2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

MY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER BROKE DOWN WITH ME AND MY DAUGHTER IN IT. IT JUST STOPPED RUNNING. COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND WHEN I HAD IT LOOKED AT THE PERSON SAID THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. ALL AT AROUND 60,000 TO 80,000 MILES. IT SEEMS THAT THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION IS FAULTY AND MELTS. IT SEEMS THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAD FIRES. WHEN I SEARCHED ONLINE I FOUND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I'M JUST GLAD THAT I WAS NOT ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE THAT HAD A FIRE. *TR

NO START AND STALL CONDITION ON MY 2003 CAVALIER. IT STARTED WITH A NO START. AFTER READING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT SOMEONE POUNDING ON THEIR FUEL TANK I ATTEMPTED THIS AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR AND IT RESTARTED. THIS FREQUENCY OF NO STARTS HAS INCREASED. RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR STALLS AS IF THE CAR IS OUT OF GAS. ONCE IT STALLS IT WILL NOT START. I BANGED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FUEL TANK AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE CAR AND IT WOULD START. THE FREQUENCY OF THE STALLS ALSO ARE INCREASING AND OCCURS WHEN DRIVING REGARDLESS OF SPEED. THE LAST STALL WAS ON OCT. 22, 2008 WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH. THE RESTARTS ARE BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT. IT NOW REQUIRES ONE PERSON TO TURN THE IGNITION WHILE ONE IS UNDER THE CAR POUNDING ON THE FUEL TANK. IT APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY FUEL PUMP. THE ENGINE TURNS OVER BUT APPEARS TO NOT BE RECEIVING GAS. THE FUEL FILTER HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. *TR

THE FUEL PUMP HAS GONE OUT ON MY 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER (79,000 MILES) 4 TIMES IN 4 MONTHS! *TR

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 53,000 MILES ON IT, I HAVE ALWAYS CHANGED THE FUEL FILTERS, NEVER LET THE FUEL GO UNDER 1/4 TANK. ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING, AND THE CAR DIED WITH NO ALERT. I LOST ALL POWER, POWER STEERING, POWER ASSISTED BRAKES, EVERYTHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD GOING 60 MPH WITH TRAFFIC ALL AROUND ME. I COULD NOT PRESS THE BRAKES HARD ENOUGH TO STOP THE VEHICLE SO I ACTIVATED MY 4-WAY FLASHERS AND COASTED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND USED MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO COMPLETELY STOP. I WAS 10 MILES AWAY FROM MY HOME SO I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY HOUSE UNTIL I COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT, THAT TOW BILL WAS $120.00. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE TO WORK AND LOOSING ABOUT $100 A DAY AND NOW I WILL HAVE TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE OF THIS FAULTY PART AND SPEND APPROXIMATELY $900 ON A PROBLEM THAT I HAVE READ OCCURS MORE OFTEN THAN IT SHOULD. *TR

FAILURE OF FUEL PUMP WHILE DRIVING ON A 2 LAND HIGHWAY UPHILL WITH A SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME. DUE TO LOSS OF POWER, AND NOWHERE TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OFF OF THE ROADWAY, I WAS SLOWING QUICKLY AND THE SEMI TRUCK DRIVER HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO AVOID REAR ENDING ME. WAS ABLE TO FIND A SPOT TO PULL OFF SAFELY (LARGE DITCH ON SIDE OF ROAD WHERE PUMP FAILED INITIALLY. *TR

FUEL PUMP QUIT WORKING AT 54, 437 MILES ON THE INTERSTATE WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH. CAR WAS TOWED TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND REPLACEMENT COST OF THE PUMP AND FUEL FILTER COST 1.102.20 TO REPAIR. THERE HAVE BEEN TONS OF THESE GM FUEL PUMPS GOING BAD AND OWNERS POSTING THIS PROBLEM ON THE NET. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THERE POORLY MADE PUMP AND THE HIGH COST TO REPAIR THERE PROBLEM. *TR

2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. DRIVING ON TURNPIKE AND LOST POWER TO VEHICLE WENT FROM 70 TO 45MPH AND THEN TOTALLY CAME TO A STOP ALMOST GOT INTO A CRASH. FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED CAR HAS 89K MI. CAR WOULD START BUT NOT CRANK. CHECKED FUEL LINE AND NO PRESSURE. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS. WAS TOLD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE FUEL PUMP FROM YEARS 2001 TO 2003 AND FROM 50K TO 90MI. NEEDED IS A NEW FUEL PUMP AND ASSEMBLY. *TR

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER FUEL PUMP. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE THE VEHICLE WAS STARTING TO ACT AS IF IT WAS NOT GETTING ANY GAS. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF A PROBLEM LEADING UP TO THE FUEL PUMP GOING OUT. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE JUST DIED AND I WAS LEFT ROLLING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ON TO A LOCAL HIGHWAY. I FOUND OUT THAT THIS PROBLEM COSTS WELL OVER 800.00 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. I THEN BEGAN TO RESEARCH AND NOTICED THAT AROUND 60,000 TO 70,000 MILES THAT THERE IS QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

MY 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT STARTUP ISSUES AND OCCASIONAL "CHUGGING" WHILE DRIVING - SEEMED LIKE THE CAR WOULD LURCH AHEAD AT TIMES, HAS ALSO BRIEFLY STALLED AT LIGHTS. ON 10/11/08, THE CAR WOULD BRIEFLY TURN OVER AND START FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE, SHUT OFF, AND AFTERWARDS REFUSED TO START. HAD CAR TOWED FROM MY RESIDENCE TO MECHANIC SHOP WHO ALERTED ME THAT FUEL PRESSURE WAS LOW. FUEL ELECTRONICS WERE FUNCTIONING AS PER COMPUTER CHECK, TURNED OUT TO BE A BAD FUEL PUMP. CAR IS AT ~110,300 MILES. HAD SPARK PLUGS, FUEL FILTER, ENGINE BELT REPLACED IN MARCH & APRIL OF 2008. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 CAVALIER DOWN THE STREET AND WENT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN INTO A GAS STATION MY CAR STOPPED. I GOT TWO MEN TO PUSH ME INTO THE STATION AND THEN TO THE GAS PUMP THINKING I RAN OUT OF GAS. GOT GAS CAR STILL WOULDN'T START. HAD CAR TOWED THIS HAPPENED 10-2-08 SOMEONE THE N LOOKED AT CAR 10-10-08. I WAS IT THE FUEL PUMP. *TR