NHTSA Complaint #10586896 — 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER

MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. IN 2006 I WAS DRIVING DOING 20 MPH IN A SCHOOL ZONE AND NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER READ 110, THE GAS GAUGE SHOWED EMPTY AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAD MOVED ALL THE WAY AROUND AND WAS SITTING ON THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE. I CONTACTED GM ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WAS INFORMED THAT A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON TRUCKS AND SUV'S BUT DID NOT INCLUDE AUTOMOBILES. I WAS TOLD TO TAKE MY CAR TO A DEALERSHIP AND PAY $100.00 TO HAVE IT INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC AND IF THE MECHANIC DETERMINED IT WAS THE CLUSTER, THE INFORMATION WOULD BE SENT TO GM AND THEY WOULD THEN MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER THEY WOULD MAKE THE REPAIR OR NOT. MY DAUGHTER OWNS A 2004 MONTE CARLO WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND HER DAUGHTER HAS THE PROBLEM WITH HER 2005 CAVALIER. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM AND GM JUST REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. I THINK CAR OWNERS SHOULD GET THE SAME RESPECT AS TRUCK OWNERS AND GM SHOULD REPAIR THESE CLUSTERS. I HAVE CONTACTED GM MANY TIMES AND THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING . *TR