NHTSA Complaint #735092 — 1996 CHEVROLET CAVALIER

INSIDE TRIM ALONG WINDSHIELD CRACKED THROUGH. REPLACEMENT COST IS $775. I HAVE MY DOUBTS AS WHETHER THIS WAS A NEW CAR AT TIME OF PURCHASE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO MY DAUGHTER SCRAPED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR. WHILE HAVING IT REPAIRED THE INDEPENDENT COLLISION REPAIR SHOP COMMENTED IF THE CAR HAD BEEN IN A PREVIOUS WRECK. I TOLD THE SHOP OWNER THAT THE CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW AND WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A WRECK. ON 10 OCT. 2000 I TOOK THE CAR INTO BACHMAN CHEVROLET TO HAVE THE CRACKED DASH TRIM ASSESS (GM CASE C1837827). THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED ME AT HOME TO INFORM ME THAT IT WOULD COST $775 TO REPLACE THE TRIM. HE PROCEEDED TO QUESTION ME ABOUT THE CAR BEING IN A WRECK. I INFORMED HIM THAT THE CAR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A WRECK AND IT WAS BOUGHT NEW FROM HIS EMPLOYER. BASED ON THE ABOVE STATEMENTS I NOW HAVE MY DOUBTS ABOUT THE CAR.. *AK