1998 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

UPON EXITING GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A GREAT RATE OF SPEED. UNABLE TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AS THIS HAPPENED WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS, VEHICLE JUMPED CEMENT PARKING BLOCKS AND VEHICLE LANDED ON PARKING BLOCKS. INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARED VEHICLE TOTAL LOSS. COLLISION REPAIR SHOP STATED NEITHER MANUFACTURER NOR INSURANCE COMPANY WILL GO THROUGH VEHICLE TO DETERMINE WHAT WENT WRONG DUE TO "TIME IS MONEY." NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM OUT OF A VEHICLE, BALANCE REMAINING WAS ONLY APPROXIMATELY $3,700.00. LOOKED UP RECALLED VEHICLES, SIMILAR TO ID NUMBERS 95V201000 AND 87V011000. AS STATED, THIS ALL HAPPENED SO ABRUPTLY VERY HARD TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHAT WENT WRONG. I AM REPORTING THIS IN THE HOPE THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANOTHER CAVALIER OWNER WHO MAY NOT BE AS FORTUNATE AS WE WERE. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT MOVING BACKWARD WHILE DRIVING. APPOINTMENT BEING MADE WITH DEALER CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH AND WITHOUT A COLLISION DRIVER'S WINDOW UNEXPECTEDLY SHATTERED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML

WHEN TURNING A CORNER AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. DEALER HAD VEHICLE FOR 2 WEEKS, AND STILL COULD NOT FIX THE DEFECT PROPERLY, LOCK IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. *AK *ML

THE DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO WEAR UNEVENLY WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND COULD CAUSE A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

HEADLAMPS FAILED ON INTERSTATE,CAME BACK ON BUT WOULD FLICKER, DEALER FOUND 4 WIRES WITH CORROSION. DEALER UNABLE TO FIND NOISE IN SUSPENSION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR , CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CD PLAYERS SCRATCH CD'S WHEN FIRST PUTTING IN, WHICH GM ADMITTED TO IN A LETTER. THE THIRD CD PLAYER NOT ONLY SCRATCHES BUT SKIPS ERRATICALLY AND TUNER WILL NOT ALWAY RECEIVE CHANNELS JUST STATIC.

WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A TURN CONSUMER COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE WHILE TURNING, THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVED TWICE ON THE RACK AND PINION. *AK

WHILE MAKING A TURN POWER STEERING SHAFT PITMAN SHEARED OFF, CAUSING A MINOR COLLISION. *AK