2005 Chevrolet Cavalier

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD ISSUES WITH SPEEDOMETER GETTING STUCK ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. IT WOULD RESET ITSELF AND RANDOMLY BECOME STUCK AGAIN. MOST RECENTLY, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS ALSO FAILING AND BECOMING STUCK. IT WOULD INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOO HOT BUT WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND LET IT SIT, IT WOULD CONTINUE INDICATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 153,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE SEEMED TO MOVE SPORADICALLY. THE GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HOT BUT IT WAS NOT. THE GAUGE ALSO BECAME "HANG UP WITH THE SPEEDOMETER", ACCORDING TO THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT DISCONNECTED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO PERFORM REPAIRS HIMSELF; HE PURCHASED A MOTOR THAT WOULD BE INSTALLED BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHO ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE IN FOR A DIAGNOSTICS TEST. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 122,000.

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OF MY 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS GONE CRAZY. IT STARTED WITH MY GAS GAUGE STAYING ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT WHICH PREVENTS MY TEMP GAUGE FROM READING. NOW IN THE PAST WEEK THE RPM GAUGE IS DOING THE SAME THING. I HAVE NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STICK AS I ACCELERATE. I AM JUST WAITING FOR IT TO GO OUT. I HAVE TO JUDGE MY MILES TO MAKE SURE I DON'T RUN OUT OF GAS. WHY HASN'T CHEVY RECALLED THIS PROBLEM? I ALSO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW MOTORS....NOW I BELIEVE IT'S AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED! *TR

I PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER NOVEMBER 2004. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. AS OF DEC. 2009 MY CARS ODOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING AND THE GAS GAUGE IS NOT ACCURATE. ALSO MY DASHBOARD SIGNALS ABS, TRAC OFF, AND THE SERVICE SIGN COME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. THESE SIGNS COME ON WHEN I AM REVERSING THE CAR AND OCCASIONALLY WHILE DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT. THESE ARE ALL ISSUES THAT ARE NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON A CAR BUT RATHER A DEFECT. THEREFORE, I HOPE SOMEONE WILL LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE FURTHER. *TR

BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I DRIVE 2005 CHEVY CAVALIERS, HIS CAR AS ROUGHLY 95,000 MILES ON IT HIS PROBLEMS STARTED FIRST. FIRST THE GAUGES HAVE STARTED TO GO. THE SPEED-O-METER AND GAS GAUGE ARE NEVER RIGHT. NEXT HIS STEERING WHEEL COLUMN HAS STARTED TO COME LOOSE. MY CAR HAVING NO MORE THAN 60,000MILES ON IT HAS RECENTLY FOLLOWED TREND FIRST MY GAS GAUGE WENT ALL THE WAY AROUND TO BEING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN MY GAS GAUGE WOULD GET STUCK AND BUMP INTO THE TEMP NEEDLE. THIS WEEK I'VE NOTICED THAT MY STEERING WHEEL COLUMN IS COMING LOOSE TOO, MY DASHBOARD RATTLES AND MAKES A NOISE LIKE SOMETHING IS CLUNKING AROUND IN THERE AND I AM WORRIED THIS COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND NOTICED OTHERS HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THEIR CAVALIERS AS WELL. ALSO, I SAW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL# 08E063000 DEALING WITH STEERING ISSUES IN THE 2007 MODELS. I HAVE NOT HOWEVER NOTICED A RECALL FOR THE 2005 MODELS. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER. THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK. THE NEEDLE WILL MOVE CLOCKWISE BUT DOES NOT GO BACK DOWN WHEN I SLOW DOWN--THUS, BY THE TIME I PARK MY CAR AT MY DESTINATION, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE IS BASICALLY POINTING STRAIGHT DOWN. THE PROBLEM GETS WORSE THE LONGER I DRIVE (IN ONE TRIP). I THINK IT ALSO GETS WORSE THE FASTER I GO. BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, THE SPEEDOMETER IS ESSENTIALLY USELESS. I HAVEN'T DRIVEN THE CAR MUCH BECAUSE I RECENTLY BOUGHT IT, SO I AM NOT SURE HOW OFTEN THIS PROBLEM WILL OCCUR. *TR

HORN CONTACT BEHIND AIRBAG WAS RECENTLY CRAZY GLUED, TO RESTORE HORN, AND SPEEDO & CLUSTER REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE CLUSTER BY CHEVY, OR REMOVAL & REBUILD OF GAUGE STEPPER MOTORS THROUGH EBAY MOTORS. USE FROOGLE.COM AND ENTER"REPAIR CAVALIER SPEEDOMETER" TO SEARCH. MY SPEEDO ONLY ON MY CLUSTER ERRATIC FOR 20K MILES. I USE MY TACHOMETER TO GUESTIMATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS,2,500 RPM IS 55. I HAVE 120K NOW ON THE CAR, OTHERWISE BULLETPROOF. JUST TOSSING OUT BRAKE ROTORS NOW, THAT'S IT. I USED SYNTHETIC OIL FROM THE START, VERY SMOOTH CAR, @ NORMAL SPEEDS.NEEDS INTAKE AND WHEELS FOR SPEEDING, OVER 65. ENGINE HAS PLENTY OF GO OVER THAT, BUT BASE BRAKES, WHEELS AND INTAKE AREN'T SPEEDWORTHY, BUT IT IS A BASE MODEL SO OK. KEEP THE TIE RODS GREASED, AIR FILTERS CHANGED AFTER WINTER AS THEY ARE EASILY SERVICEABLE UNLIKE MOST THAT AREN'T. *TR