While driving my 2003 cavalier on sunday 11-2-08, the car shut off and I lost my power steering and brakes with cars behind. It luckily happened before an intersection so I was barely able to pull off the road. Anyways my fuel pump went out. Now I can't even start my car. I saw there are over 550 complaints, is chevy just waiting for someone to get hurt before they decide to recall this faulty equipment? How many complaints do they need? While driving at a faster speed and your car shuts off and you lose brakes and power steering, a person will have a pretty severe accident. Chevy needs to recall and replace all 2003 cavaliers' fuel pump, people don't have money to waste on this faulty equipment. I pretty much am never buying a chevy again.
2003 Chevrolet Cavalier fuel system complaints
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The car has been in two accidents. The both were completely repaired, the rear lights have had problems due to poor connections and the fuel pump went out.
Car wouldn't start after putting gas in it. Car was towed to chevy dealer, fuel pump replaced, and after three days car wouldn't start again.
While driving home from work, my car was running fine and then just died without any type of warning. I had the car towed for $100 and was told that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. I replaced the fuel pump on may 21st and now less then 6 months later, the exact same thing happens again! I have the car looked at and once again, the fuel pump needs to be replaced. I have found that this is an extremely common problem. When I got on your website and found that the possible recall had been closed, I wanted to scream! How many times am I going to have to replace the fuel pump before chevy decides to do something about it? I'm a single mom and can't afford to due this every 6 months! After my experience with my chevy cavalier, I will never buy chevy again! I do not understand how this issue can just be closed when there are so many people with the same problem. Search the internet! The fuel pumps in 2003 chevy cavaliers go out repeatedly! It also appears that this seems to occur after 50,000 mile mark. At this point in time, I just want to fix the car so I can get rid of it. I find it completely insane that there is no recall on this matter. I find it completely insane that chevy is required to fix their problem! No matter how well I take care of my car, this will continue to happen because there is a defect in the fuel pump!!
My car almost came to complete stop on the freeway after it post power and started slowing down. Luckily was able to coast off the freeway offramp. My mechanic said it was the fuel pump on my 2003 chevy cavalier. After internet searching, I saw that many, many others had the same problems and that it should be on the recall list. Put my name on that complaint list. Maybe after someone dies will they get the part recalled.
My fuel pump gave out on a 2003 chevy cavalier after 86,000 miles of proper maintenance. I'm not really sure of the events that lead up to this problem, but after speaking with other owners of cavy's, I am not the only one. I am having to repair this problem with 700 dollars!!! Please investigate this to see if there is a possible recall on fuel pumps of chevy cavaliers before someone else has to come out of pocket 700 dollars.
I was driving down the highway and my car started to shut off. My fuel pump went out.
My 2003 chevrolet cavalier broke down with me and my daughter in it. It just stopped running. Come to find out it was the fuel pump and when I had it looked at the person said that a lot of them are having the same issue. All at around 60,000 to 80,000 miles. It seems that the electrical connection is faulty and melts. It seems that some people have had fires. When I searched online I found thousands of people with the same problem. I'm just glad that I was not one of the unfortunate people that had a fire.
No start and stall condition on my 2003 cavalier. It started with a no start. After reading on the internet about someone pounding on their fuel tank I attempted this and tried to restart the car and it restarted. This frequency of no starts has increased. Recently while driving, the car stalls as if the car is out of gas. Once it stalls it will not start. I banged on the bottom of the fuel tank and attempted to restart the car and it would start. The frequency of the stalls also are increasing and occurs when driving regardless of speed. The last stall was on oct. 22, 2008 while traveling at 50 MPH. The restarts are becoming more difficult. It now requires one person to turn the ignition while one is under the car pounding on the fuel tank. It appears to be a faulty fuel pump. The engine turns over but appears to not be receiving gas. The fuel filter has already been replaced.
The fuel pump has gone out on my 2003 chevy cavalier (79,000 miles) 4 times in 4 months!
I have a 2003 chevy cavalier with 53,000 miles on it, I have always changed the fuel filters, never let the fuel go under 1/4 tank. One day I was driving, and the car died with no alert. I lost all power, power steering, power assisted brakes, everything in the middle of the road going 60 MPH with traffic all around me. I could not press the brakes hard enough to stop the vehicle so I activated my 4-way flashers and coasted off to the side of the road and used my emergency brake to completely stop. I was 10 miles away from my home so I had the vehicle towed to my house until I could figure out what to do with it, that tow bill was $120.00. I am unable to drive to work and loosing about $100 a day and now I will have to tow the vehicle to a repair shop because of this faulty part and spend approximately $900 on a problem that I have read occurs more often than it should.
Failure of fuel pump while driving on a 2 land highway uphill with a semi truck behind me. Due to loss of power, and nowhere to immediately pull off of the roadway, I was slowing quickly and the semi truck driver had to brake hard to avoid rear ending me. Was able to find a spot to pull off safely (large ditch on side of road where pump failed initially.
Fuel pump quit working at 54, 437 miles on the interstate while driving at 65mph. Car was towed to a chevy dealership and replacement cost of the pump and fuel filter cost 1.102.20 to repair. There have been tons of these gm fuel pumps going bad and owners posting this problem on the net. There should be a recall on there poorly made pump and the high cost to repair there problem.
2003 chevrolet cavalier. Driving on turnpike and lost power to vehicle went from 70 to 45mph and then totally came to a stop almost got into a crash. First time it occurred car has 89k mi. Car would start but not crank. Checked fuel line and no pressure. Took to mechanic and the fuel pump needed to be replaced should not have to be replaced for about ten years. Was told several complaints about this vehicle fuel pump from years 2001 to 2003 and from 50k to 90mi. Needed is a new fuel pump and assembly.
2003 chevy cavalier fuel pump. While driving down the interstate the vehicle was starting to act as if it was not getting any gas. There were no signs of a problem leading up to the fuel pump going out. All of a sudden the vehicle just died and I was left rolling while attempting to merge on to a local highway. I found out that this problem costs well over 800.00 dollars to repair. I then began to research and noticed that around 60,000 to 70,000 miles that there is quite a lot of people with the same problem. I believe that this can be dangerous and should be investigated.
My 2003 chevy cavalier has been experiencing intermittent startup issues and occasional "chugging" while driving - seemed like the car would lurch ahead at times, has also briefly stalled at lights. On 10/11/08, the car would briefly turn over and start for less than a minute, shut off, and afterwards refused to start. Had car towed from my residence to mechanic shop who alerted me that fuel pressure was low. Fuel electronics were functioning as per computer check, turned out to be a bad fuel pump. Car is at ~110,300 miles. Had spark plugs, fuel filter, engine belt replaced in march & april of 2008.
I was driving my 2003 cavalier down the street and went to make a right turn into a gas station my car stopped. I got two men to push me into the station and then to the gas pump thinking I ran out of gas. Got gas car still wouldn't start. Had car towed this happened 10-2-08 someone the n looked at car 10-10-08. I was it the fuel pump.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet cavalier. The contact stated that there were no events leading up to the failure. He started the vehicle and it immediately stalled. The vehicle was not towed to a dealer. An independent mechanic diagnosed the failure and stated that it was due to a fuel pump defect. The manufacturer and the dealer were not notified. The current and failure mileages were 82,600.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet cavalier. The contact is experiencing issues with the fuel pump. Through the internet, he has found many vehicles with the identical failure. The dealer stated that they would repair it at the contact's expense. They further stated that there were no recalls available. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic for diagnostic testing. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 46,000.
2003 chevrolet cavalier, failed to start. Had to replace the fuel pump. You are currently investigating this type of incident for my 2001- 2003 cavaliers.
I was driving on the interstate at 70 miles per hour when all of the sudden I lost all power--called a tow truck and the driver said it was the fuel pump-started looking for info on line about it and found about 500 or more complaints-the car is still sitting in my driveway waiting to be fixed-a friend let me use his truck until I can save about 700 dollars
Related to the federal safety agency action number ea07015 my daughter was driving her 2003 chevy cavalier on the interstate hwy. 43 when the engine stalled. She was able to make it safely to the shoulder of the road. The fuel pump assembly had to be replaced.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet cavalier. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled and shut off. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle and it was towed to a repair shop. The mechanic stated that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle is currently being repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 108,000.
I want to make it clear I have taken over payments of this car and will have title when it is paid off. The car had been running great except for the A/C no longer works, and I was driving getting up to 40 MPH and the car just died, I couldn't get it to restart it ended up being the fuel pump went out, it was quite expensive to fix.
I was driving on a busy interstate and my 2003 chevy cavalier just died and would not restart. It was very dangerous. I luckily was able to coast off of the road. Fuel pump failed with no warning. The car only has 60k miles.
Driving through downtown newport news, va to work in the morning and the car was unresponsive to throttle input. After maybe two minutes the car completely died and would not start leaving me in the middle of the street. Mechanic reports bad fuel pump, apparently a common problem with 03 chevy cavaliers. Replaced the fuel pump and fuel filter totaling $830 parts and labor.
On 9-13-2008, my 2003 chevrolet cavalier with only 37620 miles on it, quit just after leaving a parking lot. I tried to restart the car but ended having it towed to the dealer where I had purchased it, because of the extended warranty on it. I was told that it was a defective fuel pump. I had them replace it along with the fuel filter. I can now see why foreign cars are so popular. I read online that I'm not the only person experiencing this problem.
My 2003 chevrolet cavalier only has 58,607 miles on it but the fuel pump died last week. A car with so few miles should not be experiencing a fuel pump failure. I looked online and found that many people with 2003 cavalier's have fuel pump failure around 60,000 miles. This is an expensive repair. I paid $627. I don't have that kind of money, either. Recall or refund!
My car after being kept up since purchase of the car brand new just stopped working the other day. Now I'm being told it is my fuel pump and to come to this site because 1,000s upon 1,000s of customer with 2003 chevy. Cav. Have been having the same problem but this is not being recalled. There telling me this is going to be a cost of over 700$ for parts and labor. What about the tow and the fact I broke down in the rain and almost got hit by cars??? This needs to be taken care of.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet cavalier. The fuel pump, which has been replaced once already, failed and the vehicle became difficult to start. Also, the vehicle stalls at traffic lights or while driving 40 MPH. The dealer stated that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The current mileage was 61,000 and failure mileage was 57,000.
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