2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP THREE TIMES FOR PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE FAILURE AND BRAKE RELATED PROBLEMS. IT RESULTS IN FAILURE OF BRAKE SYSTEM OF THE NEW MOTOR. THE DEFECT STILL EXIST STILL WAITING ON THE RESPONSE FROM GENERAL MOTORS. *MR *CB

WHILE DRIVING AT 40-45 MPH AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE SKIDDED ON AN ICY ROAD, AND HIT A GAURDRAIL. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK *SCC *JB

1ST CAR WOULD ACT LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING GAS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD EVEN THOUGH THE MOTOR WAS TILL RUNNING AND IT HAD POWER . THEN IT STARTED JUST STALLING COMPLETELY (DYING) WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. NOW CAR WON'T CRANK AT ALL BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE PROBLEM. WAS FOUND OUT THAT CAR HAD BEEN WRECKED BUT CARFAX REPORT REPORTED ONLY MINOR FRONT FENDER DAMAGE. *AK

THE TWO BACK DOORS ON MY 4 DOOR 2000 CAVALIER FLY OPEN. ONCE THE PLASTIC LATCH IS BROKEN, THE DOOR CANNOT BE LOCKED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED IN MARCH 2003 AND THE OTHER DOOR ON THE 4TH OF JULY, 2003. *AK

MY WIFE AND I OWN A 2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE STEERING IS BEGINNING TO HAVE A DISTINCTIVE POPPING SOUND AND LOOSENING DEVELOP. I KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM AND I AM TAKING IT TO A PROFESSIONAL TO AVOID SERIOUS PROBLEMS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT GM COULD NOT DEVELOP A BETTER STEERING COLUMN THAN THIS. IT WOULD SEEM A RECALL SHOULD BE PLACED ON GM FOR INSPECTIONS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM (PART). I KNOW THAT THIS MAY SEEM TRIVIAL BUT I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE A FUEL PUMP ($700 PLUS) OUT OF POCKET AT ABOUT 2000 MILES OVER MY WARRANTY. JUST SEEMS LIKE GM HAS YET TO UNDERSTAND QUALITY IN THE SMALL AUTOMOBILE. OR AT LEAST GIVING A LITTLE ON AN OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE PART. EXAMPLE: I OWNED A 87 3 SERIES BMW THAT I PUT 425,000 PLUS MILES ON AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A STEERING COLUMN. I DID REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP AFTER AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 310,000 MILES. A FUEL PUMP AT 39,000 MILE AND A STEERING COLUMN AT 46,000 MILES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP. THE OLD FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED WITH A REDESIGNED FUEL PUMP. *JB *CB *JB

WHEN I PURCHASED MY USED 2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER IN APRIL 2003 ABOUT 1 MONTH I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. AFTER PUTTING GAS IN MY CAR I WOULD DRIVE A LITTLE AND THEN THE GAS GAUGE WOULD GO DOWN TO APPEAR THAT THE CAR WAS ALMOST EMPTY BUT IT WASN'T. WHILE DRIVING ONE DAY THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF IT HAD GAS IN IT I HAD JUST PUT GAS IN IT BUT THE GAUGE DROPPED TO APPEAR TO BE ALMOST EMPTY. I HAD TO GET MY CAR TOWED TO THE SHOP I WAS TOLD MY FUEL INJECTION WENT OUT. NOT EVEN A MONTH AFTER THAT MY CAR STALLED AT A RED LIGHT AND MY TEMPERATURE GAGE WENT IN THE HOT ZONE MY CAR WOULDN'T START I HAD TO GET IT TOWED AGAIN TO THE SHOP BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. NOW HERE IT IS JUNE 2003 MY CAR IS SITTING IN THE DRIVE WAY RIGHT NOW AS I AM TYPING THIS INFORMATION. MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME AT 1:00 A.M. THIS MORNING FROM WORK WHEN THE CAR OVERHEATED AGAIN AND STARTED SMOKING. HE SAID SMOKE WAS ALSO COMING OUT OF THE BATTERY AND HE ALSO HEARD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR TODAY IS SATURDAY AND MY CAR HAS TO SIT IN THE DRIVEWAY UNTIL MONDAY MORNING THAT WHEN THE DEALER OPENS. I FEEL THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. I DON'T THINK IT IS FAIR FOR DEALERS TO BE ABLE TO SALE CARS THAT ARE IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION AND THE CAR IS SUPPOSE TO BE CERTIFIED. I AM MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE CAR AND I AM HAVING ALL THESE PROBLEMS. IT IS DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING AND THE CAR DECIDES TO CUT OFF ESPECIALLY AT 1:00 A.M. I HAVE TO BE AT WORK AT 3:45 A.M. AND MY SON GETS OFF WORK AT 1:00 A.M. THIS IS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE BOTH OF US. *NLM

WE BOUGHT A USED CHEVROLET CAVALIER FROM THE YEAR 2000 WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY (GM CERTIFIED) FOR 3 MONTHS OR 3,000 MILES. SINCE THE BEGINNING THERE WERE 4 PROBLEMS NOT YET FIXED. 1 - THERE IS A POPPING NOISE UNDER THE BACK OF THE CAR. DEALER (KOONS CHEVROLET - WITHE MARSCH, MD) SAID HE COULDN'T DUPLICATE. AFTER BRINGING THE CAR FOR THE 3RD TIME, HE SAID THE BRAKES WERE DIRTY AND HE CLEANED THEM, BUT THIS NOISE IS STILL HERE, WHEN STARTING AT A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT FOR EXAMPLE, OR WHEN RIDING ON A ROUGH ROAD. 2 - THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE IN FRONT WHEN DRIVING. IT'S STOPPING WHEN PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT'S LINKED WITH THE BRAKES FOR SURE. THE PADS ARE NEW AND THE DEALER SAID THE ROTOR MAKES HIS NOISE, BUT HE REFUSED TO CHANGE IT (WHEREAS IT'S UNDER WARRANTY). HE SAID IT'S NOT UNSAFE. BUT THIS NOISE IS COMING LOUDER AND I FEEL LIKE A LOSS OF CONTROL. 3 - THE ABS LIGHT COME ON EVERY SINGLE DAY WHILE DRIVING AND NOT BRAKING. THE 1ST TIME, THE DEALER CHANGED THE BULB. THE 2ND TIME PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVE) HE CHANGED THE ALTERNATOR, BECAUSE MY CAR BROKE DOWN THE DAY BEFORE (NO MORE POWER AT ALL). HE SAID THE ALTERNATOR PUTTED A LOW VOLTAGE TO THE ABS CAUSING THE LIGHT TO TURN ON. THE PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVE. AND I NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DEALER. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS HAVE NOT BEEN SOLVED, AND THIS IS THE 5TH TIME I AM GOING TO THE DEALER. I THINK HE'S PLAYING WITH ME, SO THAT MY CAR WON'T BE UNDER WARRANTY ANY MORE, AND I WOULD PAY TO CHANGE STUFFS IN THE FUTURE. PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING HOME MY CAR STALLED THEN JUST CUT OFF. THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK BUT IT WOULD NOT STAY RUNNING. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. 8JB

I HAVE A 2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE FIRST PROBLEM I EXPERIENCED WAS IN OCT 2001,WHILE DRIVING THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO THE MAXIMUM READING WITHOUT WARNING, I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TURNED OFF VEHICLE. WAITED A WHILE STARTED BACK WENT APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MI AND SAME PROBLEM,AFTER STOPPING 3-4 TIMES I STARTED BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE WITH TEMP GAUGE IN THE RED FOR A APPROX 1 MILE AND ALL GAUGES RETURNED TO NORMAL. CHEVROLET GARAGE COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH COOLING SYSTEM..MY SECOND PROBLEM I KEEP HEARING A CLANGING/RATTLING SOUND FROM THE FRONT AREA OF VEHICLE WHILE SITTING STILL IF YOU TURN STEERING WHEEL YOU CAN HEAR A THUMP FROM THE FRONT LEFT AREA WHERE STRUT IS LOCATED..MY THIRD PROBLEM IS MY CHECK ENGINE/SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AT VARIOUS TIMES. MY FOURTH PROBLEM I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT ROTORS THREE TIMES NOW DUE TO THEM WARPING,THE FIRST TIME I HAD LESS THEN 10,000 MILES....... *NLM