7.0
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$425.00
Average Mileage:
65,500 miles
Total Complaints:
6 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (3 reports)
- replacement of window motor (3 reports)
windows / windshield problem
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Chevrolet dealer.
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2009Jun 12
Cavalier SPC 2.2L
- Automatic transmission
- 200,000 miles
About 3 years ago my driver's window just quit working. I believe that it went down slow at first..then just quit...well, I never fixed it and it never bothered me. Now I've had my car brand new and it has now reached 200,000 miles without any major repair. Just regular general maintenance. Now my rear passenger side window went down and won't go back up. Well, living in the high desert and needing to have that air conditioning. I broke down and went and had it fixed. They replaced the general motor for both windows and I am again very pleased. I guess I really can't complain after 200,000 miles.
2008Apr 01
Cavalier LX 4 cyl
- Automatic transmission
- 35,000 miles
Window motors in Chevy Cavaliers are notoriously awful. We've had a total of 5 die in two separate Cavaliers, a '96 (3) and an '03 (2). The company knows they're defective. The last one they fixed for free for us, but usually that won't happen. We have another one dead now, but since it's not the driver's side window we're not going to bother fixing it.
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2008Jun 01
Cavalier
- Automatic transmission
- 32,000 miles
First the passenger side front window started going up slowly but would go down fine. Then after a few days, The window would only go up about 1/4 inch every few minutes, then not at all. After a few days, I was able to get it to close finally. Bought a new motor for the door thinking I could change it myself. Took the door panel off to find an almost solid sheet of metal blocking virtually all parts of the inside of the door. Can't remove the old motor or even SEE it without cutting through the metal sheet. About a month later, the driver side rear window went... quickly.
2008Nov 01
Cavalier
- Automatic transmission
- 36,000 miles
A few months after the passenger side front window slowly died, my driver side rear window just stopped. I smoke in my car and, even in winter, crack the windows about an inch for good air flow. One day, the rear window just didn't come back up. It's been a few months now and it refuses to move. Well, it'll go down but not back up. I think. Since it's down as far as it'll go now. A few years habit of moving the window down, I kept accidentally moving it down just to kick myself when I remembered it won't come back up. I'm wondering if it's the motor or wiring. When it went down, it was at normal speed and not slow like the front window. Definitely will never buy another Chevy compact car. I've always heard good things about Saturns...
2006Dec 06
(reported on)Cavalier LS Sport
- Manual transmission
- 35,000 miles
During the summer I would leave my windows down during the day. One night I had to take a trip to the airport and it had cooled down so I needed to roll up my window. No such luck, the window got stuck in the down position. I had to go back home and switch cars with my mother and hope it didn't rain until I could get my car to the shop in the morning. I think they said the motor had gone bad.
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2007Nov 04
Cavalier LS Sport 2.2L Ecotec
Drivers side window failed - in the down position. Quite a pain to replace, and should not have failed so soon. I don't even use the window very often. I can tell the passenger side window will need to be replaced soon too.
Andrew M.
Cincinnati, OH, USA
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