NHTSA Complaint #10381107 — 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER

2005 CHEVY CAVALIER, GAUGES STARTED GOING HAYWIRE AROUND 50K MILES. TEMP GAUGE SOARED AND I THOUGHT THE CAR WAS OVERHEATING. WE WERE OUT OF TOWN AND IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, BUT HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER AND STOP THE CAR "TO LET IT COOL OFF." MY SON WAS VIOLENTLY ILL AT THE TIME AND WE HAD GONE TO PICK HIM UP ON HIS JOB BECAUSE HE COULD NOT DRIVE HOME AND WE NEEDED TO GET HIM TO A DOCTOR ASAP. WHAT A NIGHTMARE! WE CONSIDERED GETTING A RENTAL AND CALLING A TOW TRUCK TO TOW THE CAVALIER HOME, BUT WHEN WE COULD FIND NO SIGNS OF OVERHEATING, WE PROCEEDED WITH CAUTION. THIS CONTINUED TO OCCUR OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THEN SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. SEEMS THE NEEDLES HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN. THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF ONLINE COMPAINTS ABOUT THIS DEFECT. I WISH EVERYONE HAD FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT. BUT SINCE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED BY CHEVROLET. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THE ONLY FIX IS TO REPLACE THE PARTS (WHICH ONLY THEY CAN DO) AT A COST TO THE CONSUMER OF $500. *TR