Five problems related to vehicle speed control have been reported for the 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The engine started having problems where it didn't want to move and the gas pump kept messing up and the gas needle doesn,t show correct it will say you have a half a tank when you really have a quarter tank, and the throttle sensor is messed up I was on I-4 which is a major highway in orlando in the middle of traffic the was on but loss power and stalled out.
Intermittently vehicle stalls at various speeds when accelerating and decelerating without warning. Dealer has not been able to duplicate or correct the problem.
Upon exiting grocery store parking lot, the vehicle accelerated at a great rate of speed. Unable to get control of the vehicle as this happened within a matter of seconds, vehicle jumped cement parking blocks and vehicle landed on parking blocks. Insurance company declared vehicle total loss. Collision repair shop stated neither manufacturer nor insurance company will go through vehicle to determine what went wrong due to "time is money. " needless to say I am out of a vehicle, balance remaining was only approximately $3,700. 00. Looked up recalled vehicles, similar to id numbers 95v201000 and 87v011000. As stated, this all happened so abruptly very hard to pinpoint exactly what went wrong. I am reporting this in the hope that this does not happen to another Cavalier owner who may not be as fortunate as we were.
Consumer was driving at approximately 60 mph when the vehicle suddenly started to accelerate to over 100 mph. Vehicle would not stop even by applying brakes. Had to pull emergency brakes and put it in park.
I have had several episodes over the past 6 years of my car accelerating without me stepping on the gas. In fact, it usually happens when I have first started the car, and am stepping on the brakes when pulling out of driveway, or coming to a stop at traffic lights, etc. My brakes can barely stop the car, and the only way I can get the car to go back to normal is to put it in park once I have stopped. Immediately I hear the engine stop revving, and then when I put the car in drive it's working normally.
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