Timing Tensioner Problems of Chevrolet Cavalier

I had the air conditioner replaced. The tech said the tensioner needed to be replaced. One week later I returned and had a new belt tensioner installed. About a month later the new air conditioner had premature failure. I had it repaired under warranty and also had a new drive belt installed during the repair. About one year later I began hearing a chatter when accelerating from stop position and had excessive vibration. I took to the shop and they said the belt tensioner was bad. This seems excessively short life span for a replacement part of good quality. Today the shop tried three different tensioners and still it was not correcting the issue. I even double checked the belt routing pattern to ensure it was correct. I dont understand what the problem is with the belt tensioners for this vehicle. All my prior Ford vehicle never had this problem with their tensioners of same design. Please look into this problem as a belt that breaks or slides of a pulley due to a faulty tensioner can cause immediate loss of power steering resulting in hazardous and potentially fatal driving conditions and situations. Also the backlighting on the odometer does not work. The odometer registers milage driven but the backlight does not work at all. Please look into and dont wait for someone to have to die before this issue become important. Thanks.

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Timing chain broke on 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier LS causing catostrophic engine failure. Automobile only has 70,000 miles on a well maintained motor. Gm installed faulty oil nozzle as well as timing chain tensioner in motor originally but refuses responsibility even though checked at gm certified service center 4 months prior complaining of timing symptoms. No repair has been done at this time. After much research it seems that this is a common problem in all vehicles from 2002 and 2003 that have 2. 2l ecotec motors.

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Timing chain loose/tensioner wearing out. First happened around 60,000 miles, at this time the chain, tensioner, and gears were changed. Worked fine for a week and a half, then slowly started to rattle again until the noise was worse than before it was fixed. Brought to chevy dealership, car stayed there for 5 days, said they couldn't find anything wrong, charged me $250 for diagnostic labor and told me it was a normal noise. Then I called gm customer service, the woman I spoke to was all ready to help me out until she spoke with the dealership then came back on the line with me and just agreed with what they said about it being a "normal" noise. Then brought it to another chevy dealership, service manager listened and said it was definitely not a normal noise, agreed it was coming from the timing cover area, called back customer service, said I'd have to pay for another diagnosis before they could even tell me if they would assist me in getting it fixed. I'm finished with it, I've spent over $1000 on this car in the last 2 months and it's still not fixed, plus I'm out $250 for a dealership telling me there's nothing wrong. This dealership was not the one I purchased the car from. . . . . The original dealer messed up my rotors at 10,000 miles and were very rude about it so I vowed never to go there again. . . . . Now I've been burned by two dealerships. . .

Timing tensioner keeps going out on car. Has been repaired 3 times.

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