2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

CAR STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, USUALLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THIS IS EITHER WITH THE CLUTCH ENGAGED OR WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL. THE IDLE DIPS TO ABOUT 500RPM, FLUCTUATES, AND EITHER GOES BACK UP TO 900RPM OR STALLS THE CAR. RESTARTS ARE HARD. THE CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 61,000 MILES. IT HAS HAPPENED FREQUENTLY FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS. SOME DAYS IT'S FINE, AND OTHERS IT STALLS EVERY TIME YOU COME TO A STOP LIGHT. *TR

CAR STALLED ON HIGHWAY. PUSHED CAR INTO PARKING SPOT AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD CAR TOWED TO CHEVY DEALER - MONDAY IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $770.70 INCLUDING THE TOW CHARGE. *JB

FUEL PUMP WENT OUT WHILE IN TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. CAR SPUTTERED FOR A BIT, THEN DIED COMPLETELY. CAR WOULD CRANK, BUT WOULD NOT START UP AGAIN. FUEL PUMP FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. CAR WAS AT 61000 MILES. $500 FOR PART FROM DEALER. *JB

NO PRIOR SYMPTOMS. VEHICLE FAILED TO START. FAILED FUEL PUMP/REPLACED FUEL PUMP. VEHICLE HAS 70,000 MILES. *TR

WENT TO ROLL UP DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN HEAVILY AND WINDOW FAILED TO ROLL UP. RAIN, DRIVEN BY WIND FROM HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON FREEWAY, POURED INTO VEHICLE WHICH FOGGED UP WINDOW AND HINDERED SAFE OPERATION OF VEHICLE. WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER OF ROAD UNTIL RAIN STOPPED TO SAFETY RESTART VEHICLE. CHEVY DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY SO I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE MOTOR REPLACED. *JB

VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING (APPROX. 25 MPH). THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. CAR WOULD STILL CRANK BUT WOULDN'T KICK OVER. CAR HAS 52,000 MILES ON IT. FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. *JB

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 56,200 MILES ON IT AND MY WIFE AND I WERE RETURNING HOME TO FLINT MI. @ 10 PM ON I75 IN MICHIGAN WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND THAN IT PICKED UP TO NORMAL SPEED FOR A COUPLE OF MILES AND THAN IT STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE ONLY LIGHT THAT CAME ON WAS TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT. WE WALKED TO THE NEAREST EXIT AND CALLED OUR SON TO COME GET US - WE WERE APPROX. 30 MILES FROM HOME @ 10:30PM. I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TOWED UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING DUE TO SEVERE STORMS IN THE AREA. I RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP QUIT ON 2003 CAVALIERS. I CALLED AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY SON-IN-LAWS HOUSE (36 MILES). I HAD TO MEET THE DRIVER AND SHOW HIM WHERE TO TAKE THE CAR. I TOOK THE DAY OFF WORK AND CALLED TO GET PRICES ON FUEL PUMP MODULES. THE NORMAL COST IS OVER $400 FOR THE MODULE. AFTER THE CAR WAS TOWED MY SON-IN-LAW USED HIS TESTER AND THERE WAS NOT ANY CODES IN THE ECM. WE THAN TESTED THE FUEL PUMP AND THERE WAS NOT ANY NOISE INDICATING THAT THE PUMP WAS NOT WORKING. I WENT AND BOUGHT A PUMP WHICH LISTED FOR $420 AND JUST BECAUSE I WAS A GM EMPLOYEE - I WAS ABLE TO GET A DISCOUNT AND ONLY PAID $240.00. MY SON-IN-LAW CHARGED ME $100 TO REPLACE THE PUMP AND THE CAR RUNS FINE. BY THE WAY THE TOWING BILL WAS $110 BUT THE INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD NOT COVER THE TOTAL BILL BECAUSE I DID NOT TAKE IT TO THE NEAREST REPAIR FACILITY. IT WOULD HAVE COST ME IN EXCESS OF $800 TO TAKE IT TO A REPAIR FACILITY. I TRIED CONTACTING CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT THEY DENY ANY PROBLEMS OR ISSUES EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE 100'S & 100'S OF COMPLAINT ON THE INTERNET. IF YOU NEED ANYMORE INFO - PLEASE CONTACT ME. *JB

CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED RESPONDING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. AS A CONSEQUENCE, I HAD TO PULL OVER. THE CAR COMPLETELY FAILED WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS SIGNS OF FAILURE OR WARNING. WHEN TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC, I WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED. FUEL PUMP AND FUEL FILTER WERE REPLACED. *JB

ON 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER THE WIPER MOTOR TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY IS MADE UP WITH A PLASTIC SNAP BUSHING . WHEN IT WEARS OUT THE WIPER DOES NOT WORK. THE ARM COMES APART. ON MY CAVALIER IT HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 AND HALF YEARS .3 TIMES DRIVERS SIDE 1 PASSENGER. WHEN YOU ARE ON THE ROAD IN A DOWN POUR IT IS HARD TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING . SOME ONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. JESS APPLEBY *TR

(1)THE HEATER SWITCH QUIT WORKING AND HEAT AND DEFROSTER WILL NOT COME ON. THE WINDOWS FOG UP AND YOU CAN'T SEE THE ROAD ,THIS MAKES THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE WHEN IT IS COLD OR WHEN IT IS FOGGY OUTSIDE ( 2.)THE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING AND YOU HAVE TO TURN OFF THE WIPERS AND RESTART THEM, THIS MAKES THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE WHEN IT IS RAINING . *TR