1995 Chevrolet Cavalier

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES. IF THE ENGINE FAILS TO START AND THE DRIVER HOLDS THE KEY IN THE "START" POSITION FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD, HIGH CURRENT FLOWS THROUGH THE IGNITION SWITCH, AND SOMETIMES PRODUCES ENOUGH HEAT TO MELT INTERNAL SWITCH PARTS.

THE FRONT AND/OR REAR HAZARD WARNING LAMPS (FOUR-WAY FLASHERS) DO NOT FLASH WHEN THE HAZARD SWITCH IS ACTIVATED. THIS FAILS TO COMPLY WITH FMVSS NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."

SOME WELDS WERE OMITTED FROM THE BODY LOCK PILLAR, OR "B" PILLAR. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS NO.208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION."

THESE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH WELDS MISSING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLIES CAUSING EXCESSIVE LOADS ON THE EXISTING WELDS.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS TURNING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, INFORMING THE OWNER THAT VEHICLE NEEDED COOLANT. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS AND RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW HEAD GASKET. THEN, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM TWICE WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. *AK

Incident Feb 7, 2001

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONSUMER COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

Incident Oct 1, 2004

IN JANUARY 2004 THE CHECK COOLANT GUAGE WOULD LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY, THEN ON A DAILY BASIS, AND VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC HAD FOUND THAT THERE WAS COOLANT LEAKAGE FROM THE RADIATOR AND HAD ADVISED THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET BE REPLACED.*AK

Incident Jan 30, 2004

FIRE UNDER HOOD - HAD THE RECALL IGNITION WORK DONE ON 09/23/2003 WHILE GETTING THE FIFTH ALTERNATOR REPLACED SINCE MARCH OF 2002. ON 03/28/2004 CAR WOULD NOT START FOR 20 MINUTES. FINALLY STARTED, DROVE APPROX. 2 MILES WHEN SMOKE POURED OUT FROM UNDER HOOD, PARKED AND RAISED HOOD, FLAMES. FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY EXTINGUISHER. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM I READ ABOUT IN THE RECALL NOTICE BEFORE I GOT THE RECALL WORK DONE ON THE IGNITION. CALLED DEALER THAT DID THE RECALL WORK WHO STATED HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF A FIRE AFTER THE RECALL WORK HAD BEEN DONE.*AK

Incident Mar 28, 2004

LEFT TURN AND BRAKE LIGHT DOES NOT WORK HAVE REPLACED ALL BULBS. POWER STEERING CONSTANTLY GOING OUT. CAR SHAKES BADLY. *AK

Incident Oct 1, 2003

AS DESCRIBED IN PRIOR DEFECT REPORTS, E.G. 98054A, MY CAVALIER HAS A LEAKING HEAD GASKET. HOWEVER, SINCE IT WAS DISCOVERED AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, THE DEALER & MFR HAVE REFUSED TO REPAIR IT. I'M FACED WITH A HEFTY REPAIR BILL FOR A KNOWN MFR'S DEFECT.*AK

Incident May 1, 1995

CONSUMER STATES THEY STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AFTER THE RECALL ON HEAD GASKET HAS BEEN PERFORM ON VEHICLE. RECALL NUMBER UNKNOWN. KYLE CHEVROLET 860-872-6530. *AK

Incident Jul 2, 2003

THE DEFROSTER DIDN'T WORK. *TS *JB

SINCE THE END OF AUGUST 2002, MY CAR HAS BEEN FALLING APART. IT ALL STARTED WHEN MY AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING. I HAD FREON PUT BACK INTO IT, BUT AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE FREON WAS GONE. THE MECHANIC PUT A DYE INTO THE SYSTEM TO SEE IF THERE WAS A LEAK, BUT HE COULDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS ALWAYS OVERHEATED IN TRAFFIC. OIL IS LEAKING FROM MY HEAD GASKETS. NOW, IT IS HAVING TROUBLE STARTING PERIODICALLY. I WAS IN CAMDEN WHEN IT WOULDN'T START. NOW I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. WHEN I START THE CAR, A CLICKING NOISE COMES FROM THE STARTER. OH YEAH, I HAD THE STARTER "FIXED" A YEAR AGO BECAUSE OF THE RECALL. THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM MY ALTERNATOR. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE ALTERNATOR OR THE STARTER THAT'S KEEPING THE CAR FROM STARTING. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY CAR AND THE COMPLAINTS FROM OTHERS, THIS IS NOT A RELIABLE CAR. *JB

Incident Aug 14, 2002

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE IGNITION. *AK

Incident Jun 11, 2003

NUMBER ONE PISTON ROD BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BLOW AND A BASEBALL SIZE HOLE IN THE OIL PAN. ENTIRE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TT

Incident May 29, 2003

THE CONSUMER NOTICED OIL ON THE GROUND WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MECHANIC WHO CHANGED THE GASKET BUT A LEAK WAS STILL PRESENT. *NLM

THE ENGINE STALLED, THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

Incident Mar 25, 2003

THE IGNITION FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING COLUMN AND KEY TO GET HOT WHILE IN USE. *JB..*AK

Incident Feb 12, 2003

THE RIGHT TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION.*JB

Incident Mar 14, 2003

HEAD GASKET LEAKING FOR THE 3RD TIME. APPARENTLY WAS FIXED WHEN I RECEIVED THE RECALL AND BROUGHT INTO THE DEALER. GM NOT HELPFUL. DEALER NOT HELPFUL. DEALER DRAINED ALL OF MY FREON AS WELL AND BROKE MY HEATER SWITCH. GM TELLS ME THAT THIS IS A CONSUMER/BUSINESS PROBLEM AND TO CONTACT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. AFTER READING ALL OF THE OTHER HEAD GASKET RECALL PROBLEMS THAT APPEAR TO BE THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, I SEE A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST GM IN THE MAKING.*JB

Incident Mar 3, 2003

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED.*JB *TS

Incident Feb 19, 2003

LEAKING COOLANT TOOK TO DEALER AFTER RECIEVING A LITTER FORM CHEVY, THEY REPLACED HEAD GASKET. ONE YEAR LATER COOLANT IS LEAKING AGAIN. DEALER WILL NOT FIX THIS TIME DUE TO MILLIAGE BEING OVER 100,000 MILES. WILL CHEVY FIX THIM PROBLEM OR NOT THEY DID NOT FIX IT THE FIRST TIME SHOULD THEY NOT BE MADE TO FIX THERE MISTAKE.

Incident Oct 24, 1998

THE HORN WENT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF THE PART THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*JB

Incident Jan 20, 2003

AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN FRONTAL IMPACT AT SPEED OF 45 MPH. AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASH INDICATED AIR BAGS WERE ACTIVATED.

Incident Feb 16, 2003

THE STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO TURN AND IT MAKES A LOUD NOISE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH

Incident Dec 14, 2002

VEHICLE DIDN'T START THREE TIMES. *AK

SERVICE DUE TO COOLANT LEAKAGE BECAUSE OF A FAULTY HEAD GASKET ON MY 1995 CHEVY CAVALIER WAS NOT COVERED BY DEALER DESPITE SERVICE BULLETIN #98054 AND #98054A AND THE FACT THAT MY VEHICLE HAD 54,771 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. *JB

Incident Jan 30, 2003

PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD GASKET LEAKING. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS A SPECIAL POLICY OF ETHER SEVEN YEARS OR 100 THOUSAND MILES TO FIX THE PROBLEM. TS

Incident Jan 1, 2003

PER THE DEALERSHIP BOB BELL CHEVROLET;BEL AIR MD;410-877-9800. THE RECALL FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH 02 V 070 000 WAS ALREADY DONE ON CONSUMERS VEHICLE, BUT THE CONSUMER NEVER BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE PRIOR TO THE PRESENT TIME. THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO HONOR THE RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

Incident Oct 22, 2002

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN HOT. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

Incident Dec 2, 2002

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V-070 IN APRIL BUT WAS INFORMED BY THE TECHNICIAN THAT THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL JULY. TWO WEEKS LATER SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT WIRES HAD BURNED DESTROYING THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR ALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REIMBURSE THE CONSUMER FOR THE REPAIRS. *MR *NLM

Incident May 16, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE HEAD GASKET BLEW CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER REPLACE TWICE. TS

Incident Oct 12, 2002

THE GASKET WAS LEAKING COOLANT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERN BECAUSE SHE HAD THE RECALL DONE. #RECALL 98054 AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

Incident Oct 21, 2002

THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION 02V-070, THE CONSUMR IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS MADE. *YH

Incident Oct 29, 2001

THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. THE BYPASS SWITCH WAS DISCONNECTED AND THE IGNITION REPLACED AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE. THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REFUND FOR THE REPAIR COST OF DEFECTIVE PARTS. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AT TIMES ONLY A CLICKING SOUND IS HEARD. THE STARTER WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. ALSO, THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED AND IT INTERMITTENTLY RUNS ROUGH AT IDLE. *J'S *YH

Incident Nov 3, 1997

THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON ALL DAY AND THE VEHICLE RUNS ROUGH AT IDLE. THE DEALER REPLACED EGR VALVE FOR ENGINE LIGHT BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE RUNNING ROUGH. *YH

Incident Jun 7, 2000

CONSUMER STATES THAT FUEL INJECTORS ARE LEAKING. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THEY CHANGED FUEL INJECTORS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

Incident Oct 22, 2002

FINGERS ARE BENT AND TWISTED TOWARDS THE BABY FINGER TO CONFORM TO THE STEERING WHEEL CONTOUR. THIS INFORMATION BEING SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF GREG WHEELER BY MIKE TOMICH DT

Incident Mar 1, 2002

ON THIS 1995 CAVALIER AT APPROX. 67,000 MILES THE ENTIRE POWER STEERING RACK WAS REPLACED BY THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEALER. ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, THE VEHICLE STARTED EXHIBITING THE SAME PROBLEM OF THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP AND NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN. THE FRIST TIME THIS OCCURED MAITA CHEVROLET REPLACED THE POWER STEERING RACK CITING IT AS THE PROBLEM. THIS TIME MAITA REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM STATING THAT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE LOCK UP PROBLEM. ALSO RAJESH RAMSAY AT CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER, 1-800-222-1020, FILE # S1-37046805 , HAS BEEN NO HELP IN CORRECTING THIS EITHER. HE STATES THE GM REPRESENTITIVE , MICHEAL RENSLOW TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THAT NOTHING WILL BE DONE. WHEN DAVID WELLER ,MAITA SERVICE MGR. WAS ASKED TO PUT IN WRITTING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE , HE REFUSED, MR. RAMSEY REFUSED , THUS HERE ARE THE FACTS FOR YOU. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP. ROY SHARP III ( STEPFATHER OF MELYNDA HUGHES ). MR

Incident Sep 15, 2002

CONSUMER COULD SMELL ANTI-FREEZE. TOOK VEHICLE TO CHEVROLET AND THEY REPLACED HEATER CORE. WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED MILES ANTI-FREEZE SMELL REOCCURRED. CONSUMER HAS HAD THREE HEATER CORES REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.**AK

Incident Sep 3, 1999

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY AN AUTO MECHANIC THAT THE HEAD GASKET FOR THE VEHICLE WERE APART OF A RECALL, CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A GM DEALER.*YH

DEALER DENIED VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL 02-V-070-000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL ID 02008. RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED IN APRIL 2002.*AK

Incident Jul 31, 2002

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY HE APPLIED HIS BRAKES AND THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEEL. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION (02V070000) IN APRIL 2002, THE LETTER STATED THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL JULY 2002, CONSUMER CALLED ON JULY 5, 2002 AND WAS INFORMED TO COME IN AFTER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, HOWEVER ON JULY 6, 2002 WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE BEGAN COMING OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED.*JB

Incident Jul 6, 2002