1996 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

IN 53000 MILES: SPONTANEOUS AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, COMPUTER FAILURE, VALVE TRAIN FAILURE.

DUE TO A DEFECTIVE DESIGN ENGINE CYLINDER GASKET IS LEAKING AT 17,000 MILES. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

THE LEFT REAR WHEEL CAME OFF OF THE CAR WITHOUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE OVERTURNED SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS TOTALLED. DRIVER WAS INJURED. NO OTHER PASSENGERS IN CAR. *AK

ALTERNATOR FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER AND DRAIN THE BATTERY WHILE DRIVING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. NLM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 60 MPH, WAS DARK, NOTICED DEER IN ROAD, HIT BRAKES (ABS), HIT DEER ON DRIVER'S SIDE, FRONT END DAMAGED, HEARD HISSING IN DASH, AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON, NO AIR BAG (DRIVER/PASSENGER) DEPLOYMENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE CLUTCH CASING OF THE CAR WAS NOT WELDED, VEHICLE CONSTANTLY MAKES A NOISE, ENGINE STALLED AT 3000-3500 RPMS. *SLC

VEHICLE'S FRONT ABS BRAKING SYSTEM CALIPERS LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT RELEASE AFTER ONLY DRIVING 47 MILES, BRAND NEW OFF THE LOT.SMOKE WAS COMING FROM BRAKES. *AK

FAILURE OF THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES AIR BAGS, CONSUMER WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK *JB

DRIVING HOME, ANOTHER CAR RAMMED BRAKES, OTHER CAR SWERVED, CAVALIER SWERVED ALSO BUT HIT OTHER CAR THAT SWERVED, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHEN TURNING, THERE IS A NOISE IN SUSPENSION.*AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED, SOMETHING UNDER THE FLOOR BOARD SHIFTS AND FEELS LIKE IT IS GRINDING OR CATCHING ON SOMETHING, ALSO WHEN TURNING A CORNER THERE IS SOMETIMES A LOUD NOISE LIKE A THUMP.*JB