2001 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE CONSUMER NOTICED A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLEW AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB THERE WAS LEAKING COMPRESSION AT THE HEAD GASKET. *SC

(2) AFTER FIRST STARTING THE CAR, GO TO PUT IN DRIVE CAR KEEPS HESITATING, LOSING POWER, THEN AFTER IT WARMS UP IT DRIVES FINE, (POSSIBLE FUEL PUMP ISSUES).CAR BEGINS TO STALL, AND WILL NOT START. ALL PLUGS, PLUG WIRES, AIR FILTER, SENSORS, AND ANYTHING TO DO WITH EMISSIONS HAS BEEN REPLACED, STILL DOES THE SAME PROBLEM TO THIS DAY. PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR. TOOK TO LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND DID NOT FIND AN ISSUE. *AK

(1) WHILE DRIVING, GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS OR SMALL POT HOLES, CAR BEGINGS TO MAKE A LOUD VIBRATION NOISE UP IN THE FRONT WHEEL AREA AND THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES FREEZE AND CAUSE CAR TO SKID ON DRY OR WET CONDITIONS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT STAYS LIT THEN GOES OFF AFTER DRIVING A PERIOD OF TIME. (BUT NO NOISE) TOOK TO LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER, AND FOUND NO PROBLEM, AS OF TODAY, CAR CONTINUES TO DO THE SAME INCIDENT. BEEN GOING OFF AND ON FOR THE LAST 2YRS. HAD BRAKES SERVICED, NEW PADS AND ROTORS TURNED, MADE THINGS WORSE.. CAR WOBBLES WHEN COMMING TO A STOP. ALSO CAR GRABS AND LETS OFF WHEN STOPPING, FEELS LIKE IT'S PUSHING THEN LETTING OFF THE BRAKES OFF AND ON. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE, AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V036000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, AND WAS CHARGED FOR LABOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $171.00, AND $156.00 FOR THE PARTS. DONNA WILLIAMS WAS THE CONTACT PERSON AT GWATNEY CHEVROLET, COVINGTON PIKE, MEMPHIS TN 38128, 901-387-2000. *AK *TC

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 30 MPH IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

TWO DAYS AGO, MY ABS (ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM) WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY DIAGNOSED THAT MY ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODUEL (EBCM) WAS BAD AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW ONE. GIVEN THAT MY CAR IS A 2001 CAVALIER WITH LESS THAN 47,000 MILES, THEY SAID THIS WAS VERY UNUSUAL. REPAIRS WILL BE OUTRAGEOUSELY EXPENSIVE.

ODOMETER LIGHTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *BF ODOMETER NUMERALS FLICKERED ON AND OFF. THE ODOMETER OFTEN LOOKED LIKE IT WAS 29999 BECAUSE THE LAST NUMERALS WERE NOT WORKING PROPLERLY. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE BUT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TC

CONSUMER RECEIVED A NHTSA RECALL 04V036000 CONCERNING IGNITION FAILURE. ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES. IF THE ENGINE FAILS TO START AND THE DRIVER HOLDS THE KEY IN THE "START" POSITION FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD, HIGH CURRENT FLOWS THROUGH THE IGNITION SWITCH, AND SOMETIMES PRODUCES ENOUGH HEAT TO MELT INTERNAL SWITCH PARTS. DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL UNLESS $35.00 WAS PAID UP FRONT TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST.*AK

DRIVING ON 4 LANE INTERSTAT IN CENTER LANE WHEN FUEL PUMP FAILED. THE CAR JUST STOPPED RUNNING AS CARS DOING IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH FLEW BY ME. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO ROLL INTO RIGHT LANE, THEN SHOLDER TO CALL AAA FOR A TOW. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THE CARS BEHIND WERE NOT OBSERVANT. *AK