2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

WE HAVE 2 2004 CHEVY CAVALIERS. ON ONE OF THE CAVALIERS NOT TO LONG AFTER WE BOUGHT IT, THE SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT ON IT AND WE COULDN'T READ THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR. WE HAVE TRIED TO BUY USED ONES AND PUT THEN IN THE CAR AND THAT FAILED AND YOU STILL CAN'T READ THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR. ON THE SECOND CAVALIER THE SPEEDOMETER IS ACTING FUNNY. WHEN THE CAR SETS FOR OVERNIGHT AND THE NEXT MORNING YOU GO AND TURN IT ON IT SAYS THAT YOU ARE GOING A HIGH AMOUNT OF SPEED, WHEN IT HAS BEEN PARKED FOR A LONG TIME. IT KEEPS OCCURRING DAILY, AND THEN SOMETIMES WHEN YOUR DRIVING IT WILL SAY THAT YOUR GO 0 MPH, WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. WE HAVE LOOKED TO GET THESE FIXED, BUT THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER THAT WE TALKED TO HAS SAID THAT HE HAS HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS GOING WRONG IN THE CAVALIERS AND THE CHEVY TRUCKS. BOTH OF MY CARS HAVE AROUND 74,000 MILES ON IT, AND IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED, AND WE THINK THE COMPANY SHOULD PAY FOR IT, SINCE IT HAS HAPPENED IN BOTH CARS AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE POINT. *TR

AT ABOUT 40K MILES, THE TACHOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING ERRATICALLY. SPEEDOMETER CONSTANTLY AT 60 EVEN WHEN AT A STOP. TACH NO LONGER WORKS AT ALL. WILL HAVE TO REPLACE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. ESTIMATE IS ABOUT $450.00. *TR

I STARTED LOOKING FOR A FIX FOR MY WIFE'S CAR AND I HAVE FOUND THAT ACROSS THE NATION THERE ARE PEOPLE DRIVING WITH NO SPEEDO, TACH, DASH LIGHTS, OR HORN. THIS IS A DIFFERENT MIX OF PRBS FOR EACH BUT THEY ALL COME BACK TO THE DASH OF THE CHEVY CAVALIER. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING. IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED ONCE AND HAS STARTED NOT FUNCTIONING AGAIN. IT OCCASIONALLY WORKS CORRECTLY, BUT MOSTLY IT GOES UP TO A HIGH READING AND STICKS THERE. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT READ ACCURATELY. SOMETIMES IT READS TOO FAST AND SOMETIMES TOO SLOW. NO ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED, BUT THE POTENTIAL IS THERE. THE PROBLEM IS SPORADIC, HAPPENING OVER THE COURSE OF A DAY, SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED. *TR

MY 2004 CAVALIER HAS HAD TWO MASTER/SLAVE CYLINDERS TO FAIL. CLUTCH GOES TO THE FLOOR FAILING TO RELEASE THE CLUTCH PEDAL. DEALER TRIED TO CHARGE ME $800 WHEN I HAD WARRANTY. ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL SERVICE ADVISORS. WILL NEVER RECOMMEND A GM- CHEVROLET VEHICLE TO ANYONE EVER. GM = NIGHTMARE. DON'T BUY GM EVER!!!! *TR

I STARTED THE CAR WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE WENT ABOVE THE FULL MARK EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AT A HALF TANK, AFTER SHUTTING IT OFF AND RESTARTING IT A COUPLE TIMES IT EVENTUALLY CORRECTED ITSELF. A WEEK LATER THIS HAPPENED AGAIN BUT IT WOULD NOT CORRECT ITSELF THOUGH. THEN WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER STARTED TO GIVE BAD READINGS. THE TACHOMETER WAS READING AT BELOW ZERO RPMS WHILE AT IDLE AND IT WOULD GO UP TO ABOUT 6,000 RPM WHILE DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ ABOUT 30-40 MPH OVER THE SPEED LIMIT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND WOULD SIT AT ABOUT 20 MPH WHEN I WAS AT IDLE. THE DEALERSHIPS SAID THAT REPLACING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS STOPPED WORKING I HAVE NOTICED ALOT IF 2000 MODELS WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER LS SPORT. WELL LETS FIRST START OFF WITH MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW MOTOR. IT WENT OUT ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF AGO AND WE FIXED IT THIS SUMMER. APPARENTLY IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM BUT OF COURSE NO RECALL ON IT SO PAID ALMOST 300 DOLLARS MYSELF TO FIX IT. THEN AFTER THAT WHEN I WOULD START MY CAR AND PUT IT INTO DRIVE, THE CAR WOULD SPUTTER AND THE ABS AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS WOULD COME ON. NEXT ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO I NOTICED THAT MY GAS GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING A LITTLE. DIDN'T GIVE IT MUCH THOUGHT BUT THEN 2 MONTHS AGO MY TEMP GAUGE WAS GOING HAYWIRE. CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED. WELL WE ALL KNOW MONEY IS TIGHT SO I HAVE LEFT IT. LOW AND BEHOLD LATE LAST WEEK, THE MPH GAUGE SAID I WAS GOING 100 MPH IN A 35 ZONE. I HAD TO TAKE A DOUBLE LOOK. DEALER AGAIN SAYS NO RECALLS. AFTER SPEAKING TO A FRIEND, HE SAID THAT HIS TRUCK DID THE SAME THING ALONG WITH ANOTHER CO-WORKERS TRUCK (GM TRUCKS) AND THAT THEY TOOK IT IN BECAUSE IT HAD A RECALL ON THE "INSTRUMENT CLUSTER" AND THERE WAS NO CHARGE. HOW COME CAVALIERS ARE HAVING THE PROBLEM AND NOTHING, BUT THERE TRUCKS HAVE IT AND THERE IS A RECALL. I CANT TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING. NOW I AM PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO JUST GO WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC SINCE I CANT AFFORD TO FIX IT. COME ON GM OWN UP TO ALL OF YOUR MISTAKES PLEASE..........THERE ARE TONS OF LOGGED COMPLAINTS ON HERE ABOUT IT, OBVIOUSLY IT IS A REAL PROBLEM GM. THIS IS WHY WE ARE GOING FOREIGN WITH OUR CARS NOW. *TR

SO, THE PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I NOTICED THAT MY SPEEDOMETER IN MY CAVALIER WOULD RANDOMLY FREEZE AND STOP WORKING. I NOTICED THAT ONCE I WOULD TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON IT WOULD BE FINE, AND IT WOULD WORK PROPERLY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF IT FREEZING UP LIKE THIS, I WAS REALLY GETTING TICKED OFF. ONE DAY IT STARTED WORKING FINE AND FOR ABOUT A WEEK OR SO IT WORKED PERFECT WITH NO ISSUES AT ALL. THEN ABOUT A WEEK AGO IT REALLY STARTED FREAKING OUT. IT SAID I WAS GOING 110 WHEN I WAS ONLY GOING LIKE 40, AND TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF DOES NOTHING. IT STAYS FROZEN NO MATTER WHAT IT DO. IF I DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY, IT ACTUALLY GOES PAST THE GAUGE LIMIT AND POINTS STRAIGHT DOWN WHERE MY ODOMETER IS AND STAYS THERE. IT IS SO ANNOYING! I DECIDED OVER THE WEEKEND I WOULD TAKE IT INTO A MECHANIC TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TOLD ME? THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $675 TO FIX IT, B/C THE WHOLE SPEEDOMETER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM GOING TO PAY ALMOST $700 TO TAKE CARE OF A PROBLEM THAT CHEVY CREATED. *TR