2003 Chevrolet Cavalier engine and engine cooling problems

“WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND CAR JUST KONKED OUT AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I TRIED AND TRIED BUT TO NO AVAIL. HAD TO PUSH IT INTO A GAS STATION ABOUT 100 YARDS, NOT EASY AS A 50 YEAR OLD FEMALE (NO ONE STOPPED TO HELP ME, JUST SPED BY). I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON-LINE THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN HABITUAL PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. IT ONLY HAS 71,000 MILES ON IT AND I JUST PURCHASED THE FIRST PART OF 2012???? WHAT IS UP? THIS MANY PROBLEMS SHOULD HAVE INVOLVED A RECALL! *TR”

“I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER STALLS : CHANGED THE FUEL PUMP , PRESSURE SOLENOID SWITCH ,TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH SOLENOID .TIRED OF THIS AND NO ONE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT STILL STALLS AND ALL EVERYONE CAN DO IS GUESS AT WHAT IT IS I HATE MY CAVALIER THE LAST THREE YEARS I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER GOT THAT FIXED AFTER THREE CONVERTERS HELP. *TR”

“I AM THE OWNER OF A 2003 CHEVY CAVALIER AND I HAVE 2 COMPLAINTS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLS AS THERE ARE MANY WITH THE SAME 2 PROBLEMS, FIRST EVERY GAUGE IN MY CAR QUIT WORKING NO RPM, NO GAS GUAGE AND NO SPEEDOMETER. SECOND EVER SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR FOR NO REASON AT ALL IT WOULD JUST STALL AT REDLIGHTS WHEN I WOULD TAKE OFF, DEALER SAID NO PROBLEM, I HAVE NEARLY WRECKED MANY TIMES BECAUSE OF THIS, THE LATEST WAS TODAY I HAVE READ MANY FORUMS THAT SAY THEY FOUND OUT IT WAS THE FAULTY PLASTIC FUEL PUMP, WHY NO RECALL THIS IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED. *KB”

“TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING OR AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITHOUT INCIDENT WHENEVER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, BUT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN ALMOST ONE YEAR LATER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 5/2/11 *CN UPDATED 05/13/11”

“I WAS DRIVING MY CAVALIER TO PICK UP MY WIFE. AS I APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION, THE SYSTEM COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND I COULD NOT RESTART THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP AT THE BEGINNING OF A LEFT TURN LANE AND PUT MY HAZARDS ON. WITH THE HELP OF MY PASSENGER AND A POLICE OFFICER, WE MOVED THE CAR ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAVEL TO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR HAD 116,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE ONLY WARNING BEFORE THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND DRIVE-ABILITY WAS THE BATTERY LIGHT TURNING ON BRIEFLY. *TR”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE IN IDLE THE VEHICLE STALLLED. AS A CONSEQUENCE, HIS RISK FOR A VEHICLE CRASH INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE TECHNICIANS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.”