2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

MY DAUGHTER HAS A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH ROUGHLY 104,000 MILES ON IT, AND COULD NOT GET IT STARTED ONE DAY. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WE GOT THE VEHICLE STARTED. TWO DAYS LATER SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY HIGHWAY AND THE FUEL PUMP GAVE UP, CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. THIS CAUSED TRAFFIC PROBLEMS FOR MANY MOTORISTS ON THE ROAD, AS WELL AS PUT HER IN HARM'S WAY. AFTER HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WE ARE CURRENTLY AWAITING A FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT. MY RESEARCH HAS INDICATED THAT MANY 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER OWNERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR FUEL PUMPS, MANY AT MUCH LOWER MILEAGE THAN 104K. *TR

CAR WAS RUNNING FINE UNTIL I STOPPED AT A FOUR WAY STOP. WHEN IT WAS MY TURN I TRIED TO TAKE OFF AND TO MY SURPRISE, MY CAR BOGGED DOWN AND BY THE TIME I MADE IT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION I WAS UP TO ONLY 15 MPH. GLAD I DID NOT GET HIT. IT DROVE FINE FOR 2 MILES AND WHEN I GOT HOME AND SHUT IT OFF, IT WOULD NO LONGER RUN. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STICKS, WILL NOT RETURN TO ZERO. AS YOU INCREASE SPEED IT GOES UP FROM THERE, AFTER A WHILE IT READS OVER 100 MPH EVEN IF YOU ARE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN. IT IS VERY INTERMITTENT. IF YOU TURN THE IGNITION ON AND OFF A FEW TIMES IT MAY RESET. THEN IT WILL BE OK FOR A FEW DAYS THEN DO IT AGAIN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 54,200. UPDATED 07/09/08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 07/08/08. *JB

WHEN I DRIVE MY CAVALIER WITH A PASSENGER NEXT TO ME AND THEY WEAR THEIR SEATBELT THE SEAT BELT TIGHTENS UP AS YOU DRIVE SO MUCH SO THAT YOU HAVE TO DISCONNECT IT OR IT WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY. THE DEALER SAID THAT WE COULD BUY AN EXTENSION FOR THE BELT BUT THAT IS NOT REQUIRED AS THERE IS ROOM LEFT IN THE BELT WHEN IT IS NOT LOCKED UP !THE SERVICE GIRL IMPLIED THAT WE WERE TO FAT AS I LATTER REALIZED THAT WAS THE BASIS OF HER EXTENSION COMMENT. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE . THIS HAPPENS ALL OF THE TIME! *TR

CAVALIER 2003 FUEL PUMP FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY HIGHWAY. VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE BEHIND, IT SAW THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON AND IT CHANGED LANE, BUT THE NEXT VEHICLE ON HIGH SPEED ONLY SAW THE STALLED CAVALIER AFTER THE CAR AHEAD OF IT HAD CHANGED LANE. STALLED CAVALIER WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED, LUCKILY THE THIRD CAR'S BRAKE WAS GOOD. *TR

2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER FUEL PUMP AND FUEL FILTER REQUIRED REPLACEMENT REQUIRED AFTER 75,000 MILES OF DRIVING. FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED OF 40 MILES/HR, ENGINE STOPPED WORKING AND ROLLED TO A STOP IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. *TR

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING ON A LOCAL ROAD, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND DIED. FORTUNATELY IT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS THEN TOWED TO THE GM DEALER. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE FUEL PUMP AS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE & IT WAS REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 79,500. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AT 15 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND EVERYTHING SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE FUEL PUMP AS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 97,500.

I HAD FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM PROBLEMS SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE -- THE CAR DIED ON THE FREEWAY TWICE DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. ON JUNE 5, 2008 THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THERE WAS NO WARNING. I HAD IT TOWED TO HE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIRS IS $600. *TR