1998 Chevrolet Cavalier

BRAKE LINING RUSTED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM. ALSO, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO INSISTED THERE WAS NOT MUCH THEY COULD DO, AND CONSUMER SHOULD TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER WAS NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR A BRAKE INSPECTION. *AK

I PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THIS AND RECEIVED ODI NUMBER: 724108 - MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED IN THIS ACCIDENT. THE BRAKES FAILED 4 TIMES AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID HITTING A VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT, HAD TO STEER OFF THE ROAD ONTO A BANK. THIS RESULTED IN HITTING A BOULDER AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER ONTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE ONLY REASON THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES WAS DUE TO THE SEATBELT BEING WORN, AND THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYING. I HAD AT LEAST 25 IF NOT MORE INCIDENCES WHERE THE BRAKES FAILED AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER UPON HAVING THEM CHECKED OUT PREVIOUSLY WAS THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. I NOTIFIED CHEVROLET AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND WAS TOLD I HAVE NO RECOURSE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES. I COULD HAVE HAD IT BACK 100 TIMES AND WOULD HAVE GOTTEN NOWHERE. IN THE TIME OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE, HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS TWICE AND THE ROTORS ONCE. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WHEN AN ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSES THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THE ONLY THING GOOD ABOUT THIS MESS IS THAT MY SON, WHO WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WASN'T HURT OR KILLED. I HAVE NOT AS YET NOTIFIED GM AS THEY DON'T CARE IF THEY ARE PRODUCING VEHICLES WHICH CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. I PREVIOUSLY OWNED A GM JIMMY WITH EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND WAS INVOLVED IN A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST GM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH IT - I SOLD THE JIMMY AND PURCHASED THIS CAVALIER WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN PERMANENTLY LOSING MY CAR. WHY DOESN'T SOMEONE DO SOMETHING TO STOP GM BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED? THE CONSUMER IS MADE TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE AT FAULT AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. IT'S NOT OUR FAULT, IT IS THE FAULT OF THE MANUFACTURER. WILL YOU PLEASE HAVE SOMEONE CONTACT ME WITH REGARD TO THIS COMPLAINT? THANK YOU.

THIS CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER RECOGNIZES THE PROBLEM BUT CONSISTANTLY REFUSES TO TAKE ANY RSPONSIBILITIES FOR THE JUNK THAT THEY SOLD ME. THIS CAR HAS BEEN TO THE BODY SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON THE MANUFACTURER GROUND EFFECTS PACKAGE THE TRANSMISSION THAT DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY THE BRAKE SYSTEM THE I HAVE HAD TO HAVE ROTORS TURNED AND WITHIN FOUR MONTHS HAVE BRAND NEW ROTORS BUT ON. THE SUNROOF DOESN'T OPEN PROPERLY, THE TRUNK LID HITS THE BUMPER WHEN YOU CLOSE IT,THE ENGINE MAKES A WEIRD RATTLE NOISE WHEN YOU GO OVER A BUMP,THE DOORS DO NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY, THER IS TONS OF RUST ON THE INSIDE WALLS OF MY TRUNK, I WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF A RECALL ON THE OIL CONSUMPTION VALVE TWO WEEKS AFTER ALL THE OIL IN MY CAR HAD LEAKED OUT CAUSING MY ENGINE TO KNOCK ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK (HAD TO PUT FOUR QUARTS OF OIL IN IT THREE DAYS FROM HAVING AN OIL CHANGE, I NEVER RECEIVED THE AIRBAG RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE. TO WRAP THIS UP IN A NUTSHELL I WILL NEVER BUY A CHEVROLET PRODUCT AGAIN I WILL RESULT TO A FORIEGN CAR MAKER (HONDA) TO PURCHASE MY NEXT VEHICLE. NK