2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

THERE WERE NO WARNINGS OR EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE OF MY VEHICLE. ON MAY 29, 2006 WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY MAJOR ROAD THE AXLE AND BALL JOINT ON MY 2000 CHEVY CAVALIER BROKE CAUSING THE TIRE ON THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TO BEND OUTWARD AND CAUSING BODY DAMAGE TO THE FENDER ABOVE THE TIRE. THIS INCIDENT ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT IF I HAD NOT GAINED CONTROL OF THE CAR. I WAS LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS BUSY ROAD UNTIL A TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT A REPAIR SHOP. *JB

BOUGHT 2000 CHEVY CAVALIER FROM BAY POINT TOWING IN CONCORD ON 4/8/06 AFTER ONE WEEK OF DRIVING VEHICLE THE FRONT STARTED TO MAKE A CLUNKING NOISE AND THE FRONT WHEEL JUST LOCKED UP MAKE IT HARD TO STEER. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOPS AND BOTH DECLINED WORKING ON THE VEHICLE DUE TO TOO MANY PARTS MISSING FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. ONE MECHANIC STATED THAT I WAS VERY LUCKY I DID NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. *JB

THE TOP OF THE DASH CRACKED WHERE IT JOINS INTO THE WINDSHIELD. *TS THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY CAUSE THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. *NM

CONSUMER 2000 CAVALIER STALL WHEN TURNING OR STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT. *TS AFTER THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE FOR THE IGNITION THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE OVERHAULED. TWO SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED. *NM

2000 CAVALIER Z-24 CURVED PLASTIC PIECE THAT WRAPS AROUND THE UPPER INSIDE OF THE DASH STRETCHING FROM WINDSHIELD POST TO WINDSHIELD POST CRACKS AND FALLS APART. *TS THE DEALER REPAIRED THE CRACKED DASHBOARD. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE DASHBOARD CAUSING IT TO SEPARATE FROM THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT IF THE DASHBOARD COMPLETELY SEPARATES THE AIRBAGS MAY NO LONGER BE OPERABLE. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 3/9/2006 - *NM

DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ON MY DAUGHTER'S 2000 CHEVY CAVALIER HAVE FAILED. AS A RESULT SHE HAS NO LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. PER LOCAL DEALER THE LIGHTS ARE "WIRED INTO THE COMPUTER AND DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS CANNOT BE BYPASSED SO THAT THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WORK." PER THE DEALER THE SOLUTION IS THE REPLACEMENT OF A COMPUTER MODULE AT A COST OF $500.00. AS HEADLIGHTS ARE A SAFETY REQUIREMENT I FEEL THAT WHATEVER STEPS ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS OPERABLE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GENERAL MOTORS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS ARE NOT A MANDATORY ITEM IN THE USA. *JB

2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER BATTERY ACID LEAKED. *TS THE ACID DAMAGED OTHER COMPONENTS ON THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON OCT 6, 2005 *JB THE ACID LEAK DAMAGED THE BATTERY TRAY, TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINES, INNER FENDER AND FRAME (DELCO BATTERY). *NM

A FIRE IN MY 2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER BEGAN IN THE CENTER CONSOLE APPARENTLY THE RESULT OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER WINDOW CONTROL WIRINGS. NO ONE WAS IN THE PARKED AND LOCKED CAR AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE. THE DAMAGE RESULTED IN MY INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALING THE VEHICLE. *JB

MY WIFE BOUGHT A 2000 CHEV. CAVALIER FROM SOUND MAZDA INRENTON A YEAR AGO IN 2004, THE CAR DID NOT PASSED EMISSION TEST, WE TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE INFORMED US THAT THE CATALITYC CONVERTER WAS NOT WORKING, THE O2 CENSOR WAS BAD AND IT WOULD BE PRICY, WE TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP AND WERE GOING TO TRADE IT IN, THE MANAGER OF THE DEALERSHIP PULLED A CARFAX REPORT AND HE ASKED US IF THE DEALERSHIP HAD INFORMED US THAT IN 2002 THE CAR WAS IN A WRECK AND THE AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED, WE TOLD HIM NO, WHEN SHE BOUGHT THE CAR NONE OF THIS WAS INFORMED TO US. WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS UNFAIR FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO NOT INFORM US ABOUT THIS, SPECIALLY BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS DON'T WORK IN THE CAR AND THEY STILL SOLD IT TO US LIKE THAT.