2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR, A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER INTO A GAS STATION WHEN MY ENGINE JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN DIED CAUSING A VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO ALMOST REAR-END ME. MY CAR WOULD NOT START AFTERWARDS AFTER A MANY TRIES. I HAD IT TOWED TO A NEARBY LOCAL GARAGE AND FOUND OUT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. MY CAR HAD ABOUT 70,000 MILES THEN (THIS WAS BACK IN SEPTEMBER). TOTAL COST OF REPAIR WAS $415.95. *TR

CAR STALLED AT STOP LIGHTS DURING THE SUMMER. FUEL PUMP FAILED FOLLOWING WINTER. STALLS AROUND A DOZEN IN ONE SUMMER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, MY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER SUDDENLY STALLED IN TRAFFIC. IN ORDER TO PREVENT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, I ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WITHOUT POWER STEERING (DUE TO THE VEHICLE STALLING), CONTROL WAS LIMITED AND I ULTIMATELY RAN INTO A SNOW BANK. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD FAR ENOUGH TO PREVENT A MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENT INVOLVING OTHER VEHICLES. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART, AND I WAS FORCED TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE ON THE ROADSIDE AND GET A RIDE HOME. AT HOME, I PERFORMED AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHER DRIVERS HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE, MOST OF WHICH ARE THE RESULT OF PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE FUEL PUMP. USING INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OTHER OWNERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE STARTED AND RUNNING INTERMITTENTLY IN ORDER TO GET IT HOME. ALTOGETHER, THE VEHICLE STALLED THREE TIMES DURING THE PROCESS, AND NOW WILL NOT START AT ALL. I HAVE CONTACTED SEVERAL MECHANICS WHO ALL FEEL THE FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED AND I WILL BE TAKING IT IN FOR SERVICE TOMORROW. *TR

JUST DRIVING ALONG. THE SPEEDOMETER STARTS TO JUMP, SLOW, SPEED UP, AND STOP. PER PHONE CONVERSATION 1/14/08 PROBLEM WITH SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING, NOT VEHICLE SLOWING DOWN. SMCH *TR

I WANTED TO ADD MY INCIDENT TO YOUR ALREADY OPENED PE07033 ACTION. MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT 1:00AM WHEN HER 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER STALLED. SHE MANAGED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS THEN STRANDED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC WHO THEN REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. HAVING READ GMS DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM AND ITS CAUSE, I AM DISMAYED OVER THE RISK TO HER SAFETY AND THE EXPENSE OF THE REPAIR.*CN

THE FUEL PUMP ON MY CAR WENT OUT. THE CAR WOULD STALL AND NOT START BACK UP. *TR

FUEL PUMP DIES, HUNDREDS OF ACCOUNTS: HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-CAVALIER/TVINIC5TFU5SFSI5H/P5 FROM PHONE INTERVIEW WAS GOING 60 MPH WHEN PUMP QUIT, MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *TR

CAR WAS PERFORMING FINE UNTIL WON'T START CONDITION. HAD TO TOW IN TO SHOP, REPLACE BAD FUEL PUMP. $900 31,500 MILES. *TR

FUEL PUMP FAILED WHEN DRIVING AT SPEED ON FREEWAY, CAUSING TOTAL LOSS OF POWER (IN BAD WEATHER) IN TRAFFIC. VEHICLE STOPPED IN MIDDLE OF 4 LANE FREEWAY (US101). *TR

DEFROSTER CONTROL BROKE DUE TO FREEZING WEATHER (ABOUT 30F). DEFROSTER NO LONGER FUNCTIONS SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO CLEAR WINDSHIELD IN COLD OR DAMP WEATHER. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR, BUT COULD NOT FOR ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF $477. WANTED TO CHARGE ANOTHER $630 TO FIX THE PROBLEM (FOR A TOTAL COST OF ALMOST $1100). I FEEL THE COST IS OUTRAGEOUS TO REPAIR A NECESSARY SAFETY ITEM. *TR