2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

I HAVE HAD A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER AND THE FUEL PUMP KEEPS GOING BAD COSTING ME A PRETTY PENNY EVERY TIME IT GOES. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH BAD FUEL PUMPS FOR CHEVROLET CAVALIERS. JUST REPORTING THE PROBLEM TO ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST OF UNHAPPY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER OWNERS. THE INCIDENT THAT I LIST BELOW IS THE LATEST DATE THE FUEL PUMP WENT BAD, TODAY AS A MATTER OF FACT. THE LAST TIME IT WENT BAD WAS LESS THAN A MONTH AGO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS 60 MPH WHEN HE IS TRAVELING AT MUCH LOWER SPEEDS. THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO BECOMES STUCK AT A LOWER SPEED WHEN HE IS DRIVING AT A MUCH FASTER RATE. THE RPM'S IN THE VEHICLE WILL EITHER NOT MOVE AT ALL OR GO UP AS FAR AS POSSIBLE WHILE DRIVING IN FIRST GEAR ONLY. THE RPM'S WILL THEN BECOME STUCK AND NOT MOVE BACK DOWN. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. HE MUST RESTART THE VEHICLE IN ORDER FOR THE SPEEDOMETER DIAL TO RETURN TO ITS REGULAR POSITION. THE DIAL DOES NOT MOVE AT ALL IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE CONTACT HAS GOTTEN PULLED OVER WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH (85 MPH) OVER THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS TRAVELING 65 MPH. HE BELIEVES THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000. UPDATED 03-06-09 *BF THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD STICK AT 50 MPH. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE INCREASED OR DECREASED HIS SPEED THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD STILL REGISTER AT 50 MPH. UPDATED 03/11/09. *JB

FUEL PUMP DIED WITH NO WARNING ON DANGEROUS HIGHWAY. HAD TO GET A TOW AND REPAIR AT A SHOP NOT FAMILIAR WITH TOTAL BILL INCLUDING TOWING AND REPAIR 1,200 SOME VEHICLE FORUMS HAVE UPWARDS OF 500 INDIVIDUALS WITH SAME PROBLEM DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD AND WARRANTS A RECALL. *TR

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE DRIVING DOWN STEEP HILL. NO POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, LUCKILY MADE IT TO SAFE SPACE AT BOTTOM OF HILL. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. NOW IN GARAGE. DIAGNOSED WITH BAD FUEL PUMP. IT WILL COST $600.00 TO FIX WHEN PART COMES IN. THIS IS RIDICULOUS, CAR HAS ONLY 56,000 MILES ON IT! THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD. I SEARCHED ON-LINE AND IT IS A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH THIS VEHICLE. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE BEFORE A FATALITY OCCURS, IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY! *TR

I HAVE 165,000KM ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. IT IS CONSTANTLY STALLING, MOSTLY AT STOP LIGHTS AND WHEN I SLOW DOWN, HOWEVER TODAY IT STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE MECHANICS THINK IT MIGHT BE THE FUEL PUMP BUT IT IS HARD TO TELL FOR SURE WHAT IT IS AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY IF IT IS NOT THAT. I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. I FEEL QUITE UNSAFE DRIVING SINCE IT COULD STALL OR SHUT DOWN AT ANY POINT. A CAR SHOULD NOT STALL WHILE DRIVING OR AT STOP LIGHTS. PLEASE RECALL THIS PART!! *TR

THE GAUGES IN THESE CARS GO CRAZY I DIDN'T SPEND MONEY TO FIX IT INSTEAD I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND A TON F PEOPLE THIS HAPPENED TO THE GAUGE CLUSTER IN THE CARS GO HAYWIRE AND YOU CAN NOT TELL. SOME GO IN THE SPEEDOMETER MINE WENT IN THE TEMP GAUGE AND THE FUEL GAUGE NOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TO MECHANICS AND THEY CAN NOT FIND WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM MINE FIRST WENT ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO AND THE ONLY WAY FOR ME TO RESET MY GAUGES IS TO PULL THE FUSE OUT AND RESET IT OTHERWISE IT WILL NOT RESET BACK TO E OR 0 AND THE THERMO GAUGE HAS GONE INTO MY SPEEDO NEEDLE SO THEN I CAN NOT TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME AND NO BIG DEAL BUT THEN I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND SO MANY PEOPLE WIT THIS PROBLEM WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO FIX SOMETHING THAT GM OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GET RIGHT I DON'T THINK ITS RIGHT AT ALL ESPECIALLY BECAUSE ITS WITH ALOT OF PEOPLE NOW THE GAUGES GO CRAZY ALL THE TIME NOT JUST WHEN IT RAINS OR ITS COLD BUT CONSTANTLY I AM PULLING THE FUSES OUT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM WORK TO THE PLACE I WAS STAYING AT THE TIME AND WHEN I WAS ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY, MY CAR (2003 CHEVY CAVALIER) DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF ME DRIVING. I WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN TIME JUST BEFORE IT COMPLETELY CONKED OUT. THIS WAS THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. THE CHEVY WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST SHOP WHERE I DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING THAT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP THAT HAD DIED. THE REPAIR HAD COST $775.06. *TR

I HAVE WENT THROUGH OVER 10 BULBS IN MY BACK TAIL-LIGHT ON THE DRIVER SIDE. EVERY TIME I GO OUT AND ABOUT IT BLOWS AND WHEN I PULL THE BULB OUT THE PLASTIC IS ALWAYS MELTED OVER THE CONTACT WIRES. RECENTLY I WAS ON MY WAY TO MY GIRLFRIEND'S FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS EVENT AND I GOT PULLED OVER FOR MY TAIL LIGHT BEING OUT, WHICH HAD BEEN REPLACED A FEW DAYS BEFORE. I SHOWED THE POLICE AND HE ONLY GAVE ME A WARNING, ALTHOUGH I AM GETTING SICK OF THIS HAPPENING. I WENT INTO AN ADVANCE AUTO PARTS STORE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THE ENTIRE SOCKET, BUT WHEN THEY CALLED A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP ALL THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I DO IS REPLACE THE BULB, AGAIN. I REPLACED THE BULB AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW IT BLEW WITHIN 3 DAYS. I AM STILL CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THIS INCONVENIENT PROBLEM BEFORE I JUST SELL MY CAR TO GET A BETTER ONE. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH OUR TWO BOYS TO THE LIBRARY WHEN THE CAR JUST STOPPED AS SHE WAS GOING INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION. SHE CALLED ME AT WORK IN A PANIC. LUCKILY, ANOTHER DRIVER CALMED HER DOWN AND HELPED PUSH THE CAR OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ISSUE WAS THAT THE FUEL PUMP WENT BAD. CAR ONLY HAS 47,000 MILES. COST OF REPAIR WAS $660 PLUS THE TOWING FROM THE INTERSECTION TO THE SHOP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL OR WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 36,000.