1995 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN , DRIVER PULLED OVER AND TOOK KEY OUT OF IGNITON, BUT VEHICLE KEPT RUNNING ,WOULD NOT TURN OFF. TOWED TRUCK CAME TO PICK UP VEHICLE, AND NOTICE THAT STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED AND WOULD NOT UNLOCK. ALSO, COULD NOT PUT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL. DEFECT POSSIBLY CAUSED BY IGNITION BURNING OUT. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND COOLANT LEAKAGE DUE TO A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE HEAD GASKET AS STATED IN TSB #98054 AND 97054A. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT END. OWNER FOUND THAT RIGHT CONTROL ARM BROKE WHICH CAUSED RIGHT AXLE AND CV BOOT TO BE DAMAGED. RIGHT AXLE WAS REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. ALSO, CV BOOT WOULD BE REPLACED. SAME PROBLEM IS STARTING TO OCCUR ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. *AK *ML

BEFORE PUTTING MY DOWN PAYMENT ON THIS CAR THE SALESMAN ASSURED ME THAT THIS CAR RAN GREAT I TOOK IT FOR A SPIN AND IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD CAR AND I EVEN LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD. NOT EVEN A WEEK LATER AFTER BRINGING THE CAR HOME I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND A LIGHT CAME ON READING THAT I NEEDED WATER IN THE CAR SO I HURRIED UP AND TRIED TO MAKE THE NEXT EXIT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF MY STEERING WHEEL COMES SMOKE I MADE THE FIRST EXIT AND CAME TO A SHELL STATION OPENEND MY HOOD AND A HOSE WAS BUSTED AND ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING OUT. I CALLED BILLY BOB'S AND THEY WERE NICE ABOUT HAVING SOMEONE PICK IT UP AND THEY SENT IT TO ONE OF THERE SHOPS AND I CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY TO GET MY CAR. THE PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSEDLY MY FAN ON THE CAR AND THEY FIXED THE HOSE. DAYS LATER THE GUAGE ON MY CAR RED THAT THE CAR WAS STILL HOTT SO I GOT IT CHECKED OUT BY MY MECHANIC AFTER A THOROUGH LOOK HE FOUND THAT MY FAN HAD BEEN RIGED WITH A SPEAKER WIRE AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REWIRED AT THAT POINT I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CASH SO I DIDN'T GET IT FIXED. I TOOK IT TO BILLY BOB'S HOWEVER AND THEY HAD SOMEONE CHECK IT OUT AND THE REWIRED MY FAN AT BILLY BOB'S EXPENSE. WHILE THE MECHANICS CHECKED OUT MY CAR THEY FOUND THAT MY ENGINE HAD A CRACK IN IT AND THAT THE WORK WOULD COST ME ROUGHLY 800 DOLLARS. AFTER DISHING OUT ALL OF MY MONEY TO BILLY BOB'S FOR REPAIRS AND FOR MY CAR NOTES THAT LEFT ME BROKE SO I COULDN'T GET THE JOB DONE. THE MECHANICS TOLD ME TO KEEP WATER IN THE CAR AND GET THE JOB DONE ASAP OR MY ENGINE WILL GO OUT. I SPOKE WITH BILLY BOB'S AND ASKED IF THEY COULD HELP BUT THEY SAID NO BECAUSE I STILL OWE THEM ON THE TRANSMISSION JOB THAT I HAD DONE. I FEEL LIKE I WAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BECAUSE I AM WOMAN AND THEY SOLD ME A LEMON THAT CAR HAS COSTS ME ALOT OF MONEY AND IT STILL RUNS TERRILBLY. WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF GETTING THIS CAR I HAD TO INVEST THOUSANDS TO MAKE IT DRIVABLE . I JUST TOOK THE SALESMAN'S WORD THAT I HAD A GOOD CAR AND THAT IT RAN GOOD I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I W

WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY REAR WINDOW EXPLODED. CONSUMER LINKED THE PROBLEM TO THE REAR ADHESIVE/GLUE WHICH HAS MELTED DUE TO THE HOT WEATHER CONDITION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ABS WAS HEARD AND FELT TO MAKE CLICKING SOUNDS - BRAKE PEDAL WENT SOFT - BRAKES AND ABS LIGHTS TURNED ON. BRAKES WERE FINE AFTERWARDS BUT THE EXPERIENCE REPEATED A FEW TIMES BEFORE IT COULD BE CHECKED OUT. COMPUTER READING INDICATED DTC 38 (LEFT FRONT EMB WILL NOT HOLD MOTOR). AFTER 5 DAYS WHEN ABLE TO GET INTO DEALERSHIP THE DASH LIGHTS FINALLY WENT OUT AND DEALER UNABLE TO FIND A SYSTEM FAILURE. ONE YEAR LATER (JUNE 7-2000) SAME EXPERIENCE WITH CAR. WILL SEE IF DASH LIGHTS RESET IN A FEW DAYS. BRAKES WORK FINE EXCEPT FOR THAT MOMENT SOON AFTER STARTUP AND LEAVING HOUSE AREA. *AK

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS PARK IN THE CENTER OF MY WINDSHIELD. THEY WERE FIXED UNDER WARRANTY IN MARCH OF 1997 AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN IN JANUARY 2000. BOTH TIMES IT HAPPENED IT WAS SNOWING. I SPOKE WITH CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AT GM BUT THEY TOLD ME THE WORK DONE IS ONLY QUARANTEED FOR 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES. THE PRICE I WAS QUOTED TO HAVE THIS FIXED IS EXPENSIVE. 350 DOLLARS. I'M AFRAID THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY COUPLE YEARS OR SO. *AK

WHEN DRIVING 40-50 MPH VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE AND CUT OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER LINKED THE PROBLEM TO ELECTRICAL WIRES WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHICH HAVE MELTED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN OUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE GASKETS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. *AK

ENGINE COOLANT LEAKS BECAUSE OF A FAILURE IN THE CLINDER HEAD GASKET THEY HAVE NO RECALL,ONLY A LETTER#C98054 WHICH SAYS THEY WILL REPLACE AT NO CHARGE FOR 7YRS OR 100,000MILES. THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE MINE BECAUSE I HAVE A REBUILT SALVAGE TITLE, THE CAR IS LIKE NEW WITH THE ORIGINAL ENGINE. ANTIFREEZE LEAKING ON OUR ENVIRONMENT IS NOT GOOD,WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL? *AK