NHTSA Complaint #10236023 — 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER

COMING HOME FROM MILWAUKEE AT 12:30 AM WITH SON AFTER SEEING RACE IN SLINGER, WI. ON INTERSTATE, CAR LOST COMPLETE ENGINE POWER AND BECAME DEAD. CLOSEST GM DEALERSHIP IN WATERTOWN, WI WENT OUT OF BUSINESS LAST YEAR (PER TOW TRUCK DRIVER). HAD TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED A BAD FUEL PUMP AND A PRICE OF OVER $800. CAME TO PICK UP WITH A TRAILER AND ASKED FOR HELP PUSHING CAR ON TRAILER. THEY SAID YOU COULD DRIVE IT UP AS THE MECHANIC TAPPED THE FUEL TANK AND IT STARTED. DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK A FEW TIMES LAST WEEK WITH NO PROBLEMS. I EXPLAINED THIS TO GM, TOLD THEM ABOUT THEIR POOR DESIGN AND THAT THIS IS NOT SAFE BECAUSE IT WILL FAIL AT ANY TIME AND COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. WAS GIVEN CASE #71-648948392 (TOLD NO RECALLS WERE AVAILABLE PER MY VIN #). CHECKED ON INTERNET (TOPIX.COM) AND OVER 400 HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR