1998 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S FUEL PUMP.*MR THE VEHICLE BLEW FUSES AND DIDN'T START UNTIL IT SAT AND COOLED OFF WHICH WAS DUE TO THE BAG FULE PUMP. *PH

THE STEERING RACK AND PINION LOCKED UP ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. *PH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN RECALL# C02049-S. THERE HAD BEEN FOUR INCIDENTS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT IN TRAFFIC. CHEVROLET WOULD NOT REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION GEAR ASSEMBLY UNTIL THE DEALER COULD REPLICATE THE FAILURE. *SCC *JB

VEHICLE'S AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS ILLUMINATING ON THE DASHBOARD.*MR THE CONSUMER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIR BAG LIGHT. THIS IS A VERY HARZARDOUS AND SAFETY PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER IS SUGGESTING THAT RESEARCH BE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE VEHICLE OR WHETHER OR NOT A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE. *CB *JB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LOSS IN STEERING.*MR THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED 4 FAILURES WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A TURN THE STEERING FAILED AND THEN THE ENGINE DIED. AFTER NUMEROUS VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE REFUSED TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS FURTHER EVALUATED. THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE STEERING RACK AND PINION IN WHICH THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME SYMPTOMS. *TS (BROTHER ON BEHALF OF SISTER NAIDA SCHAEFER) *JB

THE PLASTIC COATING/LOCK MECHANISM ON MY 1998 CHEVROLET CAVALIER'S MALE SEATBELT PIECE IS DETERIORATING, CAUSING THE SEATBELT NOT LOCK THE BELT INTO PLACE. *AK

COMPLAINT OF RECALL SERVICE CO2049-S NAR 07/10/2003 *MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE RACK AND PINION WAS DAMAGED CAUSING INTERNAL NOISE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED BUT REFUSED TO MAKE REPAIRS UNLESS CONSUMER PAID FOR PARTS AND LABOR. THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THAT THIS CASE BE INVESTIGATED AND REMEDIAL ACTION TAKE PLACE. *CB *JB

THIS E-MAIL IS IN REGARDS TO MY 1998 CAVALIER RS. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE SINCE I BOUGHT IT ON JUNE 29, 1998. JUST 14 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR, THE CLUTCH GOES OUT. THEN IT GOES OUT FOUR TIMES THEREAFTER. A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES MY CLUTCH HAS WENT OUT. THE REASON I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW AUTOMOBILE WAS FOR THE DEPENDENCY OF THE CHEVROLET PRODUCT. I WAS MISTAKEN IN MY THINKING OBVIOUSLY. THAT DATES OF HAVING TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER ARE AS FOLLOWS: 08/29/99, 04/05/01, 08/09/01, 10/17/01, 06/26/03. I UNDERSTAND THINGS GO WRONG WITH VEHICLES, BUT FIVE TIMES ON THE SAME PROBLEM. (NO THE CLUTCH IS NOT BEING RIDDEN.) THANKFULLY I HAVE REIMBURSMENT TOWING ON MY INSURANCE, CONSIDERING I WAS MILES AWAY FROM A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. ALSO, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON JULY 20, 1999 (13 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR). MY RECEIPT STATES ALL THE CYLYNDERS WERE MISFIRING. ON NOVEMBER 21, 2001 MY CATATYLIC CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. (DON'T EVER GO ON A TRIP IN THIS CAR!) ALL THE WORK STATED ABOVE WAS DONE BY CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS. THE CAR IS PAID FOR NOW AND THEY RECEIVED ALL OF THEIR MONEY OUT OF ME. I JUST HOPE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE. (THE CAR WAS IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S NAME, MARY H. DECKER 3416 ST ANN ST OWENSBORO, KY 42303. IT IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE NAME ON THE TITLE.)

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 1998 CHEVROLET CAVALIER WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED AND SHE HAD NOT POWER. SHE TRIED TURNING ON A SIDE STREET SHE HAD NO POWER STEERING AND NO BRAKES. SHE TRIED TO GET OUT OF WAY OF A TRUCK THAT WAS APPROACHING HER BUT COULDN'T AND HER CAR WENT UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE CAR WAS TOTALED. THE ENGINE STALLED ONCE WHILE IT WAS IDLING SO SHE HAD TO GET IT JUMPED. MY HUSBAND AND I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT HAS LEFT SOMETHING ON OR WASN'T QUITE SURE ABOUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WHEN IT DIED WHILE BEING PARKED. I DROVE IT THE NEXT DAY AND IT SEEMED FINE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN SHE TOLD US THAT SOMETIMES WHEN SHE WOULD PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE IT WOULD DIE. SHE WOULD HAS TO PUT IT IN PARK AND THE RE-START THE ENGINE AND THE CAR WAS FINE. WE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR A MONTH. WE DON'T KNOW IF THE TRANSMISSION HAD PROBLEMS OR IF THIS WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *NLM

THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS MADE TO POWER STEERING. *MR THE CONSUMER CONTACTED CHEVROLET IN REGARD TO REIMBURSEMENT RECALL#1159156, STATING THAT HER VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME SYMPTOMS. THE DEALER DENIED REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO VERIFY CAUSE OF HE MALFUNCTION OF THE LOWER PINION BEARING OF THE VEHICLES POWER STEERING. THE RACK WAS REPLACED. SCC

WHILE DRIVING IN WARM WEATHER THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS ALLOWED TO SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE IT STARTED UP AGAIN. *NLM