2005 Chevrolet Cavalier

CLUTCH PEDAL FAILED TO RETURN AND CAUSED DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. NO INJURY CLUTCH HOSE LINE TO SLAVE CYLINDER WAS POSITIONED TO CLOSE TO BRAKE LINE CAUSING WEAR AND EVENTUAL LEAK OF FLUID LINE IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. THE PREVIOUS WEEK THE CAR WAS INSPECTED BY HANDY CHEVROLET,THE LOCAL DEALER, AND I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A NEW CLUTCH AND LEAK WAS NOT DETECTED. OTHER OWNERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON THE INTERNET. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER, AND AROUND 60,000 MILES I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER STICKING GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, I WOULD LOOK DOWN AND SPEEDOMETER IS READING OVER 110 MPH, WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ 70 MPH, THIS HAPPENED EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR ACTUAL SPEED IS. IT WOULD GO BACK TO ZERO AFTER A FEW DAYS. AFTER DEALING WITH THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS, I NOTICED THE OTHER DAY THAT MY FUEL GAUGE IS DOING THE SAME THING, WHEN THE FUEL NEEDLE WENT CLEAR TO THE RIGHT OF FULL, IT HAD MY TEMP GAUGE NEEDLE HUNG UP. KNOWING THAT NONE OF MY GAUGES NOW APPEAR TO BE WORKING CORRECTLY I TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP YESTERDAY TO BE PUT ON THE COMPUTER TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS(TOLD TO DO SO BY GM, TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP WITH THE REPAIR COST). THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE PROGRAMMING IN THE DASH CLUSTER HAD BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF WHACK, AND THAT THEY HAD REPROGRAMMED THE DASH CLUSTER AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE, SAID A HIGH VOLTAGE SURGE HAD CAUSED THE DISRUPTION. I DROVE THE CAR OUT OF TOWN TODAY AND WHEN I PARKED THE CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY MY SPEEDOMETER IS READING 70MPH AND MY FUEL GAUGE IS STUCK AT 3/4 OF A TANK. COST ME $113 FOR NOTHING YESTERDAY. IT IS A WONDER THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN IN A WRECK OR INJURED FROM HAVING TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF FUEL OR REALIZED SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THEIR GAUGES. GENERAL MOTORS HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR ALONG TIME AND REFUSES TO DO A RECALL ON THESE BAD CLUSTER PANELS. I AM BEING TOLD TO REPLACE THE CLUSTER PANEL WILL COST ME AT LEAST $550. I WILL CALL GM TOMORROW AND TELL THEM REPROGRAMMING DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY ALREADY KNOW THIS, BECAUSE THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM GM CALLED TODAY TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND MY HUSBAND TOLD HIM, HE SAID THAT REPROGRAMMING DOESN'T FIX THE CLUSTER PROBLEM. GM NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, IT IS DEFECTIVE PARTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT IT FAILED TO STOP. HE NOTICED THAT THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE HOSE BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY AND CRASHED WAS INCREASED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE DEALER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 58,000. UPDATED 05/06/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO CLUTCH TUBING AND IT RUBBED IN TWO PLACES. THE CONSUMER WIFE HAD NO CLUTCH AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPDATED 05/08/09.*JB

MY DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. SHE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE ON A RAIN SLICK ROAD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ALTHOUGH SHE IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING HER SORE NECK EVALUATED BY A DOCTOR. SHE WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT IN HER VEHICLE (2005 CHEVY CAVALIER). THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO BREAK THE WINDSHIELD. THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT DID NOT INFLATE PROPERLY. UPON INSPECTION, IT IS APPARENT THAT A HOLE IN THE AIRBAG (ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER) IS THE REASON THE AIRBAG DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. OBVIOUSLY, THE FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG IS THE REASON FOR THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

HAVE 2005 CAVALIER WITH 59,000. STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SPEEDOMETER AT ABOUT 51,000 MILES. SPEEDOMETER WOULD COME TO REST ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 110 WHEN CARE IS NOT MOVING. THEN IT WOULD SHOW 80 OR SO MPH WHEN I WAS ONLY GOING AROUND 20 TO 25. IT IS NOW STOPPED AT PEGGED ALL THE WAY OVER . THEN THE TACK STARTED ACTING UP, IT WOULD MOVE ALL OVER THE GAUGE. IT TOO IS NOW HOLDING AT 1000 RPM EVEN WHEN I AM GOING AROUND 70 MPH. NOW THE FUEL GAUGE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE TOO. ALL THIS WITHIN ABOUT 10,000 MILES. WHAT NEXT, IS THE TEMP GAUGE GOING TO GO HAY WIRE?????? I HAVE TALKED WITH REPAIR SHOP AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT CHEVROLET HAS BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR GAUGES FOR AROUND THREE YEARS , SINCE 2002 MODEL. IF THIS IS SUCH A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM, WHY HASN'T CHEVROLET DONE A RECALL ON THE REPLACE OF THE GAUGE CLUSTER. OR ARE THEY ONLY LOOKING TO MAKE A PROFIT FROM THE INNOCENT CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE THE MISFORTUNE TO HAVE BOUGHT A CAVALIER. THE CHEVY DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE REPLACE QUITE A FEW OF THESE PROBLEMS. THIS REPAIR IS NOT CHEAP, DEALERSHIP WANTED AROUND $600 DOLLARS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I TRIED PUTTING OF THE REPAIR SINCE I COULD ALMOST JUDGE HOW FAST I WAS GOING. THAT WAS TILL I GOT A TICKET. NOW THAT THE GAS GAUGE IS GOING HAY WIRE, LOOKS LIKE I WILL HAVE TO FORK OUT THE MONEY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE I RUN OUT OF GAS SOME WHERE ON THE HIGHWAY, OR MY WIFE RUNS OUT OF GAS IN SOME BAD NEIGHBOR. SURE DON'T WANT ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THAT. WHY DOESN'T CHEVY DO A RECALL SINCE THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE KNOW ABOUT IT FOR A LONG LONG TIME. CHEVROLET IS STARTING TO LEAVE A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH. I AM A SIXTY ONE YEAR OLD MALE AND HAVE ALWAYS DROVE A CHEVY. BUT MAYBE, JUST MAYBE I MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE MY WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THE CHEVY BUILD TUFF.??????? GET CHEVROLET OFF THEIR REARS AND LETS FIX THIS PROBLEM AND MAKE YOUR CUSTOMERS HAPPY. *TR

HAVING SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH CLUSTER. FIRST HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. SOMETIMES WOULD NOT BUDGE FROM COLD EVEN AFTER DRIVING 30 MILES. THEN SPEEDOMETER COMPLETELY MESSED UP. SOMETIMES IT WOULD WORK, BUT USUALLY IT WOULD SHOW THAT I WAS DRIVING 110 MPH. FINALLY I JUST REPLACED THE ENTIRE CLUSTER BOARD. WORKED PROPERLY FOR ONE DAY, BUT BROKE AGAIN NEXT DAY. AT LEAST THE TEMPERATURE IS ACCURATE. BUT I HAVE TO DEPEND ON MY GPS DAILY TO KNOW HOW FAST I'M DRIVING. OCCASIONALLY IT WORKS PROPERLY, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND HERE RECENTLY MY ODOMETER IS GOING CRAZY. ACTUAL MILEAGE IS ACCURATE, BUT TRIP MILEAGE CONTINUALLY RESETS ITSELF AND OFTEN APPEARS ON ITS OWN, WITHOUT ME PUSHING THE BUTTON. SOMETIMES FLASHES ON AND OFF FOR NO REASON, EVEN AFTER CAR HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. *TR

AFTER ONLY APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES, THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER IS NOT READING CORRECTLY. SOMETIMES IS STICKS ON ANY GIVEN SPEED, WHILE OTHER TIMES IT WILL JUST READ ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR FASTER OR SLOWER THAN I AM ACTUALLY GOING. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH CAVALIER OWNERS. WHILE THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN THE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT FOR ME, IT CERTAINLY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE ACCIDENTS FOR OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. TO VIEW OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE FOR THE CHEVROLET CAVALIER PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/CAVALIER/2005/ELECTRICAL/SPEEDOMETER_IS_NOT_ACCURATE.SHTML FORTUNATELY FOR ME, MY INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL BE COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AT A COST OF ONLY $100 TO ME. OTHERS WILL BE CHARGED UP TO ABOUT $300 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM...OR THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES WITH A BROKEN SPEEDOMETER. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. *TR