2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

ON MAY 31, MY 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER LS SPORT STALLED ON A HIGHWAY. I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT, BUT I WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I IMMEDIATELY EXITED MY VEHICLE AND CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR A TOW. AFTER RECEIVING DIAGNOSTICS AT A CHEVY DEALERSHIP, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MY FUEL PUMP HAD GONE OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE COST OF THIS AND REPLACING A FUEL FILTER WAS CLOSE TO $1,000. MY CAR ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT, I HAD PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER 1 YEAR BEFORE AT ANOTHER GM DEALERSHIP, AND I PERFORMED REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE USER MANUAL. WHEN I WENT HOME I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE WITH THE CAR, AND LO AND BEHOLD I CAME ACROSS HUNDREDS OF PAGES WHICH DESCRIBED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM I HAD. ON ONE FORUM ALONE, THERE WERE OVER 700 POSTS WHERE OWNERS OF THE 2003 MODEL CAVALIER HAD FUEL PUMPS GO OUT AT AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE AS MY CAR, WITH REPAIR COSTS RANGING FROM $300-$900. I CONTINUED TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE, AND FOUND THAT THE NHTSA HAD RESEARCHED A LARGE NUMBER OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING FUEL PUMP FAILURES WITH THE 2003 MODEL CAVALIER ' INVESTIGATION #EA07015 AND #PE07033. GM DOCUMENTS IN BOTH OF THESE CASES INDICATED A LARGE NUMBER OF MALFUNCTIONS IN MODELS UP TO 2003, THEN A SHARP DECREASE IN FAILURES IN THE 2004 MODEL. *TR

2003 CHEVY CAVALIER 2DR/STANDARD. TWO MONTHS AND COUNTING MY CAR STALLS ON STOP LIGHT. OCCASIONALLY, SHAKES WHEN I START, AFTER PUTTING GAS IN, IT WON'T START RIGHT AWAY (IT TAKES FIVE MINS OR LESS)...CHK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON...YES, OIL CHANGE REGULARLY, TUNED-UP DONE, NEW BATTERY, NEW IDLE VALVE, IT HAS BEEN CHECKED, BUT MY CAR STILL STALLS AND I CAN SMELL BURNED OIL WHEN I'M WARMING MY CAR AND GIVE SOME REV...PLEASE NEED HELP MY CAR IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER AND BY THE WAY I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BUY EXPENSIVE PARTS IF THE MANUFACTURER MESSED THIS MODEL...HELP PLEASE . *TR

MY FIANCE PURCHASED A USED 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND WE HAD THE FUEL PUMP GO OUT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. I INSTALLED A USED ONE FROM A JUNK YARD AND IT WENT OUT AGAIN LAST WEEK. I REALIZE THAT I CAN'T NECESSARILY EXPECT A USED FUEL PUMP TO LAST FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT I NOTICED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHERS COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO FUEL PUMPS ON THIS YEAR MODEL. I HAVE OWNED A FEW CARS MUCH OLDER THAN THIS ONE AND WITH HIGHER MILEAGE AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO MESS WITH A FUEL PUMP. IT CURRENTLY HAS 120K MILES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND HAD BEEN IN MY CAR FOR ABOUT FIVE MIN AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF WHERE THE RADIO AND HEATER CONTROLS ARE..AT THAT TIME I PULLED OVER AND SAW FLAMES IN THE DASH AND IT WAS GROWING AND I CALLED 911 FIRE AND WE CLOSED THE DOORS AND WAITED TIL THE FIRE TRUCK GOT THERE AND HANDLED THE FIRE. IT COMPLETELY DESTROYED MY DASH STEERING COLUMN FRONT WINDSHIELD AND HEAD LINER...ALL MY INSTRUMENT PANELS AND WIRING ARE FRIED. I BELIEVE IT WAS A FAULTY WIRING SYSTEM...IF NOT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED AND HOW DO I FIX MY CAR.. *TR

I STOPPED AT A CONSTRUCTION STOP SIGN AND MY CAR JUST STARTED TO STALL. I TRIED RESTARTING IT A FEW TIMES BUT IT WOULD JUST PUTTER OUT AFTER RUNNING FOR A FEW SECONDS. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR ABOUT $800. THANKS A LOT GM. *TR

FUEL PUMP DEAD WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, 60 MI/HR. HAD TO REPLACE IT FOR 700$. NO MORE GM'S PRODUCTS FOR ME !! *TR

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. IT HAS 120000 MILES ON IT. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I NOTICED MY GAS GAGE SEEMED TO BE STUCK, THE CAR HAD APPROX 90000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER MY RPM GAUGE STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THAT MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO ALSO GO HAYWIRE FOLLOWED BY MY OIL GAUGE. MY WHOLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NO LONGER WORKS. IT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD IT AND IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. BUT AFTER LOOKING AT HOW MANY CAVALIER HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

MVA OCCURRED WHILE SWERVING TO MISS A DEER. DRIVER UNABLE TO NEGOTIATE THE RIGHT HAND TURN RESULTING IN A HEAD ON COLLISION IN AN EMBANKMENT. CAR SKIDDED ACROSS THE ROAD OVER A DITCH APPX 3 FEET WIDE AND APXX 1-2 FEET DEEP, THEN HIT THE EMBANKMENT HEAD ON AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED. DRIVER STATED SHE WAS GOING APPX 40-50 MPH PRIOR TO SWERVING FOR THE DEER, SHE THINKS SHE MIGHT HAVE SLOWED DOWN TO APPX 30-40 MPH PRIOR TO HITTING THE EMBANKMENT. AFTER THE INITIAL IMPACT WITH THE EMBANKMENT THE CAR ROLLED APPX 1.5 - 2 TIMES LANDING ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, UNRESTRAINED DRIVER HIT THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING BRUISING, CONCUSSION, ABRASIONS, LACERATION TO THE SCALP. NO PASSENGERS NOTED TO BE IN THE VEHICLE OTHER THEN DRIVER. CAR IS TOTALED. DRIVER IS CURRENTLY OFF OF WORK DUE TO CLOSED HEAD INJURY AS ADVISED PER ER PHYSICIAN. *TR

THE CAR JUST WOULD NOT START ONE MORNING AFTER NO WARNINGS! I HAD IT TOWED TO THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD THE FUEL PUMP, FUEL FILTER AND SOME TYPE OF MODULE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED, AT A COST OF $900.00!!! *TR

MY WIFE WAS PICKING OUR CHILDREN UP FROM SCHOOL. WHEN SHE PULLED OUT INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC HER CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THIS OF THE SECOND TIME THE FUEL PUMP HAS GONE OUT THE FIRST TIME WAS ABOUT 60K MILES THE CAR NOW HAS 95K AND I ALREADY HAVE TO REPLACE IT. I'VE READ ABOUT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND EVERYONE IS WONDERING WHY NO RECALL. *TR