2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Problems & Recalls

The whole steering column is loose The pins are all backed out I’m afraid to drive it I think this is a manufactured design flaw

The vehicle failed to pass pa. state inspection due to a severely rusted frame over the rear axles. The estimate to repair the frame was @$3000.

The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier. The contact stated while driving 10 MPH, the front driver’s side tire had detached. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. An independent mechanic went to the contact's residence and diagnosed that the lower control arm rusted and detached fro...

Mileage: 200,000

IN THE PARKING LOT WHERE I WORK MY CAR WOULD NOT START. WHEN MOVING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LEVER IT DID NOT CATCH ON TO ANYTHING. THE CAR JUST ROLLED BACKWARDS AND I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PRESS ON THE BRAKES PREVENTING AN ACCIDENT. MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE AUTO SHOP. DIAGNOSIS: SHIFTER CABLE W...

Mileage: 85,509

CAN'T SAFELY INSTALL A CAR SEAT BECAUSE THE SAFETY BELTS DO NOT PROPERLY RETRACT. THEREFORE THE CAR SEAT IS NOT STABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

Mileage: 49,000

WHEN I'M DRIVEN ABOUT 25 MILES THE ACCELERATOR STAYS STUCK AND THE SPEED KEEP GOIN UP IF YOU DON'T PUT THE BRAKES

Mileage: 11,000

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AT RANDOM INTERVALS FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS, THEN TURNS OFF. SPEED, ROAD CONDITIONS, AND GEAR MAKE NO DIFFERENCE AS TO WHEN IT COMES ON. IT HAS COME ON WHILE TURNING, WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN AT 20 MPH, WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, WHILE GOING OVER A BUMP, AND WHILE GOING 50MPH ON THE ...

Mileage: 165,700

EVERY TIME I GO TO MY JOB MY POWER STEERING RESERVOIR BECOMES EMPTY AFTER I PUT ONE OR MORE QUARTS IN THE RESERVOIR. ANYTIME I DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS I SWAY BACK AND FORTH NO MATTER HOW MUCH CONTROL I HAVE OVER THE VEHICLE. MY STEERING GETS SO HARD TO THE POINT WHERE I ALMOST CRASH EVERY TIME I DRI...

Mileage: 166,000

WHILE DRIVING THE GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK AND ACCELERATES.

Mileage: 135,000

LOST PARTIAL CONTROL OF THE STEERING BECAUSE SHEER PEN RELEASED AND ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER-( INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE )

Mileage: 185,000

LOST PARTIAL CONTROL OF THE STEERING BECAUSE SHEER PEN RELEASED AND ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER-( INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE )

Mileage: 185,000

TAKATA RECALL WINDSHIELD WIPER LINKAGE BROKEN WHILE CAR IN MOTION ON A RAINY DAY AND MY CAR STALLS EVERYDAY WHILE AT LIGHT EVEN SHUTS OFF IF I'M AT LIGHT

TAKATA RECALL WINDSHIELD WIPER LINKAGE BROKEN WHILE CAR IN MOTION ON A RAINY DAY AND MY CAR STALLS EVERYDAY WHILE AT LIGHT EVEN SHUTS OFF IF I'M AT LIGHT

I HAVE HAD MY USED CHEVY CAVALIER 2004 CAR FOR ALMOST A YEAR. AS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE ENGINE HAS JUST STOPPED. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE TIME SPAN OF 5 MONTHS. NO ONE ( AUTO SHOPS) CAN FIND THE ISSUE. THEY HAVE ZERO ANSWERS. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND HAS CAUSED ACCIDENTS. I WOULD BE BANNED FRO...

I HAVE HAD MY USED CHEVY CAVALIER 2004 CAR FOR ALMOST A YEAR. AS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE ENGINE HAS JUST STOPPED. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE TIME SPAN OF 5 MONTHS. NO ONE ( AUTO SHOPS) CAN FIND THE ISSUE. THEY HAVE ZERO ANSWERS. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND HAS CAUSED ACCIDENTS. I WOULD BE BANNED FRO...

I HAVE HAD MY USED CHEVY CAVALIER 2004 CAR FOR ALMOST A YEAR. AS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE ENGINE HAS JUST STOPPED. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE TIME SPAN OF 5 MONTHS. NO ONE ( AUTO SHOPS) CAN FIND THE ISSUE. THEY HAVE ZERO ANSWERS. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND HAS CAUSED ACCIDENTS. I WOULD BE BANNED FRO...

I'VE OWNED THE 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER SINCE IT HAD 2000 MILES. IT CURRENTLY HAS AROUND 85000. WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE IN APRIL OF 2017 A GREASY BOLT CAME FLYING OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN AREA. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I'VE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS AND ACCIDENTS DUE TO FAULTY "PINS" THAT HOLD THE STEERI...

Mileage: 85,000

SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I CAN NO LONGER TELL HOW FAST I AM DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I CAN NO LONGER TELL HOW FAST I AM DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

CLUSTER PANEL TEMP GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING NOW THE GAUGE IS STAYING IN ONE SPOT SO HAVE NO IDEA IF TEMP IS GOOD OR NOT. WHAT IF SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE ENGINE I WILL NOT KNOW WITHOUT THIS WORKING. HAVE TAKEN TO TWO GARAGES THEY BOTH SAY ITS THE CLUSTER PANEL. STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING ,GAGE ST...

Mileage: 68,500

1. SEAT BELT WON'T RETRACT. 2. DRIVERS SIDE SEAT DROPPED WILL NOT GO BACK TO UPRIGHT POSITION.

Mileage: 201,767

1. SEAT BELT WON'T RETRACT. 2. DRIVERS SIDE SEAT DROPPED WILL NOT GO BACK TO UPRIGHT POSITION.

Mileage: 201,767

MY CLUSTER STOPPED WORKING A WHILE AGO. SINCE I DIDN'T GET A RECALL ON IT I WAS UNAWARE OF PEOPLE DID COMPLAIN ABOUT IT UNTIL MY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE WHERE THE CLUSTER IS AND ALL THE WIRES ARE TOTALLY BURNED UP. I AM FURIOUS. I READ OTHER COMPLAINTS AND SOME PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I COULD NOT RE...

Mileage: 105,127

IN MOTION. 2004 CAVALIER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING INJURY AFTER IMPACT WITH TELEPHONE POLE. PICTURE OF POLE SNAPPED IN HALF. STATE ROAD 252 MARTINSVILLE INDIANA. PICTURE OF POLE CAR IS TOTALED.

Mileage: 50,000

TAKATA RECALL AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER HITTING TELEPHONE POLE. SNAPPED IN HALF, CAR TOTALED. STATE ROAD 252 MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA. CAR IN MOTION.

Mileage: 50,000

TAKATA RECALL AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER HITTING TELEPHONE POLE. SNAPPED IN HALF, CAR TOTALED. STATE ROAD 252 MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA. CAR IN MOTION.

Mileage: 50,000

INSTRUMENT PANEL DOES NOT WORK. THEREFORE DO NOT KNOW THE SPEED IN WHICH IS BEING TRAVELED, TEMPERATURE OF ENGINE, AMOUNT OF FUEL OR ANYTHING. CHECK GUAGES LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF LIKE EVERY WEEK. HAVE NO CLUE WHY IT STOPPED WORKING AND PERSONAL MECHANIC IS APPALLED AT THE ISSUE.

2 ISSUES. FIRST, TEMPERATURE GAUGE READ HIGHER AND HIGHER EACH TIME THE CAR WAS STARTED UNTIL THE NEEDLE WENT ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE SPEEDOMETER AND KEPT THE SPEEDOMETER FROM READING THE SPEED. ENTIRE GAUGE CLUSTER WAS REPLACED. SECOND ISSUE WAS PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT WOULD PERIODICALLY LOC...

Mileage: 72,000

2 ISSUES. FIRST, TEMPERATURE GAUGE READ HIGHER AND HIGHER EACH TIME THE CAR WAS STARTED UNTIL THE NEEDLE WENT ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE SPEEDOMETER AND KEPT THE SPEEDOMETER FROM READING THE SPEED. ENTIRE GAUGE CLUSTER WAS REPLACED. SECOND ISSUE WAS PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT WOULD PERIODICALLY LOC...

Mileage: 72,000

MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND IS STUCK AT 195 DEGREES WHEN I TURN MY CAR ON. IT THEN RISES JUST AS NORMAL BUT STOPS AT 260 DEGREES WHICH IS IN THE RED ZONE

Mileage: 152,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAVNUEVER. THE FAILURE WAS PERMANENT. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08E063000 (STEERIN...

THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER REGISTER BELOW ZERO WHEN STOPPED OR IN MOTION. NO WAY TO TELL THE SPEED OR RPM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE TO ALL ON THE ROAD. IF CONTROLLING SPEED IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE WORTH RECALLING WHY DO WE HAVE SPEED LIMITS? NHTSA NEEDS TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND LAUNCH A RECALL AS ...

Mileage: 100,000

THE VEHICLE STEERING IS NOT TIGHT AND I AM NOT ABLE TO TIGHTLY CONTROL THE MOVEMENT COMPLETELY WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR MAKING TURNS. THE WHEEL STEERING FEELS LOOSE AND UNSECURED. WHEN DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE DRIFTS REGARDLESS IF I HAVE CONTROL.

Mileage: 181,000

THE VEHICLE STEERING IS NOT TIGHT AND I AM NOT ABLE TO TIGHTLY CONTROL THE MOVEMENT COMPLETELY WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR MAKING TURNS. THE WHEEL STEERING FEELS LOOSE AND UNSECURED. WHEN DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE DRIFTS REGARDLESS IF I HAVE CONTROL.

Mileage: 181,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

THE CLUSTER IS OUT AND I CAN'T TELL HOW MUCH FUEL, THE SPEEDOMETER IS OUT AND ALSO THE TEMP GAGE AS WELL.

AROUND 4:00PM AFTER GETTING OFF WORK. I WAS DRIVING HOME AND I WENT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, MY STEERING WHEEL MOVED UP THEN DOWN DIAGONALLY ABOUT A INCH; INCH AND A HALF. IT DOES IT EVERY TIME NOW WHEN ANY KIND OF UPWARD PRESSURE IS PUT ON THE STEERING WHEEL. I DON'T KNOW HOW SERIOUS OF A PROBLEM THIS ...

Mileage: 120,000

FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE INTERIOR LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. LAST YEAR I WENT SHOPPING, GOT BACK INTO MY CAR & STARTED IT, OR RATHER TRIED TO START IT, BUT IT SHUT DOWN QUITE QUICKLY. THINKING IT WAS A FLUKE, I TRIED TO START IT SEVERAL MORE TIMES WITH T...

Mileage: 140,000

FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE INTERIOR LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. LAST YEAR I WENT SHOPPING, GOT BACK INTO MY CAR & STARTED IT, OR RATHER TRIED TO START IT, BUT IT SHUT DOWN QUITE QUICKLY. THINKING IT WAS A FLUKE, I TRIED TO START IT SEVERAL MORE TIMES WITH T...

Mileage: 140,000

THE GARNISH MOLDING-WINDSHIELD PILLAR-DRIVER'S SIDE FELL PARTLY OFF BLOCKING MY VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. IT WAS NEVER TOUCHED AND FOR NO REASON IT FELL OFF AND TO THIS DAY I AM UNABLE TO REATTACH IT..

Mileage: 63,087

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START PROPERLY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED; HOWEVER, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WOU...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT AND CRASHED INTO A SECOND VEHICLE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WA...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS ALSO FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWAR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS ALSO FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWAR...

AT TIMES, DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN HARD TO START. HAD THE FUEL PUMP AND IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED, BUT DID NOT SEEM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. RECENTLY, THE CAR STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING AND TOOK 15 MINUTES TO FINALLY RE-START. I HAVE READ ONLINE WHERE THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM F...

AT TIMES, DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN HARD TO START. HAD THE FUEL PUMP AND IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED, BUT DID NOT SEEM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. RECENTLY, THE CAR STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING AND TOOK 15 MINUTES TO FINALLY RE-START. I HAVE READ ONLINE WHERE THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM F...

BOUGHT USED HAD 109000 FIRST TIME THE CLUTCH WENT OUT ON ME I WAS EXHILARATING TO MOVE INTO HEAVY FREEWAY TRAFFIC AND IT GOES OUT, ESPECIALLY AS A YOUNG WOMAN I WAS VERY SCARRED FOR MY LIFE TO THIS DAY I HAVE NIGHTMARES, GOT IT FIXED BUT NO REALLY CAUSE IT STILL DOES IT WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING ...

Mileage: 109,000

I LEFT THE VEHICLE RUNNING IN DRIVEWAY FOR LESS THAN 5 MINUTES. VEHICLE WAS FULL OF BLACK SMOKE AND WITHIN MINUTES WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY SPEEDOMETER FOR STUCK. I KNOW I WAS GOING 60 WHEN IT HAPPENED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS STUCK AT.IT ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. MY CAR HAS HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WINDOWS, AND ENGINE LIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY SPEEDOMETER FOR STUCK. I KNOW I WAS GOING 60 WHEN IT HAPPENED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS STUCK AT.IT ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. MY CAR HAS HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WINDOWS, AND ENGINE LIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BOARD HAS STOPPED, WORKING AND APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH GM ON SEVERAL MODELS (CAR AND TRUCK) BETWEEN 1998-2009. ALSO THE ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS WILL NOT GO OFF. WINDOW DOORS ARE NOT WORKING AND APPEARS TO ALL RELATED TO THE CLUSTER PANEL. I ...

Mileage: 104,000

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BOARD HAS STOPPED, WORKING AND APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH GM ON SEVERAL MODELS (CAR AND TRUCK) BETWEEN 1998-2009. ALSO THE ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS WILL NOT GO OFF. WINDOW DOORS ARE NOT WORKING AND APPEARS TO ALL RELATED TO THE CLUSTER PANEL. I ...

Mileage: 104,000

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BOARD HAS STOPPED, WORKING AND APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH GM ON SEVERAL MODELS (CAR AND TRUCK) BETWEEN 1998-2009. ALSO THE ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS WILL NOT GO OFF. WINDOW DOORS ARE NOT WORKING AND APPEARS TO ALL RELATED TO THE CLUSTER PANEL. I ...

Mileage: 104,000

THE PROBLEM ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE (SHOWED THAT THE CAR WAS ALWAYS OVERHEATING) AND THEN EVENTUALLY STOPPED MOVING AT ALL. NEXT, THE RPMS STOPPED MOVING AND THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN SHOWING THAT WE WERE GOING 100 WHEN WE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN GOING MORE THAN 35. NOW THE SPEEDOMETER ...

Mileage: 57,000

FIRST OF ALL MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILS, SOMETIMES YOU KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING, WHAT YOUR TACK IS AND YOU FUEL LEVEL, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T. I HAVE NEVER REALLY KNOWN MY MILEAGE SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. I ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE CAR OCCASIONALLY NOT WANTING TO START OR REVING OF THE ENGINE A...

Mileage: 125,000

LOW AND HIGH-BEAM HEADLIGHTS APPEAR DIM WHEN TURNED ON COMPARED TO OTHER CARS. MAY BE DUE TO CORRODED/DEFECTIVE WIRING. APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CHEVROLET MODEL. LOOKING FOR RECALL INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 151,925

LOW AND HIGH-BEAM HEADLIGHTS APPEAR DIM WHEN TURNED ON COMPARED TO OTHER CARS. MAY BE DUE TO CORRODED/DEFECTIVE WIRING. APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CHEVROLET MODEL. LOOKING FOR RECALL INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 151,925

AS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIME. AS NOTED HERE ALREADY. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN MY CAR ACCELERATED ALL BY IT SELF TO THE POINT I HAD TO SHUT THE CAR OFF IN TRAFFIC. THEN RESTARTED AND IT WAS DRIVING ON ITS OWN AT 40 MILES AN HOUR LIKE CRUISE WAS ON, I DO NOT ...

Mileage: 187,000

HORN DOESN'T WORK, HAD IT LOOK AT BY MECHANIC, HE SAID IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE AIRBAG. THEN HAD IT LOOK AT BY A STEERING COLUMN MECHANIC, HE SAID IT WAS THE CLOCK SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *TR

AIR BAGS DID NOT COME OUT CAR FLIPPED OVER TWICE AND THERE WAS 1 DEATH AND 1 INJURY. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

AIR BAGS DID NOT COME OUT CAR FLIPPED OVER TWICE AND THERE WAS 1 DEATH AND 1 INJURY. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

MY WIFE'S INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON HER 2004 CAVALIER HAS NOT WORKED SINCE ABOUT 80000 MILES . THE ONLY GAUGE THAT WORKS ANYMORE IS THE TACHOMETER. MY RESEARCH POINTS TO THE STEPPERS MOTORS . THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE . THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THIS EXACT ISSUE , ALL OVER THE INTE...

Mileage: 80,000

ALL OF THE TROUBLE LIGHTS COME ON INCLUDING THE SERVICE LIGHT WITH A WRENCH. THEN, ALL OF THE GAUGES DROP TO NOTHING; YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU'RE TRAVELING, WHAT YOUR FUEL CAPACITY IS, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DROPS TO NOTHING ALONG WITH THE TACHOMETER DROPPING TO NOTHING. IN THE ODOMETER AND "ER...

Mileage: 68,000

ALL OF THE TROUBLE LIGHTS COME ON INCLUDING THE SERVICE LIGHT WITH A WRENCH. THEN, ALL OF THE GAUGES DROP TO NOTHING; YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU'RE TRAVELING, WHAT YOUR FUEL CAPACITY IS, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DROPS TO NOTHING ALONG WITH THE TACHOMETER DROPPING TO NOTHING. IN THE ODOMETER AND "ER...

Mileage: 68,000

ALL OF THE TROUBLE LIGHTS COME ON INCLUDING THE SERVICE LIGHT WITH A WRENCH. THEN, ALL OF THE GAUGES DROP TO NOTHING; YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU'RE TRAVELING, WHAT YOUR FUEL CAPACITY IS, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DROPS TO NOTHING ALONG WITH THE TACHOMETER DROPPING TO NOTHING. IN THE ODOMETER AND "ER...

Mileage: 68,000

SEVERAL TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THIS CAR IN 2009, THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FROM 55 TO 70. STILL DOES THIS ON OCCASION. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

CAR WILL NOT START CONSISTENTLY. HAVE TO WAIT A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEN IT MAY START OR NOT. BUT IF IT STARTS, IT WILL NOT START AGAIN UNTIL DAYS GO BY............ IGNITION SHUT OFF ON ONE OCCASION WHEN OPERATING ON A PUBLIC ROAD. LOSS OF POWER, ENGINE AND POWER BRAKES.STEERING WHEEL DID NOT LOCK BUT ...

CAR WILL NOT START CONSISTENTLY. HAVE TO WAIT A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEN IT MAY START OR NOT. BUT IF IT STARTS, IT WILL NOT START AGAIN UNTIL DAYS GO BY............ IGNITION SHUT OFF ON ONE OCCASION WHEN OPERATING ON A PUBLIC ROAD. LOSS OF POWER, ENGINE AND POWER BRAKES.STEERING WHEEL DID NOT LOCK BUT ...

CAR WILL NOT START CONSISTENTLY. HAVE TO WAIT A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEN IT MAY START OR NOT. BUT IF IT STARTS, IT WILL NOT START AGAIN UNTIL DAYS GO BY............ IGNITION SHUT OFF ON ONE OCCASION WHEN OPERATING ON A PUBLIC ROAD. LOSS OF POWER, ENGINE AND POWER BRAKES.STEERING WHEEL DID NOT LOCK BUT ...

I WAS DRIVING MY -2004 CAVALIER AFTER HAVING THE SLAVE CYLINDER REPLACED 2 MONTH'S PRIOR. NOTHING SEEMED OUT OF PLACE UNTIL MY CLUTCH PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND DID NOT RETURN. I PULLED OVER AFTER NEARLY COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM. I LOOKED IN THE CLUTCH RES...

Mileage: 122,317

WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION GIVING FAULTY READINGS. AT TIMES, IT REGISTERS AT 0MPH - EVEN WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING. THE TACHOMETER BEGAN TO DO THE SAME THING (FAULTY READINGS) TWO DAYS LATER. THE SPEEDOMETER NOW WORKS BUT PERIODICALLY GIVES FAULTY READINGS WHILE DRIVING. ...

Mileage: 54,100

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HIT A BUMP THE IGNITION SWITCH WILL CAUSE THE INTERIOR LIGHT TO COME AND ON OCCASION CAUSE THE CAR TO SHUT OFF. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HIT A BUMP THE IGNITION SWITCH WILL CAUSE THE INTERIOR LIGHT TO COME AND ON OCCASION CAUSE THE CAR TO SHUT OFF. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

THE GAUGES SHOW NOTHING NO SPEED NO GAS NO MILEAGE NOTHING. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS MATTER WHY IS THERE NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I WAS ALWAYS A CHEVY PERSON BUT NOW I AM MOVING ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. CHEVY DOES NOT LIKE TO FIX THERE PROBLEMS THEY LEAVE IT UP TO THE PEOPL...

Mileage: 111,000

THE GAUGES SHOW NOTHING NO SPEED NO GAS NO MILEAGE NOTHING. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS MATTER WHY IS THERE NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I WAS ALWAYS A CHEVY PERSON BUT NOW I AM MOVING ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. CHEVY DOES NOT LIKE TO FIX THERE PROBLEMS THEY LEAVE IT UP TO THE PEOPL...

Mileage: 111,000

CARCOMPLAINTS.COM NOTES: WIDESPREAD INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILURE IS A COMMON AND FRUSTRATING REALITY FOR MANY 2004-2005 CHEVY CAVALIER OWNERS. THEY'RE OFTEN LEFT IN THE DARK WHEN IT COMES TO KNOWING HOW FAST THEY'RE GOING, WHAT THEIR ENGINE TEMPERATURE IS, OR EVEN HOW MUCH FUEL THEY HAVE LEFT IN THE TAN...

Mileage: 50,000

2004 CAVALIER, 2.2L DOHC, 5-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH VEHICLE FELT AS IF CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED. RPMS WOULD NOT FALL OFF AS FAST AS USUAL WHEN FOOT TAKEN OFF GAS, AND WHEN I DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH (WHICH WAS JUST REPLACED LAST WEEK DUE TO ANOTHER KNOWN ISSUE THAT CHEVY...

Mileage: 152,000

2004 CAVALIER, 2.2L DOHC, 5-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH VEHICLE FELT AS IF CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED. RPMS WOULD NOT FALL OFF AS FAST AS USUAL WHEN FOOT TAKEN OFF GAS, AND WHEN I DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH (WHICH WAS JUST REPLACED LAST WEEK DUE TO ANOTHER KNOWN ISSUE THAT CHEVY...

Mileage: 152,000

2004 CAVALIER, 2.2L DOHC, 5-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH VEHICLE FELT AS IF CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED. RPMS WOULD NOT FALL OFF AS FAST AS USUAL WHEN FOOT TAKEN OFF GAS, AND WHEN I DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH (WHICH WAS JUST REPLACED LAST WEEK DUE TO ANOTHER KNOWN ISSUE THAT CHEVY...

Mileage: 152,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS ALL OF THE WARNING LAMPS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE HOWEVER, REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AS A PRECAUTION. THE...

Mileage: 87,426

MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. IN 2006 I WAS DRIVING DOING 20 MPH IN A SCHOOL ZONE AND NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER READ 110, THE GAS GAUGE SHOWED EMPTY AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAD MOVED ALL THE WAY AROUND AND WAS SITTING ON THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE. I CONTACTED GM ABOUT...

Mileage: 29,250

CLUTCH FLUID LEAK FROM SLAVE CYLINDER DETECTED 4/19/14. FLUID LEVEL IN MASTER CYLINDER WAS LOW BUT NOT DANGEROUSLY SO, SO I ADDED DOT-3 TO MASTER CYLINDER. EVENING OF 4/22 NOTICED NO NEW LEAKAGE ON GARAGE FLOOR. ON MORNING OF 4/23 EN ROUTE TO WORK, NOTICED CLUTCH ENGAGED MUCH CLOSER TO FLOOR THAN...

Mileage: 150,300

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE MECHANIC WAS CHANGING THE OIL SHE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TH...

Mileage: 130,000

THE GAUGE CLUSTER ON MY 2004 CAVALIER HAS SUDDENLY STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS I DO NOT KNOW HOW HOT MY ENGINE IS OR HOW FAST I AM GOING. THE TACH AND GAS GAUGES SEEM TO STILL WORK (DON'T KNOW FOR HOW LONG THOUGH), BUT SPEEDOMETER AND TEMP GAUGE DO NOT. MY CAR HAS VERY...

Mileage: 61,953

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER GAUGES (SPEEDOMETER; GAS GAUGE; TACHOMETER) STARTED ACTING CRAZY AND THE DIALS WOULD JUMP ALL OVER THE PLACE. FINALLY, THE DIALS JUST STOPPED WORKING. AT THE SAME TIME MY INSIDE DOME LIGHT STOPPED WORKING. IT WOULD GO ON WHEN THE CAR WAS NOT RUNNING SO IT HAD TO BE DISEN...

Mileage: 49,080

BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW , EVERY TIME WE HIT A BUMP WITH KEY RING AND CAR DRIVING THE INTERIOR LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF LIKE THE KEY WAS JUST TURNED ON , WE COMPLAINED AND THEY COULD NEVER FIND A THING , SO NOW WHEN YOU DRIVE IT AND HIT THE KEY RING WITH ALL THE OTHER KEYS ON IT THE LIGHT FLASHES ON...

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I THEN TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN BUT IT DID NOT START. SO I TRIED AGAIN A FEW MORE TIME. THE VEHICLE DID START SO I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS THE NEXT WEEK WHICH WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT. IT ...

Mileage: 72,004

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING THE WHOLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL (FUEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, RPM GAUGE & TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALL STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY AND THEN SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AT ALL! FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AND VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING WITH...

Mileage: 86,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLI...

Mileage: 120,000

WHEN I TURN ON MY CAR DEFROSTER, IT STARTS POPPING VERY LOUD. AT ONE TIME IT STARTED POPPING WHEN I SET THE CAR AT IDLE, AND WHEN I RETURNED TO THE CAR, IT WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE OR DUST. I HAD TO AIR OUT THE CAR FOR A WHILE BEFORE I COULD DRIVE IT. THE DEFROSTER DOESN'T POP EVERY TIME, AND IT QUI...

Mileage: 2,000,000

WHEN I TURN ON MY CAR DEFROSTER, IT STARTS POPPING VERY LOUD. AT ONE TIME IT STARTED POPPING WHEN I SET THE CAR AT IDLE, AND WHEN I RETURNED TO THE CAR, IT WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE OR DUST. I HAD TO AIR OUT THE CAR FOR A WHILE BEFORE I COULD DRIVE IT. THE DEFROSTER DOESN'T POP EVERY TIME, AND IT QUI...

Mileage: 2,000,000

HORN WON'T BLOW, HAD IT SERVICED AND THEY SAID HORN WAS GOOD. THEY TRACK THE SITUATION BACK TO THE AIR BAG/HORN CONNECTION. NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT IN THIS VEHICLE. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE HORN WON'T BLOW. THE GUY THAT SERVICED IT , SAID THE CONNECTION FOR THE HORN IS CONNECTED TO THE AIR BAG AN...

HORN WON'T BLOW, HAD IT SERVICED AND THEY SAID HORN WAS GOOD. THEY TRACK THE SITUATION BACK TO THE AIR BAG/HORN CONNECTION. NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT IN THIS VEHICLE. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE HORN WON'T BLOW. THE GUY THAT SERVICED IT , SAID THE CONNECTION FOR THE HORN IS CONNECTED TO THE AIR BAG AN...

I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE OF THE IGNITION RECALL. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AT RANDOM TIMES, IF I TOUCHED THE KEYS WHICH WERE IN THE IGNITION, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THE OVERHEAD DOME LIGHT WOULD EITHER FLICKER OR ACTUALLY GO ON FOR SEVERAL SECONDS TO A MINUTE BEFORE SHUTTING OFF. THIS IS NOT A RESU...

Mileage: 85,000

RECENTLY GENERAL MOTORS ISSUED A RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH FOR SOME OF THEIR CARS, BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THE VEHICLES AFFECTED WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. HERE IS A LIST OF CARS CURRENTLY LISTED, BUT I WANT MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER ADDED TO THE RECALL TOO: CHEVROLET COBALT, PONTIAC G...

RECENTLY GENERAL MOTORS ISSUED A RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH FOR SOME OF THEIR CARS, BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THE VEHICLES AFFECTED WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. HERE IS A LIST OF CARS CURRENTLY LISTED, BUT I WANT MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER ADDED TO THE RECALL TOO: CHEVROLET COBALT, PONTIAC G...

CAR SHUT OFF NO POWER STEERING GAUGES SHUT OFF EVERYTHING TURNED OFF BUT LIGHTS STAYED ON AND FLASHERS WORKED. *TR

Mileage: 109,000

CAR SHUT OFF NO POWER STEERING GAUGES SHUT OFF EVERYTHING TURNED OFF BUT LIGHTS STAYED ON AND FLASHERS WORKED. *TR

Mileage: 109,000

CAR SHUT OFF NO POWER STEERING GAUGES SHUT OFF EVERYTHING TURNED OFF BUT LIGHTS STAYED ON AND FLASHERS WORKED. *TR

Mileage: 109,000

SPEEDOMETER QUITS WORKING; TODAY'S EXAMPLE; WE WERE ENTERING AN INTERSTATE AND ACCELERATING TO THE 65 MPH POSTED SPEED LIMIT, AND THE SPEEDOMETER LOCKED AT 45 AND STAYED THERE. DID NOT CHANGE AND REMAINS THERE UNTIL WE GOT THE CAR HOME. THE WORST PART IS MY SON, A STUDENT DRIVER WAS DRIVING AND...

Mileage: 90,000

MY INSTRUMENT PANEL IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS INDICATING INCORRECT SPEEDS BEFORE IT STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. THE GAS, RPM, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGES INDICATE INCORRECT INFORMATION AS WELL. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 42,300

SPEEDOMETER STOP WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 125,850

2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER; AT FIRST THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE SHOWED HOT CAUSING US TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND INVESTIGATE, 27 YEARS AS AN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN KINDA HELPED ME COME TO THE CONCLUSION REAL QUICK IT WAS NOT OVERHEATING, THEN THE TACHOMETER WOULD GO COMPL...

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE HOOD FAILED TO REMAIN CLOSED AND STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD. AS A RESULT, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROB...

Mileage: 77,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE HOOD FAILED TO REMAIN CLOSED AND STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD. AS A RESULT, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROB...

Mileage: 77,000

THE SPEED CLUSTER ACTS UP FROM TIME TO TIME. SOMETIMES THE MPH GAUGE DOESN'T READ OR IS NOT ACCURATE OR STICKS AND SOMETIMES THE HEAT GAUGE DOESN'T WORK AND SOMETIMES THE GAS GAUGE DOESN'T WORK. SOMETIMES I GET A BRAKE LIGHT THAT LIGHTS UP AND SOMETIMES THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON. THE ENTIRE CLUSTER ACT...

Mileage: 98,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY THE SPEEDOMETER STAYED AT 65 MPH WHILE HE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND THE CAR WAS SLOWING. WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED 15 MINUTES LATER AND SHUT OFF WIT THE KEY REMOVED THE SPEEDOMETER STILL READ 65 MPH. THIS CONTINUED FOR SOME TIME BEFORE REPLACING THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER. *...

Mileage: 96,113

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED AND INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 40,000

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT REGISTER MPH, STAYS AT 20 MPH WHEN AT REST AND GOES UP WHEN CAR IS DRIVEN BUT UNKNOWN SPEED PERSON IS DRIVING AT. ALSO THE TEMP GAUGE NEEDLE IS NOT EVEN ON THE AREA TO REGISTER THE TEMP OF THE ENGINE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. I HAVE HEARD FROM MY LOCAL M...

Mileage: 46,000

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT REGISTER MPH, STAYS AT 20 MPH WHEN AT REST AND GOES UP WHEN CAR IS DRIVEN BUT UNKNOWN SPEED PERSON IS DRIVING AT. ALSO THE TEMP GAUGE NEEDLE IS NOT EVEN ON THE AREA TO REGISTER THE TEMP OF THE ENGINE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. I HAVE HEARD FROM MY LOCAL M...

Mileage: 46,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED AND WERE PROVIDING INACCURATE OR ERRATIC READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTAC...

Mileage: 50,000

THE CLUSTER ON MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS ON A ROAD TRIP, I HAVE DONE MUCH RESEARCH THE PAST FEW DAYS AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE CLUSTER IN THE 2004-05 CHEVY CAVALIERS ARE DEFECTIVE DUE TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE BECAUS...

Mileage: 130,000

ALL GAUGES ON INSTRUMENT PANEL QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY AT FIRST BUT NOW MOVE AROUND BACKWARDS OR ANY DIRECTION THEY CHOOSE...NEVER CORRECT!!!!! THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 58,000

ALL GAUGES ON INSTRUMENT PANEL QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY AT FIRST BUT NOW MOVE AROUND BACKWARDS OR ANY DIRECTION THEY CHOOSE...NEVER CORRECT!!!!! THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 58,000

DOING MY MORNING PAPER ROUTE. WENT TO TURN LEFT IN A CUL-DE-SAC AND THE STEERING TILT BROKE. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS GOING ALL KIND OF DIRECTIONS. I HAVE TWO NEWSPAPERS WEDGED INTO THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE BOTTOM SO I CAN DRIVE IT UNTIL I CAN SOMEHOW GET IT FIXED. I HAVE THREE OR FOUR PARTS THAT F...

Mileage: 178,000

ERRATIC AND ERRONEOUS SPEED INDICATOR. SPEED INDICATOR POINTS TO 55-60 MPH WHILE VEHICLE IS AT A STOP AND INDICATES 110+ MPH WHILE ACTUAL SPEED IS 50-55 MPH. CURRENTLY, PROBLEM OCCURS AFTER VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AROUND 100 MILES. A SIMPLE POWERING OFF THE IGNITION DOES NOT CLEAR PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS...

Mileage: 36,000

ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER READING AND OCCASIONAL INCORRECT FUEL GAUGE READING, I HAVE ON MANY OCCASIONS HAD THE SPEEDOMETER RISE TO 110 MPH WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATE POSTED SPEEDS, APPROXIMATE BECAUSE I HAVE NO WAY TO ACTUALLY TELL HOW FAST I'M DRIVING. AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE W...

Mileage: 52,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER WAS LEAKING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THERE WAS A MILDEW SMELL IN THE VEHICLE AND CORROSION STARTED TO DEVELOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTU...

Mileage: 40,000

SO WHEN MY GAS GAUGES GET DOWN BELOW THE HALF LINE THE CHECK GAUGES LIGHT COMES UP AND I KNOW FOR SURE THAT MY CAR ISN'T YET EMPTY. WHAT DO I DO? *TR

Mileage: 450,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND NO WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL SHOP, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDE BOLTS BROKE. AS A RESULT, THE CYLINDER HEAD, OIL PUMP, AND TRANSMISSION ...

Mileage: 80,000

THERE IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE HORN AFTER TIME/WEAR WITH THE 2003-2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THERE IS A ISSUE WITH THE CONTACT IN THE STEERING COLUMN TO ACTIVE THE VEHICLES HORN. THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY THE ROTATING RIBBON CIRCUIT CONTACT UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL HAVING A BROKEN FILAMENT FOR...

THERE IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE HORN AFTER TIME/WEAR WITH THE 2003-2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THERE IS A ISSUE WITH THE CONTACT IN THE STEERING COLUMN TO ACTIVE THE VEHICLES HORN. THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY THE ROTATING RIBBON CIRCUIT CONTACT UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL HAVING A BROKEN FILAMENT FOR...

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND MY ENTIRE CLUSTER WENT OUT. I SPOKE TO CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY STATED IT WAS A RECALL, BUT THE RECALL DATE EXPIRED. HOWEVER, I WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

ALL FOUR GAUGES THAT MAKE UP THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (LR FUEL, TEMP, SPEED AND TECH) WILL SHOW ZERO READING OR VARIES READING THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH REALITY. BY TURNING THE KEY NUMEROUS TIMES I CAN RESET THE SPEEDOMETER BACK TO ZERO AND THEN USE THE VEHICLE, TILL AT A RANDOM TIME IT WILL ...

Mileage: 8,500

SPEEDOMETER IS UNRELIABLE. SOMETIMES IT SHOWS FASTER, SOMETIMES IT SHOWS SLOWER. STICKS IN PLACE AT TIMES. NEXT, THE TEMP GAUGE MADE ME THINK MY CAR WAS RUNNING VERY HOT AND I BOUGHT A $25 TEMPERATURE SENSOR FIRST, THAT DIDN'T HELP, SO I WAS GOING TO REPLACE THERMOSTAT. THEN I LEARNED ABOUT THI...

Mileage: 96,000

MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. A RECALL IS IN ORDER! *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY ON THIS MODEL ALTHOUGH I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES BEFORE THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. HAS NEVER BEEN REPAIRED ALTHOUGH THEY CLAIM THEY FIXED IT. THE FUEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE ARE ALL AFFECTED BY THIS MALFUNCTION. W...

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY ON THIS MODEL ALTHOUGH I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES BEFORE THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. HAS NEVER BEEN REPAIRED ALTHOUGH THEY CLAIM THEY FIXED IT. THE FUEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE ARE ALL AFFECTED BY THIS MALFUNCTION. W...

THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS AND DOES NOT REPORT ACCURATE VEHICLE SPEED. ABOVE A CERTAIN SPEED THE GAUGE WILL FREEZE AND BE UNUSABLE. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND COULD EASILY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE ON OTHER GMC CARS FROM THE SAME TIME...

Mileage: 72,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE EXAMINING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED....

Mileage: 60,650

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE EXAMINING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED....

Mileage: 60,650

IT WAS SOMETIME IN NOV. 2011 WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING FOR NO REASON. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT WILL REGISTER THE SPEED BUT IT IS NOT CORRECT. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME CAR MODEL. AND FROM WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ONLINE THIS CAN BE A VERY EXPENSIVE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED THE INCORRECT READING. THE READING WOULD FLUCTUATE FROM EMPTY AND FULL. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT READ THE ACCURATE SPEED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A...

Mileage: 100,000

AFTER CONSULTING LICENSED MECHANICS, AND ONE SUCH NATIONALLY CERTIFIED AIRPLANE-ENGINE TECH-MECHANIC, BEING RANKED IN THE TOP THREE (3) OF THE NATION'S AVIATION MECHANICS INDUSTRY FROM 1981-1983 PERIOD (AND STILL HAS QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY), [AND BEFORE MAKING A FOOL OF MYSELF], THE CONSENSUS/VERD...

Mileage: 92,400

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS COULD ONLY BE CLOSED PARTIALLY. THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOWS COULD NOT BE OPENED OR CLOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE DOOR MOTOR...

Mileage: 83,000

MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. APPARENTLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. I'VE BEEN READING A FORUM ON HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/CAVALIER/2004/ACCESSORIES-INTERIOR/SPEEDOMETER_STOPPED_WORKING.SHTML AND BETWEEN THE MILEAGE RANGE OF 30,000 AND 50,000 THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SIGNI...

Mileage: 50,142

THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWS INCORRECT SPEED WHILE MOVING OR SPEED WHILE PARKED. *TR

THE POWER WINDOWS DON'T WORK . THE GAUGES DON'T WORK ONLY GAUGE THAT'S WORKS IS THE TACHOMETER FROM MY RESEARCH THESE ARE TWO COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THESE CAVALIERS THE WINDOWS IS MORE OF A CONVENIENCE PROBLEM BUT THE GAUGES NOT WORKING IS A SAFETY PROBLEM CHEVROLET SHOULD ...

Mileage: 80,000

THE POWER WINDOWS DON'T WORK . THE GAUGES DON'T WORK ONLY GAUGE THAT'S WORKS IS THE TACHOMETER FROM MY RESEARCH THESE ARE TWO COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THESE CAVALIERS THE WINDOWS IS MORE OF A CONVENIENCE PROBLEM BUT THE GAUGES NOT WORKING IS A SAFETY PROBLEM CHEVROLET SHOULD ...

Mileage: 80,000

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEED ODOMETER IN THIS CAR. I CAN SEE BY SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON CARCOMPLAINT.COM I AM ONLY 1 OUT OF SEVERAL HUNDRED. IT WILL SOMETIMES SAY I AM GOING 100 WHEN I AM GOING 25. IT WILL SOMETIMES STAY STUCK ON 55 WHEN I AM AT A COMPLETE STOP. I NEVER KNOW HOW FAST I ...

Mileage: 82,321

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEED ODOMETER IN THIS CAR. I CAN SEE BY SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON CARCOMPLAINT.COM I AM ONLY 1 OUT OF SEVERAL HUNDRED. IT WILL SOMETIMES SAY I AM GOING 100 WHEN I AM GOING 25. IT WILL SOMETIMES STAY STUCK ON 55 WHEN I AM AT A COMPLETE STOP. I NEVER KNOW HOW FAST I ...

Mileage: 82,321

SPEEDOMETER FIRST BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION, FOLLOWED BY ALL OTHER GAUGES. NO GAUGES WORK PROPERLY NOW. SPEED IS UNKNOWN, RPMS IS UNKNOWN, AMOUNT OF GAS IN TANK IS UNKNOWN, PROPER FUNCTION OF ENGINE IS UNKNOWN. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT WAS ENTERING AN ON-RAMP AND SLIGHTLY APPLIED THE BRAKES WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER AND WAS FORCED TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL MOVING IN ORDER TO STOP TH...

Mileage: 117,379

CAR WILL ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN USUALLY OCCURS WHILE SLOWING DOWN OR WHILE MAKING A TURN PRESSING THE BRAKE HARD SLOWS THE CAR BUT IT CONTINUES TO APPLY POWER WHAT STOPS THE ENGINE FROM CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE IS TO PUSH THE CLUTCH IN, AT THE MOMENT THE ENGINE WILL ACCELERATE TO 6500 RPM THE...

Mileage: 8,000

CAR WILL ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN USUALLY OCCURS WHILE SLOWING DOWN OR WHILE MAKING A TURN PRESSING THE BRAKE HARD SLOWS THE CAR BUT IT CONTINUES TO APPLY POWER WHAT STOPS THE ENGINE FROM CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE IS TO PUSH THE CLUTCH IN, AT THE MOMENT THE ENGINE WILL ACCELERATE TO 6500 RPM THE...

Mileage: 8,000

SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 60MPH. ITS NOT THAT OLD OF A CAR AND ONLY HAS 58 THOUSAND MILES ON IT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL WITH ALL THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE LOW MILES RIDICULOUS! *KB

Mileage: 58,000

SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 60MPH. ITS NOT THAT OLD OF A CAR AND ONLY HAS 58 THOUSAND MILES ON IT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL WITH ALL THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE LOW MILES RIDICULOUS! *KB

Mileage: 58,000

SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 60MPH. ITS NOT THAT OLD OF A CAR AND ONLY HAS 58 THOUSAND MILES ON IT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL WITH ALL THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE LOW MILES RIDICULOUS! *KB

Mileage: 58,000

AS SOON AS THIS CAR REACHED @50,000 MILES, THE SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGES STOPPED WORKING. UPON CHECKING WITH A CHEVROLET DEALER, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD NEEDS TO BE DISMANTLED AND NEW GAUGES INSTALLED BY AN OUTSIDE SOURCE, WHEREUPON CAR IS RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP AND ODOMETER IS RE...

AS SOON AS THIS CAR REACHED @50,000 MILES, THE SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGES STOPPED WORKING. UPON CHECKING WITH A CHEVROLET DEALER, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD NEEDS TO BE DISMANTLED AND NEW GAUGES INSTALLED BY AN OUTSIDE SOURCE, WHEREUPON CAR IS RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP AND ODOMETER IS RE...

REPLACED DEFECTIVE SHIFTER CONTROL CABLE. I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER, 4 CYLINDER ENGINE, MILEAGE: 40,850.I AM THE ORIGNIAL OWNER, PURCHASED IT NEW FROM CHEVROLET. I BECAME AWARE OF THE DEFECT WHEN I CAME OUT OF WORK AND WENT TO MY PARKED CAR, STARTED THE CAR, AND WHEN I SHIFTED MY AUTOMATIC TRANS...

Mileage: 40,850

REPLACED DEFECTIVE SHIFTER CONTROL CABLE. I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER, 4 CYLINDER ENGINE, MILEAGE: 40,850.I AM THE ORIGNIAL OWNER, PURCHASED IT NEW FROM CHEVROLET. I BECAME AWARE OF THE DEFECT WHEN I CAME OUT OF WORK AND WENT TO MY PARKED CAR, STARTED THE CAR, AND WHEN I SHIFTED MY AUTOMATIC TRANS...

Mileage: 40,850

WHEN DRIVING MY CAR AT TIMES, IT WILL ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN, CAUSING IT TO RUN RPMS INTO THE RED, NEED TO SHUT CAR OFF SO IT DOES NOT EXCEL ON IT'S OWN. THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED A FEW TIMES.. VERY DANGEROUS, THE 1ST TIME WAS IN DEC, 2010 IN AN ICE STORM, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLUKE AND IT WAS FR...

Mileage: 110,000

WHEN DRIVING MY CAR AT TIMES, IT WILL ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN, CAUSING IT TO RUN RPMS INTO THE RED, NEED TO SHUT CAR OFF SO IT DOES NOT EXCEL ON IT'S OWN. THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED A FEW TIMES.. VERY DANGEROUS, THE 1ST TIME WAS IN DEC, 2010 IN AN ICE STORM, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLUKE AND IT WAS FR...

Mileage: 110,000

GAS PEDAL ASSEMBLY COMING LOOSE FROM 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 70K MILES. NO PART AVAILABLE IN THE US. GM STOPPED MAKING THIS ASSEMBLY. THIS HAPPENED AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. GM WILL NOT HELP ME. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

WELL I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER AND THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK. I WOULD GET OIL CHANGES AND TIRES ROTATED AND NOTICE SMALL DIFFERENCES THEN OUT OF NO WERE IT JUST WOULD NOT WORK. IT STUCK ON 110 AND THE TEMP IS OFF TOO. ALSO IT DOES NOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE. OVER ALL THE WHOLE BOAR...

Mileage: 70,000

WELL I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER AND THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK. I WOULD GET OIL CHANGES AND TIRES ROTATED AND NOTICE SMALL DIFFERENCES THEN OUT OF NO WERE IT JUST WOULD NOT WORK. IT STUCK ON 110 AND THE TEMP IS OFF TOO. ALSO IT DOES NOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE. OVER ALL THE WHOLE BOAR...

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER AND THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS. IT SAY"S I AM DOING 80MPH WHEN I AM ACTUALLY DOING 40MPH. AND WHEN I AM PARKED IT SAY"S I AM DOING 50MPH. *KB

Mileage: 56,148

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER AND THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS. IT SAY"S I AM DOING 80MPH WHEN I AM ACTUALLY DOING 40MPH. AND WHEN I AM PARKED IT SAY"S I AM DOING 50MPH. *KB

Mileage: 56,148

MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS SUFFERED A NUMBER OF DEFECTS SINCE ITS PURCHASE. WHILE THEY DID NOT RESULT IN ANY COLLISIONS OR INJURIES, THEY EASILY COULD HAVE. AT 10,211 MILES (8/31/2004) THE WATER PUMP FAILED; LUCKILY, THIS WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE PUMP, ALONG WITH SEVERAL SEALS AND G...

Mileage: 74,000

MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER GAUGES QUIT WORKING. I HAVE BEEN ONLINE AND DONE SOME RESEARCH AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THEY HAVE MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. PLEASE DO A RECALL SO WE CAN GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED. ONCE MY WARRANTY OF 30 DAYS WAS UP THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING ...

OWN 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 62,000 MILES ON IT. AT 25,000 MI THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY I CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE CAR TO DEALER AND HAVE IT CHECKED AT A COST OF 100.00 AND IF IT WAS A CLUSTER THEY MIGHT PAY FOR REPAIRS. THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE GOES OVER PAST 110 MI WHEN...

Mileage: 25,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER AND ONE BY ONE ALL THE GAUGES HAVE STOPPED WORKING. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE NOT TO HAVE A SPEEDOMETER!! I ALSO DO NOT HAVE AN RPM GAUGE, GAS GAUGE OR HEAT GAUGE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A ...

Mileage: 97,598

ACCELERATOR STUCK ON 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER. ENGINE WAS WIDE OPEN AND GAS PEDAL WAS DOWN TO FLOOR. GOT CAR OFF ROAD WITH NO INCIDENT. CABLE WAS FOUND TO BE FRAYED FROM CORROSION AND STUCK INSIDE HOUSING. CALLED GM AND RECEIVED NO ASSISTANCE . THEY SAID VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. REPLACE WITH NEW CA...

Mileage: 136,058

MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAS "SQUIRRELLY GAUGES" . NONE OF THE GAUGES READ CORRECTLY. HOWEVER, ONCE IN A WHILE ONE OR MORE GAUGES DO APPEAR TO BE READING CORRECTLY. MY GAS GAUGE IS NEVER ACCURATE. MY SPEEDOMETER IS OFTEN PEGGED OVER TO TOP SPEED OR READS 45 MPH WHEN I'M DOING 65. THE ONLY ACCUR...

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL EVAPORATIVE EMISSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL FILLER TUBE WAS COVERED WITH RUST. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS COMMON BECAUSE OF THE ROAD SALTS USED IN HIS...

Mileage: 83,000

DASH CLUSTER ABNORMAL OPERATION, IN REGARDS TO FUEL GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER. SPEEDOMETER IS INACCURATE SAYS I AM CURRENTLY TRAVELING MORE THE 110 MPH WHEN VEHICLE IS AT A STATE OF REST. FUEL GAUGE ALSO INACCURATE STICKS WHEN ENGINE IS SHUT OFF, WHEN RESTARTED THE FUEL GAUGE MOVES IN EXCESS OF ITS LIMI...

Mileage: 162,000

MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS NOT BEEN WORKING FOR A WHILE WAS JUST THE SPEEDOMETER NOW THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND FOUND MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

MY CAR FAILED TO START 8/21/08 SO I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. THE CAR WAS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME AND WAS STILL UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY THANK GOODNESS. HE DETERMINED IT WAS MY IGNITION SWITCH. SINCE I AM THE ORIGINAL. SINGLE OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE, I KNEW THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL IGNITION SWITC...

Mileage: 40,000

ENTIRE DASH CLUSTER DOESN'T WORK!! SPEEDOMETER SAYS GOING 80MPH WHEN SITTING STILL. TEMP GAUGE SAYS IT'S OVERHEATING WHEN CAR IS OFF. GAS GAUGE IS NOW GOING HAYWIRE. GOING ON VACATION IS HARD WHEN YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW FAST YOU'RE GOING. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE A CLUST...

Mileage: 100,000

FUEL PUMP FAILURE. ON MARCH 2ND 2011 I HAD A FUEL PUMP FAIL AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AFTER RESEARCH I DISCOVERED THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR THIS VEHICLE WHICH IS A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER. THIS COULD RESULT IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR CAVALIER OWNERS SU...

Mileage: 108,000

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER LS SPORT WHEN TURNING ON THE CAR THE SPEEDOMETER SHOOTS UP PAST 80MPH AT STANDSTILL. THIS OCCURS AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR. NEVER KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY SIT THERE AND COUNT. TAKES ABOUT 4 OR 5 DAYS BEFORE THE SPEEDOMETER MAKES ITS WAY BACK TO 0MPH. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND RPM GAUGE FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE. SHE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVI...

Mileage: 100,000

2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. CONSUMER STATES TEMP GAUGE LOOSES ITS BEARINGS AND ENDS UP OVER IN THE SPEEDOMETER AREA AND SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT GO PASS 11 MPH *TGW

96,000 MILES FUEL PUMP FAILS WHILE SITTING IDLE IN DRIVE WAY. *TR

Mileage: 96,698

IN THE WINTER OF 2009, MY SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. AS I WOULD DECELERATE, MY SPEEDOMETER WOULD MAINTAIN POSITION AT THE LAST HIGHEST SPEED AND UPON ACCELERATION, THE NEEDLE WOULD INCLINE AGAIN FROM THAT POINT. THIS PATTERN REPEATS ITSELF UNTIL THE NEEDLE COMPLETELY CIRCLES AROUND PAST 110...

Mileage: 24,000

GAS GAUGE MALFUNCTION 1MONTH AGO, WENT HALF WAY TO THE RIGHT OF FULL UPON FILL UP, HAVE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF GAS BY TRIP MILES.THIS FUEL GAUGE IS HALTING THE TEMP GAUGE FROM RISING TO NORMAL. TODAY 1/17/11 STARTED CAR THIS MORNING AND SPEED GAUGE IS POINTING STRAIGHT DOWN TO STEERING WHEEL. PROCEE...

Mileage: 107,000

MY WIFE'S 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS A WRONG SPEEDOMETER INDICATION. IT SAYS THE CAR IS GOING 60 MPH WHILE NOT BEING MOVED AT ALL. WHEN THE CAR REACHES HIGH SPEEDS AT THE FREEWAY IT SAYS THE CAR IS GOING AT 120 MPH AND HITS THE TOP OF THE GAUGE. THE OIL TEMPERATURE INDICATION ALSO SHOWS 190 DEGREES WI...

Mileage: 60,000

MY WIFE'S 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS A WRONG SPEEDOMETER INDICATION. IT SAYS THE CAR IS GOING 60 MPH WHILE NOT BEING MOVED AT ALL. WHEN THE CAR REACHES HIGH SPEEDS AT THE FREEWAY IT SAYS THE CAR IS GOING AT 120 MPH AND HITS THE TOP OF THE GAUGE. THE OIL TEMPERATURE INDICATION ALSO SHOWS 190 DEGREES WI...

Mileage: 60,000

MY WIFE'S 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS A WRONG SPEEDOMETER INDICATION. IT SAYS THE CAR IS GOING 60 MPH WHILE NOT BEING MOVED AT ALL. WHEN THE CAR REACHES HIGH SPEEDS AT THE FREEWAY IT SAYS THE CAR IS GOING AT 120 MPH AND HITS THE TOP OF THE GAUGE. THE OIL TEMPERATURE INDICATION ALSO SHOWS 190 DEGREES WI...

Mileage: 60,000

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER UNRELIABLE. SPEEDOMETER STICKS/STOPS WORKING/JUMPS. GAS GAUGE QUIT WORKING. RPM GAUGE JUMPS OR DROPS AT RANDOM. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2004 GM PICKUPS/SUVS I DO BELIEVE...WHY NOT THE CAR? I'VE SEEN COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS ONLINE OF OTHERS' CAVALIER'S WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBL...

I OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER LS WITH 36,531 MILES ON IT. YESTERDAY, I WENT TO DRIVE THE CAR AND HAD "NO SPEEDOMETER" FUNCTION ---------- THE NEEDLE JUST SAT ON "0 MPH" NO MATTER WHAT SPEED I DROVE. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I HAVE ALSO READ OF THE MANY...

Mileage: 36,505

GAS GAUGE WENT HAYWIRE WHICH INTERFERED WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE, WHICH INTERFERED WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. I HAVE SEEN OVER 1,000 COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME NATURE. GM NEEDS TO RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. *LN

Mileage: 98,670

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER INSTRUMENT PANEL NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAS FLIPPED AND IS BLOCKING MY SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE FROM READING CORRECTLY. *TR

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER SPEEDOMETER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILS. SPEEDOMETER READS INCORRECT SPEED AND FAILS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING, I RECEIVED A SPEEDING TICKET AS A RESULT. I REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WITH ONE FROM A JUNK YARD. THE PROBLEM IS TEMPORARILY FIXED. THE...

Mileage: 32,000

THE TRUNK LATCH ON MY CAVALIER WON'T LATCH. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS BROKE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I REPLACED THE TRUNK LATCH ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I RARELY USE MY TRUNK. ALSO THE DEFROST,VENT KNOB QUIT WORKING IT TURN BUT WON'T SWITCH TO DEFROST OR THE DIFFERENT VENT SETTINGS. THE CD PLAYER WO...

Mileage: 107,200

THE TRUNK LATCH ON MY CAVALIER WON'T LATCH. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS BROKE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I REPLACED THE TRUNK LATCH ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I RARELY USE MY TRUNK. ALSO THE DEFROST,VENT KNOB QUIT WORKING IT TURN BUT WON'T SWITCH TO DEFROST OR THE DIFFERENT VENT SETTINGS. THE CD PLAYER WO...

Mileage: 107,200

THE TRUNK LATCH ON MY CAVALIER WON'T LATCH. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS BROKE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I REPLACED THE TRUNK LATCH ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I RARELY USE MY TRUNK. ALSO THE DEFROST,VENT KNOB QUIT WORKING IT TURN BUT WON'T SWITCH TO DEFROST OR THE DIFFERENT VENT SETTINGS. THE CD PLAYER WO...

Mileage: 107,200

ALL GAUGES IN MY CAVALIER HAVE STOPPED WORKING (SPEEDOMETER, TEMP GAUGE, RPM'S..) THE CAR DIES RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING, DIES WHEN STOPPING. I ACTUALLY TRIED TO PULL MY CAR OVER BECAUSE IT WAS ACTING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE AND WHILE I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKES IT WAS TRYING TO GO!! VERY SCARY!!! COULD...

Mileage: 100,988

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER SPEEDO STICKING. IT STARTED AROUND 5 MONTHS AGO IT SAYS YOUR GOING 110 MPH WHEN ONLY GOING 30 MPH. NOW IT ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THE TACH DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK RIGHT EITHER SO YOU CANT GO BY THAT. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TRYING TO GUESS YOUR SPEED. I HAVE LOOKED ALL OVER THE INTERNET ...

Mileage: 70,000

THE RPM AND THE MPH GAUGE ARE NOT WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 170,000

IN THE WINTER MY CHEVY CAVALIER'S SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO BE DISFUNCTIONAL, IT WOULD READ SAY 30MPH WHILE I WAS IN PARK. OVER THE SUMMER THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE AND I HAD TO RESORT TO USING A GPS TO KNOW MY SPEED. THE PROBLEM ISN'T LIMITED TO THE SPEEDO THOUGH, I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS WITH THE TEM...

MY DASHBOARD DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY. ALL OF THE GAUGES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ODOMETER, DOES NOT WORK. THIS INCLUDES FUEL, SPEEDOMETER, RPM, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGES. IT STARTED WITH MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE. I THOUGHT THE CAR WAS OVERHEATING WHEN IT REALLY WASN'T. THEN MY FUEL GAUGE WENT OUT. THEN IT ...

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER STARTED GOING WACKY. AT FIRST IT STARTED RACING AS YOU WERE DRIVING. SHOWING 65 OR 70 WHEN YOU WERE GOING MAYBE 40. NOW IT RACED PAST 110 AND DROPPED DOWN BETWEEN 0 AND 110. LOOKING OVER THE DIFFERENT WEBSITES, I SEE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, YET IT IS N...

Mileage: 54,800

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER. THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN STARTING THE CAR (BEFORE SHIFTING OUT OF PARK) IT WILL READ 40+ MPH. I ONCE STARTED IT AFTER IT HAD BEEN SITTING IN A HOT PARKING LOT FOR 8 HOURS AND THE NEEDLE WAS MAXED OUT (AGAIN, BEFORE IT WAS EVEN SHIFTED OUT OF PARK). I HAVE REA...

Mileage: 34,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEAD LAMPS ON HIS VEHICLE LOOKED AS IF THERE WAS A GLAZE ON THEM. THEY WERE SAND BLASTED AND NOW HE CANT EVEN SEE THE LIGHT BULB. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD SELL HIM A KIT TO CLEAN THE HEAD LAMPS. TH...

Mileage: 136,000

DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT PANEL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OPERATED CORRECTLY UNTIL 2007. THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO OPERATE INCORRECTLY AT RANDOM TIMES. THE NEEDLE WOULD INDICATE HIGH SPEED WHEN STOPPED OR WHEN MOVING AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE NEEDLE WOULD CONTINUE TO INDICATE AN INCORRECT SPEED UNTIL THE V...

Mileage: 17,000

OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS STOPPED WORKING AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL GO UP PAST 100 MPH WHEN IT IS PARKED AND WILL TAKE 2+ WEEKS TO RESET ITSELF AND START WORKING AGAIN. THIS PAST MONTH THE GAS GAUGE AND TACHOMETER HAVE ALSO STOPPED WORKING, TH...

Mileage: 25,000

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT STATE THE CORRECT MPH YOU ARE GOING WILL STICK ANYWHERE, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALSO HAS STOPPED WORKING. IT CAN BE RESET (THE SPEEDOMETER) ONCE THE CAR COOLS OFF BUT WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING IT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT N...

Mileage: 1,500

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER JUST GOES HAYWIRE THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. WHY WAS THERE NO RECALL. FAULTY MOTORS WERE PUT IN. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A RECURRING FAILURE IN WHICH THE MOTOR IN THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WINDOW STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOUR TIMES AND EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE WINDOW MOTOR WAS R...

Mileage: 9,000

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER. BACK DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSE. I HAVE IT LOCKED NOW BUT CAN NOT OPEN IT. I AM AFRAID WHILE MY CHILD IS SITTING BACK THERE THE DOOR WILL SWING OPEN. PLEASE HELP! *TR

Mileage: 100,120

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER. BACK DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSE. I HAVE IT LOCKED NOW BUT CAN NOT OPEN IT. I AM AFRAID WHILE MY CHILD IS SITTING BACK THERE THE DOOR WILL SWING OPEN. PLEASE HELP! *TR

Mileage: 100,120

GAUGES ON FRONT PANEL ARE NOT WORKING. GAS, SPEED, TEMP. I HAVE CONTACT CHEVY DEALERS AND THEY SAID IT IS NOT RECALLED. READ ON MANY SITES ON THE INTERNET THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 100,120

GAUGES IN CAR IS NOT WORKING. READ ON YOUR SITE THERE IS ANOTHER 65 PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

GAUGES IN CAR IS NOT WORKING. READ ON YOUR SITE THERE IS ANOTHER 65 PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER STARTED MALFUNCTIONING IN LATE DECEMBER 2009. FIRST THE GAS GAUGE STOP WORKING, THEN THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE BEACUSE THE GAS GAUGE INTERFERED. NOW JULY 10 2010. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS ALSO STOPPED FUNCTIONING PROPERLY BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INTERF...

Mileage: 66,000

ON JUNE 15,2010 MY ENTIRE CLUSTER GAUGE STARTED ACTING FUNNY. I DID SOME RESEARCH TO FIND OUT I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO OWNER A 2004 CAVALIER AND THE GAUGES GO ALL HAYWIRE. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE REVIEWED. *TR

Mileage: 59,601

AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES THE TACHOMETER ON THE DASHBOARD CLUSTER BEGAN TO FAIL, BECOMING WILDLY UNCALIBRATED AND SHOWING RPM WELL ABOVE ACTUAL. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SPEEDOMETER SUFFERING THE SAME DEFECT. WHEN DRIVING, STOPPED, IN PARK, OR EVEN ENGINE OFF, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL READ INACCURATE: 30MPH...

Mileage: 50,000

I HAVE A 2004 CAVALIER. SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT IT THE DRIVERS WINDOW STOPPED WORKING. I HAD A WARRANTY AND REPLACED IT. IT STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK I COULD HEAR AIR COMING THROUGH THE WINDOW, BUT DIDN'T SEE ANY GAPS. EVENTUALLY NOTICED THE WINDOW WAS OFF TRACK. MY...

Mileage: 42,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER AND THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED ON ME. I REPLACE THE SPEED SENSOR BUT PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVED. I FEAR THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON THE ROAD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

2004 CAVALIER GAUGES GO CRAZY. 110MPH IN THE DRIVEWAY, TACHOMETER SAYS 9000 RPM WHEN I AM IDLING. GAS GAUGE IS NO LONGER RELIABLE.. PARTICULARLY A PROBLEM IN COLD AND DAMP WEATHER, HOT WEATHER AND ON OPEN HIGHWAY. I NEVER KNOW HOW FAST I AM DRIVING, WHETHER I WILL RUN OUT OF GAS, OR IF THE E...

Mileage: 31,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD "SHATTERING" NOISE. HE WENT OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED INTO PIECES. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE HEAT MUST HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE AND SINCE THE...

Mileage: 199,000

SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE AND RPM GAUGE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR PROBABLY 3 YEARS. STARTED HERE AND THERE AND NOW, MY SPEEDOMETER IT NEVER WORKING. EACH DAY IS DIFFERENT. SOMETIMES IT WILL START ON 35 MPH AND I CAN EASILY CALCULATE MY SPEED FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR UNTIL IT GE...

Mileage: 30,000

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAS FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. *TR

Mileage: 38,420

DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T READ THE PROPER SPEED LIMIT AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WILL NOT "RESET" (?) IT JUST KEEPS GOING CLOCKWISE AROUND THE DIAL. *TR

Mileage: 41,625

CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE WIRING IN THE FLOOR LEFT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. DRIVER AND PASSENGER ESCAPED THE VEHICLE WITH JUST MINOR INJURIES. A PASSER BY CUT THE BATTERY CABLE AND THE FIRE/SMOKE STOPPED. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER AND RECENTLY THE SPEEDOMETER HAS JUST STOPPED WORKING. SOMETIMES IT DECIDES TO WORK DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS, BUT MOST LIKELY IT IS ON 80MPH WHEN IM DOING 20MPH OR IT JUST SITS AT THE BOTTOM ALL TOGETHER. I WAS ABOUT TO HAVE A MECHANIC FIX MY CAR AND I DID SOME ONLINE R...

I HAVE A 2004 CAVALIER AND ALL THE GAUGES HAVE STOPPED WORKING. ONCE IN A WHILE THE RPM GAUGE WORKS. I INVESTIGATED AND HAVE FOUND VARIOUS WEBSITES WITH LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE COST OF REPAIR IS 500+ DOLLARS WITH NO SIMPLE DO IT YOURSELF FIX AVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 51,000

ALL THE DIALS IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GO HAYWIRE. I HAVE TRIED DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY BUT IT STILL HAPPENS. DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING WHO HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE CAR. OR EVEN IF THE TEMP IS OKAY. *TR

MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE OVEREXTENDED CLOCKWISE PAST THE MAXIMUM TEMP THRESH HOLD UNTIL THE NEEDLE WAS POINTING DIRECTLY RIGHT (TOWARD PSGR). THE TIP OF THE NEEDLE, BEING STUCK IN THAT POSITION, PHYSICALLY BLOCKED THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE FROM GOING ANY HIGHER THAN 10 MPH. EVENTUALLY THE SPEEDOMETER J...

Mileage: 25,000

MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ISSUES. THE SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, FUEL AND TEMPERATURE GAUGES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. I HAVE READ MANY POST FROM CAVALIER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE I CANNOT TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING. *TR

Mileage: 35,891

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE ATTEMPTING A TURN AT SPEEDS OF 8 MPH, THE STEERING COLUMN FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE AND FELL INTO THE CONTACTS LAP. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WA...

Mileage: 130,012

GAUGE CLUSTER NOT READING CORRECTLY ON AND OFF ON 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CAVALIER STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY, IT WILL STICK AT RANDOM PLACES ON THE DIAL, EVEN WHEN NOT DRIVING. SOMETIMES THE NEEDLE WILL POINT STRAIGHT DOWN AT THE ODOMETER AND STICK THERE ALSO. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO GET BETTER WITH WARM WEATHER, BUT IS ...

Mileage: 90,000

SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. *TR

THE GAUGES ON MY CAVALIER ARE ALL MESSED UP. SOMETIMES THE ONLY GAGE THAT WORKS ARE MY RPM GAUGES. ALL THE OTHER GAUGES: THE GAS GAGE, THE THERMOMETER GAUGES AND THE MPH GAGE NEVER WORK RIGHT. I CAN'T TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING, HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE CAR OR IF IT'S GOING TO OVERHEAT ON ME OR NOT....

Mileage: 35,000

I CURRENTLY DRIVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER LS, I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE POWER STEERING FOR A FEW YEARS. THE VEHICLE WILL DRIVE AND STEER FINE FOR A WHILE, THEN IT WILL BEGIN TO MAKE A LOW GRUMBLING NOISE WHEN I SLOW DOWN AND TURN. THE STEERING BECOMES STEADILY MORE DIFFICULT. I EVENTUALLY TOOK IT IN...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. SHE STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE CLUSTER, A FUSE OR THE WIRING COULD BE FAULTY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN INTO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. NO REPAIRS MADE TO DATE...

Mileage: 12,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHENEVER THE CONTACT STARTED HER VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYED INCORRECT INFORMATION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 45294.

Mileage: 45,294

THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACH QUIT WORKING OR ARE READING THE WRONG SPEEDS ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. I CAN BE AT A STOP SIGN AND THE GAGE SHOWS 40MPH. I CAN BE GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND IT SHOWS 30 MPH. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. I HAVE BEEN ONLINE & SEEN SEVERAL FORUMS WITH PEOPLE WIT...

Mileage: 50,000

CLUTCH PEDAL STARTED TO STOP SHORT. WHILE DRIVING THROUGH LIGHT SNOW I PRESSED THE PEDAL TO SHIFT GEAR BEFORE A SLIGHT TURN AND INCLINE THE PEDAL STAYED DOWN. THE LACK OF POWER TO THE WHEELS WITHIN 5 SECONDS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE EVEN WHILE TRYING T...

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT MALFUNCTIONED AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN A TRUCK CRASHED INTO HER VEHICLE FROM THE REAR. SHE ALSO CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. THE CONTACT AND A PASSENGER WERE INJURED AND HAD TO GO TO THE ...

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT MALFUNCTIONED AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN A TRUCK CRASHED INTO HER VEHICLE FROM THE REAR. SHE ALSO CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. THE CONTACT AND A PASSENGER WERE INJURED AND HAD TO GO TO THE ...

Mileage: 45,000

VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH SEAT AND AIRBAG FAILURE ON 5-23-08. REPORTED TO GM 5/27/08 CASE. SPOKE WITH GM REP THEN TRANSFERRED TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO SAID HE WOULD DISCUSS WITH DISTRICT MANAGER. ON 1/8/10 I AGAIN CALLED FOR FOLLOW-UP. THE PREVIOUS CASE HAD BEEN CLOSED AND A NEW ONE OPENED AND I WAS T...

Mileage: 45,000

VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH SEAT AND AIRBAG FAILURE ON 5-23-08. REPORTED TO GM 5/27/08 CASE. SPOKE WITH GM REP THEN TRANSFERRED TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO SAID HE WOULD DISCUSS WITH DISTRICT MANAGER. ON 1/8/10 I AGAIN CALLED FOR FOLLOW-UP. THE PREVIOUS CASE HAD BEEN CLOSED AND A NEW ONE OPENED AND I WAS T...

Mileage: 45,000

THE EASIEST WAY TO PUT THIS IS THE 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER INSTRUMENT PANEL IS MESSED UP, IT FIRST STARTED APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS AGO WHEN MY SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ 40MPH WHEN I WAS IDLING, AND NOW THE NEEDLE IS BURIED PAST 110MPH EVEN WHEN IM GOING 20MPH. NOW THE GAS GAUGE HAS GOTTEN MESSED UP TOO I...

Mileage: 72,506

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS NOT GIVING THE RIGHT SPEED YOU ARE GOING AND THE TACH IS NOT GIVING THE RPMS IT STAYS ON 0. SPEED NEEDLE GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND AS TO AS FAR IT CAN GO AND IT STAYS THERE FOR A FEW DAYS. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

I NOTICED IN THE COLD MY SPEEDOMETER WOULD SHOW THE INCORRECT SPEED OR JUST STOP. OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 6 MONTHS MY TEMP GAUGE STARTED TO DO THE SAME THING. FOLLOWED BY MY RPM GAUGE, THEN THE GAS GAUGE. I DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THE ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS TO GET A WHOLE NEW CLUS...

SPEEDOMETER RUNS UP TO EXTREME LIMIT AT ANY SPEED AND TACHOMETER FREEZES UP. *TR

Mileage: 34,500

IDLE MISS WHILE AUTO IS IN GEAR (AUTOMATIC). INITIAL OCCURRENCE 15000-20000 MILES. STARTED WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT YOU COULD FEEL THE MISS IT WAS EVERY 30-45 SECONDS. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH PROBLEM. HAS GOTTEN WORSE, STILL NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. NOW IT STALLS AND YOU CAN WATCH THE TACHOM...

Mileage: 51,000

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER GAUGE CLUSTER FAILED AT 82000 MILES. UNSAFE. CANNOT DETERMINE MPH. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAS FAILED AT THE 50,000 MILE MARK. THERE IS NO WAY FOR ME TO TELL THE ACCURATE SPEED I AM DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 51,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO HIS HEAD, NECK AND SHOULDERS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURR...

Mileage: 81,000

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER ALL GAUGES ON DASH DO NOT WORK. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

THE DASH BOARD CLUSTER IN MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER COUPE HAS PROBLEMS. THE DIALS OF MY GAUGES ARE INACCURATE. THE ENGINE HEAT GAUGE DIAL CAN CROSS OVER INTERMITTENTLY INTO MY SPEEDOMETER CAUSING THAT TO GET STUCK AND NOT WORK. THE HEAT GAUGE DIAL HAS ALSO BEEN POINTED TOWARDS MY STEERING WHEEL, POINTI...

Mileage: 46,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED WHEN SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE ON. OCCASIONALLY THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MOVED RAPIDLY AND REGISTERS 0. A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER STATED THA...

Mileage: 52,000

THIS IS THE SECOND PROBLEM I'VE HAD WITH THIS. CLUTCH PROBLEMS DUE TO A FAULTY HYDRAULIC LINE IN A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED MAY 1ST WHEN THE MASTER TO SLAVE HYDRAULIC HOSE SPLIT OPEN (WAS TOLD BY THE ASE CERTIFIED REPAIR PERSON THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED). THIS WAS A DEALER ...

Mileage: 93,000

2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER EXTERIOR BRAKE LIGHT AND BACK TURN SIGNAL ARE NOT FUNCTIONING. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

DASH CLUSTER FAILURE. RPM GAUGE RUNNING BACKWARDS AND STICKING, FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR INCORRECT, SPEEDOMETER SOMETIMES INCORRECT. WHEN THIS HAPPENED I LOOKED IT UP ONLINE TO SEE IF I COULD DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER 2.2L BASE/SEDAN IS WELL MAINTAINED. THREE MONTHS AFTER THE PURCHASE THE FUEL PUMP STOPPED WORKING. REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP UNDER WARRANTY. A YEAR LATER THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED AGAIN. WARRANTY PERIOD OVER. COST ME $896. RECENTLY THE FUEL PUMP STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRI...

Mileage: 110,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY AND DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH 30,000 MILES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 31,000.

Mileage: 31,000

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER. WHEN THE CAR SLOWS DOWN TO A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, OR YOU JUST REDUCE YOUR SPEED, IT WILL CUT OFF ON YOU. *TR

POWER WINDOW DOES NOT WORK. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

SPEEDOMETER AND OTHER GAUGES GOING HAYWIRE. AT TIMES I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SPEED I AM GOING. I CAN BE STOPPED AT A REDLIGHT AND MY SPEEDOMETER READS 90MPH. OR I CAN BE KEEPING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON ROUTE 30 AND IT READS 20MPH. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT HEARD A TAPPIN...

Mileage: 78,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT HEARD A TAPPIN...

Mileage: 78,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT HEARD A TAPPIN...

Mileage: 78,000

THE FUEL GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER FAILED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS IN COLD WEATHER. I NOW HAVE 48,000 MILES ON THE CAR. THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEFECTED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND GMC TOLD ME IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM AND THE COST TO FIX IT IS $480.00. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. IT WILL STICK AT RANDOM PLACES ON THE DIAL, EVEN WHEN NOT DRIVING, WILL NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED, AND SOMETIMES ROLL ALL THE WAY OVER, POINTING AT THE ODOMETER. THE TACHOMETER AND COOLANT TEMP. GAU...

Mileage: 60,125

DEFECTIVE STEPPER MOTORS ON THE CLUSTER INSTRUMENT PANEL. NOW AFFECTING FUEL GAUGE,SPEEDOMETER,AND TACHOMETER ON ABOUT A YEAR NOW. JUST FOUND OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. GM ALREADY RECALLED TRUCKS AND SUV'S. NO RECALL ON CARS YET. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER, SPEEDOMETER IS CRAZY 1999 CHEVY CAVALIER, GAS GAGUE IS BUSTED BOTH REPAIRS ARE EXCEEDINGLY EXPENSIVE/DANGEROUS, WOULD LIKE A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

WHILE DRIVING IN MY CAR ONE DAY I INTENDED TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR, BUT IT ONLY MADE A GRINDING NOISE. I CAN ONLY ASSUME SINCE THE NOISE PERSISTS EVEN WITH REV MATCHING THAT ITS A SYNCRO/CONE PROBLEM. I TRY TO SHIFT DURING THE PROPER RPM AREA, AND SOMETIMES IT WILL SHIFT WITHOUT A PROBLEM OTHER TIM...

Mileage: 40,000

WHILE DRIVING IN MY CAR ONE DAY I INTENDED TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR, BUT IT ONLY MADE A GRINDING NOISE. I CAN ONLY ASSUME SINCE THE NOISE PERSISTS EVEN WITH REV MATCHING THAT ITS A SYNCRO/CONE PROBLEM. I TRY TO SHIFT DURING THE PROPER RPM AREA, AND SOMETIMES IT WILL SHIFT WITHOUT A PROBLEM OTHER TIM...

Mileage: 40,000

WHILE DRIVING IN MY CAR ONE DAY I INTENDED TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR, BUT IT ONLY MADE A GRINDING NOISE. I CAN ONLY ASSUME SINCE THE NOISE PERSISTS EVEN WITH REV MATCHING THAT ITS A SYNCRO/CONE PROBLEM. I TRY TO SHIFT DURING THE PROPER RPM AREA, AND SOMETIMES IT WILL SHIFT WITHOUT A PROBLEM OTHER TIM...

Mileage: 40,000

WE HAVE 2 2004 CHEVY CAVALIERS. ON ONE OF THE CAVALIERS NOT TO LONG AFTER WE BOUGHT IT, THE SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT ON IT AND WE COULDN'T READ THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR. WE HAVE TRIED TO BUY USED ONES AND PUT THEN IN THE CAR AND THAT FAILED AND YOU STILL CAN'T READ THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR. ON THE SECOND CA...

Mileage: 74

I STARTED LOOKING FOR A FIX FOR MY WIFE'S CAR AND I HAVE FOUND THAT ACROSS THE NATION THERE ARE PEOPLE DRIVING WITH NO SPEEDO, TACH, DASH LIGHTS, OR HORN. THIS IS A DIFFERENT MIX OF PRBS FOR EACH BUT THEY ALL COME BACK TO THE DASH OF THE CHEVY CAVALIER. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

AT ABOUT 40K MILES, THE TACHOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING ERRATICALLY. SPEEDOMETER CONSTANTLY AT 60 EVEN WHEN AT A STOP. TACH NO LONGER WORKS AT ALL. WILL HAVE TO REPLACE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. ESTIMATE IS ABOUT $450.00. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

MY SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING. IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED ONCE AND HAS STARTED NOT FUNCTIONING AGAIN. IT OCCASIONALLY WORKS CORRECTLY, BUT MOSTLY IT GOES UP TO A HIGH READING AND STICKS THERE. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT READ ACCURATELY. SOMETIMES IT READS TOO FAST AND SOMETIMES TOO SLOW. NO ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED, BUT THE POTENTIAL IS THERE. THE PROBLEM IS SPORADIC, HAPPENING OVER THE COURSE OF A DAY, SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

MY 2004 CAVALIER HAS HAD TWO MASTER/SLAVE CYLINDERS TO FAIL. CLUTCH GOES TO THE FLOOR FAILING TO RELEASE THE CLUTCH PEDAL. DEALER TRIED TO CHARGE ME $800 WHEN I HAD WARRANTY. ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL SERVICE ADVISORS. WILL NEVER RECOMMEND A GM- CHEVROLET VEHICLE...

Mileage: 58,000

MY SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS STOPPED WORKING I HAVE NOTICED ALOT IF 2000 MODELS WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

I STARTED THE CAR WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE WENT ABOVE THE FULL MARK EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AT A HALF TANK, AFTER SHUTTING IT OFF AND RESTARTING IT A COUPLE TIMES IT EVENTUALLY CORRECTED ITSELF. A WEEK LATER THIS HAPPENED AGAIN BUT IT WOULD NOT CORRECT ITSELF THOUGH. THEN WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER AND TA...

Mileage: 35,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER LS SPORT. WELL LETS FIRST START OFF WITH MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW MOTOR. IT WENT OUT ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF AGO AND WE FIXED IT THIS SUMMER. APPARENTLY IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM BUT OF COURSE NO RECALL ON IT SO PAID ALMOST 300 DOLLARS MYSELF TO FIX IT. THEN AFTER THAT WHEN I WOU...

Mileage: 51,862

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER LS SPORT. WELL LETS FIRST START OFF WITH MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW MOTOR. IT WENT OUT ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF AGO AND WE FIXED IT THIS SUMMER. APPARENTLY IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM BUT OF COURSE NO RECALL ON IT SO PAID ALMOST 300 DOLLARS MYSELF TO FIX IT. THEN AFTER THAT WHEN I WOU...

Mileage: 51,862

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER LS SPORT. WELL LETS FIRST START OFF WITH MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW MOTOR. IT WENT OUT ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF AGO AND WE FIXED IT THIS SUMMER. APPARENTLY IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM BUT OF COURSE NO RECALL ON IT SO PAID ALMOST 300 DOLLARS MYSELF TO FIX IT. THEN AFTER THAT WHEN I WOU...

Mileage: 51,862

MY SPEEDOMETER IS MALFUNCTIONING. IT IS SETTING ON 65 WHEN STOPPED. THEN WHEN DRIVING IT SETS ON 110+. THEN FOR NO REASON IT STARTS WORKING AGAIN. I TOOK IT IN TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG, I AM STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I ONLY HAVE ONE CAR, I HAVE TO DRIVE TO WORK. BUT THIS IS SCA...

Mileage: 53,433

SO, THE PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I NOTICED THAT MY SPEEDOMETER IN MY CAVALIER WOULD RANDOMLY FREEZE AND STOP WORKING. I NOTICED THAT ONCE I WOULD TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON IT WOULD BE FINE, AND IT WOULD WORK PROPERLY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF IT FREEZIN...

MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER'S SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING AND THE LOCAL DEALER SAYS THEY WOULD HAVE TO SEND THE CLUSTER TO A LARGER SHOP. I CANNOT BE WITHOUT MY VEHICLE AND IT WILL ALSO COST FROM 300.00 TO 600.00 AT THE LOCAL DEALER AND THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE AT THE LARGER SHOP. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WAS PURCHASED MAY 2004 NEW OFF THE LOT. SINCE THEN, MY CLUTCH SYSTEM HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED ALMOST EVERY YEAR. IT FIRST STOPPED WORKING AT 36,000 MILES, JUST 6,000 AFTER FACTORY WARRANTY RAN OUT. IT THEN STOPPED WORKING AGAIN WHILE STILL UNDER PART WARRANTY WHICH LASTS 12,0...

Mileage: 36,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW MECHANISM WOULD NOT ACTIVATE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RELEASE THE WINDOW IN A DOWNWARD POSITION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAK...

Mileage: 18,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. LS . SOMETIMES THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS, SHOW THE WRONG SPEED, GOES OFF THE GAUGE PAST THE HIGHEST SPEED ON THE GAUGE OR A SPEED BELOW THE ACTUAL SPEED. THE FUEL GAUGE DOES THE SAME THING. THE FUEL GAUGE SOMETIMES GOES PAST "FULL" WITH THE NEEDLE GOING INTO THE TEM...

Mileage: 82,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. FIRST THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED STICKING THEN IT STOPPED WORKING TOTALLY AND IS NOW STUCK ON 110 MPH. THEN MY TACH AND TEMP GAUGES STARTED STICKING OR NOT WORKING AT ALL. THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE CAUSE I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAVE A RECALL FOR 2004 TRUCKS. THERE S...

Mileage: 54,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER 2-DR COUPE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. THE GAS GAUGE POINTER WORKS ONLY PART OF THE TIME. IT WILL SHOW (0) ZERO GAS, EVEN AFTER A FILL-UP. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WORKS THE SAME WAY, SOMETIMES, THE POINTER WILL MOVE AND SOMETIMES IT STAYS AT THE (0)...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE VEHICLE HAS COOPER SPORTMASTER GLT TIRES, SIZE 205/70R14. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30-35 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT WILL CALL COOPER TIRES ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2008. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06T016000 (TIRES:TREAD/BELT) WAS ...

Mileage: 10,000

MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATED FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND THEN IT JUST MOVED TO THE BOTTOM AND POINTS TO THE BOTTOM PART OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND I CAN NOT TELL IF MY CAR IS OVERHEATING.,AND MY SPEEDOMETER LIKES TO FREEZE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

OUT OF NOWHERE MY TEMP. GAUGE WENT OUT FOLLOWED BY THE SPEEDOMETER, RPM, FUEL ALL MY GAUGES HAVE GONE OUT. CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM WITHOUT REPLACING THE WHOLE THING. *TR

FIRST, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER BASE MODEL. 2.2 ECOTEC ENGINE. THE ABS, LOWTRAC, AND SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON IN THE VEHICLE WHEN PLACED IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. CAR HESITATES AND WANTS TO SHUT DOWN EVERY TIME!! WHEN IT FIRST STARTED TO HAPPEN, IT COULD BE SHUT OFF AND RE-...

Mileage: 84,100

FIRST, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER BASE MODEL. 2.2 ECOTEC ENGINE. THE ABS, LOWTRAC, AND SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON IN THE VEHICLE WHEN PLACED IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. CAR HESITATES AND WANTS TO SHUT DOWN EVERY TIME!! WHEN IT FIRST STARTED TO HAPPEN, IT COULD BE SHUT OFF AND RE-...

Mileage: 84,100

BACK RIGHT REAR SPRING BROKE ON THE BRAKE, ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP THIS WAS THE 3RD ONE THEY HAD SEEN ON THIS MODEL. THE TIRE LOCKED UP COMPLETELY AND THIS HAS NOW CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE IDLING OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 50,386

BACK RIGHT REAR SPRING BROKE ON THE BRAKE, ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP THIS WAS THE 3RD ONE THEY HAD SEEN ON THIS MODEL. THE TIRE LOCKED UP COMPLETELY AND THIS HAS NOW CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE IDLING OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 50,386

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK THROUGH CITY STREETS AND SUDDENLY WAS NOT ABLE TO DISENGAGE CLUTCH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT FROM 2ND TO THIRD. TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 2ND. LUCKILY I WAS ONLY A COUPLE MILES FROM HOME. FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON MY PART FOUND CLUTCH HYDRAULIC HOSE HAD HOLE WORN INTO IT DUE TO BRAC...

WHEN I WAS DROPPING MY SISTER OFF AT THE AIRPORT, I WAS LEAVING IN MY CAVALIER WHICH IS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND ENGAGED THE CLUTCH IT STUCK ON AND WOULD NOT COME OFF. I HAD TO SLAM ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND BRAKES TO STALL OUT THE CAR. ONCE THE CAR STALLED IT ALSO CAME TO...

Mileage: 100,137

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPRINGS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT WERE EXPOSED AND BEGAN TO UNRAVEL. IN ADDITION, THE SEAT ADJUSTER WAS DAMAGED ON THE LEFT BOTTOM OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. AS A RESULT, THE SEAT COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED AND WAS STUCK IN ONE POSITION....

Mileage: 100,000

SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATES. DO NOT KNOW MY SPEED. TACHOMETER FLUCTUATES. CANNOT ESTIMATE SPEED. TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS ACTING UP. DO I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BLOWING MY ENGINE? NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET. THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM, AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. PRETTY EXPENSIVE REPAIR FOR A CAVALIER OWNER. *TR

Mileage: 32,000

MY COMPLAINT IS A "DOMINO EFFECT" WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED, IN ORDER: 1) TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEEDLE OVER EXTENDS ITSELF CLOCKWISE PAST THE MAXIMUM THRESHOLD, SO THAT THE NEEDLE IS POINTING TO THE RIGHT (PASSENGER SIDE). THE NEEDLE WILL UNPREDICTABLY RESET ITSELF TO T...

Mileage: 45,000

THE SECOND WINDOW MOTOR IS FAILING AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. THE FIRST TO FAIL WAS THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE, WHICH OF COURSE WAS RARELY EVER USED. NOW THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WILL OFTEN TIMES NOT CLOSE AND AFTER WAITING SOME TIME, IT GOES UP BIT BY BIT. VERY SOON IT IS GOING TO QUIT WORKING AL...

Mileage: 36,000

CLUTCH STARTED FEELING SLUSHY AND THEN FAILED AFTER A FEW MONTHS. CLUTCH STAYS TO THE FLOOR. REPAIR TO BE DONE, REPLACE SLAVE CYLINDER. *TR

Mileage: 36,000

THE CAR HAS A MAJOR WIRING OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, BUT ITS NOT DETECTED BY MECHANICS. I HAVE A TEMP GAUGE THAT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE, SOMETIMES IT EVEN TOUCHES THE FAR BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF THE CONTROL PANEL. THE SPEEDOMETER IS NO LONGER WORKING, DRIVING OR PARKED I AM GOING -3 MILES AN HOUR. THE R...

Mileage: 30,000

THE CAR HAS A MAJOR WIRING OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, BUT ITS NOT DETECTED BY MECHANICS. I HAVE A TEMP GAUGE THAT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE, SOMETIMES IT EVEN TOUCHES THE FAR BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF THE CONTROL PANEL. THE SPEEDOMETER IS NO LONGER WORKING, DRIVING OR PARKED I AM GOING -3 MILES AN HOUR. THE R...

Mileage: 30,000

THE CAR HAS A MAJOR WIRING OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, BUT ITS NOT DETECTED BY MECHANICS. I HAVE A TEMP GAUGE THAT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE, SOMETIMES IT EVEN TOUCHES THE FAR BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF THE CONTROL PANEL. THE SPEEDOMETER IS NO LONGER WORKING, DRIVING OR PARKED I AM GOING -3 MILES AN HOUR. THE R...

Mileage: 30,000

IN JANUARY 08 VEHICLE TACH WENT REVERSE DIRECTION, THEN JUMPED ERRATICALLY. IN MARCH 08 STARTED SHOWING 65 MPH WHEN VEHICLE DOING 35. IN MAY 08 SPEEDOMETER STARTED STOPPING AT 20 MPH WHEN MOVING OR WHEN CAR SHUT OFF. IN JUNE 08 SPEEDOMETER AND TACH HAVE BOTH STARTED GOING IN REVERSE DIRECTION. THIS...

Mileage: 28,000

THE TACHOMETER IS FAILING TO WORK, THE SPEEDOMETER IS FAILING TO WORK, THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WENT OUT, AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON WITH THE ABS AND TRACK OFF LIGHTS STAY ON. THIS IS CONSTANT. NOW, I AM WORRIED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WILL HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN I AM DRIVING MY CHILDREN. THE...

Mileage: 117,000

SOME TIMES THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD CHANGE TO 100 MPH WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH OR WOULD JUST DROP TO ZEROMPH. THE TACHOMETER WOULD NOT CHANGE. HAD IT INTO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT IT WOULD WORK OK. THE DEALER SAID HE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNDER WARRANTY UNLESS HE COULD SEE THE PROBL...

Mileage: 77,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT NOTICED A LARGE BULGE IN THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE DISASSEMBLED AND THE SPRING OR THE ENTIRE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE H...

Mileage: 24,700

ODOMETER WOULD NOT READ CORRECTLY AND WOULD END UP OVER 110MPH AND GET STUCK. EVENTUALLY WOULD MAKE IT TO 0 AND WORK FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND THE GO BACK OVER 110MPH. WHILE IT WAS OVER 110 IF YOU STARTED THE CAR THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD TURN TOWARDS THE TEMP GAUGE. TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER AND HAD TO REPLA...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE VEHICLE DEFROSTERS DO NOT WORK. THE DEFROSTERS ONLY BLOW OUT ONTO THE DASHBOARD, AND NOT THE WINDSHIELD. THE FAILURE CAUSES DANGEROUS DRIVING DURING WINTER WEATHER. HE HAS CALLED THE DEALER REGARDING THE FAILURE, BUT HAS GOTTEN NO RESPONSE. HE...

Mileage: 46,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE MAKING A TURN IN FIRST GEAR. THE RPM DECREASED TO 400 RPM AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE CONTACT RELEASED HIS FOOT FROM THE CLU...

Mileage: 24,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE MAKING A TURN IN FIRST GEAR. THE RPM DECREASED TO 400 RPM AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE CONTACT RELEASED HIS FOOT FROM THE CLU...

Mileage: 24,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE MAKING A TURN IN FIRST GEAR. THE RPM DECREASED TO 400 RPM AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE CONTACT RELEASED HIS FOOT FROM THE CLU...

Mileage: 24,000

ON THE DATE LISTED BELOW, I NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER BEGAN TO, WELL, "STICK." AFTER A LENGTH OF TIME IT WILL NOT RETURN TO ZERO, AND OVER TIME, WILL DIP BELOW 110 MPH AND STAY THERE. I HAVE BEEN ON NUMEROUS WEBSITES AND HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF CAVALI...

Mileage: 77,100

WHEN I BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP, MY HEAD LIGHTS DIM SIGNIFICANTLY. IT HAPPENS WITH THE HIGH BEAMS AND LOW BEAMS. MY FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT LOCKS WITHOUT THE BRAKES ENGAGED, AND NEEDS TO BE UNBUCKLED TO UNLOCK. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WHEN I BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP, MY HEAD LIGHTS DIM SIGNIFICANTLY. IT HAPPENS WITH THE HIGH BEAMS AND LOW BEAMS. MY FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT LOCKS WITHOUT THE BRAKES ENGAGED, AND NEEDS TO BE UNBUCKLED TO UNLOCK. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

FUEL GAUGE INOPERATIVE, POINTS TO THE TEMP GAUGE. SPEEDOMETER SOMETIMES WORKS. WHEN IT'S NOT, IT'S EITHER POINTING TO BELOW ZERO OR UP AT 90 MPH. MUST RELY ON ODOMETER(STILL WORKS) TO GAUGE FUEL USE. MUST DRIVE SLOWER THAN TRAFFIC TO INSURE I'M NOT SPEEDING. REPAIR IS VERY EXPENSIVE. HAVE NOT BEE...

Mileage: 54,000

THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK ON A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER LS . *TR

Mileage: 23,990

WE HAVE THREE CHEVROLET CAVALIERS (YEARS: 1999, 2000, 2004). ALL THREE OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE AT LEAST ONE CRACK IN THE PART OF THE DASH THAT IS IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONCERN IS IN A SIGNIFICANT CRASH IF THIS CRACK WOULD CAUSE FACIAL OR UPPER BODY INJURIES OR EVEN DEATH. IN ADDI...

WE HAVE THREE CHEVROLET CAVALIERS (YEARS: 1999, 2000, 2004). ALL THREE OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE AT LEAST ONE CRACK IN THE PART OF THE DASH THAT IS IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONCERN IS IN A SIGNIFICANT CRASH IF THIS CRACK WOULD CAUSE FACIAL OR UPPER BODY INJURIES OR EVEN DEATH. IN ADDI...

SPEEDOMETER STARTED RUNNING BACKWARDS AND NOW WILL STICK AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS REGARDLESS OF ACTUAL SPEED. I HAVE TO ESTIMATE ACTUAL SPEED ACCORDING TO RPM'S. CONSEQUENCES IS GETTING PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING BECAUSE I CAN NOT TELL HOW FAST NOR SLOW I AM GOING. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

ELECTRICAL FIRE IN A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER. ALWAYS HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON AND SPEEDOMETER STICKS EVERYTIME IT RAINS. THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAD COME ON AND WE WERE AFRAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO DEPLOY AND IF IT DID WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO AN ACCIDENT. WHEN IT WAS CONTINUED ...

MY 2004 CAVALIER HAS HAD TWO SLAVE CYLINDERS TO FAIL. CLUTCH GOES TO THE FLOOR FAILING TO RELEASE THE CLUTCH. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH SAFETY ISSUES DEALING WITH THE ENGINE. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THERE ARE SOME SAFETY ISSUES WITH THEIR VEHICLE BUT THE DEALER NEEDS A LIGHT TO BE ON TO FIND OUT. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE INJECTORS AND IT WAS NOT THE INJECTORS. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE TRAVELED ON TRIPS ...

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH SAFETY ISSUES DEALING WITH THE ENGINE. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THERE ARE SOME SAFETY ISSUES WITH THEIR VEHICLE BUT THE DEALER NEEDS A LIGHT TO BE ON TO FIND OUT. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE INJECTORS AND IT WAS NOT THE INJECTORS. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE TRAVELED ON TRIPS ...

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T...MY GAS GAUGE NEVER WORKS PROPERLY...THIS BEGAN TO HAPPEN AFTER I REACHED 55,000 MILES ON MY CAR. *JB

Mileage: 55,000

I HAVE 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH LESS THAN 40K MILEAGE. ON AUGUST 31, 2007, THE CLUTCH PAD SUDDENLY DID NOT BACK UP ON MY WAY HOME. I CHECKED THIS WEBSITE AND FOUND I HAD THE SAME ISSUE AS ANOTHER CONSUMER. ALL THE LIQUID WAS COMING OUT FROM THE CLUTCH LINE BETWEEN MASTER CYLINDER TO TRANSMISSION. WH...

Mileage: 42,000

AT A ROUND 61000 KM'S (APPROX MAR 2007)THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER STARTED GIVING INCORRECT READINGS, EITHER AT THE SAME TIME OR ON THEIR OWN. THEY WILL PRETTY PRETTY MUCH SPIN AROUND AT DIFFERENT POINTS. THEN SOME TIMES THEY WILL WORK FINE. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. TODAY (SEPT 2007), THE...

Mileage: 61,056

I HAVE 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH LESS THAN 24K MILEAGE. ON AUGUST 4, 2007, THE CLUTCH PAD SUDDENLY DID NOT BACK UP ON MY WAY HOME. I CANNOT CHANGE THE SPEED. WHEN AAA GUY CAME TO TOW, HE FOUND OUT THERE WAS NO HYDAULIC LIQUID. I BOUGHT THE LIQUID AND ADDED IT INTO THE HYDRAULIC LIQUID RESERVOIR. WHE...

I HAVE 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH LESS THAN 24K MILEAGE. ON AUGUST 4, 2007, THE CLUTCH PAD SUDDENLY DID NOT BACK UP ON MY WAY HOME. I CANNOT CHANGE THE SPEED. WHEN AAA GUY CAME TO TOW, HE FOUND OUT THERE WAS NO HYDAULIC LIQUID. I BOUGHT THE LIQUID AND ADDED IT INTO THE HYDRAULIC LIQUID RESERVOIR. WHE...

I HAVEN'T MADE A PAYMENT ON MY CAR FOR ABOUT A YEAR. I CALL THE FINANCE COMPANY, BACK IN FEB 2007, TO FIND OUT WHY THEY HAVEN'T REPOSSESSED IT YET. THEY HAD TOLD ME THEY HAD REPOED THE CAR AND CONSIDERED IT A TOTAL LOSS. I FEEL THEY HAD DONE WRONG BY ME BECAUSE I STILL HAVE THE CAR IN QUESTION. IF T...

Mileage: 40,000

ON 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER FUEL PUMP WENT OUT A TONLY 76000 MILES. BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS IDLING. *AK

Mileage: 76,000

CLUSTER IN DASH FAILED, NO GAUGES WORK. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE PLASTIC HOUSING ON BOTH REAR OUTER SEAT BELTS FRACTURED AND DETACHED. THE SEAT BELTS ALSO DID NOT HOLD THE OCCUPANTS SECURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE MANUFACTURER W...

Mileage: 35,000

MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAS LESS THAT 41,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS ABOUT 180 MILES FORM HOME WHEN THE CLUTCH WENT OUT. I WAS TOLD BY THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN THAT CITY THAT THE CLUTCH CYLINDER, CLUTCH PLATES, AND CLUTCH FLUID NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, WHICH COVERS UP TO 75...

Mileage: 41,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT REAR POWER WINDOWS WERE FAILING. THE SERVICE DEALER REFUSED TO CLOSE THE WINDOW WITHOUT CHARGING FOR THE SERVICE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

Mileage: 43,000

2004 CHEVY CAV. NEEDS NEW RACK AND PINION STEERING ASSEMBLY. WAS TOLD BY MECH THAT HE HAD TO REPLACE 3 OTHER CAV'S RACK AND PINION SYSTEMS DUE TO MALFUNCTIONS. WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THESE RACK SYSTEMS. I HAVE 70555 MILES ON MY CAR. WAS TOLD BY MECH THAT CAV'S WITH LESSER MILEAGE NEEDED REPLACING. ME...

Mileage: 70,455

VEHICLE'S IDLE STUCK AT 2500 RPM'S, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO BRAKE. OTHER TIMES VEHICLE'S RPM'S ARE SO LOW THE VEHICLE STALLS. WHEN THEY ARE TOO HIGH THE ONLY CORRECTION IS TO ENGAGE THE CLUTCH AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. CHEVY DEALERS CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, SO THEY DO NOTHING. THE PROBLEM IS INTE...

Mileage: 25,250

I BOUGHT MY CAR, A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 21 MILES ON IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE TRIED TO RETURN IT AND NOW THE MINOR BUT FREQUENT ISSUES ARE MUCH BIGGER AND MORE FREQUENTLY! FIRST MY TRUNK LATCH BROKE A WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. THE CD BROKE THE NEXT WEEK, CIGARETTE LIGHTER BROKE, AND PASSENGER SEAT WOU...

Mileage: 5,000

I BOUGHT MY CAR, A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 21 MILES ON IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE TRIED TO RETURN IT AND NOW THE MINOR BUT FREQUENT ISSUES ARE MUCH BIGGER AND MORE FREQUENTLY! FIRST MY TRUNK LATCH BROKE A WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. THE CD BROKE THE NEXT WEEK, CIGARETTE LIGHTER BROKE, AND PASSENGER SEAT WOU...

Mileage: 5,000

I BOUGHT MY CAR, A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 21 MILES ON IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE TRIED TO RETURN IT AND NOW THE MINOR BUT FREQUENT ISSUES ARE MUCH BIGGER AND MORE FREQUENTLY! FIRST MY TRUNK LATCH BROKE A WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. THE CD BROKE THE NEXT WEEK, CIGARETTE LIGHTER BROKE, AND PASSENGER SEAT WOU...

Mileage: 5,000

I BOUGHT MY CAR, A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 21 MILES ON IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE TRIED TO RETURN IT AND NOW THE MINOR BUT FREQUENT ISSUES ARE MUCH BIGGER AND MORE FREQUENTLY! FIRST MY TRUNK LATCH BROKE A WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. THE CD BROKE THE NEXT WEEK, CIGARETTE LIGHTER BROKE, AND PASSENGER SEAT WOU...

Mileage: 5,000

I BOUGHT MY CAR, A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 21 MILES ON IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE TRIED TO RETURN IT AND NOW THE MINOR BUT FREQUENT ISSUES ARE MUCH BIGGER AND MORE FREQUENTLY! FIRST MY TRUNK LATCH BROKE A WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. THE CD BROKE THE NEXT WEEK, CIGARETTE LIGHTER BROKE, AND PASSENGER SEAT WOU...

Mileage: 5,000

I BOUGHT MY CAR, A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 21 MILES ON IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE TRIED TO RETURN IT AND NOW THE MINOR BUT FREQUENT ISSUES ARE MUCH BIGGER AND MORE FREQUENTLY! FIRST MY TRUNK LATCH BROKE A WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. THE CD BROKE THE NEXT WEEK, CIGARETTE LIGHTER BROKE, AND PASSENGER SEAT WOU...

Mileage: 5,000

I BOUGHT MY CAR, A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 21 MILES ON IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE TRIED TO RETURN IT AND NOW THE MINOR BUT FREQUENT ISSUES ARE MUCH BIGGER AND MORE FREQUENTLY! FIRST MY TRUNK LATCH BROKE A WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. THE CD BROKE THE NEXT WEEK, CIGARETTE LIGHTER BROKE, AND PASSENGER SEAT WOU...

Mileage: 5,000

I BOUGHT MY CAR, A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 21 MILES ON IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE TRIED TO RETURN IT AND NOW THE MINOR BUT FREQUENT ISSUES ARE MUCH BIGGER AND MORE FREQUENTLY! FIRST MY TRUNK LATCH BROKE A WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. THE CD BROKE THE NEXT WEEK, CIGARETTE LIGHTER BROKE, AND PASSENGER SEAT WOU...

Mileage: 5,000

CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER FAILED, SLAVE CYLINDER IS INSIDE THE BELL HOUSING. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *JB

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, THE ENGINE WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. AT FIRST IT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. HOWEVER IT BEGAN TO HAPPEN WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOVEMENT. I TRIED TO CRANK THE CAR TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP AND IT WOULDN'T CRANK AT ALL. THE PROBLEM COULDN'T BE IDENTIFIED ON A DIAG...

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, THE ENGINE WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. AT FIRST IT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. HOWEVER IT BEGAN TO HAPPEN WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOVEMENT. I TRIED TO CRANK THE CAR TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP AND IT WOULDN'T CRANK AT ALL. THE PROBLEM COULDN'T BE IDENTIFIED ON A DIAG...

IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT FOR THE EXACT SAME THING. THE FRONT WINDOW DEFROST WILL NOT BLOW AIR IN ORDER TO DEFROST THE WINDOW. THIS CAUSES VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER DOES NOT WANT TO FIX IT WITH OUT APPROVAL OF A LOT OF HOURS FOR LABOR AND T...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE THREE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE AUTOMATIC WINDOWS FAILED TO ROLL EITHER UP OR DOWN. THE SECOND PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH THE TRUNK; WATER CONTINUALLY LEAKED INTO THE TRUNK. THE THIRD PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE BRAKES; THEY WERE NO LONGER WORKING AT ONLY 2500...

Mileage: 25,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE THREE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE AUTOMATIC WINDOWS FAILED TO ROLL EITHER UP OR DOWN. THE SECOND PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH THE TRUNK; WATER CONTINUALLY LEAKED INTO THE TRUNK. THE THIRD PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE BRAKES; THEY WERE NO LONGER WORKING AT ONLY 2500...

Mileage: 25,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE THREE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE AUTOMATIC WINDOWS FAILED TO ROLL EITHER UP OR DOWN. THE SECOND PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH THE TRUNK; WATER CONTINUALLY LEAKED INTO THE TRUNK. THE THIRD PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE BRAKES; THEY WERE NO LONGER WORKING AT ONLY 2500...

Mileage: 25,500

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE GRINDING SINCE I BOUGHT MY 04 CAVALIER. IT HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES AND EACH TIME I WAS TOLD THERE WAS ONLY RUST BUILD UP AND IT WAS SANDED OFF ONLY TO RECCUR. THE LAST TIME IN THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD MY CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND IF I WANTED A...

Mileage: 40,000

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE GRINDING SINCE I BOUGHT MY 04 CAVALIER. IT HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES AND EACH TIME I WAS TOLD THERE WAS ONLY RUST BUILD UP AND IT WAS SANDED OFF ONLY TO RECCUR. THE LAST TIME IN THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD MY CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND IF I WANTED A...

Mileage: 40,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED WHEN HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT TAKEN AT THE SCENE AND THE CONTACT RECEIVED MINOR INJURES ALTHOUGH T...

Mileage: 26,500

WHILE I WAS DRIVING OVER A HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH UNDER HEAVY RAIN CONDITIONS, I LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE (CHEVY CAVALIER 2004) AND HAD A FRONTAL CRASH AGAINST THE CONCRETE MEDIAN. DURING THE IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY PROVOKING MINOR INJURIES IN THE FACE TO THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE. ...

Mileage: 41

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS, THE CLUTCH DID NOT ENGAGE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE CLUTCH ENGAGED AND THE GEARS WERE SWITCHED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER AND THE DEALER DETERMINED THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY OF THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION NEEDED ...

Mileage: 37,115

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW DOES NOT OPERATE. THE DEALERSHIP MADE REPAIRS TWICE; THE MOTOR AND REGULATOR HAVE BEEN REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE WINDOW IS INOPERATIVE AGAIN. UPDATED 04/11/06 *JB

Mileage: 30,000

WHEN HAVING MY BRAKES CHANGED IT WAS NOTICED THAT ON THE REAR BRAKES ONLY HALF THE PAD TOUCHES THE DRUM, THE LOWER HALF DOES NOT TOUCH IT ONLY THE TOP. *NM

BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2004 CAVALIER APPROXIMATELY APRIL 2004. SINCE PURCHASE DATE,CAR HAS BEEN INTO DEALERSHIP DUE TO LOUD GRINDING NOISES IN BRAKES 3 TIMES. FIRST TIME TO BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. EVERY TIME I HAVE BEEN THE NOISES ARE RUST BUILDUP ON SHOES AND PADS. THE REM...

BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2004 CAVALIER APPROXIMATELY APRIL 2004. SINCE PURCHASE DATE,CAR HAS BEEN INTO DEALERSHIP DUE TO LOUD GRINDING NOISES IN BRAKES 3 TIMES. FIRST TIME TO BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. EVERY TIME I HAVE BEEN THE NOISES ARE RUST BUILDUP ON SHOES AND PADS. THE REM...

NOTICED SQUEAKING NOISE ON FRONT WHEELS WHEN TURNING. *JB

Mileage: 39,925

I'M FILING THIS FOR MY DAD. HE WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE A COMPUTER. A MAN STOLE A VEHICLE AND WAS BEING CHASED BY POLICE IN KANSAS CITY WHEN MY DAD WAS IN THE INTERSECTION AT THE WRONG TIME AND WAS HIT SQUARE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF HIS CHEVY CAVALIER. I'M NOT SURE OF THE YEAR, BUT IT'S LESS THAN 3 ...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAS BEEN HAVING A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPS ON DRY ROADS, IT WILL STALL AND SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THE AUTO AIR CONTROL SYSTEM SENSOR AND THE ENTIRE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM HAVE BOTH BEEN REPLACED TWICE....

Mileage: 15,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAS BEEN HAVING A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPS ON DRY ROADS, IT WILL STALL AND SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THE AUTO AIR CONTROL SYSTEM SENSOR AND THE ENTIRE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM HAVE BOTH BEEN REPLACED TWICE....

Mileage: 15,000

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER, HIT A POT HOLE, AND WENT OFF ONTO THE SIDE OF A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY. SHOULD THE ALUMINUM WHEEL-RIM, FACTORY-INSTALLED, HAVE BROKEN IN HALF WHEN THE AXLE WAS FINE? I AM SENSING METAL FATIGUE? *NM

IN WET CONDITIONS MY 2004 CAVALIER DOES NOT STOP WELL. WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE CAR WASH IT ALMOST DIDN'T STOP WHEN I APPROACHED THE ROAD, NARROWLY AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WHEN THEY WASHED THE CAR AND THEN DROVE IT. SO THEY S...

Mileage: 15,000

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THANKSGIVING I WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT MY MANUAL TRANSMISSION, AND I NOTICED THAT THE CLUTCH APPEARED STUCK TO THE FLOOR. THE REMAINDER OF THE WAY HOME (30 MILES) IF I SLOWED DOWN THE WOULD STALL AS I COULD NOT PUSH THE CLUTCH IN. THE CAR, A 2004 CAVALIER, HAS A TOTAL OF 42000 MI...

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THANKSGIVING I WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT MY MANUAL TRANSMISSION, AND I NOTICED THAT THE CLUTCH APPEARED STUCK TO THE FLOOR. THE REMAINDER OF THE WAY HOME (30 MILES) IF I SLOWED DOWN THE WOULD STALL AS I COULD NOT PUSH THE CLUTCH IN. THE CAR, A 2004 CAVALIER, HAS A TOTAL OF 42000 MI...

Mileage: 45,000

DT:THE CONTACT STATED THE DASHBOARD LIGHT KEPT GOING OUT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CONTACT WAS ON HER WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNSURE IF THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN CORRECTED.*AK

DT: WHILE DRIVING THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO A POSSIBLE MEDICAL CONDITION. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IMMEDIATELY UPON IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE...

Mileage: 30,300

DT: WHILE DRIVING THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO A POSSIBLE MEDICAL CONDITION. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IMMEDIATELY UPON IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE...

Mileage: 30,300

MY 2004 CAVALIER HAS THE DASH CLUSTER GOING OUT. THEREFORE, MY SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES THAT I HAVE HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES BECAUSE I WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE TOO FAST, BUT THOUGHT THAT I WAS SLOW ENOUGH. THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME THERE IS NO RECALL BECAUSE IT I...

IN RAINY CONDITIONS, MY CAVALIER DOES NOT SEEM TO STOP WELL AND THE ABS IS OVERACTIVE. PUDDLES, WET ROADS, RAIN, AND SNOW SEEM TO HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON MY STOPPING ABILITIES. IN TWO DIFFERENT RAIN STORMS I HAVE ALMOST HIT A POSSUM, A COP, A TREE LIMB, OTHER CARS, AND MISSED AN INTERSECTION; NON OF...

Mileage: 48,540

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH OVER 29,000 MILES ON IT IN JULY OF 2005. THE CAR STOPS RUNNING AT ANY SPEED TRAVELED, EVERYTHING LOCKS UP SO IT IS HARD TO STEER OFF THE ROAD. AFTER I FINALLY PULL OF THE ROAD I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURN THE IGNITION KEY OFF AND THEN TURN IT ON AGAIN IT STARTS BACK UP. THI...

Mileage: 37,100

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WHICH HAS BEEN IN NO ACCIDENTS AND IS VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF. THE PAINT ON THIS CAR, AND OTHER CARS LIKE IT, IS PEELING AND CHIPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR NO REASON. THE DOOR EDGES, BUMPERS, HOOD, AND FENDER ALL HAVE CHIPS OF PAINT MISSING OR ABOUT TO FALL OFF. THE CLE...

Mileage: 3,800

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WHICH HAS BEEN IN NO ACCIDENTS AND IS VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF. THE PAINT ON THIS CAR, AND OTHER CARS LIKE IT, IS PEELING AND CHIPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR NO REASON. THE DOOR EDGES, BUMPERS, HOOD, AND FENDER ALL HAVE CHIPS OF PAINT MISSING OR ABOUT TO FALL OFF. THE CLE...

Mileage: 3,800

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WHICH HAS BEEN IN NO ACCIDENTS AND IS VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF. THE PAINT ON THIS CAR, AND OTHER CARS LIKE IT, IS PEELING AND CHIPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR NO REASON. THE DOOR EDGES, BUMPERS, HOOD, AND FENDER ALL HAVE CHIPS OF PAINT MISSING OR ABOUT TO FALL OFF. THE CLE...

Mileage: 3,800

DT: THE SUN VISORS DO NOT HAVE THE SNAP TO KEEP THEM IN PLACE. THIS ALLOWS THEM TO SLIP DOWN WHILE THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. THIS IS THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. THIS FIRST STARTED HAPPENING AROUND 6-1-05. *AK *NM

Mileage: 5,000

DT: CONTACT STATES THERE IS A WATER LEAK IN HIS TRUNK CAUSED BY THE CAR NOT BEING PROPERLY WELDED DURING MANUFACTURING. THE WATER LEAK CAUSES MOLD AND MILDEW TO FORM ON THE CARPETING AND THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS MOLD AND MILDEW IS CAUSING ILLNESS TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. THE SERV...

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR AND CIRCUIT BOARD MALFUNCTIONED. NEITHER CHEVROLET NOR THE DEALERSHIP COULD UNDERSTAND WHY THE DEALER WHERE SHE HAD THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 39,000 MILES ON . THE WINDSHIELD...

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WITH MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER, 4 DR SEDAN, VIN #[XXX]TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MPH ON MONDAY, 8/8/05 DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS ,I LOOKED AT THE SPEEDOMETER AND LO AND BEHOLD IT REGISTERED ZERO. THE ZERO READING CONTINUED FOR UP TO 20 MINUTES BEFORE IT BEGAN TO RECORD SPEED. I ...

DT: WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE DIED. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVERY TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT WOULD NOT RETURN THE CONSUMERS CALL. SHE CALLED THREE TIMES. THE DEALER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS AN IGNITION SWITCH THE S...

Mileage: 6,342

DT: WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE DIED. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVERY TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT WOULD NOT RETURN THE CONSUMERS CALL. SHE CALLED THREE TIMES. THE DEALER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS AN IGNITION SWITCH THE S...

Mileage: 6,342

2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH STARTING AS WELL AS STALLING.*MR THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TOT HE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PERMANENTLY ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. *NM

Mileage: 7,194

DT: 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE ALUMINUM RIM ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE CRACKED WHEN PULLING OFF OF THE FREEWAY AND COMING UP TO A LIGHT. NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE TIRE, AND NOTHING HIT THE RIM TO PUNCTURE IT. THE CRACK WAS ON THE INSIDE OF THE RIM. IT CRACKED A 9 INCH RIP LONG WAYS AND THERE I...

Mileage: 8,600

DT: CONSUMER STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS BEHIND THE DASHBOARD WENT BAD, AND THEN THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE RADIO HAD TO REPLACED 3 TIMES, AND THE ALARM WENT OFF AT RANDOM. ALSO, ...

Mileage: 2,491

DT: CONSUMER STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS BEHIND THE DASHBOARD WENT BAD, AND THEN THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE RADIO HAD TO REPLACED 3 TIMES, AND THE ALARM WENT OFF AT RANDOM. ALSO, ...

Mileage: 2,491

DT: CONSUMER STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS BEHIND THE DASHBOARD WENT BAD, AND THEN THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE RADIO HAD TO REPLACED 3 TIMES, AND THE ALARM WENT OFF AT RANDOM. ALSO, ...

Mileage: 2,491

DT: CONSUMER STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS BEHIND THE DASHBOARD WENT BAD, AND THEN THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE RADIO HAD TO REPLACED 3 TIMES, AND THE ALARM WENT OFF AT RANDOM. ALSO, ...

Mileage: 2,491

DRIVERS SIDE WIPER ARM NUT CAME LOOSE CAUSING WIPERS NOT TO WORK AT ALL. WILE WIFE WAS BACKING CAR UP IN DRIVEWAY TO RETURN TO OUR HOUSE (DUE TO WIPERS NOT WORKING)SHE HIT A TREE CAUSING REAR QUATER AND REAR BUMPER COVER DAMAGE

Mileage: 28,000

DT: THE BACK SEAT FOLD UP WHILE IT IS LOCKED IT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED THE CLIP, BUT IT STILL CONTINUED TO FOLD. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE ...

Mileage: 35,000

WHILE SHIFTING OUT OF GEAR AND STOPPING, THE CAR ON ITS OWN IT REVVED UP TO 5000 RPMS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THE ACCLERATOR WAS STUCK AND ATTEMPTED TO LIFT IT UP WITH MY FOOT, AND FOUND OUT THAT WAS NOT IT. ABOUT 15 SECONDS LATER IT STOPPED ON ITS OWN.*AK

Mileage: 34,000

HOOD OUT OF ALIGNMENT KEEPS CATCHING ON FENDER AND PLASTIC ON WINDOW. *AK

Mileage: 15,000

I HAVE NOTICED EXCESSIVE BRAKE FAD AT SPEEDS OF HIGHER THAN 50 MILES PER HOUR, BUT NOT IN EXCESS OF 65 MILES PER HOUR. THE PROBLEM ALSO HAPPENS WHEN THE ROADS ARE LITTLE MORE THAN DAMP. IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND/OR SHOES ARE EITHER TOO SMALL FOR THE CAR OR THE MATERIAL IS NOT OF GOOD QUA...

I HAVE NOTICED EXCESSIVE BRAKE FAD AT SPEEDS OF HIGHER THAN 50 MILES PER HOUR, BUT NOT IN EXCESS OF 65 MILES PER HOUR. THE PROBLEM ALSO HAPPENS WHEN THE ROADS ARE LITTLE MORE THAN DAMP. IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND/OR SHOES ARE EITHER TOO SMALL FOR THE CAR OR THE MATERIAL IS NOT OF GOOD QUA...

THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY AS SOON AS BEING FILLED UP WITH GAS. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE GAS CAP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS CRACKED AND RELEASING GAS. *JB

THE AIR BAG DEACTIVATION DEVICE EXPLODED AND/ BLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD/CRACKED THE DASHBOARD, AND SENT METAL THROUGH THE GLASS DOOR. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT SINCE THE A...

Mileage: 15,203

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND WAITED A WHILE THEN STARTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN. THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 12,000

WHILE DRIVING,THE RIGHT SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR WOULD SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS. *JB

A WINDING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT WHILE DRIVING. AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE NOISE ESCALATED REPEATEDLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC CLAIMED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM, BUT DEALERSHIP HAD NO FIXED IT. *AK

1) ON 12/23/04, I WAS A PASSENGER IN A CHEVY CAVILIER VAN RENTED 12/22 THRU AVIS, PHOENIX AIRPORT. 2) WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE AUTOMATIC DOOR (PASSENGER SIDE, REAR) WENT BACK SO QUICKLY AND WITH SO MUCH FORCE THAT IT SNAPPED MY WRIST BACK (HYPEREXTENDED) AND WEDGED IT BETWEEN DOOR AND VAN. ...

ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER. WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF PURCHASE (PURCHASED NEW) CAR HAS HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THAT HAVE GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE AT TIMES, PRE-SET RADIO STATIONS CHANGE AT TIMES, AND INTERIOR LIGHT WILL TURN ON...

Mileage: 1,000

RECALL 03V159000 CONCERNING WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED OPERATING DURING INCLEMENT CONDITIONS. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *TC

Mileage: 1,200

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE(04002) REGARDING THE IGNITION CIRCUIT THERMAL. THE DEALER REFUSED TO DO THE WORK!!! SERVICE MANAGER PATRICIA BARONA. *JB THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO BE DISREGUARDED BECAUSE INFORMATION WAS ON THE CONSUMERS 2001 THAT WAS TRADED FOR 2004. ...

VEHICLE T-BONED AT 45 MPH AND FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT AIR BAG SENSOR WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE FRONT SEAT BELTS.*AK

Mileage: 7,126

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 9,700

I HAVE AN EXCESSIVE GRINDING FEEL WITHIN THE CLUTCH PEDAL. A TSB FOR THIS HAS BEEN ISSUED AND SO FAR THE VEHICLE IS 6 MONTHS OLD. 2 CLUTCH ASSEMBLIES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND ONE FLYWHEEL. THE ORIGINAL TSB STATES DO NOT REPLACE THE CLUTCH COMPONENTS AND FLYWHEEL BECAUSE THIS WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROB...

Mileage: 34

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, EVERY MONTH OR SO IT WILL TURN OVER ONCE AND THE POWER WILL SHUT OFF AND WHEN I LET OFF THE KEY IT WILL COME BACK ON. THEN TRY TO START AGAIN AND IT WILL. MAYBE A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION OR STARTER.*AK

Mileage: 13,200

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT WHEN MANUALLY SHIFTING VEHICLE STALLED. THE KEY HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. ALSO, SOMETIMES VEHICLE STALLED WHEN SHIFTING TOO FAST. OCCASIONALLY, THE STALLING OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY. DURING THIS TIME IT COULD BE DANGEROUS TO HAVE TO REMO...

Mileage: 10

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL. ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV FOR 5 MINUTES, THEN IT SUDDENLY DIED DOWN. THIS FAILURE ALMOST CAUSED TWO REAR END COLLISIONS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DE...

Mileage: 2,000

WITH LESS THAN 100 MILES ON THE CAR IT BEGAN TO REV UP ON ITS OWN. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 9 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THEY EVEN INSTALLED AN ON BOARD COMPUTER AND WERE ABLE TO SEE THE PROBLEM THAT OCCURS. THE MECHANIC SAYS HE BELIEVES IT IS A GLITCH IN THE COMPUTER AND IS UNABLE TO FIX IT. IT HAS N...

Mileage: 100

WITH LESS THAN 100 MILES ON THE CAR IT BEGAN TO REV UP ON ITS OWN. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 9 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THEY EVEN INSTALLED AN ON BOARD COMPUTER AND WERE ABLE TO SEE THE PROBLEM THAT OCCURS. THE MECHANIC SAYS HE BELIEVES IT IS A GLITCH IN THE COMPUTER AND IS UNABLE TO FIX IT. IT HAS N...

Mileage: 100

A STRONG FUEL ODOR ENTERED THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE VENTS WERE USED. THIS ODOR CAUSED NAUSEA AND HEADACHES TO ANY ONE RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. AT ANY TEMPERATURE, THE VEHICLE TOOK A VERY LONG TIME TO CRANK UP. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND BOGGED ...

Mileage: 100

A STRONG FUEL ODOR ENTERED THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE VENTS WERE USED. THIS ODOR CAUSED NAUSEA AND HEADACHES TO ANY ONE RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. AT ANY TEMPERATURE, THE VEHICLE TOOK A VERY LONG TIME TO CRANK UP. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND BOGGED ...

Mileage: 100

A STRONG FUEL ODOR ENTERED THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE VENTS WERE USED. THIS ODOR CAUSED NAUSEA AND HEADACHES TO ANY ONE RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. AT ANY TEMPERATURE, THE VEHICLE TOOK A VERY LONG TIME TO CRANK UP. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND BOGGED ...

Mileage: 100

A STRONG FUEL ODOR ENTERED THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE VENTS WERE USED. THIS ODOR CAUSED NAUSEA AND HEADACHES TO ANY ONE RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. AT ANY TEMPERATURE, THE VEHICLE TOOK A VERY LONG TIME TO CRANK UP. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND BOGGED ...

Mileage: 100

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE RPM WOULD GO TO 3000 WITH THE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR. THE CONSUMER ENGAGED THE CLUTCH AND HIT THE GAS PEDAL AND T...

Mileage: 172

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE RPM WOULD GO TO 3000 WITH THE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR. THE CONSUMER ENGAGED THE CLUTCH AND HIT THE GAS PEDAL AND T...

Mileage: 172

POSSIBLE BRAKE OR ACCELERATOR DEFECT IN 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. *MR THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS THREE INCHES HIGHER THAN THE ACCELERATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER IN WHICH THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH CONSUMER FOUND IT HARD TO STEER THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER SLOWLY DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD, AND FOUND THAT STEERING FLUID WAS COVERING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ALSO, THE HOSE CONNECTING THE STEERING FLUID PUMP WAS NOT CONNECTED PROPERLY. THE CLAMP WAS ON T...

DRIVERS SEAT BELT MORE THAN TWELVE INCHES SHORTER THAN PASSENGERS SEAT BELT. *AK

Mileage: 25

UPON DELIVERY OF NEW 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT TWO OF THE FOUR BOLTS THAT HOLD THE TRUNK LID TO THE VEHICLE WERE BROKEN COMPLETELY OFF. ALSO, THE REAR WINDOW HAD TO BE REMOVED AND NEW WEATHER STRIPPING HAD TO BE APPLIED BY THE DEALER BODY SHOP. THE WEATHER STRIPPING THAT WAS AP...

UPON DELIVERY OF NEW 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT TWO OF THE FOUR BOLTS THAT HOLD THE TRUNK LID TO THE VEHICLE WERE BROKEN COMPLETELY OFF. ALSO, THE REAR WINDOW HAD TO BE REMOVED AND NEW WEATHER STRIPPING HAD TO BE APPLIED BY THE DEALER BODY SHOP. THE WEATHER STRIPPING THAT WAS AP...

I PURCHASED MY 2004 CAVALIER LS WITH ONLY 4 MILES ON THE OD. I NOTICED THE VERY SAME DAY ON THE WAY HOME THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VIBRATING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 65 & 75, AND DIDDNT TAKE IT IN RIGHT AWAY CAUSE I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS NORMAL AND THERE COULDNT POSSIBLY BE ANYTHING WRONG CAUSE THE CAR ...

Mileage: 10

I PURCHASED MY 2004 CAVALIER LS WITH ONLY 4 MILES ON THE OD. I NOTICED THE VERY SAME DAY ON THE WAY HOME THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VIBRATING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 65 & 75, AND DIDDNT TAKE IT IN RIGHT AWAY CAUSE I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS NORMAL AND THERE COULDNT POSSIBLY BE ANYTHING WRONG CAUSE THE CAR ...

Mileage: 10

I DISCOVERED AT 1500 MILES MY 2004 CAVALIER LS HAD A LEAK APPARENT IN THE ROOF LINER. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND TURNS OUT THE REAR BACK WINDOW SEAL WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED AND WAS CRIMPED UPON INSTALLATION AT THE FACTORY. THE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BY GM AND WAS FIXED TO MY SATISFA...

Mileage: 1,500

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE TO WARM IT UP AND WENT BACK INTO THE OFFICE. VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES WITHIN 10 MINUTES. THE FLAMES WERE UNDER THE HOOD. *AK

Mileage: 6,208

ON INTERMITTENT SETTING, WINDSHIELD WIPERS ONLY MOVE ACROSS WINDSHIELD IN SPURTS, STOPING EVERY SECOND. WORKS NORMALLY ON HIGH SETTINGS. ON PREVIOUS REPAIR, WIPER LINKAGES FAILED RESULTING IN ONE WIPER REMAINING PARKED AT ALL TIMES. *AK