general problems of the 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier - part 2

2005 Cavalier, approx 45,500 miles, cluster panel on dash went haywire. Cannot tell if you need gas or what your rpms are in general you cannot trust your panel. Then check engine light comes on. Don't know if that is a seperate issue. Dealer says there are numerous complaints but we must pay for our own repairs,.

Speedometer quit working.

My speedometer and temp guage are spun all the way around showing that my car is always going 150 mph and its running at 500 degrees.

I have a 2005 , Cavalier and I have the same complaint as every one else my gauges are going hay wire. 1st started at 62,000 miles the rpm started messing up 2nd the speed gauge was next acting as if it didn't wont to move. 3rd now at 89,000 miles the temp gauge is saying its hot when its not look under hood I see no heat coming from engine,check the coolant not steam . I am pissed and tired of this car. All three gauges that I mention are taking turns going up and down. From the start when I brought this car it had electrical problems when I brought this car it had 8 miles and mine you this is my 2nd Chevrolet Cavalier of the last model and it had electrical problems. So gm swallow ur pride and fix these cars I don't have 500~800 to fix some thing that should be recalled on your behalf. This is an issue.

There needs to be a recall for the chevy cavaliar 2005 vehicles for speedometer defect. It no longer works in my vehicle and I have read a lot of complaints about this.

Last night I was driving home in the dark and the speedometer was not correctly working. (this has happened many times since I bought the car several months ago) the speedometer will work sometimes, then will read erratic, fluctuates from 10 mph to 120 mph whether the car is parked or driving. This has been happening a lot over the past few months. I just bought the car a few months ago. The dealership recommends a new gauge cluster @ $500+. This is a common problem with the 2005 chevy Cavalier and other year models as well. I got on the internet and saw many entries about the same problem, same brand, same model. Gm should recall this and fix it. I and others are forced to drive in an unsafe condition. I am retired and cannot afford the part nor afford to trade the car in. Please help me and others who have no place to turn, thanks.

While driving home one evening in approximately 30 degree weather my 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier temp gauge began to soar far past the 260 degree mark on the dial and came to rest pointing at the 15 mph mark on the speedometer. This prohibited the speedometer from coming to rest at 0 when the car was not moving. This is causing me to have to use my gps to accurately determine the rate of speed I am traveling at. I have pulled overmany times to check whether or not my car is truly overheating and at no time has it been the case.

Problem with cluster panel. Can't tell how fast I am going, what the temperature of the engine is, how much gas I have. Nothing works! I have had to live with this problem for months and am tired of it. I can't afford to get a new cluster, this is a problem it seems with a lot of 2005 Cavaliers and something needs to be done!.

The speedometer in the 2003-2005 Chevrolet Cavalier is likely defective among many cars. Recently, when my speedometer in my 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier stopped working at 93000 miles, it prompted me to do a search on google to see if anyone else had a similar problem. I bought the car with 72000 miles on it out of warranty and I soon realized (maybe in 2000-3000 miles) that the speedometer was around 5mph fast. I was able to test this using speed check signs posted by police and by using my gps unit. At the moment, my particular speedometer works when the weather is warm (not too cold, not too hot), but many other's don't work at all, or this happened before theirs stopped working completely. It appears that many others with many different years of the car have experienced the same problem. . Read more...

I have a 2005 chevy Cavalier LS the instrument cluster has gone wacky all the gauges are to the right and you cannot tell what speed you are going, how much gas you have, what the temp is. Only have 19,000 miles on the thing and the list of complaints I see regarding this problem , I think gm should issue a recall.

I have a 2005 chevy Cavalier with 66k miles on it. The speedometer, fuel gauge, temp gauge will at times have a mind of their own. I know I'm not really going 30 mph when stopped at a light. And how can everyone be passing me on the freeway when I'm doing 110?.

Speedometer inop.

The speedometer in my 2005 chevy Cavalier has stopped working. It won't register the correct speed at all, at any speed.

This is a problem I inherited from the previous owner. I bought the car with approximately 50000 miles on it. The fuel gauge is never accurate. Most of the time it reads past full and into the adjacent temperature gauge. Twice I have been forced to walk to a gas station because I ran out of gas when I didn't know I was low. This is a major safety issue because I could be hit by a car walking along a highway trying to get gas. I'm also concerned that the faulty gauge will interfere with my temperature gauge causing my car to overheat without me knowing.

The 2005 chevy Cavalier instrument cluster works erratically(speedometer/tachometer).

Fuel gage defect. Goes all the way past full and holds down temperature guage. Can't tell how much fuel is in vehicle.

I own a 2005 chevy cavelier I am the first owner. The car had 50,000 miles on it when all the guages on the dash board stopped working. The problem started with the gas guage then finally all guages stopped working.

At highway speeds, the speedometer needle on our 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier fluctuates wildly and is unreadable. Reducing speed greatly or changing rate of acceleration/deceleration will correct the problem temporarily, but it recurs every time the car passes 55 miles per hour.

The speedometer quits working. As im sitting still its saying 85 mph as im driving says 110mph. Then it will start working again and the next time I drive it stops again and says a high speed as im sitting still and a very high speed when im driving!.

I have had my 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier 3 years and the speedometer stopped working a year ago. Just yesterday my dashboard lights came on, the tachometer stopped working and I couldn't tell how much gas was in my tank. I thought my airbags were going to deploy for no reason as the light on my dash was lit. I am very concerned about driving this vehicle. Please!!! this is a safety issue!!!.

I have a 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier. The car's speedometer, temperature gauge, rpm gauge and fuel gauge do not work. When I made this complaint to the Chevrolet dealer where the vehicle was purchased they said that it wasn't a warranty issue because it didn't deal with any safety issue. I disagree because how could it not be a safety problem, if you can't tell how fast you are going or if your out of gas or if your car is overheating. The dealer acted like it was not a common problem, but all you have to do is go on the internet and there are hundreds of thousands of these same complaints, and not just in the 2005 models it goes back to 1998. The dealer did say that the could replace the cluster but that it would cost me over $500. 00. Well, I cannot afford it. Also if you look through some of the complaints online there are people on there that have had their clusters replaced by the dealer and they still are not working properly. So what are we supposed to do? I also found out that Chevrolet did recall the same complaints in the silverado trucks. So why not do the same for the Cavaliers? please help.

2005 caalier fuel and speedometer guages stopped working.

When cold outside the temperature gauge will read inaccurate temperatures and gauge is stuck to far left and does not budge. A week later the gas gauge also gave out. Do not know how much gas in tank! was driving across the state on a vacation trip and was using cruise control. Once taken off cruise control the speedometer is stuck at 65mph and will not change. Very dangerous. Going on long distance trips and not knowing how much gas, my speed or the temperature of the internal system is scary indeed.

2005 chevy Cavalier, gauges started going haywire around 50k miles. Temp gauge soared and I thought the car was overheating. We were out of town and in heavy traffic, but had to immediately pull over and stop the car "to let it cool off. " my son was violently ill at the time and we had gone to pick him up on his job because he could not drive home and we needed to get him to a doctor ASAP. What a nightmare! we considered getting a rental and calling a tow truck to tow the Cavalier home, but when we could find no signs of overheating, we proceeded with caution. This continued to occur over and over again. Then several months later, the gas gauge stopped working properly. Seems the needles have a mind of their own. There are multitudes of online compaints about this defect. I wish everyone had filed a formal complaint. But since it is a safety issue, a recall should be issued by Chevrolet. The dealership says the only fix is to replace the parts (which only they can do) at a cost to the consumer of $500.

I own a 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier and bought it from a dealer in 2008. Since then all of the gauges are now inoperable. This is a great inconvenience, as well as a safety issue. Not knowing how fast you are going, how much gas you have, or what the temperature is can become a huge issue, not to mention costly. Now, I know this is not the first complaint on these issues and I feel that something should be done about them. If all of these complaints are out, there must be a problem with these cars from the factory. I hope this matter is being investigated and not just put to the side to claim that it must be something that the drivers are causing. Please let us know what the intentions are of gm or whomever is responsible. We paid for these vehicles, which are fairly good ones, can someone please make the decision to take care of this problem. Casandra farmville, va.

Speedometer and fuel guage were erratic. The problem has escalated to the point neither works. In researching this, I have learned this is not an isolated problem and feels it warrants investigating.

1. The speedometer on my 2005 chevy Cavalier LS does not work. Started in February when needle stuck at 10mph when stopped. . . It was an extremely cold day, which led me to believe it was weather related, but not the case. 2. Speedometer has gotten worse; sometimes doesn't budge at all and sometimes reads way too high. It is quite unpredictable, and occurs every time I drive. I do not feel safe, and would like to replace ASAP, but as a single mom it is not easy to come up with the amount of $$ needed. 3. I've researched problem and see that several other chevy owners have had problems with the speedometer; seems a recall should be in order.

One day the temperature gauge started reading high. Took it in for a test and the mechanic the car was not overheating. Must be the gauge. When we went to pick it up the speedometer wasn't working properly. This morning taking it to the shop to be repaired the fuel gauge stopped working.

Rear directional turn signals have stopped operating ( left rear signal lamp) front left signal lamp operates at a rapid rate, left rear signal lamp will not flash, but both rear lamp bulbs are illuminated.

2005 chevy Cavalier, erratic speedometer. Local dealer healey chevy says throw away entire cluster, cost of part @ $300. 00 local vinjo oil change express says, test sensors by tranny for @ 1 hour and change individual ones, as needed. 180 degrees apart !! makes sense since gauges are getting false pulse. Speedo does stick too, otherwise rest of cluster functions, odometer and all other gauges(they can't spell at chevy) ok.

The vehicles gauges are not working properly and the vehicle is not safe to drive. The temperature gauge goes past hot, even though the car is not driving hot, and goes into the speedometer. When this happens, the need from the temperature gauge stops the speedometer needle from moving past the 15 mph location. This is very dangerous because you are driving faster then 15 mph, but only showing 15 mph. The rpm gauge also does not work properly. There are many complaints on this web site about the same problem with the gauges, and the vehicle should be recalled and gm should fix the problem.

I drive a 2005 chevy Cavalier and on very hot or cold days, or when I drive longer than usual distances (over 30 miles), the speedometer often malfunctions, either by getting stuck reading over 110 mph, even when stopped, or by reading under zero, even when I'm moving. And lately the temp gauge has started doing this as well, alerting to me overheating on cold days even though the engine is not overheating and the check engine light never comes on. It's frustrating and frightening and unsafe.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier. While the contact was driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact also noticed that the windshield wipers suddenly stopped working intermittently. The vehicle had not been inspected when the complaint was filed. The current and failure mileages were approximately 82,000.

Speedometer fails to indicate correct speed at unpredictable variances.

Chevy Cavalier 2005 malfunctioning dash instruments speedometer no longer working gas gauge no longer working.