2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE DEFROSTER WAS INOPERATIVE. IT FAILED TO DEFROST BOTH PASSENGER'S SIDE AND DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOWS, AND THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

04 V 524 000/REAR LIGHT BULB SOCKET ASSEMBLES: THE CONSUMER STATED, THE RECALL REMEDY WAS PERFORMED THREE TIMES ON THE LEFT REAR TAIL LIGHTS SOCKET AND TWO TIMES ON THE RIGHT TAIL LIGHTS SOCKET AND THE BULBS CONTINUED TO FAIL. THE DEALER WAS STILL UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *JB

THE CABLE WHICH CONTROLLED THE AIR FLOW FOR THE DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER BROKE. COULD NOT DEFROST FRONT WINDSHIELD, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *TC

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING, ALL THE LIGHTS CUT OFF INCLUDING THE INTERIOR LIGHTS. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED THREE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THEY EXPLAINED TO HER THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE GLITCH AND UNTIL THEY DO SHE WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS IT IS. *JB THE THEFT SERVICE SHUTS DOWN IN THE VEHICLE. THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN THE DEFROSTER OR HEATER IS ON THE CONSUMER SMELLS A BURNING SMELL. *TC

REAR TURN SIGNAL ON 2003 FAILED FOR 5TH TIME IN 5 MONTHS. PROBLEM IS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN 04V524000. DEALER AND GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-222-1020 SAYS MY VIN DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS RECALL CAMPAIGN. MY VIN IS [XXX].*AK UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

1/2/05-CAR WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION WHEN IT BEGAN TO LUNGE INTO TRAFFIC, CAR WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL WHERE IT CONTINUED TO LUNGE UNTIL A RIGHT TURN WAS MADE, CAR IS IN SERVICE TODAY 1/3/05. *AK

I ALWAYS NOTICED ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER THAT THE LOW TRAC LIGHT WOULD PERIODICALLY COME ON WHEN I BRAKED. I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS A NICER VEHICLE THAN MY PREVIOUS ONE (AN OLD FORD ESCORT). I RECENTLY TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP (INTEGRITY CHEVROLET IN PARMA HEIGHTS, OH) FOR 2 RECALLS. WHEN THEY FINISHED DOING THE RECALL WORK, THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY FRONT BRAKES WERE LOW. I THOUGHT THAT WAS UNUSUAL SINCE THE CAR WAS ONLY 1 1/2 YEARS OLD AND HAD ONLY 23,000 MILES. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER I INQUIRED TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT GETTING THE BRAKES REPAIRED. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS JUST PART OF THE "NORMAL MAINTENANCE" WORK AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. I THOUGHT THIS WAS NOT USUAL MAINTENANCE SINCE A PERSON SHOULD NOT NEED NEW BRAKES AFTER 23,000 MILES. I TOOK MY CAR TO A LOCAL SERVICE CENTER A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER TO CHECK MY BRAKES. THEY INFORMED ME THAT NOT ONLY DID I NEED NEW BRAKES, BUT I ALSO NEEDED NEW ROTORS BECAUSE MINE WERE RUSTED. THIS TRIP TO THE LOCAL SERVICE CENTER COST ME $423.14. I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THIS CAR AND IT IS ONLY 1 1/2 YEARS OLD! THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING TO A 1 1/2 YEAR OLD CAR WITH ONLY 23,000 MILES! THE SERVICE CENTER ATTENDANT HAD INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD NOTICED THIS WITH MANY OF THE 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIERS. THIS LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEM WITH MY BRAKES AND ROTORS IS INDICATIVE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT! *JB

HEADLIGHTS ARE GOING OUT COMPLETELY ON 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. OK, WHOM, HAS WHAT LEGISLATOR, IN, WHOM'S BACK POCKET? THERE WAS A RECALL BY CHEVROLET IN NOVEMBER, OF 2004- I AM BETTING COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY, OF COURSE. THIS RECALL, WAS, FOR TAILLIGHTS AND LIGHTBULB GREASE. RIGHT, SOMEBODY GOING TO GET KILLED IN THOSE VEHICLES, IF THE HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS ARE NOT CORRECTED. HERE IS A HINT, READ THIER TSB REGARDING THE HEADLIGHTS DIMMING PROBLEM. WHAT A LOAD THAT IS. I WILL TELL YOU WHY, I THINK THEY PUT THAT TSB OUT. IT WAS JUST SIMPLY TO COVER THIER OWN YOU KNOW WHAT. I WONDER HOW MANY FIRES, OR DEATHS HAVE OCCURED DUE TO THE LIGHT HEARTED APPROACH GM HAS TOWARDS THE LIGHTING PROBLEMS ON THE 2003 MODELS? DON'T YOU LOVE HUBEROUS. HAVE YOU GONE TO YOUR DEALER ABOUT A SAFETY ISSUE LATELY. OH, CHECK OUT THE BRAKE ROTORS THERE IS STRESS AND HEAT FRACTURES AT LESS THAN THIRTY THOUSAND MILES. COME ON! ARE WE WAITING FOR 1000 WHEELS TO CATCH ON FIRE, OR JUST MY PREGNANT WIFE LOOSING CONTROL DUE THE SHIMMY. AH HECK, I'LL JUST GO BUY A AN OLD PINTO AND HAVE REAL EXPENSIVE LAWN ORNAMENT FULLY INSURED OF COURSE, FOR THE NEXT THREE LONG YEARS. DID I MENTION THE STEREO FACE BURNING ONES FINGERS, BUT THE DEALER SAYS, THAT WAS OK TOO. FORGET THE KICKBACKS AND DO YOUR JOBS. REMEMBER THE TAXPAYER AND PUBLIC SERVENT, NOT CORPORATION AND PUBLIC SERVENT. SLEEP WELL, I AM GLAD SOMEONE CAN. I GOT GO CHANGE SOME DIAPERS NOW. YEH, THREE KIDS; NONE OF THEM RIDE IN THAT DEATH TRAP.*AK

I HAVE RESEARCHED THE INFORMATION REGARDING GM RECALL 04083, REGARDING THE 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAVING FAULTY TAIL LIGHTS. MY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAS THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS DESCRIBED IN THIS RECALL. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND HAVE FINALLY BEEN TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE'S VIN: [XXX] IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. IS THERE ANY THING THAT I CAN DO SHORT OF PAYING FOR THE REPAIR PARTS MYSELF?*AK UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)