2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

BATTERY TERMINAL LEAKED, AND SINCE A LOT OF WIRING IS LOCATED UNDER THE BATTERY, THE ACID ATE THE WIRES THAT GO TO THE HEADLIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, AND RUNNING LIGHTS. MY HIGHBEAMS WORK, AND MY DRIVERS SIDE TURN SIGNAL WORK. WARRANTY WONT COVER, THEY SAID IT WAS THE BATTERY. WHY HAVE WIRING UNDER THE BATTERY?

TIMING CHAIN LOOSE/TENSIONER WEARING OUT. FIRST HAPPENED AROUND 60,000 MILES, AT THIS TIME THE CHAIN, TENSIONER, AND GEARS WERE CHANGED. WORKED FINE FOR A WEEK AND A HALF, THEN SLOWLY STARTED TO RATTLE AGAIN UNTIL THE NOISE WAS WORSE THAN BEFORE IT WAS FIXED. BROUGHT TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP, CAR STAYED THERE FOR 5 DAYS, SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, CHARGED ME $250 FOR DIAGNOSTIC LABOR AND TOLD ME IT WAS A NORMAL NOISE. THEN I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE, THE WOMAN I SPOKE TO WAS ALL READY TO HELP ME OUT UNTIL SHE SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP THEN CAME BACK ON THE LINE WITH ME AND JUST AGREED WITH WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT IT BEING A "NORMAL" NOISE. THEN BROUGHT IT TO ANOTHER CHEVY DEALERSHIP, SERVICE MANAGER LISTENED AND SAID IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT A NORMAL NOISE, AGREED IT WAS COMING FROM THE TIMING COVER AREA, CALLED BACK CUSTOMER SERVICE, SAID I'D HAVE TO PAY FOR ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN TELL ME IF THEY WOULD ASSIST ME IN GETTING IT FIXED. I'M FINISHED WITH IT, I'VE SPENT OVER $1000 ON THIS CAR IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS AND IT'S STILL NOT FIXED, PLUS I'M OUT $250 FOR A DEALERSHIP TELLING ME THERE'S NOTHING WRONG. THIS DEALERSHIP WAS NOT THE ONE I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM.....THE ORIGINAL DEALER MESSED UP MY ROTORS AT 10,000 MILES AND WERE VERY RUDE ABOUT IT SO I VOWED NEVER TO GO THERE AGAIN.....NOW I'VE BEEN BURNED BY TWO DEALERSHIPS...

NOV.7,2002 CAR WON'T START. DEC.11,2002 WON'T START. TOOK CAR TO POTAMKIN CHEVORLET DEC.19,2002. I WAS TOLD THERE'S WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE BATTERY. JAN.13,2003 CAR WON'T START. CAR WAS TOWED TO LIBERTY CHEVORLET. WAS TOLD CAR NEEDED BATTERY AND STARTER. ALSO TOLD IF PROPER TEST WAS DONE, POTAMKIN SHOULD HAVE PICKED UP THE PROBLEM. CURRENTLY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CAR. CAR STOPS WHILE DRIVING. LIBERTY UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM. ALSO SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR,NEW, MY INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF WHEN I BRAKE HARD OR GO OVER BUMPS IN ROAD. EITHER DEALER UNABLE TO FIND OUT WHY.

MY CAR BEGUN CUTTING OFF WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON OR ABOUT THIS DATE. I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALER ON 11/27/02 AND THEY CHANGED THE FUEL LINE. ON 12/02/02 IT WAS STILL CUTTING OF SO I TOOK IT BACK. THIS TIME THEY CHANGED THE WIRES, PLUGS, AND 02 SENSERS. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT IT IS NOW 01/25/03 AND MY CAR IS STILL CUTTING OFF. I HAVE BEEN TO THIS DEALERSHIP (SIR WALTER CHEVROLET - RALEIGH NC) SEVENTEEN TIMES. THEY HAVE CHANGED SEVERAL MAJOR PARTS.( CRANK SHAFT SENSOR, 2 CATYLIC CONVERTERS, MODULES, AND OTHER PARTS. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS NECESSARY TO GO TO THE A GMC MECHANIC 17 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM AT MY WITS END, THE NEXT PLACE I AM GOING IS TO THE NEWSPAPER AND A LAWYER.

CRACKS IN DASH BOARD PLASTIC. GAS GUAGE STOP WORKING, TRAC LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF AND MAKES THE CAR PULL SIDE TO SIDE IN THE SNOW AND RAIN. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT RETURN ANY OF MY PHONE CALLS (MARINE CHEVROLET IN JACKSONVILLE NC), LIGHTS ON DASH BOARD GO ON AND OFF ON THIER OWN. GUAGES ON DASH WORK SOMETIMES THEN STOP WORKING.

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN, WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHIC CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING. PLEASE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB

MOSTLY WHEN IT RAINS THE WIPERS WILL STICK OR JUMP AT THE TOP AND ON THE WAY BACK DOWN. WHEN I USE DELAY OR MIST ONLY. WHEN I HAVE IT ON 1 OR 2 SPEED THEY WORK JUST FINE.

LIGHT COMES ON, ON DASH CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE.WHEN HE WAS ON VACATION,RADIATOR HOSE BUSTED. WHEN HE RETURNED HOME , HE WENT TO THE DEALER, AND WAS REIMBURSED SOME OF HIS MONEY BACK BY THE DEALER. ALSO, WAS TOLD BY DEALER WHEN DASH LIGHT INDICATOR THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH BATTERY. *AK

WHEN BRAKE APPLIED THEIRS A SHIMMY IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS IS A RESULT OF THE BRAKE ROTOR BEING OUT OF ROUND. CONSUMER HAD ROTOR REPLACED PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS