2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER, ~83,000 MILES. DEC 3 IN NE OHIO, TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON OHIO ROUTE 11 AT ~11:50PM. CAR SUDDENLY STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, TRAC LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON. ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. ENGINE STILL RUNNING BUT ROUGH. NO POWER WHEN TRIED TO MAKE CAR MOVE. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED HOME $200. TOOK ~3HRS IN FREEZING COLD AND SNOWSTORM. CAR WOULD NOT START THE NEXT DAY. COULD NOT HEAR CHARACTERISTIC WHIR OF FUEL PUMP WHEN KEY FIRST TURNED. DIAGNOSIS OF ELECTRICAL SHOWED FUEL PUMP WAS RECEIVING VOLTAGE. TAPPING ON BOTTOM OF FUEL TANK WHILE TRYING TO START CAR RESULTED IN CAR STARTING. DIAGNOSIS: NEW FUEL PUMP REQUIRED. ANTICIPATED COST $250 + LABOR. TOTAL ANTICIPATED COST: $450 + LABOR. FORTUNATELY NO OR LITTLE TRAFFIC. ALSO FORTUNATE TOW TRUCK RESPONDED QUICKLY OTHERWISE PERSONAL INJURY FROM COLD COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT THIS LOW MILEAGE. FUEL PUMPS SHOULD BE LIFETIME ENGINEERED. *TR

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER FUEL PUMP HAS TO BE DEFECTIVE FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH IT. MINE JUST WENT ON MY CAR WITHOUT ANY WARNING . *TR

I HAD PURCHASED BRAND NEW CHEVROLET CAVALIER BACK IN 2003 AFTER 10K OR SO, IT STARTED STALLING DURING DRIVING WHEN THE CLUTCH IS PRESSED TO CHANGE THE GEAR OR AT TRAFFIC STOPS. THIS PROBLEMS REPEATS EVERY WEEK OR SO AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AS ALL THE POWER TO THE STEERING AND BRAKES IS LOST. I THINK THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING TO A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM I AM NEVER GOING TO BUY A GM VEHICLE AGAIN AND WILL NOT RECOMMEND OTHERS. I WOULD LIKE GM TO FIX THIS FOR ME AS IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

PROBLEM IS WITH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. FIRST TACH STARTING FAILING NOW AND THEN. NOW ENGINE TEMP GAUGE IS DOING SAME THING. SOMETIMES TACH WORKS SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. TEMP GAUGE SOMETIMES WORKS, SOMETIMES SHOWS ENGINE HOT, SOMETIMES COLD WHEN ENGINE IS AT OPERATING TEMP. PROBLEM STARTED WHILE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN. SO FAR, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX PROBLEM, MECHANIC SAYS COST TO FIX IS $375.00. *TR

THE FUEL PUMP IN MY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER FAILED, WITH NO WARNING, LEAVING ME STRANDED IN MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE READ ON SEVERAL WEBSITES THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND SOMETIMES CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR YEAR'S MODEL. I AM FILING A FORMAL COMPLAINT BECAUSE I WANT GM HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR USING DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMPS. *TR

I OWN A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DOES NOT WORK AND NOW THE RPM GAUGE ISN'T WORKING. I HAVE ABOUT 45,000 MILES ON IT AND THE DEALERSHIP SAYS I NEED TO REPLACE THE CLUSTER. AFTER DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE REPAIR, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG ALL CAVALIERS; THE CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. I WILL HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED THIS WEEK AND WILL NEED TO SPEND $500 TO REPAIR IT. I HAVE EVEN CALLED GMC'S CUSTOMER SERVICE TO SEE IF THEIR IS A WARRANTY ON THE PART OR A RECALL. WHY ARE CAR OWNERS SPENDING $500 PLUS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WHEN IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM? *TR

FUEL PUMP FAILURE AT 125,000 KMS. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE. EVENTUALLY HAD TO PULL OVER, VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RE-START. TOWED, FUEL PUMP REPLACED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD IN TOWN GOING 40 MPH WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO CHUG. IT ENDED UP STALLING AND I WAS IN THE BUSY LANE, STILL DRIVING!!! I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY TURN ON MY HAZARDS AND TRY TO SLOWLY GET OUT OF EVERY OTHER DRIVERS WAY. I HAD CARS THAT HAD TO SLOW DOWN QUITE QUICKLY BEHIND ME AS I COULD NOT ACCELERATE OR DO ANYTHING BUT COAST OUT OF THEIR WAY. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED LIKE THIS, I HAD THE CAR TOWED THE NEXT MORNING AS WHEN IT STALLED I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK. IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. I HAD BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR. MY WARRANTY WAS JUST UP ABOUT A YEAR AGO, BUT I AM SURE THIS IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, IT COST ME $900 AND THE FACT THAT I STALLED ON A BUSY STREET. TO ME THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN. I WAS QUITE UPSET AFTER THE WHOLE ORDEAL. *TR

HVAC CABLE BENT AND THEN SNAPPED. NOW I CAN'T DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD I RAN OFF THE ROAD TODAY BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE. I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO GM OVER A YEAR AGO AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE. THEY NEVER RESPONDED TO MY LETTER. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE HAD IT FIXED BY A MECHANIC 2X AND SHOULD NOT ONLY BE REIMBURSED, BUT SHOULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED. IT STILL DOES NOT WORK RIGHT. HAD THE ACTUAL CABLE REPLACED AND THEN JUST HAD THE KINK CORRECTED ON IT AND IT BROKE AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. *TR

WHILE ACTIVELY DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER MY CAR WITHOUT WARNING JUST SHUT DOWN. I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT AND A TOW TO THE REPAIR SHOP WAS REQUIRED. I HAD TO HAVE MY FUEL PUMP REPLACED. THIS WAS A SHOCK BECAUSE MY CAR ONLY HAS 49,900 MILES ON IT. MY MECHANIC WAS EVEN IN SHOCK AND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WOULD HAPPEN. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GLIDE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT. *TR