2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER. BACK DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSE. I HAVE IT LOCKED NOW BUT CAN NOT OPEN IT. I AM AFRAID WHILE MY CHILD IS SITTING BACK THERE THE DOOR WILL SWING OPEN. PLEASE HELP! *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER STARTED MALFUNCTIONING IN LATE DECEMBER 2009. FIRST THE GAS GAUGE STOP WORKING, THEN THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE BEACUSE THE GAS GAUGE INTERFERED. NOW JULY 10 2010. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS ALSO STOPPED FUNCTIONING PROPERLY BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INTERFERED WITH IT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I EMAILED GM BUT NO RESPONSE. WAS TOLD BY GM DEALER IT WOULD BE OVER $700 TO REPLACE IT. NOT FAIR AT ALL, THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL BY GM BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUE.

ON JUNE 15,2010 MY ENTIRE CLUSTER GAUGE STARTED ACTING FUNNY. I DID SOME RESEARCH TO FIND OUT I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO OWNER A 2004 CAVALIER AND THE GAUGES GO ALL HAYWIRE. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE REVIEWED. *TR

AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES THE TACHOMETER ON THE DASHBOARD CLUSTER BEGAN TO FAIL, BECOMING WILDLY UNCALIBRATED AND SHOWING RPM WELL ABOVE ACTUAL. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SPEEDOMETER SUFFERING THE SAME DEFECT. WHEN DRIVING, STOPPED, IN PARK, OR EVEN ENGINE OFF, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL READ INACCURATE: 30MPH, 90MPH, SOMETIMES PINNED 360-DEGREES OFF THE GAUGE. A QUICK TEMPORARY FIX IS, WHILE THE CAR IS OFF, TO REMOVE THE DASH CLUSTER FUSE AND REINSERT IT, WHICH RESETS ALL THE GAUGES AT 0. THIS IS ONLY TEMPORARY BECAUSE WITHIN DAYS, IF NOT EARLIER, THE GAUGES BECOME UNCALIBRATED AGAIN. RECENTLY AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER HAS ALSO RANDOMLY BEGUN TO REPORT SPEEDS WELL BELOW ACTUAL SPEED. I.E. WHEN TRAVELING 45MPH THE SPEEDOMETER WILL READ 25MPH. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CAVALIER. SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT IT THE DRIVERS WINDOW STOPPED WORKING. I HAD A WARRANTY AND REPLACED IT. IT STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK I COULD HEAR AIR COMING THROUGH THE WINDOW, BUT DIDN'T SEE ANY GAPS. EVENTUALLY NOTICED THE WINDOW WAS OFF TRACK. MY GUESS IS POOR FIXING BY THE DEALERSHIP. ABOUT 2 YEARS LATER (MY WARRANTY IS UP) THE DRIVERS WINDOW QUIT WORKING AGAIN. I HAD TO DRIVE IN THE POURING RAIN WITH MY WINDOW DOWN. WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH RAIN THE ROADS ARE FLOODING THUS SENDING TONS OF WATER INTO MY CAR BY PASSING CARS. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM FOR MANY PEOPLE. GM NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM, INSTEAD OF MAKING THE CUSTOMERS PAY. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER AND THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED ON ME. I REPLACE THE SPEED SENSOR BUT PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVED. I FEAR THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON THE ROAD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

2004 CAVALIER GAUGES GO CRAZY. 110MPH IN THE DRIVEWAY, TACHOMETER SAYS 9000 RPM WHEN I AM IDLING. GAS GAUGE IS NO LONGER RELIABLE.. PARTICULARLY A PROBLEM IN COLD AND DAMP WEATHER, HOT WEATHER AND ON OPEN HIGHWAY. I NEVER KNOW HOW FAST I AM DRIVING, WHETHER I WILL RUN OUT OF GAS, OR IF THE ENGINE RPM'S ARE SO HIGH THE MOTOR WILL EXPLODE.. 31,000 MILES ON THE CAR SO IT IS LOW MILEAGE. *TR

DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T READ THE PROPER SPEED LIMIT AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WILL NOT "RESET" (?) IT JUST KEEPS GOING CLOCKWISE AROUND THE DIAL. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAS FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. *TR

SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE AND RPM GAUGE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR PROBABLY 3 YEARS. STARTED HERE AND THERE AND NOW, MY SPEEDOMETER IT NEVER WORKING. EACH DAY IS DIFFERENT. SOMETIMES IT WILL START ON 35 MPH AND I CAN EASILY CALCULATE MY SPEED FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR UNTIL IT GETS STUCK. OTHER DAYS IT WON'T MOVE AT ALL. I NEVER KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. ALSO, GAS GAUGE DOESN'T WORK, THANK GOD MY GAS LIGHT DOES. ONE TIME FIRESTONE TRIED TO FIX IT, AND IT WORKED FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS, THE IT WAS MESSED UP AGAIN. IT USED TO ONLY HAPPEN IN EXTREME HOT OR COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS, BUT NOW IT HAPPENS DAILY. *TR