2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT IMPACT AT 18 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *AK *SC *JB

CHEVROLET CAVALIER Z 2003, MULTIPLE FAILURES. *BF THE DEFROSTER WOULD NOT CLEAR THE WINDOWS, THE HEATER DID NOT WORK, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED BECAUSE THERE WAS A SPLIT IN THE CENTER OF THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN THE CONSUMER MADE A RIGHT TURN A NOISE WAS HEARD. THE LEFT REAR TURN SIGNAL BULB WAS REPLACED, THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE LIGHT BULB. THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER LUBED THE FRONT SWAY BAR BUSHING. THE TIRES WERE OVER INFLATED, SO THE VEHICLE WOULD SWAY WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, THE BLOWER MOTOR, AND HEATER CONTROL WAS REPLACED. THE ABS LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE NEEDED BRAKE PADS. THERE WAS MOLD ON THE DRIVERS FRONT DOOR. THE AC COMPRESSOR WAS REPLACED. THE WINDOW WENT DOWN EXTREMELY SLOW, THE DEALER LUBED THE WINDOW TRACK AND REGULATOR. THE FOG LIGHT BULB WAS INOPERATIVE, THE DOOR LATCH WAS INOPERATIVE. *JB

WHEN I AM ON A HILL AND EITHER GET OUT OF THE CAR OR PUT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE THERE IS AN AWFUL CREAK FROM THE BACK END OF THE CAR. I TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE, IT WAS THE WAY THE CAR WAS MADE!!??*AK

CHEVROLET CAVALIER 2003, PROBLEM EXIST WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE BLINKER/BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUES TO OPERATE INCORRECTLY. *BF THE STARTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. *JB THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE LIGHT BULB AND BLINKER BULB ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

WHEN SLOWING DOWN AT ANY TIME HEADLIGHTS DIM VERY LOW, ALMOST NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THEM. AS A RESULT, DRIVER'S VISIBILITY IS IMPAIRED. *AK

THERE ARE NUMEROUS THINGS, AND THE DELAERSHIP HAS CONVINCED GM, BECAUSE I WROTE GM ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS, THAT I AM MAKING THIS STUFF UP TO GET AN SUV. FIRST THE RADIO WASN'T WORKING, THEY PUT THE CABLE BACK ON SAID IT WAS LOOSE, ITS STILL NOT SOUNDING LIKE A RADIO SHOULD. NEXT WAS THE POPPING IN THE FRONT END, DEALERSHIP TURNED ROTORS, UNDER WARRANTY BACK BRAKES SQUEALED REAL LOUD THEY SAID IT WAS DUST I HAD TO PAY FOR THAT. BACK BRAKES STILL SQUEAL, FRONT END STILL POPS LIKE A BAD CV JOINT. TRUNK WOULDN'T SHUT HAD TO KEEP SLAMMING IT. TOOK IT BACK THEY GREASED IT WORKED FOR AWHILE STARTING TO GET HARD TO SHUT SOMETIMES. BRAKE LIGHTS AND BACK LIGHTS AND CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING . TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 5 OR 6 TIMES TILL THEY FINALLY REPLACED IT HOW LONG IT WILL LAST I DON'T KNOW. FRONT SUN VISOR POPPED WHEN IT HUNG UP IN REAR VIEW MIRROR REAL FLOPPY CAN'T USE IT NO MORE DEALER SAID THEY ORDERED IT IN DECEMBER. STILL WAITING NOT FIXED. REAL BAD ODOR OF GAS IN CAR WHEN TANK IS HALF FULL, NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY. SEAT BELT MAKES A FUNNY NOISE WHEN YOU ARE WEARING IT, PINS YOU BACK AGAINST SEAT REAL HARD. NO EXPLANATION FOR THAT. HAVE TO STOP AND JERK ON IT TO LOOSEN IT LIKE A SEAT BELT SHOULD WORK. DEALER SAYS I AM IMAGINING THIS STUFF BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT CAR, BOUGHT IT NEW STILL PAYING FOR IT. BEEN TRYING TO GET RID OF IT THEY HAVE EVERYONE CONVINCED I AM A PSYCHO WOMAN WANTING AN SUV AND THATS WHY I AM COMPLAINING THAT IS ALL FALSE. JUST PLAIN HATE A CAR I AM PAYING FOR.*AK

THE BRAKES OF THE CONSUMER'S 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER GRIND LOUDLY WHILE BRAKING. *NM THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHILE BRAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE OPERATING AS DESIGNED.

I BOUGHT MY 2003 CAVALIER IN FEB. 2003. WITHIN MONTHS OF PURCHASE I BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY TAIL LIGHTS. MY LEFT TAIL LIGHT BURNT OUT COMPLETELY (BOTH TURN SIGNAL AND BRAKE LIGHT). IT WAS BROUGHT INTO THE DEALERSHIP IN WHICH THEY REPLACED THE SOCKET, BULB AND GREASED THE SOCKET. IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS, MY LEFT TAIL LIGHT CONTINUED TO FAIL. TWO OF THOSE TIMES I WAS PULLED OVER BY THE LOCAL POLICE. ALSO DURING THE SUMMER OF 2003, MY BATTERY DIED, ALTHOUGH NO LIGHTS WERE LEFT ON; MY CAR STALLED WHILE IN DRIVE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT; MY WINDOW MOTORS DIED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED; MY LOCKS FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY WHICH ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS PAST YEAR I'VE HAD EVEN MORE PROBLEMS. AS OF RECENTLY, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TAIL LIGHTS FAILED, AND BOTH WERE REPLACED, AND THE RIGHT ONE WENT OUT YET AGAIN. THE TRUNK WAS LEAKING, WHICH CAUSED MOLD TO GROW IN MY TRUNK AND DAMAGING PERSONAL EFFECTS, AND ALSO CAUSING THE RIGHT SOCKET AND WIRES TO BECOME CORRODED. THE SOCKET AND WIRES WERE REPLACED AGAIN, AND THE LEAK WAS FIXED, BUT DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACED FABRIC IN TRUNK. DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW MOTOR DIED YET AGAIN, AND WAS REPLACED. CD PLAYER STOPPED WORKING. DEALERSHIP ORDERED AND INSTALLED NEW SYSTEM. CURRENTLY I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY POWER STEERING UPON IGNITION WHEN COLD OUTSIDE, SQUEAKING SOUNDS OVER FRONT TIRES WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS AND TURNING, AND ALL AIR VENTS, EXCEPT PASSENGER SIDE ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT VENTS BUT STATED THAT THEY WERE "OPERATING AS DESIGNED." OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, MY "NEW" CAR HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT 15 TIMES. WAY TO GO GM...ANOTHER WINNER!

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY EVERY TWO MONTHS THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE THE DASH BOARD. THE FUEL PUMP BLEW OUT. THE HEATING A COOLING WENT BAD. THE VEHICLE MAKES NOISE WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS. CONSUMER HAS NOT FOUND OUT WHAT IT IS AS OF YET. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALER AT LEAST TWENTY TIMES. *NM

STARTING IN OCTOBER 2004, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS IN MY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER BEGAN TURNING OFF ANYTIME I DROVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED ON. I TOOK THE CAR INTO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN RESOLVED. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN, THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND WERE UNABLE TO CONDUCT ANY REPAIRS. THE SECOND TIME, THE DEALERSHIP STILL COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, BUT REPLACED THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. THE THIRD TIME, I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP AND THEY MADE A "HIGHLY EDUCATED GUESS REPAIR." THE FOURTH AND LAST TIME, THE DEALERSHIP MADE NO REPAIR ATTEMPT AND BASICALLY TOLD ME TO NOT BRING THE VEHICLE IN AGAIN UNLESS I AM ABLE TO BRING IT IN WITH THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS TURNED OFF. AT THIS POINT, I AM DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH A FLASHLIGHT IN THE CAR SO THAT I CAN SEE MY SPEED AND OTHER GAUGES WHEN THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS ARE OFF. WHILE THEY DO NOT TURN OFF EVERY TIME I DRIVE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON, THEY ARE OFF QUITE FREQUENTLY. AT THE WORST, I FEAR THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. AT THE LEAST, I ASSUME I WILL BE PULLED OVER AT SOME POINT FOR DRIVING WITH A FLASHLIGHT ON IN THE CAR. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE A 5-YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY AND GM IS REQUIRED TO WARRANT ALL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS UNDER IT. FROM INTERNET RESEARCH, I CAN TELL THAT GM HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IN THE 2003-2004 CAVALIERS AND I FEEL THIS IS ONE MORE MANIFESTATION OF THAT MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. *NM