1999 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING DID NOT NOTICE BIG TRASH VEHICLE AND HIT IT HEAD-ON . UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. DRIVER INJURED. *AK *ML

VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SURGED AND ACCELERATED. DEALER HAS REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS, PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES. *AK

#1. AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT INTERMITTENTLY FLASH APPROX ONCE A SECOND, FOR 10 TO 15 SECONDS WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED OR MOVING. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. THEY DID A SCAN WITH TECH 2 AND FOUND NO CODES SET. THEY SAID THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING IN AN ACCIDENT GIVEN OTHER REPORTS OF NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT LISTED ON YOUR WEB SITE. #2 IF TURN SIGNAL LEVER IS NOT MOVED TO THE PHYSICAL STOP FOR A FLASH TO PASS, ONLY THE REAR TURN SIGNALS WILL FLASH. THEY FLASH FAST JUST LIKE WHEN ONE BULB IS BURNED OUT. DEALER SAID THIS IS NORMAL. #3 THIS IS THE 2.4L ENGINE. UPON DECCELARATING FROM AT LEAST 2ND GEAR ALMOST TO A STOP AND THEN ACCELERATING, THE TRANS HESITATES SLIGHTLY AND THUMPS INTO GEAR. THEN THE UPSHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR IS NOT A SMOOTH SHIFT BUT VERY HARD. EVEN THOUGH MECHANIC ACKNOWLEDGED EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM DURING A TEST DRIVE WE BOTH MADE TOGETHER, HE STATES HE COULD NOT DUPLICATE COMPLAINT ON THE PAPERWORK. SCAN TEST OK, NO CODES, OK AT THIS TIME. IT SEEMS TO ME, IF THERE IS NO CODES SET IN THE CONTROL MODULE THEN THERE CAN NOT BE A PROBLEM. WHAT DID MECHANICS DO BEFORE CARS HAD COMPUTER CONTROL MODULES? DID THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO SOME WORK TO IDENTIFY WHAT WAS WRONG? BY THE WAY, I AM A COMPUTER ENGINEER AND HAVE BEEN ONE FOR 35 YEARS. I PLAN TO CONTINUE PERSUING THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO OWN A 1998 CAVALIER WITH THE 2.2L ENGINE AND A 1999 BUICK CENTURY WITH THE 3.1L ENGINE. THE 1998 CAVAILER HAS THE SAME TURN SIGNAL PROBLEM BUT NOT THE OTHER 2 PROBLEMS. THE CENTURY HAS NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS.

POWER STEERING RACK NEEDS REPLACING WITH LESS THAN 14 MONTHS OWNERSHIP. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW IN TENNESSEE. THE DIAGNOSTIC AND ESTIMATE OF THE REPAIR WAS PROVIDED BY NALLEY CHEVROLET. I AM UNSURE OF THE RISK OF DRIVING THE CAR SAFELY UNTIL I CAN AFFORD THE >$1100 REPAIR. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY KIND OR TYPE OAF ACCIDENT. PLEASE ADVISE. *AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD KNOCK WHILE IN PARK. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER'S SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. ALSO, ENGINE WOULD OVERHEAT. ALL BRAKES AND FRONT ROTORS REPLACED. *ML

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT AT MPH OR IN REVERSE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WITHOUT A WARNING. THERE WILL BE NO STEERING AND NO BRAKES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK A PULL IN THE SHIFTS WHEN THEY CHANGE GEAR DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMER DOUGHTYER IS DRIVING THE CAR IT STALL CAUSING MINOR ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE AIR BAG VIOLENTLY DEPLOYED HITTING THE DRIVER IN CAUSING INJURY, THE OTHER AIR BAG BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. *YH

CONSUMER HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH TREE AFTER AVOIDING A PICKUP TRUCK, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT THE AIR BAG LIGHTS CAME ON. DAUGHTER WAS INJURED IN THE COLLISION. GMAC HAS TAKEN FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AIR BAG FAILURE. *AK *ML

POWER STEERING KEPT GOING OUT. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, AND EACH TIME THE SAME DEFECT OCCURRED. THIS AFFECTED CONSUMER'S ABILITY TO TAKE FULL CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. *AK *ML

THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE ELECTRONIC TRACTION SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING DUE TO BURNT SPARK PLUG WIRE. YH