1997 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT AT LEAST 3 OR 4 TIMES A WEEK AFTER IT HAD BEEN SITTING 6 HOURS OR LONGER. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO 4 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS, AND EACH MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM WAS CONSISTENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE IDLING AND WITHOUT WARNING , DEALER HAS REPLACED THROTTLE POSITIONING CENTER, AND REPROGRAMMED PCM, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURRING, AND CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

I HAVE CALLED THIS MORNING (12/06/00) TO NHTSA, YOU SAID YOU WILL SEND ME A FORM TO FILL OUT. BUT THEN I GOT INTO THIS WEBSITE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO FILE AND DOCUMENT ASAP BECASUE I FEEL VERY UNSAFE WHILE DRIVING. I AM SURE MY VEHICLE HAS A DEFECT OR PROBLEM WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY OR DEATH TO MYSELF AND OTHERS. THE PROBLEM FIRST APPEARED IN EARLY JULY/00: SOON AFTER STARTING THE CAR, WARNING LIGHTS (OIL PRESSURE AND CHARGING SYSTEM) LIT UP AND THE CAR STALLED AND LOST POWER. POWER BRAKE WAS GONE, AND I WAS HEADING DOWN A STEEP SLOPE! LUCKILY I MANAGED TO STOP THE CAR WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I CAN RESTART THE CAR AND DRIVE ON. IT HAPPENED 2 TIMES MORE AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO CHECK. IT CANNOT REPEAT THE CONDITION, SO NOTHING WAS DONE. FOR THE NEXT SHORT WHILE NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED, ALTHOUGH SEVERAL TIMES 2 OTHER WARNING LAMPS WILL LIT UP (ENHANCED TRACTION SYSTEM OFF AND MALFUNCTION INDICATOR). I CALLED THE DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT BUT THE LIGHTS WILL GO OFF, AND I CANCELLED THE APPOINTMENT... ON THE NIGHT OF 11/28/00, THE SAME DANGEROUS SITUATION OCCURRED AGAIN. SINCE THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE, I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO RAN A COMPUTER TEST ON MY CAR, AND FOUND TAHT FAULTY CODE #704 HAD OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY IN MY TRANSMISION SYSTEM. BUT AGAIN, THE MECHANIC CANNOT DUPLICATE THE CONDITION, SO CANNOT FIX ANYTHING. I CALLED GM'S CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND THE DEALER TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO. THE ADVICE IS THAT THERE IS NO SIMILAR INCIDENTS REPORTED. AND I JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CONDITION TO HAPPEN AGAIN SOMEHOW. BUT THE DILEMMA IS THAT EVEN IF THE STALLING HAPPENS, THE CAR CAN RESTART, THEN THE CONDITION WILL NOT EXIST AND EVEN IF I BRING/TOW IT TO THE DEALER, THEY WON'T KNOW WHAT TO FIX!! SO I HAVE NO RECOURSE TO TAKE EXCEPT TO DRIVE THE CAR AROUND WITH THIS DANGER ON MY MIND ALL THE TIME! THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED OR THE MATTER RESOLVED, I WOULD THINK/HOPE? THANKYOU.

VEHICLE CONTINUALLY STALLING. SEVERAL TRIPS TO DEALER AND THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM. ERROR CODES P0 171 AND P0 507, REPAIRS HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER BEGAN BRAKING DUE TO A WATER MAIN BREAK UP AHEAD, ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF HER, SO SHE SLAMMED ON HER BRAKES, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS VIOLENTLY DEPLOYED INJURYING BOTH PEOPLE, AND IT WAS AFTER THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WHEN CONSUMER HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER, CONSUMER IS STILL SUFFERING FROM INJURIES, THE DAY AFTER ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 98V146, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER IS DENYING ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENED. *SLC

PCM WAS PART OF A RECALL. HAD REPLACED BUT CAR STILL ATTEMPTS TO STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING. TOOK BACK TO DEALER TO HAVE CHECKED OUT BUT THEY STILL CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. BUT SOMETHING IS WRONG AND IT ALL STARTED WHEN THE PCM WAS REPLACED. *AK

I WAS INVOLED IN A 3 CAR CRASH. ONE OF THE CARS HIT A VEHICLE BROADSIDE AND THEN BOUNCED OFF HER AND HIT THE REAR LEFT PANEL AND BUMPER OF MY CAR. I TOOK IT IN TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE AFTER THE ACCIDENT I EXPERIENCED A LOUD NOISE FROM THE BACK AND VIBRATIONS WHEN I TRAVEL MORE THAN 50 MPH. THE DEALER CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAD FIXED THE BODY DAMAGE BUT NOTICED MY REAR AXLE WAS BENT. HE WAS WAITING ON AAA TO CALL TO OK IT GETTING FIXED. WELL, THEY NEVER STOPPED BY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT BECUASE LOOKING AT THE BODY DAMAGE THEY SAID THERE WAS NO WAY IT COULD HAVE CASUED A BENT REAR AXLE. HE SAID THEY ONLY WAY I COULD HAVE GOTTEN A BENT AXLE WAS FROM A DIRECT HIT TO THE TIRE OR GONE OFF THE ROAD. THE MAN DRIVING HIT ME AT LEAST 35 MPH RIGHT THERE AT MY TIRE BUT FROM THE LOOKS OF IT I CAN'T TELL IF HE HIT THE TIRE. THE INS GUY SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS PROBABLY THERE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AND I JUST DIDN'T NOTICE IT. WHAT EVER! MY ALIGNMENT WAS JUST FINE AND THE WEAR ON MY TIRES WAS FROM NORMAL WEAR BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE WAY IT VIBRATES DOESN'T "JUST HAPPEN". I AM SURE HE IS TRYING TO INSINUATE THAT I HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH REAR, SIDE CRASHES. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY CAVALIERS DON'T WITHSTAND WELL COLLISIONS FROM THE REAR AND SIDE. THE INSURANCE CO IS DECLINING TO PAY THIS PROBLEM AND IS TELLING ME TO MAKE OUT ANOTHER CLAIM FOR THE BENT REAR AXLE. THAT IS STUPID. I NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM TILL AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN HEARD A LOUD POP SOUND. THEREAFTER VEHICLE LOST STEERING CONTROL, VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP FOR REPAIRS. INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE BOTTOM BEARING FELL OUT. *AK THE REASON FOR BEARING FALLING OUT WAS DUE TO SLOPPY ASSEMBLY BY THE MANUFACTURER. THAT IS THE BEARING WAS NOT PRESSED INTO PLACE. *YH

VEHICLE ACCELERATES AND WILL NOT STOP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT THEY CAN NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC