2005 Chevrolet Cavalier

MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER INSTRUMENT PANEL IS NOT WORKING RIGHT. SO FAR THE GAS AND THE TEMP GAUGES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AND I AM SURE THE OTHERS WILL SOON FOLLOW. I HAVE 48000 MILES ON MY CAR AND THE FIVE YEAR WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM. FROM MY INTERNET RESEARCH I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MAKE OF CAR. ALSO GM HAS RECALLED OTHER CAR MODELS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. SO WHY NOT THIS ONE? *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER THAT HAS NEVER BEEN MODIFIED IN ANY WAY AND ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS ACTING FAULTY. I CHECKED THE SENSORS AND LINES IN THE ENGINE, TOWARDS THE STEERING WHEEL AND EVERYTHING SEEMS INTACT. AFTER THAT, IT WOULD ACT UP SOMETIMES AND WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF, THE GAUGES WOULD STAY STUCK AND WHEN YOU RESTART THE ENGINE, THEY WOULD ROTATE EVEN MORE FURTHER PASS THEIR NORMAL IDLED POSITION. IT JUST GOT WORST AND WORST. NOW IT'S NOT EVEN WORKING. I CAN'T REALLY TELL WHEN I AM LOW ON GAS UNTIL MY GAS CHECKLIGHT COMES ON NOR CAN I TELL HOW FAST I AM DRIVING. THAT'S MY WORST CONCERN. MY TEMP GAUGE SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES NOT. SPEEDOMETER AND RPM DON'T WORK AT ALL. THIS IS FAULTY AND THINK THAT CHEVY SHOULD EITHER HAVE IT RECALLED OR REPLACE FOR FREE. IT WAS BOUGHT IN HAVING FAITH IN RELIABILITY THAT THE CAR AND PARTS WOULD LAST A LITTLE LONGER THAN 4 YEARS, ESPECIALLY INTERIOR PARTS/INSTRUMENTS. *TR

CLUTCH PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHILE I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS THAT DUE TO THE POOR DESIGN OF THE CAR THE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH LINE WAS SEVERED BY A SHARP PIECE OF METAL THAT HOLDS AN ELECTRICAL HOUSING. THE LINE RUNS RIGHT A LONG THE SHARP EDGE OF THE METAL AND RUBS AGAINST IT UNTIL EVENTUALLY IT GETS CUT AND ALL THE FLUID LEAKS OUT AND THE PEDAL HAS NO PRESSURE TO ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STAY IN GEAR AND MAKE IT VERY HARD TO CONTROL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH NO LONGER LATCHES ONTO THE VEHICLE. WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR ALWAYS OPENS. THE DRIVER MUST HOLD THE DOOR IN ORDER TO PREVENT IT FROM OPENING WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH. HE HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAS NOT FOUND ANY RECALLS. HE BELIEVES THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 68,480. UPDATED 07/01/09 *BF THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR LATCHES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. UPDATED 07/02/09.*JB

SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AT 32200 MILES, WENT TO DEALER, SAID APPROXIMATE COST IS $500.00, TALKED WITH MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT IS VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON ALL GM MID 2000'S CARS AND TRUCKS. CHECKED ONLINE, FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND A COUPLE PLACES THAT SAID GM IS TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEMS ON THE TRUCKS UNDER 70,000 MILES BUT NOT THE CARS. I CONSIDER THE SPEEDOMETER TO BE SAFETY RELATED ON A CAR AS WELL AS ON A TRUCK AND DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY GM WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF A PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE BEEN AWARE OF FOR A COUPLE YEARS. *TR

THE CLUTCH PEDAL STUCK TO THE GROUND AND FAILED, THE CAR WOULD NOT COME OUT OF GEAR. FINALLY TURNED OFF THE KEY AND GOT THE ENGINE TO STOP. HAD JUST COME OFF A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND WAS IN A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE SO THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, BUT A FEW MINUTES EARLIER THE CONSEQUENCES COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. THE CLUTCH LINE SNAPPED BECAUSE THERE IS A SHARP PIECE OF METAL THAT LIES NEXT TO IT AND RUBS IT. THIS CAR HAS A HISTORY OF THIS HAPPENING AT ABOUT 40K THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF. GM HAS NOT DONE A RECALL, BUT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

IN DEC 2008, TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTING READING HOT BUT READ NORMAL A FEW DAYS LATER. IT BECAME ERRATIC FOR ABOUT A WEEK THEN STARTED POINTING TO THE RIGHT OF HOT AND KEPT MOVING FURTHER CLOCKWISE UNTIL IT WAS IN THE 6 O'CLOCK POSITION AND STAYED THAT WAY FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. NOW (MAR 2009) IT IS IN THE 4 O'CLOCK POSITION AND PREVENTS THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE FROM MOVING PAST IT. WITHIN A FEW MOMENTS DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE THEN DROPS BACK TO 0 UNTIL THE CAR SLOWS BELOW THE SPEED WHERE THE TEMPERATURE NEEDLE STOPPED IT. UPON RE-ACCELERATING THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE ATTEMPTS TO OPERATE SOMEWHAT NORMALLY UNTIL IT IS STOPPED AGAIN BY THE TEMPERATURE NEEDLE. THEN IT DROPS BACK TO 0 AFTER A FEW MOMENTS. MANY OTHER PEOPLE SAY THEY EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCE FAILURE OF ALL GAUGES IN THE CLUSTER. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED BECAUSE A DRIVER LOSES CONTROL AFTER LOSS OF POWER DUE TO A CONDITION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE GAUGES WORKED PROPERLY (OUT OF GAS, EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE ETC.) EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT THEIR OWN COMPLAINT AT HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/IVOQ/ AND SIGN UP WITH MYCARSTATS.COM TO TRACK THIS ISSUE. *TR