Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||||
| 4014 | 10021074 | Parts update - timing chain tensioner design change. *kb | 03/01/2007 | ||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 03/06/2012 | |||
| The speed odometer was the first gauge to not work. it is now stuck at 45mph at all times. now my gas gauge does not work. it even interferes with the temperature gauage. now the rpm gauge is starting not to work. some days it works fine and other days it sits at 5 thousand. the temperature gauge is the only gauge that works. | |||
| 07/12/2011 | 97000 | ||
| Temperature gauge stopped working, reads sometimes, and sometimes does not. replaced sensor and had no effect on gauge function. fuel gauge is intermittent after the temperature gauge stopped functioning as well. door on heating underneath the dash clacks constantly unless you set the heat in recirculate mode. needles of the two gauges hit each other as they wander aimlessly through their orbits. horn stopped working at 98000 miles. this vehicle is plagued by bad wiring and parts. however, it is a fine running vehicle and should ast another 100000 miles if you're willing to drive it without gauges, horn and only run through the heat and ac in recirculate mode. chevrolet knows this has happened constantly with these vehicles and should recall and correct them. if i can't trust the original gauge cluster, how can i trust a new set if i take the vehicle to the dealer for repair and pay an exhorbitant price to have them replaced and repaired? i would expect this from a chrysler product but never a chevrolet!!! | |||
| 08/12/2011 | 71000 | ||
| In aug of last year while driving approx 45 mph, the rpm gauge began jumping up into the red. it took about two weeks worth of driving for it to fail completely. since the car is an automatic, failure of the rpm gauge was not serious concern. in mid january of this year, i noticed the gas gauge would only show 3/4 a tank after a complete, topped off fill up. then the temp gauge showed the vehicle was beginning to run hot (195 deg). the garage replaced the thermostat ($230). after a couple of days, the temp started running hot again. i took it back for service. then they replaced the thermostat sensor ($170) hours after picking the vehicle up the temperature gauge shot well into the red. i then took the vehicle to another service station. who informed me that the temp is actually fine, but the abs sensors needed replaced ($285)(with no warning light indication from the panel). i have also been informed that the whole instrument panel is bad and needs replaced of which i can not afford to do. the vehicle has now failed state inspection due to the faulty instrument panel. the chevrolet dealer service dept, claims that the panel failing, is very common, and gm refuses to do anything about it. | |||
| 04/01/2010 | 80000 | ||
| Gauges on dashboard have failed. all lights come on and gauges fail. speedometer says i'm going 60 mph when the car is stopped. water temp gauge is not functioning and the indicator gets in the way off the speedometer indicator. | |||
| 08/26/2011 | 98644 | ||
| On the 26th of august my 17 year daughter was returning home from school when the speedometer quit working. i have to replace the cluster panel and have found out that this is a very common defect with my 2005 cavalier. i feel a recall needs to be made on this and those who have repaired this issue should be reimbursed their money and time for non-use of their vehicles. this is a very serious issue that could cause an accident, even deaths. | |||
| 05/26/2011 | 65620 | ||
| The odometer and speedometer don't reset when deceleration occurs. has been going occurring on and off for the past few months with only the odometer. today was the first incident when the speedometer malfunctioned. i was able to reset the meters by turning the ignition key on and off several times. after doing research, i have discovered that this seems to be a common problem with the 2005 chevy cavaliers. | |||
| 04/10/2011 | |||
| 2005 chevrolet cavalier/power windows malfunction ....owned for 4 months, let the window down one day at a drive-thru restaurant as usual and the window just stopped and never started again...still to this day it is still stuck in the down position..so now everywhere my family and i go we're at risk of our being burgularized because the car's interior is easily accessible..the window was an issue when i first purchased the used car thru cars and trucks in morrow, ga and they agreed to fix it and never did..so called chevrolet and was told that can be repaired for $120..which i don't have..it's just ridiculous..riding on the expressway and weather conditions both pose safety problems to my family and i..this car needs to be recalled, it's just got too many problems that seem to me as a consumer to be safety violations that are just being swept under the rug.. | |||
| 05/02/2011 | |||
| I have a 2005 cavalier which i purchased with 17,000 miles on it. i am currently at 28,500 approximately. my car is currently experiencing problems with the temperature gauge, gas gauge and check engine light. it also appears to be accelerating on it's own. i have checked several websites and find that this problem seems to in addition to the other issues, i am experiencing problems with my horn (i am not familiar with the relationship they components of a car have with each other). my understanding is that chevy did a recall do to defects with steering problems in the 2005 cavaliers. could the problems that i and other are experiencing be a part of that recall, since it is all apart of the dashboard be common for the year, make and model of my car? | |||
| 06/01/2010 | 105000 | ||
| We have a 2005 chevrolet cavalier and the speedometer has completely quit working. nothing has been done to the vehicle that would cause this to happen. everything is just as it was when my husband purchased it new. we have not had anything don e to correct the problem. | |||
| 02/03/2011 | 84404 | ||
| Just purchased 2005 chevrolet cavalier....2 weeks as an owner...i have pictures of my car parked and the speedometer is reading 40-60mph..how is that possible? general motors should offer to fix this problem or give every owner of this type of vehicle a better car..i have no inclination as to how fast i am going on the expressway period..i feel that i am doing 55 but the speedometer is at 100 or better..this is ridiculous...i'm extremely upset because i am paying a note on this vehicle and am at risk, unwillingly and unpredictably for a ticket and accident because i have unsettling comfort driving due to an unreadable speedometer...someone has to make general motors do something about this..oh my goodness...i am a single mother of special needs kids who has to get around and this is an issue that i did not forsee when i put down for this car!! | |||
| 08/01/2010 | 35000 | ||
| At highway speeds, the speedometer needle on our 2005 chevrolet cavalier fluctuates wildly and is unreadable. reducing speed greatly or changing rate of acceleration/deceleration will correct the problem temporarily, but it recurs every time the car passes 55 miles per hour. | |||
| 10/20/2010 | 93000 | ||
| The speedometer in the 2003-2005 chevrolet cavalier is likely defective among many cars. recently, when my speedometer in my 2005 chevrolet cavalier stopped working at 93000 miles, it prompted me to do a search on google to see if anyone else had a similar problem. i bought the car with 72000 miles on it out of warranty and i soon realized (maybe in 2000-3000 miles) that the speedometer was around 5mph fast. i was able to test this using speed check signs posted by police and by using my gps unit. at the moment, my particular speedometer works when the weather is warm (not too cold, not too hot), but many other's don't work at all, or this happened before theirs stopped working completely. it appears that many others with many different years of the car have experienced the same problem. (by many others, i found at least 30-40 complaints among the years the cavalier new style of cavalier has been built (2002-2005) the average cost to fix this problem is $800, according to http://carcomplaints.com, which is more than 20% of the assessed value of my car. as i am sure you are aware, the speedometer is an integral part of a car's suite of safety features. not only does it contribute to the safety of the drive and his or her passengers, it also contributes to the safety of the highway system as a whole. please consider investigating this issue as many others have experienced it. | |||
| 11/20/2010 | 79000 | ||
| While driving home one evening in approximately 30 degree weather my 2005 chevrolet cavalier temp gauge began to soar far past the 260 degree mark on the dail and came to rest pointing at the 15 mph mark on the speedometer. this prohibited the speedometer from coming to rest at 0 when the car was not moving. this is causing me to have to use my gps to accurately determine the rate of speed i am traveling at. i have pulled overmany times to check whether or not my car is truly overheating and at no time has it been the case. | |||
| 09/04/2010 | 100000 | ||
| My speedomoter on my 2005 chevy cavalier sticks whenever it is cold. it'll be stuck on 40mph when im parked. it will eventually go back down only to stick again a few days later. seems like a lot of people are having the same problem. safety recall?? or can i just send chevy the speeding ticket because i have no idea how fast i'm going?? | |||
| 09/24/2010 | 95000 | ||
| Speedometer and tach inaccurate | |||
| 12/12/2009 | 70995 | ||
| I purchased a 2005 chevy cavalier november 2004. i am the original owner. as of dec. 2009 my cars odometer has stopped working and the gas gauge is not accurate. also my dashboard signals abs, trac off, and the service sign come on simultaneousluy. these signs come on when i am reversing the car and occasionally while driving the speed limit. these are all issues that are not normal wear and tear on a car but rather a defect. therefore, i hope someone will look into this issue further. | |||
| 01/03/2009 | 60000 | ||
| 2005 chevy cavalier - most of the gauges on the instrument panel are wacky and don't work. this is a very common problem with chevy instrument panels. they have yet to recall any of them. instead we have people driving around not knowing how fast they are going and when they will run out of gas. | |||
| 03/01/2010 | 60113 | ||
| I have a 2005 chevy cavalier ls sport. the gas gauge dosnt work with it, when i bought the car none of the gauges worked, they fixed everything but the gas gauge still dosnt work. i think this is a safety issue because if u run out of gas on the highway or downtown it could cause an accident because of you!! chevy vehicles are the most crappyest vehicles ever!!! my car only has 53 thousand on it and so far the axel is bad and all of my motor mounts are broke except one and i have this annoying cracking noise all the time and my abs, service and trac off light stays on all the time!!! my engine fan also dosnt run, so when my car sits there and idles my temp gauge goes up, so i have to just shut off my car so it dosnt overheat | |||
| 10/12/2009 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tl*the driver rented a 2005 chevrolet cavalier. the driver was hit head on by an out of control 2002 toyota highlander. both vehicles were destroyed. there were four fatalities as a result of the crash. the highlander speed increased up to 85 miles per hour at the time of the incident. the contact does not know what the mileage was on the vehicle when the crash occurred. updated 04/07/10. updated 06/18/10 | |||