I own a 2003 chevrolet cavalier with 65000 miles and the fuel pump just failed leaving me stranded on the side of the road. There was no warning and no indication that a problem was coming, the car just stopped. Now I am told that I must pay $1000 to have a new fuel pump installed. The new part is the same as the old oem part. I have been reading that 2003 cavalier's have been having the same problem for years and that chevrolet has had no recall for an obviously defective part form the factory. This is ridiculous! I feel that some sort of compensation should be made to the hundreds of gm customers that have had this kind of problem. This is not a part of the gm bailout! This is a problem that must be resolved at the manufacturer level....
2003 Chevrolet Cavalier fuel system complaints
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I have a 2003 cavalier and had the fuel pump go bad at 67,000 miles. I researched on the web and it seems that there is a tremendous amount of 2003 cavaliers that have had this same issue. I have replaced 3 of the 4 window motors in the past 18 months. I have twice had my climate control switch fixed, as it was stuck only on vent. And most recently at 69000 miles I have to replace my fuel pressure regulator. In my educated opinion, this seems to be an awful lot of repairs for a vehicle of this age and with this record.
I have a 2003 cavalier of which I had to have the fuel pump replaced about a year and a half ago. Now looking on the internet I see that this happens a lot. I wanted to know if possibly there is a recall coming or anything of that nature. My car had between 60 k and 70k miles at the time.
Manual transmission model - problem began @ 35,000 miles, current miles 38,000. Engine rough idles/stalls when clutch is engaged. I was nearly struck by oncoming traffic while turning left when engine stalled after clutch was engaged. Lost power steering and breaks, wound up riding over curb and onto sidewalk before vehicle stopped. Noone was injured, however this was on a college campus in the evening, had it occurred earlier in the day almost certain pedestrian would have been struck by my out of control car. Will be replacing the pump as soon as I can. This is a serious danger to the driver and other drivers on the road.
Fuel pump needs replaced on 2003 cavalier.
I was checking to see if there was a recall on a 2003 chevy cavalier fuel pump because I was traveling on the highway and the fuel pump went out costing me almost $800. Also the motor for two of my power windows have went out.
Fuel pump on 2003 chevy cavalier with only 33,000 miles has gone out. Approx $700 to replace. Way to common of a problem for gm not to address with a recall.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet cavalier. Once the contact stopped the vehicle and exited, the engine failed to restart five minutes later. The electrical system (lights and radio) still worked, but the engine would not start. The vehicle was towed to a dealer and they stated that the fuel pump failed and needed to be replaced. The contact found investigation number ea07015 online, but the investigation was closed with no recall issued. He believes that it should be recalled. The vehicle has been repaired. The failure mileage was 65,000 and current mileage was 125,000.
2003 chevrolet cavalier, would not start, then hard start but gas pedal not responsive. Preliminary research likely fuel pump malfunction.
I have a 2003 chevy cavalier with 55,540 miles and my fuel indicator has recently started to stay on full and then 2 days later it starts to come down and then goes back up to fuel and down again. My mechanic says that it is the fuel pump and I went online and found many complaints that other people had to get a new fuel pump that costs form $600 and up and some of the cavaliers had less than 50, 000 miles and 2 were bought brand new. With all of these complaints shouldn't there had been a recall and have chevrolet replace the fuel pump at no cost to the owner?
I was sitting in my car waiting for my friend to get in. After he did I put my car in reverse and the engine stalled. It then would not start again. Come to find out my fuel pump went out.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet cavalier. While driving 70mph with his cruise control on, the vehicle shut off and lost power. There were no warning lights prior to the vehicle shutting off. The weather was not a factor. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to the emergency lane. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who stated that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The failure mileage was 22,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet cavalier. While idling in traffic, the motor stopped functioning. The vehicle was towed to an auto repair shop and the mechanic stated that the fuel pump burned out and caused the failure. The manufacturer stated that they could not assist because the vehicle was out of warranty and was not taken to a dealer. The corporate office advised him to take the defective part to a dealer. If the dealer confirmed that the part was defective, the contact could prove that the replacement part was a manufacturer's defect and possibly receive reimbursement. The current and failure mileages were approximately 51,000.
Fuel pump fails and car will not start. Have put 4 fuel pumps in car so far. Each time car works for up to a year and then pump dies.
Fuel pump went on my 2003 cavalier.my car won't run had to fix and cost me 300.00 as I am out of work this is an expense I could not afford but had to pay as I have to be able to get around to look for work.I am a laid off auto worker.looks like I am eating peanut butter and toast this month.
I own a 2003 chevy cavalier with 47,700 miles on the car, in mid september driving home from work my car died and having a mechanic look at my car said that it was the fuel pump that failed, I had no problems with the car up to this point, he said that it was strange that the pump went out with the low miles on my car. I was on the internet looking into the cavalier problems with the fuel pump and there was a lot of complaints about the fuel pump in this model and year of car. I had the fuel pump replaced november 26 2008 at a cost of $605.88, I do not have the replaced parts, I saw on the web site about a investigation into a recall, I also plan to file a complaint with gm. Please contact me via e-mail with any questions.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet cavalier. While driving approximately 30 MPH on normal road conditions, the engine stalled unexpectedly. The contact made several attempts to restart the engine, but it failed to restart. There were no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. Roadside assistance was called to the scene and the vehicle was towed to her residence. The vehicle was repaired by an independent mechanic, who stated that the failure was related to the fuel pump. The failure mileage was 53,000 and current mileage was 54,000. Updated 01/14/09. *lj updated 01/21/09
Engine stalls while driving, possible fuel pump problem. Car will not restart.
Have a 2003 cavalier,at 60,000 miles fuel pump went out,cost me 650 bucks for repairs gm needs a recall and fix these problems, which I know by looking on line every else is having the same problems,help us.
The fuel pump on my 2003 chevrolet cavalier went out on saturday. The mileage on the car is just over 75,000 miles. I had a 75,000 mile warranty that just expired. I have researched this and it seems to be a common failure in this car at about this mileage. Fortunately, I was in a parking lot and stopped. I understand it can happen while the vehicle is moving.
Fuel pump quit while driving..dangerous problem. I have owned this car for 10 days!!!
Fuel pump failure; car just died on the turnpike; had to be towed to mechanic. Car was under warranty; speedometer doesn't work; its moves all around and is not accurate; still not fixed never happens when the mechanic has it; car has trouble starting; have to crank it 2-5 times to turn on. Still not working mechanic cant find anything wrong with it.
While driving down I-90 east bound into boston the car stalled and would not restart. Car was towed to firestone repair shop and diagnosed as fuel pump failure. Quote to fix the car is $500/parts $270/labor plus tax. Waiting for car to be fixed as of 11/19/08.
Car went dead because fuel pump let go at 50,000 miles the bill came to 700 and something and I have the receipt for it I do not have the old part but the garage can be contacted about how damaged it was it is a reputable garage that fixed it.
2003 chevy cavalier fuel pump went out car would not crank tried fuel filter first.
Fuel pump on 2003 chevrolet cavalier went out. Only have 110,000 miles on car. We were driving down i59 when car stalled out. Car has been sitting in drive way for 2 months because we can not afford to dish out $600 right now. I called gm and they said we pay for the diagnostic they may be able to help with repair. I know it is a long shot but worth a try. If they do not pay for repair it will be another 2 months before we can get our car back because we will have to pay a little out of each paycheck. There goes christmas.
While stop at a red light veh.cut off and would not re-star. Towed to the dealer and I was told that it was the fuel pump. Cost $1,050. I also have problems with electric windows,two motors replaced ,one switch and still having problems. Besides that no complain.
Fuel pump stalled on 2003 chevy cavalier while driving on interstate.
Fuel pump went out at 65,000 miles last year.....didn't realize it was such an issue until I was researching it.
I have an '03 chevy cavalier with 45,000 miles. On 11/5/08 trying to get home from work the car would not start. The fuel pump can not be heard when the key is turned to the accessory position. Their have been investigations regarding this issue by dot & gm, but no recall. Gm is aware that gasoline prematurely corrodes the starter on these models, but has done nothing about it. The cost to replace this part is very high, & the service life of this part should be much greater, especially since it poses a great hazard if it fails while driving.
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