2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND WENT TO ACCELERATE AND CAR JUST STOPPED. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND TOLD FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. COST WAS $875. CAR HAS 66,000 MILES. *TR

FUEL PUMP FAILURE - REPLACEMENT LEARNED OF REPLACEMENT WIRING HARNESS - RECOMMENDED BY GENERAL MOTORS DUE TO POSSIBILITY OF FUEL TANK CATCHING FIRE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CONNECTOR REPLACEMENT WAS NOT A HARNESS BUT A CONNECTOR THAT HAD TO BE SPLICED INTO EXISTING CABLE WHICH WAS AROUND 30 OR SO INCHES LONG DEALERSHIP SAYS SPLICE CONNECTOR IS ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO REPLACING THE ENTIRE CABLE WHICH WOULD RUN OVER $500 AND WOULD HAVE TO CUT AND SPLICE THAT TOGETHER AS WELL AS NEW ONE WOULD HAVE THE DEFECTIVE CONNECTOR AS WELL ** MY COMPLAINT ON THIS - THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT OR SO THE DEALERSHIP SAYS AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WHICH INDICATED THAT THE HARNESS NEEDS REPLACEMENT DUE TO FACT THAT USING EXISTING CONNECTOR INSTALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER COULD CAUSE A FIRE IN THE FUEL TANK - WHICH I WOULD THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL TO IT. ** ALSO REPLACING A CONNECTOR BY SPLICING IS PRETTY MUCH POINTLESS ON SUCH A SHORT CABLE TO BEGIN WITH AND IF A DIY WAS TO DO THIS THE CONNECTION MAY NOT BE SOLID AND TIGHT THEREFORE A HEAT BUILD UP COULD OCCUR AND A FIRE COULD RESULT AS WELL. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER. IT ONLY HAS 43000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR SUDDENLY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH NO WARNING AND I ALMOST GOT HIT BY THE CAR THAT WAS BEHIND ME. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. COST $800. AT 44000 MILES YOU SHOULD NOT BE REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP. *TR

JANUARY 14,2009 MY CAR ALMOST CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO ACID FROM MY BATTERY LIKING INTO THE BATTERY PAN. I HAD TO UNHOOK THE BATTERY AND TAKE IT OUT OF THE CAR. MY STEP SON WAS DRIVING BY MY HOUSE WHEN MY CARS LIGHTS WERE ON ANDTHE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS. I WENT OUTSIDE AND THE LIGHTS WERE VERY DIM. I TRIED TO START IT UP AND THE CAR STARTED SMOKING AND I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE CAR OFF. THERE WERE SPARKS SO I HAD TO PUT OUT THE SMALL FLAME AND REMOVE THE BATTERY. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO PARKER PONTIAC BUICK GMC THAT SAME DAY. THE SMALL FIRE BURNED THROUGH MY WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID LINE THE COST TO ME FOR REPAIR OF THE SMALL FIRE WAS ABOUT 487.00. *TR

I OWN A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER LS4D AND HAD TO REPLACE MY FUEL PUMP. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO PARKER PONITAC, BUICK GMC. THEY REPLACED MY FUEL PUMP AND FILTER AND THE COST WAS 613.99. NOW EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP MY CAR IS STILL STALLING AND CUTTING OFF. *TR

CHEVROLET CAVALIER 2003 FUEL PUMP FAILURE STALLS VEHICLE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF INSTANCES OF THIS FAILURE IN THE 2003 MODEL STRANDING MOTORISTS IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS. *TR

CAR DIED ON ROAD - NO WARNING. BAD FUEL PUMP...PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD AND DANGEROUS...LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES AT 50+ MPH. *TR

CAME TO A STOP. ACCELERATED FROM STOP. VEHICLE HAD PROBLEM ACCELERATING. FINALLY STALLED OUT ABOUT 1/8 MILE LATER. WILL NOT RESTART. TURNS OVER BUT WILL NOT START FROM WHAT I HAVE READ FROM OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL. EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

1. I WAS JUST DRIVING MY CAR IT WAS RUNNING FINE, I PARKED IT ON A HILL AND WHEN I CAME BACK TO START IT, IT JUST WOULDN'T START. 2. IT WAS MAKING HORRIBLE NOISES, THE TANK WAS AT 1/4 I NEVER LET IT GET BELOW THAT. AFTER AN HOUR OF TRYING TO GET IT TO START SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT IT COULD BE THE FUEL PUMP AND TO HAVE SOMEONE HIT THE GAS TANK WHILE I TRIED STARTING IT, SURE ENOUGH IT STARTED, I DROVE IT HOME, THE NEXT DAY I DROVE TO FILL UP THINKING IT WOULD HELP, IT DIED ON THE WAY HOME AND WOULDN'T START AT ALL WITH ANY AMOUNT OF HELP. 3. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO GET FIXED, IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP, THEY REPLACED IT AND IT COST A TOTAL OF $613. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND THE BRAKES FAILED. SHE THEN NOTICED THAT THE STEERING BECAME STIFF. SHE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER AND HAD IT TOWED TO HER DESTINATION. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. SHE IS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. SHE WOULD NOT BE COMPENSATED FOR THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.