1996 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Engine And Engine Coolingcooling System Problems

15 NHTSA complaints on file

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Engine And Engine Coolingcooling System Issues in the 1996 CHEVROLET CAVALIER

15 engine and engine coolingcooling system complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1996 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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#10028424 | July 16, 2003

EXCESSIVE COOLANT LEAKAGE FROM UNDER CAR. CAR HEATS UP, CAUSING TO PULLOVER CONSTANTLY TO GET THE CAR TO COOL DOWN. SEEMS TO BE A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. *AK

#10023919 | June 28, 2003

CAR SUDDENLY LEAKED COOLANT, ENGINE TEMP WAS READING HOT ON DASH. THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO A STUCK THERMOSTAT, REPLACED THERMOSTAT AND COOLANT. BELT STARTS SLIPPING A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, AND ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING RADIATOR, WATER PUMP, AND BELT. *NLM

#566368 | November 6, 2002

8/28/98 RECALL AIRBAGS--7/20/01 WATER PUMP REPLACED--9/5/01 STABILIZER LINK REPLACED--HORN WORKS SOMETIMES

#566396 | July 19, 2002

CUSTOMER REQUESTED TO HAVE THE THE WATER PUMP, SERPENTINE BELT AND COOLANT REPLACED, DEALER FOUND THE WATER PUMP TO BE LEAKING.*TT

#8008755 | April 29, 2002

VEHICLE IS OVERHEATING. WHILE DRIVING TO KEEP VEHICLE FROM OVERHEATING HAS TO TURN FAN ON FOR AIR CONDITIONING. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

#753443 | October 25, 2001

AFTER LISTENING TO A SQUEEK NOISE FROM TRUNK AREA PROCEED TO A CLUNKING NOISE, I TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. WAS ADVISED BY DEALER THAT REAR STRUT AND IT'S MOUNT HAD FAILED REQUIRING BOTH TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $800. I FEEL THE FAILURE OF THIS ASSEMBLY TO BE A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. MUFFLER FAILED PREMATURELY. WATER PUMP FAILED PREMATURLEY. STARTING TO THINK 1996 CAVALIER WAS NOT ENGINEERED VERY WELL.

#748445 | July 23, 2001

CYLINDER HEAD GASKET BLEW WHILE DRIVING. DEALER SAID THIS WAS COVERED UNDER A RECALL, BUT WATER PUMP FAILED BECAUSE OF GASKET, BUT WOULDN'T COVER THE PUMP. *AK

#741818 | March 14, 2001

THE WATER KEEPS LEAKING FROM THE WEEP HOLE AND THERE WAS NO FAULT OF MINE OR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE THAT I COULD OF DONE. DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE WATER PUMP (UNDER THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD) THE REPAIR IS VERY EXPENSIVE (APPROXIMATELY $800.00). *AK

#553736 | September 6, 2000

UPPER RADIATOR HOSE FAILED, COOLANT PIPE FAILED AND LEAKED. *MJS

#725551 | August 22, 2000

CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ON RECALL #C00010, DEALER AGREED TO PAY PART OF REPAIRS AND NOT ALL. WOULD NOT PAY FOR DEALERSHIP CHARGES ON PRESSURE TESTING COOLING SYSTEM EVEN THOUGH DEALERSHIP REQUIRED IT....

#724881 | July 25, 2000

I FIRST NOTICED THE COOLANT LIGHT ON AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN I TURNED CORNERS. THE LIGHT NEVER STAYED ON FOR MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS, THEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER TO GET SOME RECALL WORK COMPLETED AND THEY TOLD ME THAT A GASKET CONNECTING TO MY WATER PUMP HAS A SLOW LEAK. MY BROTHER HAS A 1997 CAVALIER Z24 AND HAS THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. I HOPE YOU CAN GET SOMETHING DONE SO OTHERS DONT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *AK

#722321 | May 19, 2000

FEB 2000 I REPLACED A FAULTY WATER PUMP CONTINUED TO HAVE SLOW COOLANT LEAK...MAY 2000 HEAD GASKET WAS FOUND TO BE BAD.NO RECALL AND EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS .....NOT PURCHASED BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS WHAT I RECOMMEND. *AK

#718978 | February 19, 2000

KNOCKING NOISE NEAR TRUNK AREA, BURNING SMELL CONSTANTLY, PANEL LIGHTS ALWAYS SHOW SOMETHING WRONG, ETS OFF LIGHT BLINKING, TILT STICKS, HORN DEFECTIVE, DON'T START IN WARM WEATHER,POPPING NOISE IN REAR SIDE, COOLANT LEAKS, POWER STEERING HOSES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY BURNED UP AND LEAKED FLUID ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM, WINDOW RATTLES WHEN COMING DOWN, WINDOW NOT ALIGNED RIGHT AIR COMES THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES,ALARM DOESN'T WORK 85% OF THE TIME EVEN WITH NEW BATTERIES, NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE JUNE 1, 1999.

#838426 | May 25, 1999

VEHICLE BOUGHT W/BAD WATER PUMP WHICH WAS LEAKING BADLY. BRAKES IN REAR WERE MAKING METAL TO METAL NOISE & WERE SLUSHY. WHEN VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ANY GREAT DISTANCE & THEN STOPPPED, IT WOULD OVERHEAT & THEN STALL OUT. HARD TO RESTART. ODOMETER NUMBERS NOT EVEN & OUT OF SYNC. WATER HOSE IS LEAKING. *AK

#702238 | January 15, 1999

COOLANT LOSS, LOW COOLANT LIGHT, COOLANT LEAK ODOR. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC VERIFED THAT IT IS LEAKING AND DAMAGING THE HEAD GASKET. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE 95 CAVALIER HAVE THIS PROBLEM ON RECALL. MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED 11/95, HAS THE SAME HEAD GASKET AS THE 95, BUT CHEVROLET WILL NOT PAY TO FIX IT.

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