2000 Chevrolet Cavalier

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WHICH HIT A DITCH AND FLIP OVER SEVERAL TIME. DRIVER WAS THROWN OUT THE SUN ROOF AND DIE AND THE OTHER TWO PASSENGER RECEIVED INJURIES. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFED AT THIS TIME. NLM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER WAS KILLED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000. *TR

2 CAR VEHICLE COLLISION-SEE POLICE REPORT. ON THE ABOVE DATE AND TIME, THE BETHEL FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE INTERSECTION OF RESERVOIR ST AND GRASSY PLAIN STREET FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL A TWO CAR MVA WAS DISCOVERED WITH A SMALL VEHICLE FIRE EXTINGUISHED BY THE BETHEL PD. BETHEL CAR ONE, PETE HOLMBERG, REQUESTED THIS FIRE MARSHAL DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. UPON MY EXAMINATION OF THE VEHICLE, I OBSERVED THE FRONT END OF THE INVOLVED VEHICLE WITH MODERATE FRONT-END DAMAGE. THE RIGHT FRONT HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY AREA DID SUSTAIN SOME MELTING AND BURNING TO THE REAR OF THE UNIT. THE LEFT FRONT HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. THE BULBS FOR EACH UNIT WERE CONNECTED TO THE WIRING/SOCKET AREA. THE IMPACT OF THE COLLISION CAUSED THE PLASTIC HOUSING AROUND THE BULB TO BREAK AND DISLODGE THE BULB FROM THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY. THE BULBS WERE PART OF THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT SYSTEM; THEREFORE THEY WERE ON AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE HEAT FROM THE BULB IGNITED THE PLASTIC WIRING HARNESS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE (SEE PHOTO #7). THE HEAT FROM THE BULB ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IGNITED THE PLASTIC WIRE HARNESS AS WELL AS THE PLASTIC HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY (SEE PHOTO #5). THE FIRE CAUSED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A DRY CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE HAS BEEN RULED ACCIDENTAL CAUSED BY A BREAK IN THE PLASTIC RETENTION CLIP FOR THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY LOOSENING THE BULB FROM ITS PROPER PLACEMENT AND THEN TOUCHING COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS AND IGNITING.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND A LARGE PICK UP TRUCK PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I SMASHED INTO THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND NEITHER THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON IMPACT. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE 2000 CAVALEIR FROM CHURCH TO HER COLLEGE WHEN SHE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND LOOKED LEFT AND THEN RIGHT AND PROCEEDED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND FAILED TO SEE A CHRYSLER MINIVAN COMING FROM HER LEFT.. SHE BRAKED AND THE MINIVAN T-BONED HER CAR ON THE LEFT SIDE AND HER CAR PROCEEDED TO TURN 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT FOR 20 FEET AND STOPPED. THE MOST DAMAGE OCCURED ON THE PASSENGER DOOR, TO THE FRONT TIRE WAS PUSHED IN...THE WHOLE STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS PUSHED FORWARD. THE FRONT PASSENGER WAS SEVERELY INJURED WITH SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA AND SKULL FRACTURE.SHE IS PRESENTLY IN A COMA. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE HAD A CONCUSSION,SEVERE LACERATIONS ON THE BACK OF HER HEAD , AND BRUISING ON HER ARMS AND LEGS. THE THIRD PASSENGER IN THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE HAD MINOR INJURIES.

DRIVESHAFT/POWERTRAIN FAILURE ON RIGHT SIDE DURING LOW SPEED (<15 MPH) RIGHT HAND TURN CAUSED LOSE OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND COLLISION WITH LIGHT POLE. DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS CAUSED MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER. VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS. *JB

THE WINDSHIELD EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED HEAD AND BACK INJURIES, AND WERE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVERS SEAT TO COLLAPSE AND AS A RESULT THE DRIVER WAS THROWN INTO THE BACK SEAT. *NLM

I HAD HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR NOT STOPPING WHEN I WOULD BRAKE IN THE PAST. I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY BRAKEPADS & ROTORS. I PAID TO HAVE THEM REPLACE AND LESS THEN 2000 MILES LATER MY MOM HAD AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS A CLEAR, DRY, MODERATELY TRAVELED ROAD. A WOMAN CUT OF KIP THE MAN IN FRONT OF MY MOM. HE BRAKED, MY MOM SAW WHAT HAPPENED AND HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO BRAKE ,AND WAS ONLY DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MILES PER HOUR. SHE STEPPED ON THE BRAKE BUT THE CAR DIDNT SLOW, SO SHE STEPPED HARDER CAUSING THE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR OF THE CAR. WHEN THAT HAPPENED THE ABS SYSTEM MADE ITS NORMAL NOISE TO INDICATE IT WAS ENGAGED BUT THE CAR STILL DIDNT STOP. KIPS TRUCK AND TOW BALL STOPPED MY CAR. THE AIR BAGS DIDNT DEPLOY AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO KIPS TRUCK. MY MOM IS A VERY EXPERIENCED DRIVER. SHE HAS DRIVEN PROFESSIONALLY FOR A REPUTABLE COURIER SERVICE, AND FOR THE SAN ANTONIO VIA (BUS) SYSTEM. I KNOW THERE WAS NOTHING MORE SHE COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT THE ACCIDENT. I TOOK IT TO CHUCK OLSEN THE DEALERSHIP WHO SOLD ME THE CAR, TO CHECK THE ABS SYSTEM. THEY KEPT MY CAR FROM FRIDAY THE 21TH OF JUNE 2002 TO FRIDAY THE 28TH OF JUNE 2002. THEY DIDNT DO ANY EXTENSIVE TESTING, VERY BASIC VISUAL CHECKS, WHICH IS WHAT THEY WROTE ON THE EVALUATION. I DIDNT AGREE WITH THE INITIAL INSPECTION, SO I ASKED TIMIKI J AT GM WHO HANDLED MY PRODUCT FAILURE ALLEGATION, IF I COULD GET A SECOND OPINION. SHE SAID IT WAS FINE BUT THEY WOULDNT PAY FOR IT. SO I PAID ABOUT $125 TO GET A SECOND OPINION. IT TOOK THE NEXT DEALERSHIP ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO DO A COMPLETE INSPECTION; THEY DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS PRESENTLY NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BREAKING SYSTEM. IN THE INSPECTION NOTES THEY DID NOTE THAT THAT DOESNT MEAN SOMETHING DIDNT HAPPEN. JUST THAT THE ABS COMPUTER HADNT RECORDED A FAILURE. I CALLED TIMIKI 3 TIMES AFTER THE SECOND INSPECTION AND LEFT THREE MESSAGES ASKING HER TO CALL ME BACK. TO THIS DAY, I STILL HAVEN

WAS PULLING OUT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS INJURED, AND TAKEN IN FOR EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT. THEN, WAS RELEASED. HAS PICTURES.*AK

RIGHT WHEEL AXLE TWISTED OFF VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION/MINOR INJURIES.*AK

SERIOUS ACCIDENT MAY BE RELATED TO THIS OR SIMILAR PART. WAS TOLD CAR HAD ACCELERATED QUICKLY, AND THROTTLE INCREASED RAPIDLY.PLEASE INVESTIGATE> I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEB SITE WITH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM.THIS MAY BE A SAFTEY PROBLEM. *AK

MY WIFE BOUGHT A 2000 CHEV. CAVALIER FROM SOUND MAZDA INRENTON A YEAR AGO IN 2004, THE CAR DID NOT PASSED EMISSION TEST, WE TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE INFORMED US THAT THE CATALITYC CONVERTER WAS NOT WORKING, THE O2 CENSOR WAS BAD AND IT WOULD BE PRICY, WE TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP AND WERE GOING TO TRADE IT IN, THE MANAGER OF THE DEALERSHIP PULLED A CARFAX REPORT AND HE ASKED US IF THE DEALERSHIP HAD INFORMED US THAT IN 2002 THE CAR WAS IN A WRECK AND THE AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED, WE TOLD HIM NO, WHEN SHE BOUGHT THE CAR NONE OF THIS WAS INFORMED TO US. WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS UNFAIR FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO NOT INFORM US ABOUT THIS, SPECIALLY BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS DON'T WORK IN THE CAR AND THEY STILL SOLD IT TO US LIKE THAT.

A DEER RAN IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND HIT A TREE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO INJURIES REPORTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY.*AK

ON 8/21/03 I WAS INVOLED IN A ACCIDENT WHERE MY CAR ROLLED AND THE CAR INTIALLY HIT FRONT END FIRST AND NEITHER DRIVER NOR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40-45 MPH AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE SKIDDED ON AN ICY ROAD, AND HIT A GAURDRAIL. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK *SCC *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY SHE HYDROPLANED AND HIT THE DIVIDER STRIP THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

FRONTAL CRASH OF MODERATE SEVERITY, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

ACCIDENT IN DEC 2000, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS BEEN ON SINCE 15 JAN 2001, AFTER REPAIRS. TOOK VEHICLE DEALER 3 TIMES. UNABLE TO REPAIR. DEALER STATED THIS WAS A KNOWEN PROBLEM IN CAVALIERS.*AK

BRAKES DID NOT STOP PROPERLY WHEN PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT, BROAD SIDED ANOTHER VECHICLE, CAVALIER DID NOT STOP WHEN BRAKES WERE ENGAGED AT LOW SPEED, GM WAS CONTACTED AND EVEN THOUGH THE DEALERSHIP FOUND WARPAGE ON THE ROTORS THEY DISREGARD RESPONSIBILITY STATING WARPED ROTORS CANNOT INTERFER WITH PROPER OPERATION OF THE BRAKES, THEY TURNED ROTORS AND RETURNED VECHICLE, PLEASE INVESTIGATE HAVE READ MULTIPLE CLAIMS ON YOUR SITE OF SIMILIAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS VECHICLE. *AK