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2001 Chevrolet C Series Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jul 4, 2015
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Nov 1, 2004

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 Chevrolet C Series. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Fuel system
Filed Jul 4, 2015

MY 2001 CHEVY CAVALIER, HAS AN IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE, MALFUNCTIONED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHILE I WAS DRIVING. MY CAR CUT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, ME AND MY GRAND CHILDREN WERE INJURED. I WAS REFERRED TO CONTACT THIS THIRD PARTY COMPANY NAMED: ESIS/GM CENTRAL CLAIMS UNIT LOCATED AT P.O. BOX 300 MAIL CODE 482 C19 B61 DETROIT, MI 48265-3000, 800.888.0164. I WAS INFORMED BY THIS COMPANY NO CLAIMS WILL BE PROCESSED, THAT'S WHY GM CONTRACTED TO STOP ALL CLAIMS FROM PROCESSING IN THE SYSTEM, ON THE ISSUE OF "IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE WITH CHEVY CAVALIER 2001. REQUEST IMMEDIATE COMPENSATION WITH THIS ISSUE. MY CAR WAS TOTALED OUT. COMPLETE LOST AND PHYSICAL INJURIES. GM #[XXX] GM # [XXX] I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT GM SEVERAL TIMES NO REPLY. SEEKING TO BE COMPENSATED FOR MY LOST AND PHYSICAL INJURIES. SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
10731951
Incident
Mar 8, 2012
Mileage
188,288 mi
Brakes
Filed Nov 1, 2004

PARKING BRAKE IS DEFECTIVE. WHEN APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE IT GOES TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. *AK VEHICLE PARKING BRAKE FAILS TO HOLD THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS REIMBURSE FOR THE SERVICE CHARGE. *TC

NHTSA ID
10094411
Incident
Aug 5, 2004
Mileage
35,430 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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