Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||||
| 990940001 | 05/01/1999 | 606701 | Customers may complain that the front seat shoulder belt plastic cover will not stay snapped in place on coupe models only. *tt | 08/31/1999 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT | |||
| 11/19/2003 | 108000 | 1 | |
| While driving at 30 vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, and neither of the air bags deployed. also, seat belt did not hold the driver. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - ANCHORAGE | |||
| 02/27/1999 | 9999 | 02/01/1999 | |
| Front seat belts are always twisted,taken back to dealer 3 times, dealer said all cavaliers are like this. compared to a new one and said look at the new one it's just like yours, cannot resolve problem.but in the owners manual it said ,not to put seat belts on when there twisted, or risk serious injury or death.*ak | |||
| 03/28/1999 | 2 | 03/01/1999 | |
| Seat belt in the back seat doesn't tighten on a car seat and i think should lock and tighten when the brakes aren't being applied. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 70000 | 1 | 05/01/2003 | |
| Driver's side seat belt failed to stay latched after being buckled.*ak *ts *jb | |||
| 08/08/2001 | 1 | 03/01/1999 | |
| The driver side seat belt fails to connect, only after numerous tries will it finally connect and stay fastened. the high pressure air conditioning line is rubbing on the radiator fan causing a hole in the line, which now needs to be fixed.*ak | |||
| 03/04/1999 | |||
| Vehicle was involved in an accident. hit a guardrail, causing damage to sensor and the computer module. both air bags did not deploy. dealer notified, and inspected computer which revealed that the air bags had deployed; but, in reality, did not. also the seat belt did not secure properly, causing consumer to hit her head on the steering wheel. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||
| 01/01/2000 | 8 | 03/06/1999 | |
| Vehicle stalls when air conditioner is running. dealer cannot remedy situation. *ak seat belt failed to work. vehicle rolls when emergency brake is applied. *yh | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES | |||
| 06/12/2000 | 1000 | 06/01/1999 | |
| #1. air bag and seat belt intermittently flash approx once a second, for 10 to 15 seconds when the car is stopped or moving. dealer could not duplicate. they did a scan with tech 2 and found no codes set. they said this is normal operation. i am concerned about the air bag not deploying in an accident given other reports of no air bag deployment listed on your web site. #2 if turn signal lever is not moved to the physical stop for a flash to pass, only the rear turn signals will flash. they flash fast just like when one bulb is burned out. dealer said this is normal. #3 this is the 2.4l engine. upon deccelarating from at least 2nd gear almost to a stop and then accelerating, the trans hesitates slightly and thumps into gear. then the upshift into 2nd gear is not a smooth shift but very hard. even though mechanic acknowledged experiencing the problem during a test drive we both made together, he states he could not duplicate complaint on the paperwork. scan test ok, no codes, ok at this time. it seems to me, if there is no codes set in the control module then there can not be a problem. what did mechanics do before cars had computer control modules? did they actually have to do some work to identify what was wrong? by the way, i am a computer engineer and have been one for 35 years. i plan to continue persuing this problem. i also own a 1998 cavalier with the 2.2l engine and a 1999 buick century with the 3.1l engine. the 1998 cavailer has the same turn signal problem but not the other 2 problems. the century has none of these problems. | |||