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really awfulTypical Repair Cost:
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Average Mileage:
60,237 miles
Total Complaints:
3 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (3 reports)
accessories - interior problem
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2006Aug 15
Cavalier 2.0L
- Automatic transmission
- 49,710 miles
I use my car for work and put on about 50,000 km every year so just about every complaint listed here, I've had! I bought the car brand new. GM service sucks. Needless to say, the new car I just bought is NOT a GM. I'm still using the cavalier for work and will continue to do so until the next large repair bill when it'll just be parked for good. I'm listing my complaints here because they all seem to be so common and the more complaints filed here, the more power. (My cavalier is now 5 years old, fully paid for and drives pretty good for an old lady with 250,000 kms on it. If you overlook a few things.......)
The date I listed is an approx date. The instrument cluster slowly started going haywire. First, the temp guage went - the same way listed in all the complaints. Then the tach, and the speedometer. The gas guage goes out now and then but for the most part, it's the only guage I have that works. When I took it in for repairs to a non-GM repair shop, I was told it would cost around $1,000. 'You-know-where' will freeze over before I put ANOTHER thousand of repairs in the car for things that should be covered.
I didn't get it fixed. I know how fast I go. I make sure the gas is topped up every day just to be on the safe side.
Here's a good tip - instead of putting out big bucks to get your speedometer repaired, just buy a gps unit that has a built in speedometer. That's what I use out on the highway where it's harder to guage how fast you're going.
(As a kid, my Dad used to tell me that he knew how fast he was going by counting the telephone poles and dividing by two. Doesn't work, though.)
2008Oct 01
Cavalier 2.2L Ecotec
- Automatic transmission
- 61,000 miles
On the instrument cluster, the temp gauge goes way up sometimes and it's not overheating. sometimes it will even loop all the way back down to the speedometer. i have already replaced the sensor in the engine. i think the instrument cluster is bad. I want to know if i can just install one from a junk yard. I called the dealer and they said I have to have another cluster reprogrammed for $200. In the past I replaced one of these on an older car and there was a procedure to program the cluster such as turning the key on and off and then leaving it on. will that work with this one? any suggestions or solutions?
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2008Aug 10
Cavalier ES 2.2L
This really sucks ass, I can never tell how much gas I have, how fast I'm going, or my cars heat/ cold temp. Chevy should pay for this... Let me ask CHEVY on all of our behalf... If I get pulled over for going over the speeding limit would you pick up the consequences? Would you step up and send someone from your Multi-billion dollar business to explain how your tech's, designer's, engineers F@*+%D up? And would you admit to ignoring the all the complaints about the same things and doing nothing about it? Answer that MR. CHEVY... I dare you!
jeanienew york
BRONX, NEW YORK, Pacific Islands (US)
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