1995 Chevrolet Cavalier

ON 10/2/00 I HAD MY 95 CHEVY CAVALIER TOWED TO 2 DEALERS, BRYNER CHEVROLET (THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE WARRANTY) AND THEN TO THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, NE AUTO OUTLET BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT START. ON 09/25/00 MY CAR BEGAN TO START WITH A HESITATION. EACH DAY THEREAFTER IT GOT WORSE. ON 09/25/00 I REPLACED THE BATTERY THINKING THAT THE BATTERY MAY HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM. THAT DID NOT HELP. BY THURSDAY THE PROBLEM WORSENED SO I CALLED BRYNER CHEVROLET AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT. I COULD NOT GET AN APPOINTMENT UNTIL 10/3/00. ON 9/30/00 THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER START AT ALL. ON 10/2/00 I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO BRYNER AND THEN TO NE AUTO OUTLET AS I STATED BEFORE. I WAS TOLD THAT NE AUTO OUTLET COULD NOT LOOK AT THE CAR UNTIL 10/3/00. I RECEIVED A CALL AT 11:30AM FROM JOE DIDONATO AT NE THAT I NEEDED AN IGNITION SWITCH AND AN ALTERNATOR. I WAS TOLD THAT THE BAD COMPONENTS WERE DRAINING THE BATTERY. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW SERPENTINE BELT. I HAD THE SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED TWICE BEFORE AT BRYNER CHEVROLET ON 5SEP97 AND 6FEB98. IT SEEMS TO BE HIGHLY UNUSUAL THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE BELT ALMOST EVERY YEAR ON A 1995 VEHICLE WITH ONLY 27961 MILES ON IT. I DON'T EVEN DRIVE 5,000 MILES A YEAR. I FEEL THE SAME ABOUT HAVING TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR. I HAVE HAD 3 RECALLS SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. HAZARD LAMP, LEAKING CYLINDER (HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED), AND PCM ASSY. THE PROBLEM WITH THE BELT HAS BEEN ONGOING WITH NOISE IN THE PULLEY AREA OF THE BELT. THE NOISE BEGAN AGAIN A FEW DAYS AFTER THE RECALLS ON THE HEAD GASKET AND PCM ASSY.

THIS 95 CAVALIER WAS TAKEN IN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL #99088 CONCERNING THE PCM. THEY PERFORMED A VEHICLE INSPECTION AT THAT TIME AND NOTED UNDER "MAJOR SERVICE" THAT IT HAS A "BAD HEAD GASKET LEAK." WE HAVE KEPT IT UNDER CONTROL USING AFTERMARKET STOP-LEAK TYPE PRODUCTS, BUT IT IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX. IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON FAILURE, DOES A RECALL EXIST TO COVER THE REPLACEMENT? I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS BEING A COMMON DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN , DRIVER PULLED OVER AND TOOK KEY OUT OF IGNITON, BUT VEHICLE KEPT RUNNING ,WOULD NOT TURN OFF. TOWED TRUCK CAME TO PICK UP VEHICLE, AND NOTICE THAT STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED AND WOULD NOT UNLOCK. ALSO, COULD NOT PUT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL. DEFECT POSSIBLY CAUSED BY IGNITION BURNING OUT. *AK

BEFORE PUTTING MY DOWN PAYMENT ON THIS CAR THE SALESMAN ASSURED ME THAT THIS CAR RAN GREAT I TOOK IT FOR A SPIN AND IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD CAR AND I EVEN LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD. NOT EVEN A WEEK LATER AFTER BRINGING THE CAR HOME I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND A LIGHT CAME ON READING THAT I NEEDED WATER IN THE CAR SO I HURRIED UP AND TRIED TO MAKE THE NEXT EXIT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF MY STEERING WHEEL COMES SMOKE I MADE THE FIRST EXIT AND CAME TO A SHELL STATION OPENEND MY HOOD AND A HOSE WAS BUSTED AND ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING OUT. I CALLED BILLY BOB'S AND THEY WERE NICE ABOUT HAVING SOMEONE PICK IT UP AND THEY SENT IT TO ONE OF THERE SHOPS AND I CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY TO GET MY CAR. THE PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSEDLY MY FAN ON THE CAR AND THEY FIXED THE HOSE. DAYS LATER THE GUAGE ON MY CAR RED THAT THE CAR WAS STILL HOTT SO I GOT IT CHECKED OUT BY MY MECHANIC AFTER A THOROUGH LOOK HE FOUND THAT MY FAN HAD BEEN RIGED WITH A SPEAKER WIRE AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REWIRED AT THAT POINT I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CASH SO I DIDN'T GET IT FIXED. I TOOK IT TO BILLY BOB'S HOWEVER AND THEY HAD SOMEONE CHECK IT OUT AND THE REWIRED MY FAN AT BILLY BOB'S EXPENSE. WHILE THE MECHANICS CHECKED OUT MY CAR THEY FOUND THAT MY ENGINE HAD A CRACK IN IT AND THAT THE WORK WOULD COST ME ROUGHLY 800 DOLLARS. AFTER DISHING OUT ALL OF MY MONEY TO BILLY BOB'S FOR REPAIRS AND FOR MY CAR NOTES THAT LEFT ME BROKE SO I COULDN'T GET THE JOB DONE. THE MECHANICS TOLD ME TO KEEP WATER IN THE CAR AND GET THE JOB DONE ASAP OR MY ENGINE WILL GO OUT. I SPOKE WITH BILLY BOB'S AND ASKED IF THEY COULD HELP BUT THEY SAID NO BECAUSE I STILL OWE THEM ON THE TRANSMISSION JOB THAT I HAD DONE. I FEEL LIKE I WAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BECAUSE I AM WOMAN AND THEY SOLD ME A LEMON THAT CAR HAS COSTS ME ALOT OF MONEY AND IT STILL RUNS TERRILBLY. WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF GETTING THIS CAR I HAD TO INVEST THOUSANDS TO MAKE IT DRIVABLE . I JUST TOOK THE SALESMAN'S WORD THAT I HAD A GOOD CAR AND THAT IT RAN GOOD I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I W

FEB 2000,SLOWING DOWN AT TOLL BOOTH,CAR STALLS.RESTARTED ONLY AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. AFTER THAT EVERY TIME SLOWING DOWN FOR LIGHTS,TURNS,ETC. THE CAR STALLS.CALLED DEALER,FIRST TOLD IT WOULDN'T DO THAT. NEXT DAY RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL FOR COMPUTER MALFUNCTION AND NOT BEING PROPERLY SHIELDED. WAS TOLD COMPUTER WAS REPLACED,IT WAS A REMANUFACTURED UNIT. AFTER IT WAS REPLACED,STOPPING AT LIGHT AND CAR STALLED AGAIN,BUT WAS RESTARTED SOMEWHAT QUICKLY. HAS HAPPENED REPEATLY SINCE THEN. *AK