2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO START IT AGAIN, BUT AGAIN IT STALLED, AND AFTERWARD IT WOULD NOT START. I HAD MY MECHANIC HELP ME MOVE THE CAR TO HIS SHOP, WHERE UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION HE DETERMINED THAT MY CAVALIER'S FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AT ONLY 56K MILES! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, IF I WERE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED PEOPLE COULD HAVE DIED! *TR

FUEL PUMP DIED AT 65000 MILES... 35,000 MILES BEFORE FIRST TUNE-UP IWA SSCHEDULED. *AK

HAD TO REPLACE FUEL PUMP ON A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER AT 65,000 MILES. THIS OCCURED ON 01/15/07. I WAS NEEDING TO LEAVE MY RESIDENCE AND THE CAVALIER WOULD NOT START. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MOLLE CHEVROLET,411 MOCKAVE. BLUE SPRINGS,MO. THEY MADE THE DETERMINATION OF THE FUEL PUMP FAILURE AND REPLACED THE PART AS WELL AS THE FUEL FILTER. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND THEN MADE THE REPLACEMENT. APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE FAILURE RECURRED. AS OF JULY 5, 2007, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 62,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

THERE WAS NO LEAD IN TO FUEL PUMP FAILURE. STOPPED AFTER WORK TO PURCHASE A GROCERY ITEM AND THEN RETURNED TO VEHICLE. AT THAT POINT THE CHEVY CAVALIER WOULD NOT START. AAA CAME AND TOWED VEHICLE TO REPAIR FACILITY. I WAS SHOCKED THAT A VEHICLE WITH LESS THEN 35,000 MILE WOULD HAVE A SUDDEN FAILURE OF THIS SORT WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR SYMPTOM. I FEEL FORTUNATE THAT I WAS NOT DRIVING AT THE TIME.

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER. FUEL PUMP FAILED WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE I-70. THEREFORE, CAR STALLED AND HAD TO SECURE A TOW TRUCK. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALER, MOLLE CHEVRELOT IN BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI. REPAIRS WERE APPROXIMATELY $1,000 TO REPLACE FUEL PUMP WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE GAS TANK. I PAID FOR THE REPAIRS AND FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FROM GENERAL MOTORS.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY 2003 CAVALIER BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, I THOUGHT THIS WAS ODD BECAUSE I WAS STILL HOLDING DOWN THE ACCELERATOR. THE CAR SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SPEED OF ABOUT 60MPH FOR ABOUT ANOTHER MILE WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW AGAIN THEN THE CAR COULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 40MPH AND IT EVENTUALLY DIED COMPLETELY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH CARS DOING 70MPH ZOOMING PAST ME. I FINALLY MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND HAD THE CAR TOWED, AFTER PERFORMING TROUBLESHOOTING, I FOUND OUT IT IS THE FUEL PUMP THAT HAS GONE OUT AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR ONLY HAS 57,000 MILES ON IT AND AT THE TIME I STILL HAD HALF OF A TANK FULL OF FUEL, I NEVER LET THE TANK GET BELOW HALF WAY SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I CAME ACROSS HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME EXACT YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL AS MY CAR THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN THE CAR GETS AROUND 55,000 - 68,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE ISSUE AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. SHORTLY AFTER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN OPERATING NORMALLY. ONE MINUTE LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES ILLUMINATED AND BEGAN TO GO IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. SHE PULLED OVER AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE TWICE. IT STARTED FOR A SECOND AND THEN SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AFTER THE THIRD ATTEMPT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE WHERE HER HUSBAND/MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE MAY BE CAUSED BY THE FUEL PUMP. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 56,000.

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER FUEL PUMP FAILED. FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND THAT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON EITHER BY YOU OR THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD. WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT TO BE LOOKED INTO BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE CHEVY COMPANY.

AFTER ONLY 63,000 I HAVE TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP IN THE 03 CAVALIER. I HAVE NOTICED UP TO 150 ENTRIES ON A SITE WHERE THIS IS THE SITUATION. GM HAS SOLD A PRODUCT TO ONLY RUN FOR 3 YEARS. I WENT OUT WITH OUT WARNING, I MISSED HALF A DAY OF WORK AND NOW HOW KNOWS HOW MANY HOURS TO REPAIR SINCE I CAN ONLY AFFORD THE PART NOT THE HOURS AT A GARAGE. I WILL KEEP THE PART FOR INSPECTION IF YOU NEED IT. *AK