1999 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

THE WIRE HARNESS FOR THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER STATED WATER FROM RADIATOR BUILD UP ON THE WIRES WHICH CAUSED CORROSION. *AK

WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 35 MPH, THERE WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A BROKEN STERNUM AND WAS HOSPITALIZED.*AK *CB *JB

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ABS SYSTEM FAILED COMPLETELY. DEALER STATED ABS MOTOR BECOME INOPERATIVE. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. ALSO, SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD THE DRIVER. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S ODOMETER. *MR THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE ODOMETER WOULD CUT IN AND OUT WHEN DRIVEN OVER A BUMP. THE CONSUMER TOTALED THE VEHICLE AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS AN ODOMETER DISCREPANCY. *SCC *JB

VEHICLE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF OF VEHICLE.*MR VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT FENDER, BRAKE AND LEFT DISC. CONSUMER HAD PREVIOUSLY ROTATED THE TIRES THE DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT. NO INJURIES. *PH (PER A. JIMENEZ THIS COMPLAINT IS TO BE CONSIDERED A MAILED IN VOQ COMPLAINT). *JB

WE CAME HERE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS ON OUR CAR THE REASON BEING THAT IT SEEMS THAT THE AIR BAG IS NOT PLACED CORRECTLY AND THUS IT HINDERS THE USE OF THE HORN. THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME WE CAN NOT GET THE HORN TO BLOW. WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE BUYING THE CAR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. *AK WATER DRIPPED FROM THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO ADD ANTIFREEZE. THIS COOLED THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THERE HE FOUND OUT THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS BAD AND THE ENGINE ROCKED BACK AND FORTH. THIS CAUSED THE BOLT ON THE COMPRESSOR TO PENETRATE A HOLE IN THE HOSE. THE MOTOR MOUNT AND HOSE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *PH *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS LOW COOLANT LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED. SERVICE MECHANIC INDICATED THIS WAS DUE TO WATER IN THE MOTOR CAUSED BY A BLOWEN HEAD GASKET.*AK

THE CONSUMER NOTICED NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AND THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT WAS BINDING. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STILL OR TURNING, A CLUNK NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE STEERING SHAFT BINDED. (NANCY WITASZAK-CONSUMER) *SCC *JB