general problems of the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier

Lost partial control of the steering because sheer pen released and erratic speedometer-( instrument cluster failure ).

Spedometer has stopped functioning. Safety issue because I can no longer tell how fast I am driving.

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.

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 use cruise then when I played with the cruise button it went back to normal can't take it in costs to much to look at but it has been a problem since I bought this car just never can have it do it when I take it in and they can't help me if it is not doing it at that time. I want this on record so if something happens to me there is a record of this happening, again since I bought the car it happens whenever it wants to. . .

Speedometer stop working.

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 mechanic that this is a common thing & I have read several posts on line similar to my complaint. Please recall this part so that everyone driving this type of vehicle is safe by knowing the temp of their engine & knowing their driving speed.

My speedometer stopped working. Apparently I'm not the only one this has happened to. . . Read more...

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 the vehicle completely. The manufacturer was not contacted. The dealer was making an attempt to assist the contact with diagnosing and repairing the defect. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 117,379 and the current mileage was 117,460.

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 rediculous!!!.

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.

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.

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 am going. This is very dangerious and could result in an accident or even death of me or someone else. This is very expensive to have replaced and by other peoples complaints to me it sounds like a dad part prduced by gm. I feel that gm should recall these and have them replaced before it results in a death of someone. I will never buy another gm vehicle if they don't recall these parts and replace them since there are so many people out there with the same problem.

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.

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 daysbefore the speedometer makes its way back to 0mph.

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 is a 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier with 28000 miles, 2. 2 l with automatic transmission. I do not like the idea that while driving the car on a two lane road by the speedometer that we might be rear ended while driving to slow.

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 completely around and peg from the underside and that's where it is and has stayed, the speedometer ceased to work shortly after the tachometer went haywire and the fuel gauge also has its moments, sometimes it works and sometimes it don't and all of the check engine lights and service soon indicators have a mind of there own, the car has no trouble codes and there is no reason gm has't recalled these and other vehicles with the same instrument cluster problems, funny they sent me a letter on my 03 silverado cluster and I haven't had any problems with it but I look at all the complaints on the Cavaliers and no such recalls, you might ask why I haven't fixed it myself with all my experience and I will tell you right now, why should I have too? gm should step up to the plate and fix its faulty clusters it is dangerous for any of these informational items of the cluster to be faulty or inaccurate it can cause a motorist to travel at an unsafe speed causing an accident or to pull over onto the shoulder of the road and be at risk of being struck by another motorist from behind these are very dangerous situations, ask yourself how many people have been hurt or fatally injured because of the faulty clusters, who knows; but one would be one too many don't you think?.

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 intermittent.

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.