2002 Chevrolet Cavalier

MY ROTORS WERE FIRST CHECKED APPROXIMATELY MARCH 2003 WHEN I COMPLAINED OF THEM CAR SHAKING WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY30,000 MILES AT THE TIME. THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE TURNED WHICH I AGREED BUT SAID IT WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX AND I WOULD PROBABLY BE BACK. SO IN JULY 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 35,000 MILES, I RETURNED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING. AT THIS TIME, THEY WERE TWO THIN TO BE "TURNED" AND I NEED NEW ONES. WHICH I HAD TO COMPLAIN IN ORDER TO GET NEW ONES BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO CHARGE ME FOR THEM. (SEPTEMBER 2003) A FRIEND OF MINE BOUGHT A 2003 CAVALIER WHICH THEY HAVE HAD APPROXIMATELY 5 MONTHS WITH 20,000 MILES AND THEY HAD TO HAVE THEIR ROTORS TURNED ALREADY. THEY COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET THEM FIXED AT THE DEALER AND THE SAME DEALER AS MINE SAID THEY COULDN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE SHE TOOK IT TO ANOTHER PLACE BUT THEY WOULD HAVE REPLACED THEM. SHE TOLD THEM THAT AS SOON AS THEY WERE SHAKING AGAIN THAT THEY WOULD BRING IT IN FOR NEW ROTORS. PLUS I HAVE HEARD OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT ROTORS ON CAVALIERS AFTER I BOUGHT MINE CONCERNING BRAKES. THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS - RECALL!!!*AK

BOUGHT MY 2002 CHEVROLET LS SPORT CAVAILER ON 5/27/02. SINCE THEN THE RACK AND PINION WENT IN MARCH 2003--WHICH THEY DID NOT DISCOVER UNTIL MAY, AND WHEN DRIVING I GET A LOUD GRINDING NOISE STILL WHICH IS METAL ON METAL. I ASKED ANOTHER MECHANIC NOT AFFILIATED W/ THE AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP (THAT TOLD ME AFTER 5 ATTEMPTS THIS CAN NOT BE FIXED-AND THAT THEY HAVE A PI OUT ON IT), IF THIS COULD POSE A PROBLEM. HE SAID THE CONTINUOUS GRINDING W/ METAL ON METAL WHEN STEERING, CAN CAUSE TOO MUCH FRICTION AND HEAT UP AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE, ETC. I AM HAVING MY HUSBAND DRIVE THIS VEHICLE THAT ONLY HAS 13,300 MILES NOW. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT, AND THE DEALERSHIP, NOR GM CAN TELL ME OR SIGN OFF IN IN WRITING THAT THIS WON'T CAUSE A PROBLEM. THEY (GM) BELIEVE STEERING PROBLEMS, AND NOISES YOU HEAR WHEN STEERING LIKE METAL ON METAL ARE NOT DANGEROUS. I WAS TOLD THAT GM KNOWS THIS IS A DEFECT BY THE DEALERSHIP AND GM NOW ITSELF CALLED ME AND TOLD ME, BUT THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WHY DOESN'T THE REGIONAL MGR FOR GM DRIVE MY CAR THEN, AND TELL ME THAT--SINCE SHE MAKES ALL DECISIONS THAT THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS, AND HENCE WON'T DO A THING ABOUT IT. SEEMS LIKE THE DEALERSHIP AND GM SAYS IT'S A PROBLEM, BUT I HAVE TO KEEP PAYING ON A CAR THAT I WON'T DRIVE. BESIDES THE CONTINUAL GRINDING IN MY STEERING, AND THE FAILURE OF THE RACK AND PINION THAT THEY FIXED, THE HORN DIED 2 TIMES AS WELL. *AK

ENGINE AND VEHICLE SPEED SOMETIMES, BUT INTERMITTENTLY, DO NOT RESPOND TO DRIVER CONTROL - VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, HAD TO RIDE BRAKES TO CONTROL SPEED. THIS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES WITH INCREASING SEVERITY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME - ON THE SIXTH TIME THE VEHICLE REACHED 60MPH WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR BEING TOUCHED. REVIEW OF ODI COMPLIANTS SHOWS AN INCREASING NUMBER OF SIMILAR RELATED COMPLAINTS ON THIS MODEL WITH AGE. HAD PURCHASED CAR TO GIVE TO MY NEWLY LICENSED DAUGHTER, WHO, DUE TO LACK OF EXPERIENCE, WAS INITIALLY UNSURE IF THE PROBLEM WAS WITH HER OR THE CAR. THE LAST TIME SCARED HER, AND THE DEALER'S REP SAID "IT WAS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN". DEALER DID A GOOD JOB IN PERSISTING WITH THE PROBLEM, WHICH WAS FINALLY (AFTER TWO DAYS) TRACED TO THE ACCELERATOR CONTROL CABLE DUST COVER COMING LOOSE AND WEDGING ITSELF BETWEEN THE CABLE AN ACTUATOR IN A DIFFICULT TO DETECT LOCATION.*AK