2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Electrical System Problems

MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. APPARENTLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. I'VE BEEN READING A FORUM ON HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/CAVALIER/2004/ACCESSORIES-INTERIOR/SPEEDOMETER_STOPPED_WORKING.SHTML AND BETWEEN THE MILEAGE RANGE OF 30,000 AND 50,000 THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SIGNIFIGANT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE BY NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO WAY TO AFFORD GETTING IT FIXED AND CHEVROLET SHOULD BE LIABLE TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THEY CANNOT EXPECT TO CHARGE UPWARDS OF $500.00 TO REPAIR SOMETHING THAT WAS POORLY MANUFACTURED. *KB

THE POWER WINDOWS DON'T WORK . THE GAUGES DON'T WORK ONLY GAUGE THAT'S WORKS IS THE TACHOMETER FROM MY RESEARCH THESE ARE TWO COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THESE CAVALIERS THE WINDOWS IS MORE OF A CONVENIENCE PROBLEM BUT THE GAUGES NOT WORKING IS A SAFETY PROBLEM CHEVROLET SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE THIS RIGHT. *TR

SPEEDOMETER FIRST BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION, FOLLOWED BY ALL OTHER GAUGES. NO GAUGES WORK PROPERLY NOW. SPEED IS UNKNOWN, RPMS IS UNKNOWN, AMOUNT OF GAS IN TANK IS UNKNOWN, PROPER FUNCTION OF ENGINE IS UNKNOWN. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 60MPH. ITS NOT THAT OLD OF A CAR AND ONLY HAS 58 THOUSAND MILES ON IT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL WITH ALL THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE LOW MILES RIDICULOUS! *KB

WELL I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER AND THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK. I WOULD GET OIL CHANGES AND TIRES ROTATED AND NOTICE SMALL DIFFERENCES THEN OUT OF NO WERE IT JUST WOULD NOT WORK. IT STUCK ON 110 AND THE TEMP IS OFF TOO. ALSO IT DOES NOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE. OVER ALL THE WHOLE BOARD SEEMS TO BE NOT WORKING. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS PEOPLE TELL ME THEY DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS OTHERS TELL ME IT COST 700- 900 DOLLARS TO FIX. *KB

MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER GAUGES QUIT WORKING. I HAVE BEEN ONLINE AND DONE SOME RESEARCH AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THEY HAVE MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. PLEASE DO A RECALL SO WE CAN GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED. ONCE MY WARRANTY OF 30 DAYS WAS UP THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING QUIT WORKING. *TT

OWN 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 62,000 MILES ON IT. AT 25,000 MI THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY I CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE CAR TO DEALER AND HAVE IT CHECKED AT A COST OF 100.00 AND IF IT WAS A CLUSTER THEY MIGHT PAY FOR REPAIRS. THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE GOES OVER PAST 110 MI WHEN I AM DOING 20 MPH, THE GAS GAUGE WILL SIT ON EMPTY WHEN THERE IS A HALF TANK, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT GM RECALLED TRUCKS WITH THIS PROBLEM BUT DID NOT INCLUDE CARS, THIS HAD TO BE DONE BEFORE 70,000 MILES. I THINK THEY SHOULD RECALL CARS AND FIX THE PROBLEM AT ONCE. *TR

MY 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAS "SQUIRRELLY GAUGES" . NONE OF THE GAUGES READ CORRECTLY. HOWEVER, ONCE IN A WHILE ONE OR MORE GAUGES DO APPEAR TO BE READING CORRECTLY. MY GAS GAUGE IS NEVER ACCURATE. MY SPEEDOMETER IS OFTEN PEGGED OVER TO TOP SPEED OR READS 45 MPH WHEN I'M DOING 65. THE ONLY ACCURATE GAUGE IS THE ODOMETER. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT 2-3 YEARS. (NO I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR IT) RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, I SEARCH GOOGLE FOR THE SYMPTOMS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I LOOK ON EBAY AND FIND VENDORS WHO REPAIR "SQUIRRELLY GAUGES". MY COMPLAINT IS NOT UNIQUE. *TR

DASH CLUSTER ABNORMAL OPERATION, IN REGARDS TO FUEL GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER. SPEEDOMETER IS INACCURATE SAYS I AM CURRENTLY TRAVELING MORE THE 110 MPH WHEN VEHICLE IS AT A STATE OF REST. FUEL GAUGE ALSO INACCURATE STICKS WHEN ENGINE IS SHUT OFF, WHEN RESTARTED THE FUEL GAUGE MOVES IN EXCESS OF ITS LIMITS PINNING AGAINST TEMPERATURE GAUGE. DURING WARMER WEATHER THE FUEL GAUGE DOESN'T WORK AND NEITHER WILL THE TACHOMETER. VERY DISAPPOINTED. CONTACTED GM AND WAS GIVEN THE RUN AROUND. CUSTOMER CARE NOTED THAT NO ONE HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS DEFECT ON THESE VEHICLES. VERY UNSAFE, DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH FUEL I HAVE AND HAVE RESORTED IN USING A GPS FOR SPEED REFERENCE. RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED! *TR

MY CAR FAILED TO START 8/21/08 SO I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. THE CAR WAS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME AND WAS STILL UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY THANK GOODNESS. HE DETERMINED IT WAS MY IGNITION SWITCH. SINCE I AM THE ORIGINAL. SINGLE OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE, I KNEW THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL IGNITION SWITCH TO THE CAR WHEN PURCHASED NEW IN 2004. MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE SWITCH WITH A NAPA OE PART. NOW, ON 3/29/11, MY CAR FAILED TO START AGAIN AND LEFT ME STRANDED. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND THEN FIND A WAY HOME FROM WORK. I THEN HAD TO BORROW A FRIEND'S CAR JUST TO GET TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. AS DISCOVERD BY MY MECHANIC, IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH AGAIN. THIS REPAIR COMPLETED ON 3/30/11 WAS WITH AN IGNITION SWITCH THAT WAS PURCHASED FROM A CHEVY DEALER...

ENTIRE DASH CLUSTER DOESN'T WORK!! SPEEDOMETER SAYS GOING 80MPH WHEN SITTING STILL. TEMP GAUGE SAYS IT'S OVERHEATING WHEN CAR IS OFF. GAS GAUGE IS NOW GOING HAYWIRE. GOING ON VACATION IS HARD WHEN YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW FAST YOU'RE GOING. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE A CLUSTER FOR THIS CAR IS $270. THEN PAY SOMEONE TO PUT IT IN. THERE ARE TOO MANY 2004 CAVALIERS HAVING THIS ISSUE FOR THIS TO NOT BE RECALLED. *TR

GAS GAUGE MALFUNCTION 1MONTH AGO, WENT HALF WAY TO THE RIGHT OF FULL UPON FILL UP, HAVE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF GAS BY TRIP MILES.THIS FUEL GAUGE IS HALTING THE TEMP GAUGE FROM RISING TO NORMAL. TODAY 1/17/11 STARTED CAR THIS MORNING AND SPEED GAUGE IS POINTING STRAIGHT DOWN TO STEERING WHEEL. PROCEEDED TO DRIVE 8 MINUTES TO WORK ALL THE TIME THE DASH WAS GOING CRAZY THE MILEAGE SPOT HAD THE WORD ERROR ON IT,& EVERY LIGHT WAS ON, THE DASHBOARD- ALL OF THEM. APPARENTLY THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SOMETIME WITH THIS CAR. GM IS AWARE AND DOING NOTHING.I HAVE FOUND OUT BY LOOKING IT UP ON THE INTERNET TONIGHT. THROUGH MY RESEARCH IM GUESSING I NEED A DASH CLUSTER AT THE COST OF 500.00. I FEEL A SPEEDOMETER SHOULD LAST FOR AT LEAST 10 YRS, MY CAR IS 6YRS OLD. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW...

MY WIFE'S 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS A WRONG SPEEDOMETER INDICATION. IT SAYS THE CAR IS GOING 60 MPH WHILE NOT BEING MOVED AT ALL. WHEN THE CAR REACHES HIGH SPEEDS AT THE FREEWAY IT SAYS THE CAR IS GOING AT 120 MPH AND HITS THE TOP OF THE GAUGE. THE OIL TEMPERATURE INDICATION ALSO SHOWS 190 DEGREES WITH ENGINE NOT RUNNING, AND WITH ENGINE RUNNING IT GOES TO RED BAND INDICATION. *TR

I OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER LS WITH 36,531 MILES ON IT. YESTERDAY, I WENT TO DRIVE THE CAR AND HAD "NO SPEEDOMETER" FUNCTION ---------- THE NEEDLE JUST SAT ON "0 MPH" NO MATTER WHAT SPEED I DROVE. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I HAVE ALSO READ OF THE MANY HUNDREDS OF REPORTED FAILURES OF THE SAME KIND CONCERNING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IN THESE AND MANY OTHER GM PRODUCTS BUILT DURING THE YEARS 2000 THROUGH 2005. WHY ARE THE TRUCKS/ SUV'S INSTRUMENT PANEL PROBLEMS A RECALL AND THE DOCUMENTED PROBLEMS OF THE CAVALIER (FOR THE SAME YEARS) NOT A RECALL? IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE RELATIVE COST OF EACH VEHICLE PLAYS A PART IN YOUR DECISION AND POSSIBLY THE END OF THE MANUFACTURING RUN OF CAVALIERS IN 2005 HAS SKEWED YOUR JUDGMENT. I FIND THIS INSTRUMENT PANEL PROBLEM A SERIOUS...

THE TRUNK LATCH ON MY CAVALIER WON'T LATCH. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS BROKE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I REPLACED THE TRUNK LATCH ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I RARELY USE MY TRUNK. ALSO THE DEFROST,VENT KNOB QUIT WORKING IT TURN BUT WON'T SWITCH TO DEFROST OR THE DIFFERENT VENT SETTINGS. THE CD PLAYER WON'T TAKE, OR PLAY CD'S. THERE WAS A FLY ON MY WINDSHIELD RIGHT AROUND A YEAR AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR AND I BARELY TAPPED THE WINDSHIELD AND THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED ALL OVER. *TR

ALL GAUGES IN MY CAVALIER HAVE STOPPED WORKING (SPEEDOMETER, TEMP GAUGE, RPM'S..) THE CAR DIES RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING, DIES WHEN STOPPING. I ACTUALLY TRIED TO PULL MY CAR OVER BECAUSE IT WAS ACTING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE AND WHILE I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKES IT WAS TRYING TO GO!! VERY SCARY!!! COULD HAVE WRECKED! *TR

IN THE WINTER MY CHEVY CAVALIER'S SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO BE DISFUNCTIONAL, IT WOULD READ SAY 30MPH WHILE I WAS IN PARK. OVER THE SUMMER THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE AND I HAD TO RESORT TO USING A GPS TO KNOW MY SPEED. THE PROBLEM ISN'T LIMITED TO THE SPEEDO THOUGH, I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. *TR

MY DASHBOARD DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY. ALL OF THE GAUGES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ODOMETER, DOES NOT WORK. THIS INCLUDES FUEL, SPEEDOMETER, RPM, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGES. IT STARTED WITH MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE. I THOUGHT THE CAR WAS OVERHEATING WHEN IT REALLY WASN'T. THEN MY FUEL GAUGE WENT OUT. THEN IT WAS THE SPEEDOMETER AND RPM GAUGE. ALL OF THE GAUGES, EXCEPT FOR THE RPM, MOVE UP AND DOWN, BUT NONE OF THEM ARE ACCURATE. THE SPEEDOMETER CAN GET STUCK AT 0, 60 OR MOVE OFF OF THE GAUGE ENTIRELY. IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT VERY SAFE NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING, OR IF YOUR CAR IS OVERHEATING OR NOT. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD HAS TO BE REPLACED, BUT I AM NOT 100% CERTAIN. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER STARTED GOING WACKY. AT FIRST IT STARTED RACING AS YOU WERE DRIVING. SHOWING 65 OR 70 WHEN YOU WERE GOING MAYBE 40. NOW IT RACED PAST 110 AND DROPPED DOWN BETWEEN 0 AND 110. LOOKING OVER THE DIFFERENT WEBSITES, I SEE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, YET IT IS NOT ON A RECALL LIST. WHY? THIS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, NOT TO MENTION YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A TICKET BY GUESSING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. MY CAR ONLY HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT, AND I SURE WASN'T EXPECTING ANY MAJOR REPAIRS AND THAT MILEAGE. *TR

DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT PANEL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OPERATED CORRECTLY UNTIL 2007. THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO OPERATE INCORRECTLY AT RANDOM TIMES. THE NEEDLE WOULD INDICATE HIGH SPEED WHEN STOPPED OR WHEN MOVING AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE NEEDLE WOULD CONTINUE TO INDICATE AN INCORRECT SPEED UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN FROM 2007 UNTIL 2009. IN 2009, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE NO LONGER INDICATED A CORRECT SPEED AT ANY TIME. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE THEN BEGAN TO INDICATE ENGINE TEMPERATURE TO BE ABOVE 300 DEGREES WHILE DRIVING. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE CONTINUED TO OPERATE INCORRECTLY. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE SPEED OF THE CAR CANNOT BE PROPERLY ESTIMATED. ANY PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR WOULD NOT BE EASY TO IDENTIFY FOR LACK OF KNOWING ENGINE TEMPERATURE. ATTEMPTS TO FIX: THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS BEEN ELECTRICALLY DISCONNECTED AND CHECKED FOR A FAULTY CONNECTION. NO FAULTY WIRING HAS BEEN FOUND. *TR

OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS STOPPED WORKING AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL GO UP PAST 100 MPH WHEN IT IS PARKED AND WILL TAKE 2+ WEEKS TO RESET ITSELF AND START WORKING AGAIN. THIS PAST MONTH THE GAS GAUGE AND TACHOMETER HAVE ALSO STOPPED WORKING, THIS IN ADDITION TO MY SPEEDOMETER BEING OUT HAVE LEFT ME WITHOUT KNOW HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE LEFT, HOW FAST I AM GOING AND MULTIPLE OTHER ISSUES. *TR

GAUGES ON FRONT PANEL ARE NOT WORKING. GAS, SPEED, TEMP. I HAVE CONTACT CHEVY DEALERS AND THEY SAID IT IS NOT RECALLED. READ ON MANY SITES ON THE INTERNET THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER AND THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED ON ME. I REPLACE THE SPEED SENSOR BUT PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVED. I FEAR THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON THE ROAD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

2004 CAVALIER GAUGES GO CRAZY. 110MPH IN THE DRIVEWAY, TACHOMETER SAYS 9000 RPM WHEN I AM IDLING. GAS GAUGE IS NO LONGER RELIABLE.. PARTICULARLY A PROBLEM IN COLD AND DAMP WEATHER, HOT WEATHER AND ON OPEN HIGHWAY. I NEVER KNOW HOW FAST I AM DRIVING, WHETHER I WILL RUN OUT OF GAS, OR IF THE ENGINE RPM'S ARE SO HIGH THE MOTOR WILL EXPLODE.. 31,000 MILES ON THE CAR SO IT IS LOW MILEAGE. *TR

DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T READ THE PROPER SPEED LIMIT AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WILL NOT "RESET" (?) IT JUST KEEPS GOING CLOCKWISE AROUND THE DIAL. *TR

CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE WIRING IN THE FLOOR LEFT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. DRIVER AND PASSENGER ESCAPED THE VEHICLE WITH JUST MINOR INJURIES. A PASSER BY CUT THE BATTERY CABLE AND THE FIRE/SMOKE STOPPED. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CAVALIER AND ALL THE GAUGES HAVE STOPPED WORKING. ONCE IN A WHILE THE RPM GAUGE WORKS. I INVESTIGATED AND HAVE FOUND VARIOUS WEBSITES WITH LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE COST OF REPAIR IS 500+ DOLLARS WITH NO SIMPLE DO IT YOURSELF FIX AVAILABLE. *TR

ALL THE DIALS IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GO HAYWIRE. I HAVE TRIED DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY BUT IT STILL HAPPENS. DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING WHO HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE CAR. OR EVEN IF THE TEMP IS OKAY. *TR

ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CAVALIER STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY, IT WILL STICK AT RANDOM PLACES ON THE DIAL, EVEN WHEN NOT DRIVING. SOMETIMES THE NEEDLE WILL POINT STRAIGHT DOWN AT THE ODOMETER AND STICK THERE ALSO. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO GET BETTER WITH WARM WEATHER, BUT IS STILL NOT RIGHT. NOW IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, THE TACHOMETER HAS STARTED TO STICK AND NOT REGISTER AT ALL WHEN IT IS VERY COLD OUTSIDE, LIKE THE SPEEDOMETER THOUGH, THE TACHOMETER WORKS BETTER IN WARMER WEATHER. COOLANT TEMP. GAUGE STICKS ALSO WHEN IT GETS COLD OUT. THESE PROBLEMS ARE VERY REPAIRABLE, I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE BY THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM YET! THIS IS SURELY A SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE GM DO A RECALL ON THESE CARS BEFORE YOU PULL OFF A "TOYOTA." *TR

I NOTICED IN THE COLD MY SPEEDOMETER WOULD SHOW THE INCORRECT SPEED OR JUST STOP. OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 6 MONTHS MY TEMP GAUGE STARTED TO DO THE SAME THING. FOLLOWED BY MY RPM GAUGE, THEN THE GAS GAUGE. I DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THE ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS TO GET A WHOLE NEW CLUSTER WHICH IS A BIT PRICEY. *TR

SPEEDOMETER RUNS UP TO EXTREME LIMIT AT ANY SPEED AND TACHOMETER FREEZES UP. *TR

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER GAUGE CLUSTER FAILED AT 82000 MILES. UNSAFE. CANNOT DETERMINE MPH. *TR

DASH CLUSTER FAILURE. RPM GAUGE RUNNING BACKWARDS AND STICKING, FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR INCORRECT, SPEEDOMETER SOMETIMES INCORRECT. WHEN THIS HAPPENED I LOOKED IT UP ONLINE TO SEE IF I COULD DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER. WHEN THE CAR SLOWS DOWN TO A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, OR YOU JUST REDUCE YOUR SPEED, IT WILL CUT OFF ON YOU. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER FAILED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS IN COLD WEATHER. I NOW HAVE 48,000 MILES ON THE CAR. THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEFECTED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND GMC TOLD ME IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM AND THE COST TO FIX IT IS $480.00. *TR

DEFECTIVE STEPPER MOTORS ON THE CLUSTER INSTRUMENT PANEL. NOW AFFECTING FUEL GAUGE,SPEEDOMETER,AND TACHOMETER ON ABOUT A YEAR NOW. JUST FOUND OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. GM ALREADY RECALLED TRUCKS AND SUV'S. NO RECALL ON CARS YET. *TR

2004 CHEVY CAVALIER, SPEEDOMETER IS CRAZY 1999 CHEVY CAVALIER, GAS GAGUE IS BUSTED BOTH REPAIRS ARE EXCEEDINGLY EXPENSIVE/DANGEROUS, WOULD LIKE A RECALL. *TR

WE HAVE 2 2004 CHEVY CAVALIERS. ON ONE OF THE CAVALIERS NOT TO LONG AFTER WE BOUGHT IT, THE SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT ON IT AND WE COULDN'T READ THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR. WE HAVE TRIED TO BUY USED ONES AND PUT THEN IN THE CAR AND THAT FAILED AND YOU STILL CAN'T READ THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR. ON THE SECOND CAVALIER THE SPEEDOMETER IS ACTING FUNNY. WHEN THE CAR SETS FOR OVERNIGHT AND THE NEXT MORNING YOU GO AND TURN IT ON IT SAYS THAT YOU ARE GOING A HIGH AMOUNT OF SPEED, WHEN IT HAS BEEN PARKED FOR A LONG TIME. IT KEEPS OCCURRING DAILY, AND THEN SOMETIMES WHEN YOUR DRIVING IT WILL SAY THAT YOUR GO 0 MPH, WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. WE HAVE LOOKED TO GET THESE FIXED, BUT THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER THAT WE TALKED TO HAS SAID THAT HE HAS...

I STARTED LOOKING FOR A FIX FOR MY WIFE'S CAR AND I HAVE FOUND THAT ACROSS THE NATION THERE ARE PEOPLE DRIVING WITH NO SPEEDO, TACH, DASH LIGHTS, OR HORN. THIS IS A DIFFERENT MIX OF PRBS FOR EACH BUT THEY ALL COME BACK TO THE DASH OF THE CHEVY CAVALIER. *TR

I STARTED THE CAR WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE WENT ABOVE THE FULL MARK EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AT A HALF TANK, AFTER SHUTTING IT OFF AND RESTARTING IT A COUPLE TIMES IT EVENTUALLY CORRECTED ITSELF. A WEEK LATER THIS HAPPENED AGAIN BUT IT WOULD NOT CORRECT ITSELF THOUGH. THEN WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER STARTED TO GIVE BAD READINGS. THE TACHOMETER WAS READING AT BELOW ZERO RPMS WHILE AT IDLE AND IT WOULD GO UP TO ABOUT 6,000 RPM WHILE DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ ABOUT 30-40 MPH OVER THE SPEED LIMIT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND WOULD SIT AT ABOUT 20 MPH WHEN I WAS AT IDLE. THE DEALERSHIPS SAID THAT REPLACING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

SO, THE PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I NOTICED THAT MY SPEEDOMETER IN MY CAVALIER WOULD RANDOMLY FREEZE AND STOP WORKING. I NOTICED THAT ONCE I WOULD TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON IT WOULD BE FINE, AND IT WOULD WORK PROPERLY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF IT FREEZING UP LIKE THIS, I WAS REALLY GETTING TICKED OFF. ONE DAY IT STARTED WORKING FINE AND FOR ABOUT A WEEK OR SO IT WORKED PERFECT WITH NO ISSUES AT ALL. THEN ABOUT A WEEK AGO IT REALLY STARTED FREAKING OUT. IT SAID I WAS GOING 110 WHEN I WAS ONLY GOING LIKE 40, AND TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF DOES NOTHING. IT STAYS FROZEN NO MATTER WHAT IT DO. IF I DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY, IT ACTUALLY GOES PAST THE GAUGE LIMIT AND POINTS STRAIGHT DOWN WHERE MY ODOMETER...

MY 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER'S SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING AND THE LOCAL DEALER SAYS THEY WOULD HAVE TO SEND THE CLUSTER TO A LARGER SHOP. I CANNOT BE WITHOUT MY VEHICLE AND IT WILL ALSO COST FROM 300.00 TO 600.00 AT THE LOCAL DEALER AND THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE AT THE LARGER SHOP. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. LS . SOMETIMES THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS, SHOW THE WRONG SPEED, GOES OFF THE GAUGE PAST THE HIGHEST SPEED ON THE GAUGE OR A SPEED BELOW THE ACTUAL SPEED. THE FUEL GAUGE DOES THE SAME THING. THE FUEL GAUGE SOMETIMES GOES PAST "FULL" WITH THE NEEDLE GOING INTO THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS CAR PROBLEM. NOT KNOWING THE CORRECT SPEED POSES A POTENTIAL HAZARD, ESPECIALLY TAKING A CURVE TOO FAST. THIS IS A GENUINE SAFETY ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY THERE IS THE LEGAL ASPECT IF YOU'RE TICKETED FOR SPEEDING WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOUR ARE GOING! THIS ALSO POSES A HAZARD TO PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. FIRST THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED STICKING THEN IT STOPPED WORKING TOTALLY AND IS NOW STUCK ON 110 MPH. THEN MY TACH AND TEMP GAUGES STARTED STICKING OR NOT WORKING AT ALL. THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE CAUSE I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAVE A RECALL FOR 2004 TRUCKS. THERE SHOULD BE ONE FOR THIS CAR AS WELL. I MEAN IT IS THE SAME FREAKING PROBLEM AS THEY HAD WITH THE TRUCKS. THERE IS TONS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. FIRST AND LAST TIME I EVER BUY A CHEVROLET UNLESS THEY SHOW ME THEY CARE ABOUT THERE CUSTOMERS. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER 2-DR COUPE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. THE GAS GAUGE POINTER WORKS ONLY PART OF THE TIME. IT WILL SHOW (0) ZERO GAS, EVEN AFTER A FILL-UP. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WORKS THE SAME WAY, SOMETIMES, THE POINTER WILL MOVE AND SOMETIMES IT STAYS AT THE (0) TEMPERATURE POSITION, EVEN WHILE BEING DRIVEN. THE SPEEDOMETER POINTERS TURNS COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. THE ONLY GAUGE THAT SEEMS TO WORK PROPERLY SO FAR IS THE TACHOMETER GAUGE. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW AND HAS ABOUT 53,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATED FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND THEN IT JUST MOVED TO THE BOTTOM AND POINTS TO THE BOTTOM PART OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND I CAN NOT TELL IF MY CAR IS OVERHEATING.,AND MY SPEEDOMETER LIKES TO FREEZE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. *TR

OUT OF NOWHERE MY TEMP. GAUGE WENT OUT FOLLOWED BY THE SPEEDOMETER, RPM, FUEL ALL MY GAUGES HAVE GONE OUT. CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM WITHOUT REPLACING THE WHOLE THING. *TR

FIRST, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER BASE MODEL. 2.2 ECOTEC ENGINE. THE ABS, LOWTRAC, AND SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON IN THE VEHICLE WHEN PLACED IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. CAR HESITATES AND WANTS TO SHUT DOWN EVERY TIME!! WHEN IT FIRST STARTED TO HAPPEN, IT COULD BE SHUT OFF AND RE-STARTED AND THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT. NOW THEY ARE IS ON ALL THE TIME! I HAVE ALSO NOTICED WHEN ON SLIPPERY ROADWAYS THE ABS DOES NOT WORK IN THE VEHICLE> I HAVE SLID SIDEWAYS AND THROUGH INTERSECTIONS . A HORRIBLE NOISE COMES FROM THE CAR WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OFF IN THE CAR IF THEY DO NOT COME ON RIGHT AWAY. I APPLY THE BRAKES, AND THE AWFUL GROWLING AND NOISE THAT COMES FROM THE CAR IS VERY SCARY. I AM AFRAID TO LET MY WIFE EVEN DRIVE SOMETIMES. I...

MY COMPLAINT IS A "DOMINO EFFECT" WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED, IN ORDER: 1) TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEEDLE OVER EXTENDS ITSELF CLOCKWISE PAST THE MAXIMUM THRESHOLD, SO THAT THE NEEDLE IS POINTING TO THE RIGHT (PASSENGER SIDE). THE NEEDLE WILL UNPREDICTABLY RESET ITSELF TO THAT POSITION WHEN THE VEHICLE IS POWERED OFF AND TURNED BACK ON, OR IT WILL JUST REMAIN STUCK IN THAT POSITION. 2) THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEEDLE, NOW STUCK POINTING TO THE RIGHT, PHYSICALLY INTERFERES (A FIGHT SO TO SPEAK) WITH THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WHICH IS FRANTICALLY TRYING TO PUSH ITS WAY PAST A STUBBORN TEMP GAUGE NEEDLE. THE SPEEDOMETER CANNOT PUSH ITSELF PAST 10 MILES PER HOUR. 3) SPEEDOMETER,DESPITE BEING THE BIGGER NEEDLE, LOSES AND DIES COMPLETELY... SITTING LIFELESSLY AT -1. OHHH THE IRONY. 4) ABOUT 1 MONTH LATER THE FUEL GAUGE OVER EXTENDS ITSELF AND COMMONLY POINTS TO THE RIGHT, OR IN ANY...

THE CAR HAS A MAJOR WIRING OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, BUT ITS NOT DETECTED BY MECHANICS. I HAVE A TEMP GAUGE THAT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE, SOMETIMES IT EVEN TOUCHES THE FAR BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF THE CONTROL PANEL. THE SPEEDOMETER IS NO LONGER WORKING, DRIVING OR PARKED I AM GOING -3 MILES AN HOUR. THE RPMS WORK WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT WHICH IS RARELY. THE ONLY GAUGE WORKING IS THE GAS. IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE CAR CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AND CONTINUES TO DATE. I HAVE BEEN IN MID-LEFT TURN ON MAJOR INTERSECTIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND IT JUST DIED. I COMMUTE ON THE 110 FWY AND IT HAS JUST DIED, ALWAYS WHILE I AM ACCELERATING NEVER PARKED. THEN IN A FEW SECONDS YOU CRANK THE KEY AND YOUR OFF AND RUNNING AGAIN. IT IS...