general problems of the 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier - part 2

Starting in October 2004, the dashboard lights in my 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier began turning off anytime I drove the vehicle with the headlights turned on. I took the car into a Chevrolet dealership four times regarding this problem and it has never been resolved. The first time I took the car in, the dealership informed me that they could not replicate the problem and were unable to conduct any repairs. The second time, the dealership still could not replicate the problem, but replaced the multi-function switch. The third time, I took it to a different dealership and they made a "highly educated guess repair. " the fourth and last time, the dealership made no repair attempt and basically told me to not bring the vehicle in again unless I am able to bring it in with the dashboard lights turned off. At this point, I am driving the vehicle with a flashlight in the car so that I can see my speed and other gauges when the dashboard lights are off. While they do not turn off every time I drive with the headlights on, they are off quite frequently. At the worst, I fear this will cause an accident. At the least, I assume I will be pulled over at some point for driving with a flashlight on in the car. While I understand that the dealership has not been able to replicate the problem, it is very dangerous. I have a 5-year extended warranty and gm is required to warrant all electrical problems under it. From internet research, I can tell that gm has multiple problems with the electrical systems in the 2003-2004 Cavaliers and I feel this is one more manifestation of that manufacturing problem.

The turn signal and brake light comes on and off intermittently and the cruise control doesn't work. The mechanic from the dealer ship noted that the electrical socket was melted. Fill in additional information.

While driving approximately every two months the brake light will illuminate the dash board. The fuel pump blew out. The heating a cooling went bad. The vehicle makes noise when making right turns. Consumer has not found out what it is as of yet. The vehicle has been into the dealer at least twenty times.

Within a week of recieving my car it began to stall when comming to a stop otherwise it would idle wrong. If it did not die it would idle high.

I bought my 2003 Cavalier brand new. While it was still under warranty I took the car in because it was malfunctioning. The situation was I was driving on the highway and went to shift gears and when I held the clutch in the rpm's dropped all the way to 0 and the car stalled. When I took the car in I was told they could not duplicate the issue, so there was no problem. Since than this has only gotten worse. While driving it stalls on average of 5 times a week which is not safe especially on the free way. Also to add to everyone else's complaint my fuel pump went bad as well and had to have it replaced.

My car has been dying at red lights and while I am driving it! it takes several tries before the car will restart. It is only 9 months old. My car dealership told me I can bring it in but the will probably not be able to detect the problem. Therefore, they will probably not be able to repair anything.

The tires shake and vibrate around sixty miles/hr. So I took them to sam's club to their tire center in December of 2003. They rotated and balanced the tires. I drove the car for one month, then the tires started doing the same thing over again. About one month later, I went back to sam's club and they balanced my tires again. So here it is March of 2004, the tires are doing the same thing again shaking and vibrating around sixty miles/hr. I called goodyear , they told me to bring the car in. They looked at the tires, and said that the rear tires were worn on the inside, and that I would have to take the car back to the dealership to get the tires fixed. They could not diagnose the specific origin of the vibration. Basically, for a brand new car, we should not have these kind of problems at 24,000 miles (as stated by mechanics from goodyear, sam's club and firestone). 5. Cruise control switch- if right turn signal is used when cruise control is activated, the cruise control will automatically deactivate itself. 6. Power failure- car all of a sudden lost power while at a stoplight. 7. A/c & heater- a/c and heater make loud noise. 8. Rear turn signal light bulbs burned out 4 times on each side. Gm replacement bulbs last only 1 to 1 1/2 month.

Since I purchased the vehicle the radio has turned off by itself it also erases any programmed stations. The windows don't always go up , it happens off and on , it happens to one window and not the other and then reverses.