I noticed the other day while sitting at the end of my driveway that it appeared my car had cut off, but when I turned the radio down I could still hear the engine running normally, so I tried to move forward and it worked fine but my tach was still reading 0 RPM's. I turned the ignition off and waited a few seconds and tried again and it still said at idle (approx. 800 RPM normally) that I was turning 0. As I drove off the Tach began reading but the reading was very incorrect. Later the same day I went to drive the car again and noticed that the tach was working fine. This has been the case since, it will work and then begin giving false readings and then work again and then give false readings again. I called my dealership and they said it sounded like the instrument cluster was the problem and said that since my car was barely out of the warranty that it would probably cost over $400 to fix this problem. I asked if there was any way it could be checked to see if that was the problem and how much that would cost and they informed me that would be $95 just to confirm that was the problem. This is an issue that should be addressed by Chevrolet and this really should become a recall on this vehicle because this is a major safety issue and could cause people to cause accidents because they think their engine is turning way too fast or way too slow and try to adjust their speed un-necessarily. Chevrolet has always been my favorite automobile company, but I am fast moving away from them and will probably never purchase another one. This is the first new car I have ever owned (brand new with only 9 miles on the odo when I left the dealership) and I have had problem after problem after problem with this car and even when the warranty was still valid, these problems were items that weren't covered under the extended warranty that I purchased, so I still had to pay out of pocket to get them fixed. This will be the LAST Chevrolet vehicle I purchase and I am telling everyone that I know that this is not the company to do business with.

Chevrolet, the heartbeat of America...my ass... If it's the heartbeat, then it must have major cardiac problems. This is just the latest problem with this Hecho en Mexico made Cavalier. When we bought it, the doors did not close properly so New from the dealer it went into the bodyshop to correct that. Less than a year later ( on our honeymoon no less!) the battery crapped out and was replaced under warranty. Next, the front seats (most notably the drivers) are falling apart. We now have a spring poking out from the back of the seat into the rear passenger area. Then, one of the spark coils died so it was running on two cylinders (of course this happened during Christmas, not like we actually needed the car). Now the temperature gauge just decided to merrily go up, up, way up, then around so that it is now at about the three o'clock position, which NOW means the speedo is STUCK! I know that the Cavalier was an entry level model, but I can tell you that most manufacturers use their entry level cars as a springboard to something else in their line. Well, I have checked my head, and haven't found any holes so I guess the American auto manufacturers are now less one customer.