2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

ENGINE WAS CRACKED. TECHNICIAN STATED HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS KEEP WARPING WHICH CAUSES VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 5-6 TIMES, HAD THEM TURNED. FRONT PADS HAD WORN EXCESSIVELY. *AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS. DEALER HAS TURNED ROTORS AND THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKE PADS ARE TOO HARD FOR SUCH A SMALL ROTOR AND TOO MUCH METAL IN FRONT BRAKE PAD IS CAUSING ROTORS TO WARP. *SLC

GOING UPHILL VEHICLE STALLED, AFTER 10 MINUTES. STARTED AGAIN, AND A WHILE LATER, ON UPHILL VEHICLE STALLED . HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, MECHANIC TOOK VEHICLE ON TEST DRIVE, AND IT STALLED UPHILL. DEALER REPLACED FUEL SENDING UNIT. IN NOVEMBER 2000, HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER PULLED IN FRONT OF HER WITHOUT PUTING ON SIGNAL SHE APPLIED PEDAL SO THAT SHE COULD STOP, AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. SHE VEERED INTO OTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND. *AK

FLOOR MAT OCCASIONALLY CATCHES THE CLUTCH PEDAL WHILE DEPRESSED EITHER SLOWING OR INHIBITING IT'S RETURN TO THE UNENGAGED POSITION. *AK

THE GAS CYLINDER IS BEING CORRODED BY THE SULFUR IN THE GASOLINE, THE GAS GAUGE WILL READ THAT THERE IS GAS AND THEN THE VEHICLE WILL JUST STOP WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *SLC

THE BRAKES HAVE FAILED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASSIONS. PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND YOU'LL GET STOPPED WHEN IT WANTS TO STOP. LAST OCCASSION OCCURED AT A 4 WAY STOP INTERSECTION, WHICH WAS THE ONLY REASON MY SISTER WAS NOT HIT. VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. SPEED AT THE TIME WAS APPROX 5 MILES PER BASED ON THE SHAPE THAT THE RAILROAD TRACKS ARE IN THAT YOU MUST CROSS WHEN APPROACHING THE SECOND STOP SIGN. THIS SECOND STOP SIGN IS LOCATED LESS THAN 50 FEET FROM THE FIRST STOP. ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED BY THE DEALER, AND THE ABS CHECKED DUE TO AN EMERGENCY STOP THAT I HAD TO ACCOMPLISH WHEN A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. DEALER IS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE, THEREFORE IT IS CONSIDERED SAFE TO OPERATE. I DISAGREE, AND FEEL THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE IF YOU CAN NOT DEPEND ON THE BRAKES.

DURING A ROUTINE STOP IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A DRY SMOOTH ROAD, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED AT LESS THAN 10 MPH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE TO DOUBLE, RESULTING IN MINOR ACCIDENT, CAUSING $1560 DAMAGE TO FRONT END OF VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE MAKES A POPPING SOUND WHEN TURNING CORNERS. DEALER SAYS IT'S NOT A SAFETY DEFECT, IT'S A NUISANCE. VEHICLE IS GOING BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE CURRENTLY ONE CAN FEEL NOISE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE. *AK