NHTSA Complaint #10436264 — 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER

WE BOUGHT OUR '05 CAVALIER USED IN THE FALL OF 2008, THINKING IT WAS A SOLID, RELIABLE VEHICLE FOR OUR YOUNG FAMILY. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG (DATE I POSTED WAS APPROXIMATE, BASED ON WHEN I KNOW FOR SURE IT WAS DOING IT'S THING) FOR THE GAUGES TO START ACTING UP. FROM THEN ON, IT READS LIKE IT'S OVERHEATING ON A REGULAR BASIS (GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE RED SOMETIMES), DESPITE THE COOLING SYSTEM, THERMOSTAT, ETC. BEING FINE. ALSO, THE GAS AND ODOMETER GAUGES ACT UP, TYPICALLY WHEN THE TEMP GAUGE DOES. THEY MOVE AROUND ALL CRAZY AND STICK SOMETIMES. I FIND I OFTEN HAVE TO REMOVE THE FUSE TO THE GAUGES TO RESET THEM, THOUGH THIS TENDS TO REQUIRE SITTING FOR AS MUCH AS 5 MINUTES. ALL THIS JUST TO BE ABLE TO DISCERN HOW FAST YOUR GOING IS RIDICULOUS. WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS I'VE READ ON THE '05 CAVS DOING THIS, YOU THINK CHEVY WOULD FIX THE ISSUE...IT'S A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD TO HAVE YOUR GAUGES MESS UP THAT BAD. *TR