2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

CONSUMER HAS A COLOR FILM ON FRONT WINDSHIELD WHICH OSTRUCTS VISION WHEN SUN IS SHINNING. HAS NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS YET. DEALERS SAYS THEY CANNOT HELP CONSUMER BECAUSE VEHICLE CAME FROM FACTORY LIKE THAT. *AK

MY CAR HAS STALLED 4 DIFFERNT TIMES W/OUT ANY WARNING,THE 2 OR 3 TIMES I WAS TOLD TO PUT GAS TREATMENT IN MY TANK . THEY THOUGHT I HAD WATER IN MY TANK. FINALLY AFTER ALMOST HITTING AN 18 WHEELER IN THE REAR W/MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR, THE DEALER SAID THE FUEL FILTER WAS DEFECTIVE,& THE FUEL MODULAR REGULATOR WAS SHORTING OUT.I TRIED TO GET GM TO DO A BUY -BACK ON MY CAR THE REFUSED.THIS IS ONLY ONE OF MANY REPEATED PROBLEMS W/MY Z24. I AM GOING TO FILE THE LEMON LAW ON THIS CAR.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN A/C TURNED OFF. THIS HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK AND/OR DRIVE AND VEHICLE IS AT STAND STILL. DEALER HAS HAD THREE ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT DEFECT. DEALER STATES THAT THEY CAN'T ENGINEER A FIX FOR THE STALL. IN PROCESS OF HAVING VEHICLE CLASSIFIED A LEMON UNDER THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S "LEMON LAW".

ENGINE STALLS AT SLOW SPEED-WHILE TURNING INTO PARKING SPACE OR WHILE WAITING AT STOP SIGN. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON -NO SERVICE LIGHT COME ON -DEALER SAYS NO FAILURE CODES IN COMPUTER. PROBLEM USAULLY OCCURS AFTER CAR HAS BEEN RUN AND THEN SITS BUT DOES NOT COOL DOWN ALL THE WAY AND THEN IS DRIVEN. *AK

VEHICLE'S INTERIOR LIGHTS GO ON & OFF, ALSO THE TRANSMISSION LEAKS BADLY. FAILED TO TIGHTEN FRONT END BOLTS & PROBLEM WITH AIRBAG LIGHT.

WAS PRESSING ON BRAKES AND COULD FEEL THEM PULSATING. MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP INDICATED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED. WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. PROBLEM REAPPEARED AGAIN AT 28,000 MILES IN JUNE 2001.*AK

THE CONSUMER WAS IN DRIVEWAY TRYING TO GO FIRWARD BUT THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T GO, THE CONSUMER TRIED REVERSE, NOTHING HAPPENED AND THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, THERE WAS NO STEERING ABILITY AND NO BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM

WHILE DRIVING 1 MILE PER HOUR OR FASTER AND STEP ON THE BRAKE TO STOP,THE VEHICLE JERKS, CONSUMER STATES IT CAUSES WHIP LASH.*YD

THIS VEHICLE HAS A DUAL FUEL SYSTEM; GASOLINE AND NATURAL GAS. THE DEFAULT FUEL IS NATURAL GAS (NG). ON A HOT, 92DEGREE DAY, ON NG FUEL, I ACCELERATED HARD THROUGH A 4 LANE, STOPLIGHT INTERSECTION. THE ENGINE STALLED AND I BARELY COASTED THROUGH. THE NG FUEL TANK WAS 1/4 - 1/3 FULL. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY. *AK

THE BRAKE ROTOR WERE TURNED BECAUSE OF THE WAVINESS IN THE ROTORS, HOWEVER THE BRAKE PADS WERE STILL GOOD, BUT THERE WAS A PULSATION WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.*YH