NHTSA Complaint #10227216 — 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER

ON A 4 HOUR ROAD TRIP MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 77. THEREFORE, I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR AFTER A FEW MINUTES HAD PASSED. HOWEVER, IT WOULD NOT. AFTER SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS WAITING FOR MY BOYFRIEND TO DRIVE 2 HOURS OUT OF HIS WAY TO COME AND GET ME AND FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO TOW ME SOMEWHERE...WE FOUND A SMALL SHOP THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES AWAY. THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND SAID THE FUEL PUMP HAD GONE OUT ON IT. THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL FILTER. PARTS COST 315.00 DOLLARS, LABOR WAS 100.00, AND MISC. CHARGES AND TAX FEES BROUGHT THE GRAND TOTAL TO 450.00 DOLLARS. OH AND DON'T FOR THE TOW AND THE GAS THAT MY BOYFRIEND WASTED DRIVING DOWN TO PICK ME UP AND DRIVING ME DOWN 2 DAYS LATER TO PICK UP MY CAR. OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE! *TR