2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

2003 CAVALIER ABOUT 80,000 KM ON IT AND THE FUEL PUMP WENT WITHOUT WARNING ON A FAIRLY BUSY ROAD AT AN INTERSECTION, AND I HAD MY CHILD IN THE CAR AS WELL, WE HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR SITTING ON THE BUSY ROAD UNTIL IT GOT PICKED UP. THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL. I JUST THANK GOODNESS THAT THIS HAD NOT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 110K AN HOUR BECAUSE ME AN MY FAMILY MAY NOT BE SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW(AND I HAD JUST HAD 2 LONG HIGHWAY TRIPS WITHIN THE PRIOR 2 WEEKS) THEY NEED TO RECALL AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK, LIKE $800. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. SHE STATED THAT WHEN THE DRIVER DEPRESSED THE HORN IT WAS INOPERABLE. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, HE FELT THAT THE RELAY COULD HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE. AS OF MARCH 26, 2008, THE MECHANIC HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WA 9,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,000. UPDATED 04/29/08 *BF

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE. ONCE STARTED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. ON TWO OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-55 MPH, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER AND IT HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT. ABOUT A WEEK AGO, IT JUST QUIT ON ME. TURNS OUT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. NOT ONLY DO I HAVE THE INCONVENIENCE AND COST OF HAVING TO REPLACE IT, BUT IT IS NOT AN EASY THING TO REPLACE. YOU HAVE TO COMPLETELY DROP THE FUEL TANK. MOST NEWER CARS HAVE ANOTHER (EASIER) WAY TO DO IT, BUT NOT THE CAVALIER. *TR

ENGINE STALLED WHILE TURNING VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED FROM THE ROADWAY. ATTEMPTED TO RESTART BUT WOULD NOT IDLE, CONTINUED TO STALL. VEHICLE IS NOW AT RESIDENCE AND WILL NOT START. *TR

AFTER DRIVING THE CAR TO THE STORE, I RETURNED TO ATTEMPT TO START THE CAR, IT STUTTERED AND I TRIED AGAIN. CAR WOULD NOT START, AFTER INSPECTING INTAKE I NOTICED ANTIFREEZE AND OIL IN IT. I CALLED FOR A TOW AND A DIAGNOSTIC FROM A SHOP TO FIND THAT I HAD 30PSI IN CYLINDERS 2,3 AND 170 IN CYL 1 AND 4. I NOW HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. AFTER HAVING IT REPAIRED, WENT TO START THE CAR TO GIVE SYMPTOMS OF A BAD FUEL PUMP. CAR NOW HAS 71,000 MILES. 3 DAYS AFTER BUYING A NEW IMPALA. PERHAPS CHEVY IS NOT THE BEST BRAND TO COMMIT TO. *TR

ON FRIDAY NIGHT I PARKED MY CAR AS I USUALLY DO AND ON MONDAY MORNING AT 7:00 AM IT STARTED FINE. AFTER DROPPING OFF MY EIGHT YEAR OLD SON AT THE BEFORE CARE OF HIS SCHOOL, I DROVE 2.73 MILES AND MY CAR WENT COMPLETELY DEAD AND THE LIGHTS TURNED ON AFTER APPLYING SLIGHTLY MORE PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL GOING NOT MORE THAN 30 MPH IN A 35 ZONE IN ORDER TO GO UP A SLIGHT, HARDLY NOTICEABLE INCLINE AND MY MILEAGE HAD JUST REACHED 83,934. I WAS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT A SIDE TO PULL OVER TO AND LUCKILY THERE WAS NO CAR IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE BECAUSE I BARELY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO MOVE OVER INTO THE RIGHT HAND LANE AND AS FAR TO THE SIDE AS I POSSIBLY COULD. HERE I WAS NOW WITH MY TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER STUCK NEAR ANOTHER SCHOOL WHERE PARENTS WERE HURRIEDLY TRYING TO DROP OFF THEIR CHILDREN AND TRAFFIC WAS BUILDING UP AROUND ME QUICKLY. I HAD TO GET OUT OF MY CAR AND TRY TO PUSH MY CAR AS FAR OUT OF THE WAY AS POSSIBLE (I AM ONLY A 119 LBS GIRL SO OF COURSE I DID NOT MAKE IT FAR). MY HUSBAND WAS STILL SLEEPING AND HE DID NOT HEAR MY FRANTIC CALLS, SO I HAD TO CALL A GIRL THAT LIVED ACROSS TOWN WHO I WORKED WITH TO REQUEST HER TO PICK-UP MY TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, CALL A TOW-TRUCK TO REQUEST THEM TO COME AND GET MY CAR OUT THE COMMUTERS WAY ASAP, AND I THEN WROTE A NOTE, PUT IT ON THE WINDSHIELD OF THE CAR WITH MY CELL # STATING THAT I WALKED TO SAFEWAY WHICH WAS 1.71 MILES BACK DOWN THE STREET IN ORDER TO MEET MY RIDE AS WE WERE NOT IN A SAFE AREA AND I WAS AFRAID OF THE ANGRY PEOPLE TRYING TO DRIVE AROUND US AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND MY TWO YEAR OLD BABY WAS UPSET. A FEW MINUTES AFTER WE WALKED INTO THE SAFEWAY, A POLICE OFFICE WHO HAD READ MY NOTE CALLED ME, TOLD ME THAT I HAD DONE THE RIGHT THING, AND MADE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T NEED A RIDE AND WE WERE OKAY. FIVE MINUTES LATER MY RIDE PICKED US UP, TOOK US TO MY CAR WHERE WE WAITED FOR THE TOW TRUCK, AND THEN HELPED GUIDE THE TOW TRUCK TO MY HOME. TOW BILL WAS $78 & WILL BE $554 + TO GET THIS REPAIRED. *TR

WINDSHIELD ON PASSENGER SIDE FAILED. PLASTIC CAP THAT BY FRICTION HOLDS ELBOW/JOINT OF BOTH CONTROL ARMS TO WIPER PIVOT POINT SEPARATED AND IS WORN AND WILL NOT HOLD. NOW THE DRIVER SIDE CHEAP PLASTIC CAP HAS FAILED. THE MOTOR WORKS FINE. INDEPENDANT REPAIR MAN SAYS HE SEES THIS " ALL THE TIME" PART VERY POORLY ENGINEERED NO RETAINING CLIP, COTTER NUT,OR SCREW TO GIVE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT. *TR

VEHICLE STALLED ON I-26 (IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC) AND WOULD NOT RESTART. FUEL PUMP FAILURE CAUSED STALL (SEE NHTSA ACTION # EA07015). *TR

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER 2.2L, SEDAN. FUEL PUMP FAILURE AT 70,000 MILES. THIS SEEMS EXTREMELY EARLY FOR SUCH A MAJOR COMPONENT TO FAIL AND NEED REPLACED. THE TANK NEEDED TO BE DRAINED, DROPPED AND FUEL PUMP REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $800. *TR