Vehicle Overheat Problems of Chevrolet Cavalier

The contact owns a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier. The engine light illuminated intermittently. The dealer was informed that the oxygen sensor needed to be replaced. The contact was charged $600 for the repair. She took a long trip and the light did not illuminate. On a shorter trip, the engine light began illuminating intermittently again and the vehicle overheated. When the vehicle was turned off and restarted, it operated normally. While driving 10 mph to the dealer, the engine failed and the dealer stated that the repair would cost $5,000 and could not guarantee that the vehicle would actually be repaired. The contact learned that the head failed before at 28,000 miles. She believes that her vehicle was mis-diagnosed the first time. The current and failure mileages were 54,000. Updated 01-10-08. 12/31/07.

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Blown head gasket vehicle over heating, nothing has been done to repair issue; head gasket recall. The vehicle is running very badly even though a complete tune up has been done; fuel system recall suspension making lots of noise; rear suspension recall.

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The vehicle overheated within 3 minutes to start up. The consumer stated that there was no coolant getting into the engine. The thermostat was replaced 4 weeks ago. The consumer had to use dexcoolant, but, the vehicle started to overheated again. The heater could not be turned on or the vehicle would overheat. The headgasket needed to be replaced.

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Consumer purchased a vehicle for daughter, and vehicle exhibited several major problems. Vehicle overheated, and had a new thermostat and fuel filter replaced. When trying to start the vehicle it acted as if did not want to start. Vehicle was just not firing correctly because it was very difficult to start. Consumer wanted to know if there were any recalls on this vehicle. The vehicle became even more difficult to start and the coolant and temperature gauges were illuminated. When the coolant was checked it was at a normal level but looked like something other than coolant was in the tank. The oil was checked and looked like brown merky liquid.

Car overheated, causing engine damage, no indication of overheating problem.

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The first problem with my Cavalier was about 3 months after I bought the car. I was idling in a drive-thru when all the lights on the concole flashed and the car went dead. The car wouldn't restart. I pushed it to the side and waited a few minutes and tried again. I called a tow truck and several hours later, the tow truck arrived and at that time, the car started. I called taylor Jeep (where I have a service contract) and they said it might have just been bad gas or the car overheating and to not worry about it since the car is running. Four days later, I was driving on the expressway when the lights on the console flashed and the car lost all power including anit-lock brakes and powersteering. I coasted to the side of the road and the car wouldn't restart. I then called a tow truck and had the car towed to taylor Jeep. After checking out the car, the services department couldn't find anything wrong. The car started fine. I explained that there was obviously something wrong if the car shut down, and to please continue looking. Taylor Jeep ended up replacing the starter?! on March 23, 1999, I was driving on the expressway, and again, the lights flashed on the console and the car lost all power. I pulled to the side of the road and the car wouldn't restart. I had the vehicle towed back to taylor Jeep. This time they repaired the ignition switch in the steering column. Then on March 31, 1999 while driving on the expressway, the exact same problem occured. I again had the car towed to taylor Jeep. This time they didn't find anything to fix. I picked up the car after 5 days. After the last incident, I didn't have any problems with the car until October 20, 1999. While accelerating onto the expressway, going about 40mph, the lights flashed on the console and the car shut down. It restarted after about 20 minutes. I drove it to taylor Jeep and this time they sent it to taylor Chevrolet. After testing, they were unable to find anything wrong with the car.

Possible engine failure causing vehicle to over heat. Yh.

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