While driving my car stalled. I was able to start it again, but again it stalled, and afterward it would not start. I had my mechanic help me move the car to his shop, where upon further examination he determined that my cavalier's fuel pump had failed while the car was in motion. The fuel pump failed at only 56k miles! This is unacceptable, if I were on a major highway when the vehicle stalled people could have died!
2003 Chevrolet Cavalier fuel system complaints
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Fuel pump died at 65000 miles... 35,000 miles before first tune-up iwa sscheduled.
2003 cavalier's fuel pump failed at 15 MPH.
Had to replace fuel pump on a 2003 chevrolet cavalier at 65,000 miles. This occured on 01/15/07. I was needing to leave my residence and the cavalier would not start. I had the car towed to molle chevrolet,411 mockave. Blue springs,mo. They made the determination of the fuel pump failure and replaced the part as well as the fuel filter.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet cavalier. While driving 70 MPH, the vehicle shut off and failed to accelerate. The mechanic stated that the cause of failure was the fuel pump and then made the replacement. Approximately two months later, while driving 30 MPH, the failure recurred. As of july 5, 2007, the vehicle has not been repaired. The current mileage is 62,000 and failure mileage was 60,000.
There was no lead in to fuel pump failure. Stopped after work to purchase a grocery item and then returned to vehicle. At that point the chevy cavalier would not start. Aaa came and towed vehicle to repair facility. I was shocked that a vehicle with less then 35,000 mile would have a sudden failure of this sort without any warning or symptom. I feel fortunate that I was not driving at the time.
2003 chevy cavalier. Fuel pump failed while traveling on interstate I-70. Therefore, car stalled and had to secure a tow truck. Car was towed to the nearest chevrolet dealer, molle chevrelot in blue springs, missouri. Repairs were approximately $1,000 to replace fuel pump which is located in the gas tank. I paid for the repairs and feel that I should be reimbursed from general motors.
I was driving down the highway when my 2003 cavalier began to slow down, I thought this was odd because I was still holding down the accelerator. The car seemed to be able to maintain a speed of about 60mph for about another mile when the car began to slow again then the car could not accelerate over 40mph and it eventually died completely in the middle of the highway with cars doing 70mph zooming past me. I finally made it to the shoulder of the highway and had the car towed, after performing troubleshooting, I found out it is the fuel pump that has gone out and needs to be replaced. My car only has 57,000 miles on it and at the time I still had half of a tank full of fuel, I never let the tank get below half way since I have owned the car. After doing some research I came across hundreds of other people that have the same exact year, make and model as my car that are having the same problem and it seems to happen when the car gets around 55,000 - 68,000 miles on it. This is very unsafe issue and there needs to be a recall.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet cavalier. While driving approximately 35-40 MPH, the vehicle hesitated and all of the instrument panel lights illuminated. Shortly after, the vehicle began operating normally. One minute later, the failure recurred and all of the instrument panel gauges illuminated and began to go in reverse. The contact pressed the accelerator pedal, but nothing happened. She pulled over and attempted to restart the vehicle twice. It started for a second and then shut off. The vehicle failed to start after the third attempt. The vehicle was towed to her residence where her husband/mechanic stated that the failure may be caused by the fuel pump. The current and failure mileages were 56,000.
2003 chevy cavalier fuel pump failed. Found out that there were several people with this problem and that there is an investigation going on either by you or the national transportation safety board. Would like to file a complaint to be looked into by someone other than the chevy company.
After only 63,000 I have to replace the fuel pump in the 03 cavalier. I have noticed up to 150 entries on a site where this is the situation. Gm has sold a product to only run for 3 years. I went out with out warning, I missed half a day of work and now how knows how many hours to repair since I can only afford the part not the hours at a garage. I will keep the part for inspection if you need it.
Failed fuel pump on a 2003 chevy cavalier.
1.on june 21 my 2003 chevrolet cavalier stopped in the middle of a street with no warning. 2.the fuel pump had quit working so I had it towed and had to replace the pump. 3. Old part is available. My car only has 60,000 miles on it. From looking in google, there are hundreds of identical complaints from owner of 2003 cavaliers.
Fuel pump failed and needs to be replaced after only 70,000 miles on a 2003 model vehicle.
2003 chevy cavalier. Fuel module (pump) failed at 32,236 miles while driving home from work. $84.83 for the tow. $660.41 for parts and labor to replace module (new after-market module installed).
Car died on highway....had it towed into the dealer. I had the fuel pump replaced at a cost of $978.47. While at the dealer I spoke with another person having the same repair done for the 3rd time on the same model and year car. After doing some research I have found many people with this make, model and year car having the same repair made. There is an obvious issue that must be handled by gm. Please help us with this. We could have been in a serious accident as the car just died in the middle of the highway with no notice. Thank you
Complete fuel pump failure while driving 55mph on highway, seems to be a major problem with this car.
2003 chevy cavalier fuel pump went out at 62,200 miles.
50,002 miles on my 03 cavalier which I bought new. Needs new fuel pump already. Bad news. Very expensive to fix. I found many other complaints on this issue for the 03 cavalier while doing online research. Chevy needs to recall.
I have 57,000 miles on my 2003 chevy cavalier and went to start the car it wouldn't start. I have to replace the fuel pump. When I checked online it seems to be a major problem with other 2003 chevy cavaliers. Check topix.net on there forum.
Fuel pump failure on 2003 chevrolet cavalier appeared to be a common problem on all cavaliers as per website www.topix.net/forum/autos/chevrolet. Cavalier and chevrolet were doing nothing about it. Car just shut off in middle of road, almost was hit from rear by anothe r car, a safety defect. A web search revealed hundreds of failures.
The fuel pump had to be replaced on the 2003 chevrolet cavalier after only 65,000 miles. I went to a number of different websites with hundreds of people having the same problem with their fuel pump of the same year and make/model with approximately the same miles. There needs to be a recall.
While driving the 2003 cavalier it just quit. It ended up needing a new fuel pump and filter. It only had 63,000 miles on it!
Faulty fuel pump on my 2003 chevrolet cavalier with 75805 miles on it. The car quit running, and required a tow and fuel pump replacement. It seems to be fairly common. Ttp://www.topix.net/forum/autos/chevrolet-cavalier/tvinic5tfu5sfsi5h.
2003 chevy cavalier- on third fuel pump replacement, gauge that reads gas to gas hand operates intermittently and fuel pump quits working, no warning, happens suddenly.
2003 chevy cavalier fuel pump went out. I have read hundreds of complaints saying the fuel pump on 03 cavaliers are going out. My car has 59k miles.
On april 14 2007 my husband went outside to start the 2003 chevrolet cavalier we purchased in october of 2006, the car has 53000 miles on it. The car would not start. Upon taking the car to a private mechanic we were told that the fuel pump had failed and that we were lucky we were not driving the car at the time as the car itself would have simply died in the middle of the road. The mechanic fixed the car and repairs ran almost 600.00. I then called chevrolet to complain and they would not assist me in this matter. Upon researching this issue further I found a website of complaints from 90 consumer's regarding this same issue with the same year make and model. The web address is http://www.topix.net/forum/autos/chevrolet-cavalier/tvinic5tfu5sfsi5h/p3 . Please check into this.
1. Vehicle made a moaning noise when turning at approximately 55,000 kms (and 3 years old). Replaced power steering pump and steering rack. 2. Random clunking from the front end at approx. 56,000 kms. Replaced front bearings and transmission mount. 3. Car lost power, had to be towed to dealership. Dealer couldn't find a problem, insisted the car was fine. I insisted on them taking it out again. Car broke down, had to be towed back to dealer again. Replaced catalytic converter and fuel ignition switch. 4. Burned through 4l of oil and puffed out black smoke. Dealer couldn't locate problem. Happened again approx. 2000 kms later. Faulty piston rings, engine replaced entirely. At 61,000 kms. Now at over $11,000 cdn warranty repairs on a well maintained low mileage car. 5. Random clunking noise in front is back. Going to dealer tomorrow. Warranty: expired.
Vehicle sputtered and then stalled while driving in heavy traffic. There were approximately 48000 miles on the odometer when the failure occurred. Car was towed to service station where the fuel pump was replaced at a cost of around $800.
Consumer filled tank up, while still having over a half a tank, car would not start after that. Car towed to goodyear. Fuel pump had to be replaced at owners expense of 678.00. Mechanic told consumer a lot of chevrolet cars fairly new and low mileage have been coming in to have fuel pump replaced.
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