUTTONS. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR SPEEDOMETER, AND THAT THE COST WOULD BE $650 HE WAS ABLE TO TELL ME THIS WITHOUT LOOKING UP ANY INFORMATION, SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THEY HAVE REPLACED QUITE A FEW INSTRUMENT PANELS RECENTLY. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER HAS GONE HAYWIRE. IT GETS STUCK AT THE FAR RIGHT END SHOWING OVER 110 MPH WHEN I'M DRIVING ONLY 20 MPH. WHEN COMPLETELY STOPPED, IT WILL SHOW 60 TO 70 MPH AS THE SPEED. ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE, IT WILL WORK FOR A FEW MINUTES OR SO. I DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST I AM ACTUALLY GOING AND THIS IS A VERY REAL SAFETY HAZARD. I'VE BEEN TOLD I MIGHT HAVE TO REPLACE MY DASH AND THIS COULD BE VERY COSTLY- I HAVE ONLY 26,000 MILES ON MY 2005 CAVALIER, HAVE OWNED FOR LESS THAN 4 YEARS, AND HAVE 2 YEARS YET TO PAY ON MY LOAN. *TR

MANUAL HYDRAULIC CLUTCH IN 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER. RUBBER HOSE GETS WORN THROUGH BY METAL BRACKET RESULTING IN LOSS OF CLUTCH. I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF CHEVROLET AND THEY WERE OF NO ASSISTANCE. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO A CHEVY DEALER YESTERDAY, 10-13-08 AND SHOWED THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HE SAID THAT HE COULD NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS ITEM. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AT MY COST. I DROVE THE CAR HOME AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START IT ABOUT AN HOUR LATER THE HOSE BURST CAUSING LOSS OF CLUTCH AND THE CAR JUMPING FORWARD ABOUT 4 FEET. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL! *TR

MALFUNCTIONING SPEEDOMETER!!!! I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER PURCHASED BRAND NEW FROM GM. THE SPEDOMETER IS OFTEN PUTTING OUT FAULTY READINGS AND SOMETIMES GETTING STUCK WHERE IT WILL NOT READ AT ALL. SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE WITH MALFUNCTIONING SPEDOMETERS PUT OUT BY GM BETWEEN 05 AND 07 AND GM WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

THE TACH IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS NOT DISPLAYING THE CORRECT ENGINE SPEED. THE ENGINE CAN BE TURNING 800-900 RPM AT IDLE AND THE TACHOMETER IS SHOWING 0 RPM OR BELOW. AS ENGINE SPEED INCREASES, THE TACH NEEDLE DOES INCREASE NORMALLY BUT THE READING IS STILL INVALID. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE INTERMITTENT IN FREQUENCY WHICH MAKES THE TACHOMETER A VERY UNRELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THE DRIVER. *TR

FIRST THE GAS GAUGE WENT HAY-WIRE, WHEN IT'S FULL THE GAUGE COULD SAY EMPTY OR IT COULD BE AT ABOUT HALF A TANK PAST FULL. THEN THE SPEEDOMETER WENT. USUALLY HANGS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DIAL. NOW THE RPM GAUGE IS STARTING TO GO. SOME TIMES IT JUST KEEPS GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER, OTHER TIMES IT WILL HARDLY REGISTER ANYTHING. *TR

WAS IN A PARKING LOT WENT TO BACK UP..CLUTCH PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND WOULDN'T MOVE,, CLUTCH LINE WAS CUT BY A SMALL PIECE OF METAL RIDING ON THE LINE..ALL THE FLUID LEAKED OUT DISABLING THE CAR,, IF GOING AT HIGH SPEED WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT,,NO WARNING OR WARNING LIGHTS..HAVEN'T HAD CAR FIXED YET,,JUST HAPPENED,, WILL HAVE OLD PART. *TR

THE WINDOWS HAS A DEFAULT. THE PASSENGER BACK DOOR GLASS SHATTERED FOR NO REASON. THE FRONT WINDOWS WAS DOWN AND IT SHATTERED. AND WENT ALL OVER MY CAR. *TR

I WAS SOLD A CHEVY CAVALIER WITH BAD BRAKES AND BAD ROTORS AND IT MAKES A BIG NOISE WHEN YOU GO TO TURN TO THE RIGHT NO ACCIDENTS YET. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER, IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 53,752 MILES AND THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. IT IS STUCK ON 80 MPH AND WHEN I DRIVE IT GOES UP TO 110 MPH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW FAST I AM DRIVING. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE I HAVE DONE A BIT OF RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM. IF THERE WASN'T SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE WAY THE CAR IS MADE THEN WHY WOULD JUST ABOUT EVERYONE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME MILEAGE ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CAR. *TR