2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

KEY COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE STARTING UP AS WELL AS GETTING THE HEADLIGHTS TO WORK.*MR THE CONSUMER HAD THE RECALL WORK PERFORMED WHICH WAS RELATED TO THE IGNITION. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE IGNITION FAILURE MAY HAVE ALSO CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE HEADLIGHTS. THE RECALL STATED THAT THE HIGH CURRENT COULD PRODUCE ENOUGH HEAT TO MELT INTERNAL SWITCH PARTS. THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED SMOKING AND A BURNING SMELL AT THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE TECHNICIAN THAT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH SHORTED OUT AND THAT REPAIR WOULD COST $270. THE CONSUMER FEELS THIS SHOULD BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE IGNITION RECALL. *NM

THE TRIM AROUND MY DASHBOARD CONTINUES TO CRACK IN THE SAME PLACE. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE ALREADY. EVERYONE THAT I KNOW HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE. A FRIEND HAS A 1997 CAVALIER WITH THE SAME DAMAGE. MY SON HAS A 1999 CAVALIER, SAME DAMAGE. MY WIFE HAS A COWORKER AND I HAVE 2 COWORKERS THAT ALSO OWN 2000 CAVALIERS, SAME DAMAGE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS A STRESS FRACTURE.*AK

TRACK OFF LIGHT COMES ON AND THAN THE CAR WILL JUST STOP/STALL. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TO 5 TIMES IN DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATIONS; IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEFT TURN. THE DEALER HAS HAD THE CAR TWICE AND ARE UNABLE TO MAKE THE PROBLEM REOCCUR. THEY CAN SEE ON THE COMPUTER THAT IT STOPPED BUT THAT IS ALL. THE SERVICE DEPT AT THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN WONDERFUL THEY JUST CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. I AM VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR.

THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND THE FUEL INJECTORS WERE REPLACED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE NEXT 4 TIMES (ALL IN THE SAME DAY) I WAS DRIVING TO AND FROM PENSACOLA, FLORIDA ON INTERSTATE 110 AND HIGHWAY 98 AND THE GAS FILTER AND SPARK PLUGS WERE CHANGED. THESE INCIDENTS WERE IN THE SPRING 2003. THE DEALER INFORMED ME IN APRIL 2003 THAT THE SPARK PLUGS WERE THE PROBLEM AND THEY FIXED IT AND SAID WE SHOULD BE FINE. THE MOST RECENT EPISODE WAS ON HIGHWAY 20 IN NICEVILLE, FLORIDA. I WAS DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AND NEWBORN WHEN THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AGAIN AND THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT GETTING HIT. CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING WITH NO WARNING AND WAS STRANDED ON THE INTERSTATE AND BUSY HIGHWAY. MOST RECENTLY THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE FIXED. THIS CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND I BOUGHT IT NEW WITH KEEPING THE MAINTENCE UP. AS OF NOW THE CAR CANNOT BE STARTED AND THEY HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I AM CONCERNED AS THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE WHERE I COULD NOT GET TO THE SHOULDER OR ON THE LOCAL MILE LONG BRIDGE WHERE THERE IS NO PLACE TO PULL OVER TO. I AM JUST GLAD MY WIFE AND CHILD WERE NOT INJURED THIS TIME. *LA

IGNITION SWITCH RECALL 04036000 REPAIRS WERE NOT PERFORMED ON CORRECT VEHICLE BECAUSE THE INCORRECT VEHICLE YEAR WAS PRINTED ON THE RECALL NOTIFICATION. DEALERSHIP INSTALLED THE RECALL PART ON THE WRONG VEHICLE. THEN, DEALERSHIP REMOVED THE RECALLED PART WHEN IT REALIZED THAT VIN DIDN'T MATCH THE VIN NUMBER PRINTED ON THE RECALL LETTER. CURRENTLY, THE MANUFACTURER'S SYSTEM WAS SHOWING THAT RECALL REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED ALTHOUGH IT WAS DONE ON THE WRONG VEHICLE. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S IGNITION SWITCH. *MR THE CONSUMER STARTED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE STARTER. THE CONSUMER WOULD TURN THE KEY AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. THE SERVICE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE UNLESS IT WOULD NOT START FOR THEM. THE PROBLEM RECURRED THEN THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL #04V036000. THE DEALER PLACED A KIT IN THE VEHICLE BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *SC *JB

2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER IGNITION SWITCH RECALL.*MR THE CONSUMER A RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL REGARDING THE IGNITION SWITCH, PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE LETTER THE CONSUMER WAS ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS CRANKING THE VEHICLE. THE SAME WEEK THE VEHICLE WAS DUE TO HAVE THE RECALL PERFORMED, SMOKE BEGAN EMITTING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE RECALL FIXED, HOWEVER NINE DAYS LATER SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AGAIN. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO GET THE RUN AROUND AS TO WHETHER OR NOT PROBLEM WAS RECALL RELATED. *JB

BOUGHT 2000 CAVALIER 2/9/04. HAD 34,000 MILES. PROBLEM 1: CLUNKING NOISE FROM FRONT END WHEN TURNING. REPLACED RIGHT FRONT STRUT AND MOUNT. STILL HAD NOISE. REPLACED RIGHT FRONT STRUT AGAIN, MOUNTS ON BOTH SIDES, LEFT STRUT, RACK AND PINION, BALL JOINTS. STILL MAKES LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. 2 DAYS LATER RETURNED TO SHOP - 6 WEEKS LATER AND CHEVY DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIGURE IT OUT. STILL MAKES NOISE. PROBLEM 2: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. REPLACED GAS CAP =LIGHT OFF 2 DAYS. LIGHT ON AGAIN=WIRING HARNESS=LIGHT OFF 2 DAYS. LIGHT IS ON AGAIN. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS CAR IN WORKING CONDITION. EVERY ATTEMPT TO FIX IT HAS FAILED. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO KEEP BUYING PARTS AND LABOR AND IT NEVER BE FIXED. HALF OF THE TIME I HAVE OWNED IT HAS BEEN AT THE SHOP AND 100% OF THE TIME IT HAS BEEN BROKEN. *AK

I PURCHASED THIS CAR NOT EVEN 2 YEARS AGO. IT HAD A FAULTY FRONT END AND KEPT GOING BACK TO THE DEALER. IT WAS FINALLY REPAIRED, THE FACTORY GUARANTEE COVERED THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. YET, THEY STILL HAD A STATE INSPECTION STICKER ON IT SAYING THAT IT HAD PASSED. I HAD A TOP MOTOR MOUNT REPLACED 2 MONTHS AGO. I CONTACTED GM AND WAS GIVEN EVERY EXCUSE THAT IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT. THE COST FOR THIS REPAIR, $200, OUT OF MY POCKET. ON 6/15/04, I HAD FRONT BREAKS PUT ON. PLUS 2 ROTORS, AS THEY NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE COST OF THIS REPAIR, $348.44, OUT OF MY POCKET. I WAS TOLD BY THE TECHNICIAN THAT DID THE BREAKS THAT MY WHEEL BEARINGS ARE NEEDING REPLACEMENT. I HAVE TO BUY THE WHOLE WHEEL HUB AND HAVE THEM PUT ON THE CAR. I DON'T KNOW THE PRICE OF THESE PARTS YET, BUT, IT WILL BE OUT OF MY POCKET.