2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Electrical System Problems

SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GUAGE WERE ERRATIC. THE PROBLEM HAS ESCALATED TO THE POINT NEITHER WORKS. IN RESEARCHING THIS, I HAVE LEARNED THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM AND FEELS IT WARRANTS INVESTIGATING. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER IN OCTOBER 2005. MY CAR WAS PURCHASED WITH BAD OR NO SHOCKS AND WITHIN THE FIRST 1 TO 2 YEARS MY TRUNK INTERIOR LIGHT BLEW OFF THE WIRE SOUNDING LIKE A BOMB. THEN MY DRIVER REAR DOOR WAS NOT ABLE TO OPEN (DUE TO THE LINKAGES). SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT BECAUSE THE LATCH STUCK (HAD TO BUNGY STRAP IT) THEN GOT IT FIXED TO SHUT THEN IT WOULD NOT OPEN (DUE TO LINKAGES) BOTH FRONT DOORS ARE MESSED UP AS WELL. ( DRVIER SIDE DIFFICULT TO OPEN AND POASSENGER SIDE DOES NOT ALWAYS CATCH WHEN YOU SHUT IT). MY RADIO DOES NOT SHUT OFF WHEN DRIVER DOOR IS OPEN LIKE IT SHOULD. MY INTERIOR BULB HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT DUE TO NEVER SHUTTING OFF AFTER DOORS WERE CLOSED. MY DRIVER WINDOW MAKES NOISE WHEN OPENING IT.(MANUAL WINDOW...

A FEW YEARS AGO THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING RANDOMLY, BUT WOULD START WORKING AGAIN. THIS PAST SUMMER MY RPM GAUGE STARTED SAYING MY ENGINE WAS ROTATING AT 7000 RPM WHEN THE CAR WAS OFF. THE RPM GAUGE HAS NOT WORKED SINCE AND THE SPEEDOMETER PICKS AND CHOOSES WHEN IT WANTS TO WORK. THOSE ARE 2 VERY IMPORTANT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IN A CAR. WHEN I TALKED TO CHEVY ABOUT IT IN 2008 (I THINK), THEY STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE PART AND THAT NO ONE ELSE HAD FILED ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES. THEY SAID IT WOULD COST UP TO A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX DUE TO HAVING TO TAKE THE DASH APART TO REPLACE THE GAUGE CLUSTER (WHICH IS $800 ON ITS OWN). I HAVE BEEN WATCHING FORUMS ETC SINCE THEN AND THEY ARE FULL OF THE EXACT SAME COMPLAINTS AND STILL CHEVY IS...

THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY PROVIDE ERRATIC INDICATION OF SPEED. THE SYMPTOMS EVENTUALLY GOT WORSE TO THE POINT THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T INDICATE PROPERLY AT ALL. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AT THE SAME TIME THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULDN'T WORK PROPERLY. REVIEWED VARIOUS WEBSITES AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A WELL KNOW DEFECT FOR CHEVROLET INSTRUMENT PANELS. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL READ LOW CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN THE DRIVER TRIED TO MAINTAIN SPEED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE READINGS AND THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ABNORMALLY HIGH ENGINE RPMS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FAILED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE TEMPERATURE READINGS, DISPLAYING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING WHEN IT WAS NOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD POSSIBLY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 01/10/12*LJ

I HAVE HAD MY CAR SINCE 2004 AND I LOVED IT WHEN I FIRST DROVE IT OFF THE CAR LOT. THEN I HAVE HAD PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM! MY GAUGES MESS UP ALL THE TIME. I CAN GET INTO MY CAR AND START IT UP AND IT WILL SAY I'M DOING 70 MPH AND I'M NOT MOVING. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY CLUTCH TWICE IN A YEAR. IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF CHEVROLET WOULD DO A RECALL ON THE GAUGES WITH ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING!! *TR

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...

GAUGES ON DASHBOARD HAVE FAILED. ALL LIGHTS COME ON AND GAUGES FAIL. SPEEDOMETER SAYS I'M GOING 60 MPH WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED. WATER TEMP GAUGE IS NOT FUNCTIONING AND THE INDICATOR GETS IN THE WAY OFF THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATOR. *TR

MY GAUGES IN MY CAR ARE MESSING UP. THE FUEL GAUGE IS BELOW THE E AND RUNS INTO THE TEMP GAUGE. THE SPEEDOMETER READS I AM GOING 110 WHEN I AM NOT THE ODOMETER READS ERROR. ALL MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARE LIGHTING UP. THIS IS HAPPENING TO ALOT OF PEOPLE WHO OWN THESE YEAR OF CAVALIERS. CHEVY NEEDS TO OWN UP AND ISSUE A RECALL BECAUSE THIS IS UNSAFE NOT KNOWING WHAT SPEED I AM GOING AND IF I HAVE ENOUGH GAS TO GET TO WHERE I AM GOING. I AM A CHEVY FAN AND THIS IS UPSETTING THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THESE ISSUES AND THEY ARE NOT DOING RECALLS. *TR

FUEL GAUGE DEFECT. GOES ALL THE WAY PAST FULL AND HOLDS DOWN TEMPERATURE GAUGE. CAN'T TELL HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN VEHICLE. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES IN OUR 05 CAVALIER ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL SOMETIMES FALL FROM THE CAR SPEED OF 65 DOWN TO 0 AND SWING BACK UP TO 65 AGAIN. THE OTHER INSTRUMENT GAUGES HAVE STARTED DOING THE SAME. WE HAVE HAD MANY SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE POWER WINDOWS FROM THE FIRST DAY WE BOUGHT THIS CAR. THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW HAS NO POWER AT ALL. THERE IS A 5 INCH GAP AT THE TOP, AND SOMETIMES THE WINDOW WILL FALL DOWN EVEN FURTHER WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THE WEB AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 05 CHEVY CAVALIERS. I PREVIOUSLY ASKED GM TO HELP ME FIX THIS DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW HAZARD, BUT THEY WANTED ME TO BE THE ONE TO TAKE ACTION. OTHERS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH ON THE WEB HAVE HAD THE MOTORS REPLACED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW FAST HE WAS DRIVING WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING NOR WAS THE MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,254.

WHILE ON CONGESTED EXPRESSWAY, PASSING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC BEGAN WITH SOUNDING HORNS, HAND SIGNS OF DISPLEASURE AND RAGE. AT THIS TIME AN OBSERVATION OF SPEEDOMETER HAD A READING OF 55 MPH, THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT. UPON EXITING EXPRESSWAY AND STOPPING ANOTHER OBSERVATION OF SPEEDOMETER REVEALED VEHICLE WAS STILL MOVING AT 55 MPH. DURING THIS TIME A MOTORIST HAD FOLLOWED FROM EXPRESSWAY, APPROACHED AND OFFERED TO VIOLENTLY PLACE MY CRANIUM INTO MY ANUS THEREBY IMPROVING MY DRIVING SKILLS. AFTER FLEEING THIS HAZARDOUS SITUATION A CLOSER INSPECTION OF SPEEDOMETER INFORMED ME OF A UNPREDICTABLE, ERRATIC READINGS WHICH BORDERED ON NOT WORKING TO SHOWING 100 MPH WHEN NOT IN MOTION. THIS HAS CLEARLY CAUSED A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION ON THE PUBLIC WAY WHICH MAYBE RECTIFIED BY A RECALL NOTICE FROM GM ON THIS VEHICLE (INSTRUMENT CLUSTER) PART WHICH IS FAULTY. AN INVESTIGATION OF REPORTED COMPLAINTS, REVEALED AN OVERWHELMING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE PART, CALLING...

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER FAILED CAUSING THE CONTACT NOT TO KNOW THE SPEED DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER TOOK REPORT 71-982299746 BUT DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 150,000. LI

THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THE CHEVY CAVALIER 2005 VEHICLES FOR SPEEDOMETER DEFECT. IT NO LONGER WORKS IN MY VEHICLE AND I HAVE READ A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE DID NOT PROVIDE ACCURATE READINGS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD GET STUCK ON VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DISPLAY INACCURATE READINGS AS WELL. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD GET STUCK DISPLAYING A SPEED OF 20 MPH, 60 MPH, 80 MPH AND 110 MPH. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL GAUGE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR DURING COLD WEATHER AND DISPLAY READINGS OF EMPTY WHEN FUEL WAS PRESENT IN THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

PROBLEM WITH CLUSTER PANEL. CAN'T TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING, WHAT THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ENGINE IS, HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE. NOTHING WORKS! I HAVE HAD TO LIVE WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR MONTHS AND AM TIRED OF IT. I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET A NEW CLUSTER, THIS IS A PROBLEM IT SEEMS WITH A LOT OF 2005 CAVALIERS AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE! *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER DOES NOT WORK. WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY THROUGH MY APARTMENT COMPLEX, I NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER READ 60 MPH WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE. AT A COMPLETE STOP THE GAUGE READ 10 MPH. THE AMOUNT IT'S INCORRECT VARIES EVERY TIME I DRIVE. I'M WORRIED THAT I'LL GET A SPEEDING TICKET OR GET INTO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I'M DRIVING. *TR

THIS IS A PROBLEM I INHERITED FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER. I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH APPROXIMATELY 50000 MILES ON IT. THE FUEL GAUGE IS NEVER ACCURATE. MOST OF THE TIME IT READS PAST FULL AND INTO THE ADJACENT TEMPERATURE GAUGE. TWICE I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO WALK TO A GAS STATION BECAUSE I RAN OUT OF GAS WHEN I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS LOW. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I COULD BE HIT BY A CAR WALKING ALONG A HIGHWAY TRYING TO GET GAS. I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE FAULTY GAUGE WILL INTERFERE WITH MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE CAUSING MY CAR TO OVERHEAT WITHOUT ME KNOWING. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CAVALIER WHICH I PURCHASED WITH 17,000 MILES ON IT. I AM CURRENTLY AT 28,500 APPROXIMATELY. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE, GAS GAUGE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT ALSO APPEARS TO BE ACCELERATING ON IT'S OWN. I HAVE CHECKED SEVERAL WEBSITES AND FIND THAT THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER ISSUES, I AM EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY HORN (I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE RELATIONSHIP THEY COMPONENTS OF A CAR HAVE WITH EACH OTHER). MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT CHEVY DID A RECALL DO TO DEFECTS WITH STEERING PROBLEMS IN THE 2005 CAVALIERS. COULD THE PROBLEMS THAT I AND OTHER ARE EXPERIENCING BE A PART OF THAT RECALL, SINCE IT IS ALL APART OF THE DASHBOARD BE COMMON FOR THE YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF MY CAR?

2005 CAVALIER, APPROX 45,500 MILES, CLUSTER PANEL ON DASH WENT HAYWIRE. CANNOT TELL IF YOU NEED GAS OR WHAT YOUR RPMS ARE IN GENERAL YOU CANNOT TRUST YOUR PANEL.THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A SEPARATE ISSUE. DEALER SAYS THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BUT WE MUST PAY FOR OUR OWN REPAIRS, *TR

MY 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAS BEEN FAILING ON ME SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN 2005. FIRST THE GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. I LEARNED TO LIVE WITH THAT USING THE TRIP ODOMETER. NEXT, IN THE MIDDLE OF A CROSS-COUNTRY DRIVE, MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING! IT WOULD DO SO OCCASIONALLY, BUT NOW IT NEVER WORKS AT ALL, AND THE OTHER GAUGES HAVE NOW QUIT AS WELL. I HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SNOW STORM, AND THIS INCIDENT BLOCKED TRAFFIC AND RISKED MY LIFE FROM BEING HIT BY ANOTHER CAR OR FREEZING TO DEATH. I'VE GOTTEN COUNTLESS TICKETS BECAUSE OF THESE DEFECTS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG 2005 CAVALIERS, VERY COMMON, AND I AM APPALLED THAT GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. I'VE HAD THE GAUGES REPLACED BUT BEFORE LONG THE PROBLEM STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. IT HAS COST ME HUNDREDS, AND I'M SURE IT'S JUST A...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 71,050.

2005 CHEVY CAVALIER, GAUGES STARTED GOING HAYWIRE AROUND 50K MILES. TEMP GAUGE SOARED AND I THOUGHT THE CAR WAS OVERHEATING. WE WERE OUT OF TOWN AND IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, BUT HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER AND STOP THE CAR "TO LET IT COOL OFF." MY SON WAS VIOLENTLY ILL AT THE TIME AND WE HAD GONE TO PICK HIM UP ON HIS JOB BECAUSE HE COULD NOT DRIVE HOME AND WE NEEDED TO GET HIM TO A DOCTOR ASAP. WHAT A NIGHTMARE! WE CONSIDERED GETTING A RENTAL AND CALLING A TOW TRUCK TO TOW THE CAVALIER HOME, BUT WHEN WE COULD FIND NO SIGNS OF OVERHEATING, WE PROCEEDED WITH CAUTION. THIS CONTINUED TO OCCUR OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THEN SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. SEEMS THE NEEDLES HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN. THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF ONLINE COMPAINTS ABOUT THIS DEFECT. I WISH EVERYONE HAD...

SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. *TR

SPEEDOMETER INOP.

MY SPEEDOMETER AND TEMP GUAGE ARE SPUN ALL THE WAY AROUND SHOWING THAT MY CAR IS ALWAYS GOING 150 MPH AND ITS RUNNING AT 500 DEGREES. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER I AM THE FIRST OWNER. THE CAR HAD 50,000 MILES ON IT WHEN ALL THE GAUGES ON THE DASH BOARD STOPPED WORKING. THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH THE GAS GAUGE THEN FINALLY ALL GAUGES STOPPED WORKING. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER LS THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS GONE WACKY ALL THE GAUGES ARE TO THE RIGHT AND YOU CANNOT TELL WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING, HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE, WHAT THE TEMP IS. ONLY HAVE 19,000 MILES ON THE THING AND THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS I SEE REGARDING THIS PROBLEM , I THINK GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL. *LN

I HAVE A 2005 CAVALIER WITH A FAULTY GAUGE INSTRUMENT PANEL (CLUSTER), FAULTY SPEEDO AND TEMP GAUGE. I HEAR THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM CLUSTERS. WHERE IS THE RECALL??ITS ONLY 5 YRS OLD. THE SPEEDO NEEDLE GOES ALL THE WAY PAST THE #S AND RESTS AT MY MILEAGE #S. MY TEMP GAUGE GOES PAST ALL THE #S. *TR

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE ON OUR 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER FLUCTUATES WILDLY AND IS UNREADABLE. REDUCING SPEED GREATLY OR CHANGING RATE OF ACCELERATION/DECELERATION WILL CORRECT THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY, BUT IT RECURS EVERY TIME THE CAR PASSES 55 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

I DRIVE A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER AND ON VERY HOT OR COLD DAYS, OR WHEN I DRIVE LONGER THAN USUAL DISTANCES (OVER 30 MILES), THE SPEEDOMETER OFTEN MALFUNCTIONS, EITHER BY GETTING STUCK READING OVER 110 MPH, EVEN WHEN STOPPED, OR BY READING UNDER ZERO, EVEN WHEN I'M MOVING. AND LATELY THE TEMP GAUGE HAS STARTED DOING THIS AS WELL, ALERTING TO ME OVERHEATING ON COLD DAYS EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE IS NOT OVERHEATING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER COMES ON. IT'S FRUSTRATING AND FRIGHTENING AND UNSAFE. *TR

WHEN COLD OUTSIDE THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WILL READ INACCURATE TEMPERATURES AND GAUGE IS STUCK TO FAR LEFT AND DOES NOT BUDGE. A WEEK LATER THE GAS GAUGE ALSO GAVE OUT. DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH GAS IN TANK! WAS DRIVING ACROSS THE STATE ON A VACATION TRIP AND WAS USING CRUISE CONTROL. ONCE TAKEN OFF CRUISE CONTROL THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK AT 65MPH AND WILL NOT CHANGE. VERY DANGEROUS. GOING ON LONG DISTANCE TRIPS AND NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH GAS, MY SPEED OR THE TEMPERATURE OF THE INTERNAL SYSTEM IS SCARY INDEED. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER IN THE 2003-2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER IS LIKELY DEFECTIVE AMONG MANY CARS. RECENTLY, WHEN MY SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER STOPPED WORKING AT 93000 MILES, IT PROMPTED ME TO DO A SEARCH ON GOOGLE TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM. I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 72000 MILES ON IT OUT OF WARRANTY AND I SOON REALIZED (MAYBE IN 2000-3000 MILES) THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS AROUND 5MPH FAST. I WAS ABLE TO TEST THIS USING SPEED CHECK SIGNS POSTED BY POLICE AND BY USING MY GPS UNIT. AT THE MOMENT, MY PARTICULAR SPEEDOMETER WORKS WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARM (NOT TOO COLD, NOT TOO HOT), BUT MANY OTHER'S DON'T WORK AT ALL, OR THIS HAPPENED BEFORE THEIRS STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. IT APPEARS THAT MANY OTHERS WITH MANY DIFFERENT YEARS OF THE CAR HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. (BY MANY OTHERS, I FOUND AT LEAST 30-40 COMPLAINTS...

LAST NIGHT I WAS DRIVING HOME IN THE DARK AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT CORRECTLY WORKING. (THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR SEVERAL MONTHS AGO) THE SPEEDOMETER WILL WORK SOMETIMES, THEN WILL READ ERRATIC, FLUCTUATES FROM 10 MPH TO 120 MPH WHETHER THE CAR IS PARKED OR DRIVING. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING A LOT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR A FEW MONTHS AGO. THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDS A NEW GAUGE CLUSTER @ $500+. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER AND OTHER YEAR MODELS AS WELL. I GOT ON THE INTERNET AND SAW MANY ENTRIES ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM, SAME BRAND, SAME MODEL. GM SHOULD RECALL THIS AND FIX IT. I AND OTHERS ARE FORCED TO DRIVE IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION. I AM RETIRED AND CANNOT AFFORD THE PART NOR AFFORD TO TRADE THE CAR IN. PLEASE HELP ME...

I HAVE A 2005 , CAVALIER AND I HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT AS EVERY ONE ELSE MY GAUGES ARE GOING HAY WIRE.1ST STARTED AT 62,000 MILES THE RPM STARTED MESSING UP 2ND THE SPEED GAUGE WAS NEXT ACTING AS IF IT DIDN'T WONT TO MOVE. 3RD NOW AT 89,000 MILES THE TEMP GAUGE IS SAYING ITS HOT WHEN ITS NOT LOOK UNDER HOOD I SEE NO HEAT COMING FROM ENGINE,CHECK THE COOLANT NOT STEAM .I AM PISSED AND TIRED OF THIS CAR.ALL THREE GAUGES THAT I MENTION ARE TAKING TURNS GOING UP AND DOWN. FROM THE START WHEN I BROUGHT THIS CAR IT HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHEN I BROUGHT THIS CAR IT HAD 8 MILES AND MINE YOU THIS IS MY 2ND CHEVROLET CAVALIER OF THE LAST MODEL AND IT HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. SO GM SWALLOW UR PRIDE AND FIX THESE CARS I DON'T HAVE 500~800 TO FIX SOME THING...

WHILE DRIVING HOME ONE EVENING IN APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREE WEATHER MY 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER TEMP GAUGE BEGAN TO SOAR FAR PAST THE 260 DEGREE MARK ON THE DIAL AND CAME TO REST POINTING AT THE 15 MPH MARK ON THE SPEEDOMETER. THIS PROHIBITED THE SPEEDOMETER FROM COMING TO REST AT 0 WHEN THE CAR WAS NOT MOVING. THIS IS CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO USE MY GPS TO ACCURATELY DETERMINE THE RATE OF SPEED I AM TRAVELING AT. I HAVE PULLED OVERMANY TIMES TO CHECK WHETHER OR NOT MY CAR IS TRULY OVERHEATING AND AT NO TIME HAS IT BEEN THE CASE. *TR

SPEEDOMETER, GAS GAUGE AND HORN DON'T FUNCTION OR GIVE INCORRECT READINGS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE LOT SHE NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED THE INCORRECT SPEED. THE GASOLINE GAUGE HAD ALSO FAILED AND THE ODOMETER HAD ALSO MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST HER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 188,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY CAVALIER HAS OVER 97,000 MILES ON IT. LAST WINTER THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED STICKING AT 0 RANDOMLY. DURING THE WARMER MONTHS, IT SEEMED TO WORK FINE. NOW THAT IT IS COLD THAT SPEEDOMETER IS STICKING AGAIN AND DOING IT MORE OFTEN THAN LAST WINTER. I WAS SITTING STILL AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE OTHER DAY AND IT JUMPED TO 110 MPH AND STAYED THERE. I HAD NO IDEA HOW FAST I WAS GOING AND WHAT IF SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED. I CAN NOT AFFORD THE $300 TO $800 THAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WOULD TAKE TO FIX THIS. ALSO, I HIGHLY SUSPECT THAT THIS MIGHT BE CONNECTED, THE CAR WOULD REFUSE TO START LAST WINTER ALSO. ALL OF THE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON ALONG WITH THE HEATER AND FAN. THE STARTER WOULDN'T EVEN ACT LIKE IT WAS TRYING... NO CLICKING OR ANY OTHER NOISES TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE...

TEMPERATURE GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AND IS STUCK OVER 260 DEGREES, INITIALLY MOVED BACK BUT NOW REMAINS TOTALLY TURNED TO THE RIGHT. SPEEDOMETER ALSO STOPPED WORKING, WOULD TURN ON IGNITION AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ 30 MPH IN IDLE AND I WOULD BEGIN DRIVING. TO CALCULATE SPEED I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE SPEEDOMETER SPEED-30MPH AND IT WOULD EQUAL THE ACTUAL SPEED. THEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, SPEEDOMETER ONLY DECREASED TO 50 MPH, BY THE TIME I REACHED HOME THE SPEEDOMETER READ 95 MPH IN IDLE. ADDITIONALLY CD PLAYER ALSO STOPPED WORKING. IT OCCURS ALL THE TIME AND THE CONSEQUENCES ARE NOT KNOWING TRUE TEMPERATURE OR SPEED OF THE VEHICLE POSING A DANGER TO ALL ON THE ROAD AND MYSELF VEHICLE NOT YET REPAIRED. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE READING HOT WHEN THE MOTOR IS NOT. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MOST LIKELY NEEDS REPLACED AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. THE CAR HAS ONLY 75,000 MILES. I HAVE BEEN READING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PANELS GOING OUT OF THIS MODEL. NOT BEING ABLE TO KNOW WHETHER THE CAR IS PERFORMING PROPERLY COULD POSE A SAFETY HAZARD DRIVING. IF THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS READING INCORRECTLY, I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHETHER TO TURN THE CAR OFF OR KEEP DRIVING IT. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS STOPPED WORKING. IT WON'T REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED AT ALL, AT ANY SPEED. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 66K MILES ON IT. THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, TEMP GAUGE WILL AT TIMES HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN. I KNOW I'M NOT REALLY GOING 30 MPH WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT. AND HOW CAN EVERYONE BE PASSING ME ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I'M DOING 110? *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER STOPPED WORKING. THE MILEAGE IS JUST OVER 125,000 MILES. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD INDICATE A SPEED OF 25 MPH WHEN I WAS STOPPED. ON THE INTERSTATE IT WOULD SHOW I WAS OVER 110 MPH WHEN I WAS WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. IT FINALLY WENT SO HIGH OFF THE SCALE THAT IT STAYED STUCK. I TOOK THE CAR TO A GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER AND THEY CHARGED ME $220 TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS READING 5 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I PARKED THE CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVING 3 MILES HOME FROM THE REPAIR SHOP. IT WILL BE NEXT WEEK BEFORE I CAN GET BACK TO THE SHOP AND TRY TO GET SOME OF MY MONEY REFUNDED. NOW I HAVE TO FIND A REPUTABLE REPAIR SHOP THAT CAN ACTUALLY HANDLE THE JOB AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PARTS IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER....

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE SEEMED TO MOVE SPORADICALLY. THE GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HOT BUT IT WAS NOT. THE GAUGE ALSO BECAME "HANG UP WITH THE SPEEDOMETER", ACCORDING TO THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT DISCONNECTED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO PERFORM REPAIRS HIMSELF; HE PURCHASED A MOTOR THAT WOULD BE INSTALLED BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHO ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE IN FOR A DIAGNOSTICS TEST. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 122,000.

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OF MY 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER HAS GONE CRAZY. IT STARTED WITH MY GAS GAUGE STAYING ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT WHICH PREVENTS MY TEMP GAUGE FROM READING. NOW IN THE PAST WEEK THE RPM GAUGE IS DOING THE SAME THING. I HAVE NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STICK AS I ACCELERATE. I AM JUST WAITING FOR IT TO GO OUT. I HAVE TO JUDGE MY MILES TO MAKE SURE I DON'T RUN OUT OF GAS. WHY HASN'T CHEVY RECALLED THIS PROBLEM? I ALSO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW MOTORS....NOW I BELIEVE IT'S AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED! *TR

THE 2005 CHEVY CAVALIER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WORKS ERRATICALLY(SPEEDOMETER/TACHOMETER). *TR

HORN CONTACT BEHIND AIRBAG WAS RECENTLY CRAZY GLUED, TO RESTORE HORN, AND SPEEDO & CLUSTER REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE CLUSTER BY CHEVY, OR REMOVAL & REBUILD OF GAUGE STEPPER MOTORS THROUGH EBAY MOTORS. USE FROOGLE.COM AND ENTER"REPAIR CAVALIER SPEEDOMETER" TO SEARCH. MY SPEEDO ONLY ON MY CLUSTER ERRATIC FOR 20K MILES. I USE MY TACHOMETER TO GUESTIMATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS,2,500 RPM IS 55. I HAVE 120K NOW ON THE CAR, OTHERWISE BULLETPROOF. JUST TOSSING OUT BRAKE ROTORS NOW, THAT'S IT. I USED SYNTHETIC OIL FROM THE START, VERY SMOOTH CAR, @ NORMAL SPEEDS.NEEDS INTAKE AND WHEELS FOR SPEEDING, OVER 65. ENGINE HAS PLENTY OF GO OVER THAT, BUT BASE BRAKES, WHEELS AND INTAKE AREN'T SPEEDWORTHY, BUT IT IS A BASE MODEL SO OK. KEEP THE TIE RODS GREASED, AIR FILTERS CHANGED AFTER WINTER AS THEY ARE EASILY SERVICEABLE UNLIKE MOST THAT AREN'T. *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE ON 2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIERS. I OWN TWO OF THIS YEAR MODELS AND BOTH HAVE FAILED. I HAVE READ REPORTS THAT IT IS A KNOWN FAILURE AND GM REFUSES TO RECALL. THIS IS VERY HAZARDOUS AS THE FAILURE INCLUDES FAILURE OF SPEEDOMETER AND TEMP GAUGES. *TR