This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
This car has been lovingly cared for since it was new. The underbody is perfect but the subframe (engine cradle) is badly rusted, with pitting, scaling and a rusted through hole. I am heartbroken! this car is very nice but now I can't drive it.
The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph, the vehicle began to jerk abnormally and the vehicle stalled. The battery warning light was illuminated when the failure occurred. The contact attempted to start the vehicle yet it exhibited an abnormal knocking before stalling again. After several attempts, the contact was able to restart the vehicle yet it stalled a third time. The vehicle was then towed to the contacts place of residence. The vehicle was neither inspected nor repaired for the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 208,000.
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.
Check engine light appeared on the dashboard and remained. While driving at any speed vehicle stalled. Consumer restarted vehicle and drove it to the dealer for inspection.
Consumer stated that while driving on the freeway vehicle stalled. Highway state patrol had to give consumer a ride because vehicle did not restart. Consumer had the vehicle towed to a garage, and mechanic told her that the problem related to the part that was put on by the Ford dealer for recall repair. Mechanic took the part off and the vehicle started. He put it back on and the vehicle would not start. Consumer indicated the part that Ford was using for recall repair was faulty.
While driving 55 mph check engine light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. A loud noise was heard coming from the rear. Consumer was able to drive the vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that wheel bearing, caliper. And both frontal rotors needed to be replaced. Dealer informed the driver that this was the twelfth set of wheel bearings that had been replaced this year.
My cooling system failed causing my car to overheat and kill my 2.2L engine. Also at 36000 my timing chain broke. My extended warranty company is refusing to pay.
1st car would act like it wasn't getting gas while driving down the road even though the motor was till running and it had power. Then it started just stalling completely (dying) while going down the road. Now car won't crank at all because they've been trying to find the problem. Was found out that car had been wrecked but carfax report reported only minor front fender damage.
I have a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier. The first problem I experienced was in Oct 2001, while driving the temperature gauge went to the maximum reading without warning, I pulled off the highway and turned off vehicle. Waited a while started back went approximately 1/4 mi and same problem, after stopping 3-4 times I started back on the highway and continued to drive with temp gauge in the red for a approx 1 mile and all gauges returned to normal. Chevrolet garage could not find any problems with cooling system..my second problem I keep hearing a clanging/rattling sound from the front area of vehicle while sitting still if you turn steering wheel you can hear a thump from the front left area where strut is located..my third problem is my check engine/service engine light keeps coming on at various times. My fourth problem I have had to replace my front rotors three times now due to them warping, the first time I had less then 10,000 miles.......
Head gasket blew at only 50320 miles, allowing antifreeze to enter the engine block and flood cylinder heads and spark plugs, warping them to the point where they had to be rebuilt, in addition due to lack of antifreeze, car overheated almost to the point of catching fire, seizing the engine. This came with no warning, and no sign of leakage as antifreeze leaked into engine rather than onto ground. Car broke down in the middle lane of a busy intersection while stopped at a light causing a traffic obstacle during morning rush hour.
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- Cleveland, OH, USA