1999 Chevrolet Cavalier

SAME DEFECTIVE BEARING PROBLEM IN STEERING AS 2000 AND CHEVROLET CAVILIERS. BEARING IS NOISY WHEN WHEEL IS TURNED. COULD CAUSE STEERING WHEEL TO FREEZE OR LOCKUP UPON BINDING. BEARING IS A UNIVERSAL SWIVAL TYPE BEARING LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEERING COLUMN, JUST IN FRONT OF THE FIREWALL AND IS COVERED BY A RUBBER BOOT. THE BEARING MAKES A NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. THE NOISE GOES AWAY WHEN THE BEARING IS SPRAYED OVER AND OVER WITH WD-40, BUT COMES BACK AFTER A THOUSAND MILES OF DRIVING. OTHER 2000 - 2002 CAVALIERS WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THE 1999 CAVALIERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM LIKE THIS ONE AND SHOULD ALSO BE BROUGHT TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION AND RECALLED. *JB

WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR IN SPRINGFIELD MO., I ONLY HAD 8 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT. I LIVE IN ROLLA WHICH IS ONLY 110 MILES AT THE MOST. I DROVE STRAIGHT HOME AND THE MILEAGE SHOWED 265 MILES, TWICE THE MILEAGE. ALSO, THE CAR SHAKES AND GRINDS WHEN STARTING. THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THAT WAS WHEN IT HAD LESS THAN 1000 MILES. FUEL LINES OR SOMETHING SMELLS HEAVY WITH GAS. MY CAR EATS GAS MORE THAN MY ASTRO VAN. THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. I HAVE PUT THREE COOLING SYSTEMS IN THIS CAR THEY SAID WAS WRONG. FUSES KEEP BURNING OUT. I HAVE REPLACED 65 BULBS, THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG. IT'S MUCH WORSE NOW. WHEN I TURN THE CAR THE STEERING STICKS THEN GOES INTO THE TURN, THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE SINCE I BOUGHT IT. PH **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**770836

OUR DAUGHTER ALICIA CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT OAK STREET, SHE MADE A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO BROADWAY. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS COMING BACK OUT OF THE TURN IT JERKED IT OUT OF HER HAND AND HER CAR SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND SHE RAN OVER A GRATE OVER DRAINAGE AND HIT CURB WHICH BLEW OUT TWO FRONT TIRES, THEN SHE JUMPED CURB STOPPING CAR ONE FOOT FROM TREE. SHE HAD ONLY ONE TIRE LEFT ON ROAD OTHER THREE WERE IN YARD. ALICIA WAS NOT INJURED, THOUGH SHE WAS VERY SHAKEN UP. WE CALLED ADR WHICH SENT A TOWING TRUCK TO THE 1700 BLOCK OF BROADWAY TO PICK HER CAR UP. THERE WAS A MRS. PETRY WHO WAS BEHIND ALICIA WHEN THIS HAPPENED. SHE STA;YED WITH ALICIA UNTIL I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED THOUGH A POLICE CAR DID DRIVE BY WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK. I CALLED GM IMMEDIATELY TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS ON THE RACK AND PINION. I CALLED AGAIN ON MONDAY, JULY 22, BUT I DID NOT HAVE VEHICLE # IN FRONT OF ME. I CALLED BACK ON JULY 24TH WEDNESDAY ABOUT 10:30 A. M. IN THE MEANTIME I HAVE BEEN ON INTERNET AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO A FEW PEOPLE WHO KNOW THINGS ABOUT CARS. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT GM HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH RACK AND PINION FOR YEARS.. THERE HAS EVEN BEEN RECALLS. I TALKED TO A CYNTHIA MCDONALD ON JULY 24TH ABOUT 10:30 A.M. AND SHE TOOK DOWN A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WHERE VEHICLE IS , SO FORTH. SHE ASSIGNED #1-187-50-241 AND SENT THIS INFORMATION TO THE PRODUCT ALLOCATION RESOLUTION DEPT. AND TOLD ME THAT I WOULD FOR SURE HEAR SOMETHING IN TWO BUSINESS DAYS. I CALLED ON MONDAY AND WAS TOLD THAT DON LATIMER #57748 AT THE BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER AT 1-800-231-1841 HAD THIS FILE AND SHOULD CONTACT ME BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY. ON TUESDAY I WAS TOO BUSY AT WORK TO CALL. ON WEDNESDAY JULY 31, I CALLED AT LEAST THREE TIMES AND LEFT AT LEAST T WO VOICE MAILS FOR MR. LATIMER . I WAS TOLD NOT TO GET THE CAR FIXED UNTIL I HEARD BACK FROM GM, I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL BE CHARGED STORAGE.*AK