1997 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT LEFT WHEEL WHEN MANEUVERING A TURN. ALSO MY WATER PUMP HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE IN THE PAST YEAR. MY FINAL COMPLAINT IS THAT WHEN I TRY AND START MY VEHICLE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS START WHEN HOLDING IT IN THE START POSITION. *JB

1997 CAVALIER=HEAD GASKET BECAME WARPED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED=$900. THERMOSTAT REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE, WATER PUMP REPLACED TWICE. CAR RETURNED TO DEALER EVERY THREE TO SIX MONTHS FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM INVOLVING OVERHEATING AND COOLANT LEAKS. PROBLEM CONTINUALLY REOCCURS, EVEN AFTER IT HAS BEEN DEEMED FINALLY REPAIRED. *AK

REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR TOWING, AND ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AFTER RECALL. *MR PH

AFTER THE RECALL WAS REPAIRED THE CONSUMER BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLES FRONT END. *NLM. *AK

AFTER HAVING MY 97 CHEVROLET CAVALIER FIXED AS PER THE RECALL I GOT IT BACK AND SMELLED GAS WHEN DRIVING IT HOME,TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. WHO DID THE WORK AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID ONE OF THE FUEL INJECTORS WAS LEAKING,AND THAT IT WASN'T DUE TO THE RECENT REPAIR WORK THEY DID,THE HEAD MECHANIC SHAWN SAID IT WAS THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THE CAVALIERS,IF IT IS COMMON TO THIS TYPE OF CAR SHOULD THEY HAVE TRIED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM? *NLM

THE RECALL REMEDY FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL 02 V 070 000 FAILED. THE DEFECT OCCURRED AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *NLM

MY MOTHER HAS A 1997 CAVALIER WHICH SHE BOUGHT USED. SINCE SHE HAS HAD THE VEHICLE THERE HAS BEEN TWO RECALLS AND UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON MY PART I FOUND ON YOUR SITE 5 MORE TOTALING 7 IN ALL. SHE BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST OF 2001. WHEN THE CAR REACHED 109,000 THE OIL PUMP WENT OUT AND SHE HAD TO SPEND 3,000 DOLLARS TO GET ANOTHER ENGINE PUT IN, AND SHE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE CAR PAID OFF. WITH THESE NEWER CARS 109,000 IS NOTHING AND EVEN IN THE OLDER VEHICLES I HAVE NEVER HAD AN OIL PUMP GO OUT WITH THAT LITTLE BIT OF MILES ON THE ENGINE. I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE MECHANICS THAT I HAVE TALKED TO AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF THESE PARTICULAR ENGINES BEING THE 2.2 LITER WITH BAD OIL PUMPS IN THEM. THIS IS THE REASON I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT FOR MY MOTHER. MY BROTHER HAS A 2000 CAVALIER WITH 239,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS NEVER HAD A BIT OF PROBLEM SO MOST LIKELY IT WAS IN A PARTICULAR YEAR OF VEHICLE THAT BAD OIL PUMPS WERE INSTALLED. HE ALSO HAS THE 2.2 LITER ENGINE. SO COULD YOU PLEASE FIND OUT IF THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM BECAUSE I SURE WOULD LIKE TO GET MY MOTHERS MONEY BACK BECAUSE SHE IS ON A FIXED INCOME. *JB

THE CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER SEEKED REIMBURSEMENT FOR RECALL#02V286000. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH WAS INTERMITTENT, AND PLACED AN AXLE ON THE VEHICLE, BUT FOUND THE PROBLEM WAS THE RACK AND PINION. MR SCC *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIR TO THE STEERING LOWER RACK AND PINION ON 3/20/03. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE REPAIRED PART FAILED AGAIN. *NLM

THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MR THE SHIFT GEARS MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE, DUE TO A RECALL. THE GEARS LOCKED UP, WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DOWNSHIFTING AT A RED LIGHT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SLAVE CYLINDER HAD GONE OUT. SCC *NLM