2001 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

AIR BAGS WILL NOT WORK, RUNNING LAMPS OR HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT WORK WINDOW WASHERS WILL NOT WORK, WIPERS ERRATIC, ETC.*TR

VEHICLE'S ENGINE TURNED OFF WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. PULLED OVER SAFELY. CRANKED BUT WOULD NOT START. TOWED TO GM DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALERSHIP DETERMINE FUEL PUMP NEEDS REPLACING. FUEL PUMP REPLACED AT A COSTS OF $ 640.00 CAR HAS ONLY 29000 MILES ON IT. OWN A 2001 OLDS ALERO. FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. ONLY 76000 MILES ON VEHICLE. *TR

THE CAR WAS BOUGHT AND THE RECALL HAS CAUSED OTHER PROBLEMS. SO NOW THE CAR CAN NO LONGER BE USED. PLEASE HELP ME IN THIS THANK YOU. *TR

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL FLAT TIRES ON THE SET OF BF GOODRICH TIRES ON MY 2001 CAVALIER. THE TIRES HAVE NOT SUFFERED ANY ROAD DAMAGE, BUT HAVE INSTEAD JUST DRY ROTTED TO THE POINT WHERE THEY GO FLAT AS I AM DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST 4 TIMES AND AT ONE POINT I WAS GIVE FOUR BRAND NEW BF GOODRICH TIRES TO COMPENSATE FOR THE PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE. THE PROBLEMS DID NOT STOP THERE AND I HAVE SINCE HAD SEVERAL FLATS THAT TOOK PLACE AS I WAS DRIVING, WHICH AS ANYONE KNOWS IS A HORRIBLE TIME TO HAVE A FLAT TIRE. THE TIRES ARE UNSAFE AND MAY EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. *TR

DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS HAVE MALFUNCTIONED, HIGH BEAMS WILL NOT WORK. AN ELECTRICAL WIRING CONNECTOR TO THE HEADLIGHTS IS LOCATED UNDER THE BATTERY TRAY AND IS CORRODED AND CRACKING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND FELT SOMETHING DROP FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND WOULD NOT MOVE; THEREFORE, IT HAD TO BE TOWED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,675 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,525.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD SPORADICALLY FAIL AND CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS CORRODED IN THE PLASTIC SLEEVES, WHICH CAUSED THE HEADLIGHTS TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 131,000.

I WAS DRIVING AT 40 MILE PH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR HESITATED ACTED LIKE IT COULDN'T GET INTO GEAR -THE TRACK OFF LIGHT WAS ON-I WAS DRIVING ON FLAT SURFACE NO WET CONDITIONS THIS HAPPENED MORE THEN TEN TIMES. HAD CAR LOOKED AT BY MECHANIC COULD NOT EXPLAIN IT RESETS AFTER TURNING OFF CAR AND STARTING IT UP AGAIN IT WAS CHECKED ON COMPUTER FOUND NO PROBLEM BUT ON LAST TIME THE CAR DIED AS I WAS DRIVING INTO THE REPAIR SHOP IT WAS AGAIN CHECK AND THE REPAIR MAN SHOWED ME THAT HE SHOULDN'T GET ANY INFO BECAUSE IT WASN'T SENDING INFO TO HIS COMPUTER. THIS SCARES ME I DRIVE MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IN THIS CAR .IT IS STILL DRIVABLE BUT FOR SHORT DISTANCES. I I HAVE CONTACTED MANUFACTURER THEY SAY THEY HAVE NO INFO ON THIS HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE. I WILL BE TAKING IT BACK TO DEALER TO PUT ON THEIR COMPUTER TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIND OUT WHAT'S WRONG MY REPAIR PERSON THINKS THE PCM NEEDS REPLACED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE STARTER CAUSED THE FAILURE AND THEY MADE THE REPLACEMENT; HOWEVER THE VEHICLE STILL WOULD NOT START. IN ADDITION, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. AS OF DECEMBER 21, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THERE ARE TWO RECALLS: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: IGNITION: SWITCH (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V036000) AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06E026000); HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 56,000.

CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS NO WARNING, HARD START ETC. JUST STOPPED. TOOK THE CAR TO THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. THE CAR HAS 66000 MILES AND I PURCHASED IT USED. THE TOTAL COST WAS $800 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE FUEL PUMP ITSELF COST $489. *TR