2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR VIBRATES CONSTANTLY. CANNOT SEE OUT OF IT, ESPECIALLY AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 45 MPH. TOOK TO DEALER ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE AND DEALER REPLACED MIRROR. STILL VIBRATES!! TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER BUT WAS TOLD "VEHICLE IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED." TEST DROVE 6 OTHER NEW CAVALIERS IN THE LOT WITH A SALES REP, THEY ALL DID THE SAME THING. CANNOT USE MIRROR AT ALL, THIS IS DEFINETELY NOT SAFE!!

MANUAL TRANSMISSION WENT FOR THE 3RD TIME. DEALER WON'T HONOR WARRENTY. STATES THAT THAT CAR WAS ABUSED.

VEHICLE CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. FRONT END HAS POPPING NOISES WHEN TURNING. REAR END MAKE LOUD NOISE WHEN WEIGHT IN PUT ON IT (EX. ENTERING AND DEPARTING VEHICLE CABIN). ALSO HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH VEHICLE STALLING WHEN SLOWING DOWN (MANUAL...PUT IN NEUTRAL AND RPM'S DROP-OFF CAUSING A STALL). TECHNICIANS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE LATTER PROBLEM.

THE TURN SIGNAL AND BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK. THE MECHANIC FROM THE DEALER SHIP NOTED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SOCKET WAS MELTED. FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *PH

WHEN DRIVING AND PRESS CLUTCH TO SLOW DOWN RPM'S DROP BELOW 300 AND VEHICLE DIES. DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP WHEN HAPPENING AND COULDN'T GET IT IN TO CHECK . VEHICLE STOPPED DOING IT AND HAS SPELLS. *AK

I WAS INFORMED BY A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP AT CHEVROLET ON 9/5/03 THAT MY VEHICLE WAS COVERED FOR HEAD GASKET REPAIR UNDER A "SPECIAL POLICY" RECALL. AT THE URGING OF THIS CUSTOMER SERVICE REP FROM CHEVROLET, BRUCE MITCHELL, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. I WAS NOTIFIED BY THEIR SERVICE DEPT. THAT THIS "SPECIAL POLICY" EXPIRED 7/03 AND THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $1,400 TO FIX ALL OF THE DAMAGES INCLUDING THE HEAD GASKET. I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP NOT TO FIX THE PROBLEMS. I CALLED CHEVROLET AND SPOKE WITH THE SAME CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AS I HAD EARLIER. HE APOLOGIZED AND INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS INCORRECT IN TELLING ME THAT THE HEAD GASKET WOULD BE COVERED AT NO COST. I PURCHASED THIS VECHICLE FROM A PRIVATE SALE IN 2/03. I WAS NEVER INFORMED BY ANYONE THAT ANY RECALLS WERE AVAILABLE TO ME. MY VEHICLE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SO I LOOKED ON CHEVROLET'S WEBSITE TO SEE IF PERHAPS THERE WERE ANY RECALLS OUT FOR MY CAR AND THERE WERE 2 AND THIS OTHER "SPECIAL POLICY". I ASKED THE COMPANY HOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT THIS POLICY HAD AN EXPIRATION DATE IF I NEVER KNEW ABOUT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DID ALL THAT THEY CAN DO AND THAT THEY CANNOT HELP ME. I CANNOT AFFORD TO GET MY VEHICLE FIXED SO THEREFORE IT IS UNDRIVABLE TO ME. I THINK THAT THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I MISSED THE EXPIRATION DATE BY 2 MONTHS BECAUSE OF AN EXPIRED POLICY THAT I NEVER KNEW ABOUT, OR WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IF I DIDN'T TAKE IT UPON MYSELF TO CONDUCT SOME RESEARCH ON THE CHEVROLET WEBSITE AND TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO CALL THEIR COMPANY. I'M FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY THAT A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE GOT THIS INFORMATION SO WRONG. NOW I'M STUCK.....I WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR IF I WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN MISINFORMED.*AK

2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD AND ALREADY BOTH OF THE BACK TURN SIGNALS/BRAKE LIGHT BULBS HAVE BURNT OUT. *AK

GAS GAUGE GIVING FALSE READING@LEFT-SIDE/FRONT MAKING NOISE WHEN ON ROUGH SURFACE ,(RATTLING NOISE).*AK

BRAKE PEDAL ON THIS CAR IS MUCH HIGHER THAN ACCELERATOR PEDAL. UNTIL THE DRIVER GETS USED TO THE HEIGHT MISMATCH, THE DRIVER'S FOOT HITS THE SIDE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE THIS WILL CAUSE A HUGE LAG IN RESPONSE TIME IN BRAKING.I CALLED THE LOCAL CHEVROLET SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOT AN ADJUSTMENT FOR EITHER PEDAL (LOWER THE BRAKE OR RAISE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL).*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND BOTH FRONT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK