2004 Chevrolet Cavalier electrical problems

Filed Aug 4, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · AK

I have had my used chevy cavalier 2004 car for almost a year. As I have been driving the engine has just stopped. This has happened 4 times in the time span of 5 months. No one ( auto shops) can find the issue. They have zero answers. This is dangerous and has caused accidents. I would be banned from the internet if I said what I really want to say to chevy. The most recent time this happened was yesterday...aug 3rd 2017.

Filed Jan 19, 2017 · Acceleration, Electrical · 150,000 miles · CA

Speedometer has stopped functioning. Safety issue because I can no longer tell how fast I am driving.

Filed Dec 14, 2016 · Electrical · 68,500 miles · NY

Cluster panel temp gauge was fluctuating now the gauge is staying in one spot so have no idea if temp is good or not. What if something is wrong with the engine I will not know without this working. Have taken to two garages they both say its the cluster panel. Stationary and while driving ,gage stays the same.this started about a month ago with only 68,500 miles on it.

Filed Sep 17, 2016 · Electrical · 105,127 miles · NJ · fire

My cluster stopped working a while ago. Since I didn't get a recall on it I was unaware of people did complain about it until my car caught on fire where the cluster is and all the wires are totally burned up. I am furious. I read other complaints and some people had the same problem. I could not read all of them so, I don't know how many caught on fire. Thank god I didn't get injured or death. Chevrolet should be held responsible for this. Please help.

Filed Apr 23, 2016 · Electrical · OH

Instrument panel does not work. Therefore do not know the speed in which is being traveled, temperature of engine, amount of fuel or anything. Check guages light comes on and goes off like every week. Have no clue why it stopped working and personal mechanic is appalled at the issue.

Filed Apr 7, 2016 · Electrical, Seat belts · 72,000 miles · KY

2 issues. First, temperature gauge read higher and higher each time the car was started until the needle went all the way around to the speedometer and kept the speedometer from reading the speed. Entire gauge cluster was replaced. Second issue was passenger front seat belt would periodically lock, not allowing the passenger to use the seat belt.

Filed Apr 5, 2016 · Electrical · 152,000 miles · MI

My temperature gauge has malfunctioned and is stuck at 195 degrees when I turn my car on. It then rises just as normal but stops at 260 degrees which is in the red zone

Filed Dec 9, 2015 · Electrical · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet cavalier. The contact stated that the instrument panel failed to function properly. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage and VIN were not available.

Filed Jul 20, 2015 · Electrical, Steering · 140,000 miles · MO

For several years now, the interior light has been coming on intermittently when I hit a bump in the road. Last year I went shopping, got back into my car & started it, or rather tried to start it, but it shut down quite quickly. Thinking it was a fluke, I tried to start it several more times with the same results. Not even pushing on the gas could keep it going. After towing the car & having it sit around for a while before someone could finally find the electrical issue, it was 'repaired'. The issue was the wiring for the ignition switch. The repair completed was a cheaper route than replacing the actual switch. What I didn't know until too late last year was the 'service w/wrench' and 'theft system' lights were the warning that the switch was about to go out. The interior light has been doing the same thing again & the theft & service lights came on again last wednesday, 7/15/15, and now I know I have no choice but to replace the ignition seitch. Last year I contacted gm but they only wanted to make a note about it. I'm sure that as time goes on others will have issues too. How can wires come loose or break behind a steering wheel? Plugs, hoses & things like that I can fully understand, but not something that is hidden & supposedly safe behind a steering wheel

Filed Jun 29, 2015 · Electrical · 100,000 miles · CO

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet cavalier. While driving approximately 30 MPH over a bump in the road, the vehicle began to shake. The contact also noticed that the vehicle failed to start properly on multiple occasions. There were no warning lights illuminated; however, the interior lights would not illuminate. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.