2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

CAR WOULD NOT START. SERVICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED REPLACED. SUGGESTED GAS LEVEL NOT TO GO BELOW 1/4 TANK IN FUTURE. *JB

ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AN STAYED ON. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE ABS MODULE BEING DEFECTIVE AND NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.*AK

POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE TOLD THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THE PROBLEM WHILE UNDER THE WARRANTY AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 5/15/03 AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM AGAIN. THEY CALLED ME AND SAID THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE STEERING. THEY SAID THE STEERING SHAFT COLUMN DID NOT HAVE ANY GREASE LEFT AND THAT IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE COST WAS $189.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED. SO I HAD IT FIXED. THEY SAID IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. *NLM

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WINDOW WILL ONLY COME DOWN APPROX 5 INCHES, AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT GO ALL THE WAY UP, LEAVING APPROX AN 8 INCH OPENING. I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IF I CAN'T ROLL UP THE WINDOW, THE CAR CAN BE EASILY STOLEN, VANDALIZED, OR BURGLARIZED. NOT TO MENTION MY DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW ENTRAPPING ME INSIDE OF THE CAR IN CASE THE VEHICLE SUBMERGE INTO WATER. I HAVE LOOKED INTO GETTING THE PROBLEM FIXED, & THE QUOTES I GOT WERE 400-500$ FOR EACH WINDOW. MY WARRANTY HAS BEEN UP FOR A YEAR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVERS SEAT TO COLLAPSE AND AS A RESULT THE DRIVER WAS THROWN INTO THE BACK SEAT. *NLM

STEERING- 2000 CAVALIER CHEVROLET. THERE IS A LOUD POPPING NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED TO THE LEFT. ALONG WITH THE POPPING, THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL DURING THE TURN TO THE LEFT. THE VIBRATION HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN PRESENT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT AT 100 MILES. THE POPPING BEGAN SOON AFTER. THE VIBRATION WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER BEFORE 36,000 MILE AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED WITH. AFTER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, THE POPPING BEGAN TO OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY AND WITH GREATER VOLUME AND THE VIBRATION CONTINUED. THE 96/98 CAVALIERS ARE RECALLED FOR STEERING CONCERNS THAT SOUND SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS MY 2000 IS HAVING, YET I HAVE BEEN TOLD MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL. *NLM

HEAD GASKET BLEW AT ONLY 50320 MILES, ALLOWING ANTIFREEZE TO ENTER THE ENGINE BLOCK AND FLOOD CYLINDER HEADS AND SPARK PLUGS, WARPING THEM TO THE POINT WHERE THEY HAD TO BE REBUILT, IN ADDITION DUE TO LACK OF ANTIFREEZE, CAR OVERHEATED ALMOST TO THE POINT OF CATCHING FIRE, SEIZING THE ENGINE. THIS CAME WITH NO WARNING, AND NO SIGN OF LEAKAGE AS ANTIFREEZE LEAKED INTO ENGINE RATHER THAN ONTO GROUND. CAR BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT CAUSING A TRAFFIC OBSTACLE DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR. *NLM

GAS GAUGE HAS STARTED TO REGISTER MORE GAS THAN ACTUALLY IN TANK AND CHECK GAUGE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON, CAUSING HIGHWAY BREAK DOWN WHILE GAUGE REGISTERING AMPLE SUPPLY OF GAS. FILLED TANK UP AGAIN THIS WEEK, HAVE TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 160 MILES AND GAUGE STILL REGISTERING OVER 3/4 TANK FULL. MY CAR AVERAGES 30 MILES TO A GALLON. FOR 15 GALLON TANK GAUGE SHOULD BE REGISTERING UNDER QUARTER TANK WHEN FIVE GALLONS OF GAS CONSUMED.*JB

VEHICLE STALLED UPON START OF ENGINE, THEN TURNED OFF SUDDENLY AFTER BEING ON. TRIED TO RESTART AND DID NOT TURN ON. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SHOP, THE NEXT MORNING TURNED ON WITH NO PROBLEM. STALLS UPON START UP OFTEN. AND TURNS OFF AFTER BEING ON FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. CHEVY DEALER SAID IT MIGHT BE ELECTRICAL, THEY WANT THE CAR TO BE TAKEN IN WHEN STALLING. IF ITS STALLING THE ONLY WAY TO BE TAKEN IN IS BY TOWING THE VEHICLE THERE. THEY'RE NOT EVEN SURE IF ITS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR NOT. ONE PERSON SAID IT WAS IF IT WAS ELECTRICAL BUT HER MANAGER SAID IT WASN'T.