2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

I TOOK MY 2000 CHEVY CAVALIER TO STEVE'S AUTO CARE IN THE CITY OF HAWTHORNE, CA. THE SYMPTOMS I HAD WERE MY LIGHTS IN MY DASHBOARD WOULD FLASH ERRATICALLY AND EVENTUALLY MY CAR WOULD NOT START AND THE "CHECK THEFT SYSTEM" LIGHT WOULD COME ON. STEVE CLAIMED HE FIXED THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME I MIGHT NEED A NEW "COMPUTER" IF THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR HOME, THE NEXT DAY THE SAME SYMPTOMS OCCURED AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO HIM THE NEXT DAY AND HE TOLD ME HIS DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE WAS NOT WORKING AND HE WAS WAITING FOR A CD TO GET THE MACHINE STARTED AGAIN. HEW INFORMED ME THAT WHEN HE HAD MY CAR, ALL HE DID WAS PUT IT ON A SCANNER. HE CHARGED ME $185.00. A WEEK LATER THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AGAIN AND I TOOK MKY CAR TO POWER CHEVROLET. THEY HAD MY CAR FOR 3 DAYS AND SAID MY CAR WOULDN'T START AT TIMES AND COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. THEY CHARGED ME $95.00. THEN I TOOK MY CAR TO MARTIN CHEVROLET IN TORRANCE, CA AND THEY HAD MY CAR FOR 1 1/2 DAYS. THEY SAID THAT MY BATTERY TERMINAL AS WELL AS 3 GROUND WIRES WERE CORRODED AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. THEY CHARGED ME 122.87. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR HOME THE SAME DAY THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED AND I TOOK IT BACK THE NEXT DAY TO MARTIN CHEVROLET. THEY HAD MY CAR 2 DAYS AND I RECEIVED A CALL THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR AND THAT THEY DROVE THE CAR 10 MILES AND NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN THEY HAD IT. THEY TOLD ME THAT IF MY CAR STALLS AGAIN TO NOT HAVE IT STARTED BUT TO BRING IT TO THEM SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. NO ONE CAN FIND THE PROBLEM AND I KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE NOW WHEN THE LIGHTS IN MY DASH FLASH.. I SMELL A LITTLE SMOKE. WHAT IN GOD'S NAME CAN I DO TO GET THIS POROBLEMN RESOLVED!!!???? *AK

WHILE AT A STOP, A FIRE STARTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND PEDAL AREA. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT THE CLAIM WAS DENIED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *NM THE IGNITION WOULD NOT START. *RECALL# 04V036000. *SC

CAR IDLES EXTRMEMLY ROUGH AND FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. BOGS WHILE DRIVING, MAKES A FIRING NOISE FROM THE TAILPIPE. I PUT BETTER GAS IN THE CAR, NEW SPARK PLUGS AND FUEL INJECTOR CLEANER. NO HELP. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN CAR IS STARTED, BUT ALSO GOES OFF JUST AS FAST. WHEN IDLING, IT DOES NOT STAY AT THE SAME LEVEL. VERY ROUGH. CLUSTER FOR DIGITAL ODOMETER IS BROKEN, I NEED TO BANG ON THE DASHBOARD TO READ THE MILEAGE. THE LIGHT IN THE CENTER CONSOLE IS ALSO OUT. *AK

DEALERSHIP WILL HONOR RECALL REPAIR NOTICE FOR STEERING COLUMN. *MR RECALL# 04V036000. THE IGNITION AND STEERING WHEEL WAS SMOKING. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS OF REPAIR, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. *SC *JB

RECALL 04V036000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH. A FEW HOURS AFTER HAVING RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED VEHICLE FAILED TO START. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. MECHANIC ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL. IN ADDITION, MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD CHARGE $90.00 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. *AK

A GRINDING AND / OR GROWLING NOISE THAT IS NOTICEABLE WHEN IN PARK ON INCLINE. *AK

GROWL / MOAN TYPE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE ON HEAVY ACCELERATION WHEN MAKING A SHARP LEFT HAND TURN. *AK

THE DASH MOUNT ON CAVALIER 2000 CRACKED IN CENTER. GM DEALER SAID I CRACKED IT ,BUT THERE ARE 7 MORE CAVALIERS IN MY WORK PARKING LOT ALONE WITH THE SAME CENTER CRACK IN THE DASH MOUNT. GM TREATED ME VERY POORLY WHEN I REPORTED IT, I AM NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THE RUN-A-ROUND , SINCE MY FATHER WORKED 30 YEARS FOR GM IN THE WILLMINGTON DE. PLANT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH A FIRE STARTED ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, WHO DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK