Owner-reported complaints naming the exterior lighting system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BULBS FOR HER TURN SIGNALS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE FOURTH TIME IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL FLASHER SOCKETS, LOCATED IN THE TRUNK OF HER VEHICLE, HAD BURNED OUT. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 59,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000. UPDATED 07/26/07. *JB
HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS FAILURE. UNABLE TO USE HIGH-BEAMS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACTIVATE THE HIGH-BEAMS, THE DRL ACTIVATE DUE TO NOT HAVING FULL POWER GETTING TO HEADLIGHTS.
CD WILL NOT PLAY. GET ERROR MESSAGE. KNOB ON MIRROR FELL OFF. BATTERY WAS REPLACED IN SEPTEMBER 2000. BATTERY KEPT DYING ON ME.
THE WIRE HARNESS FOR THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER STATED WATER FROM RADIATOR BUILD UP ON THE WIRES WHICH CAUSED CORROSION. *AK
HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT ON MY 2 CAVALIERS CHECKED FOR NEW ONES AND DIDN'T NEED
HEADLIGHTS DO NOT WORK WHEN CONSUMER IS DRIVING. HEADLIGTHS WILL NOT COME ON, BUT HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WILL. HAS HAD BULBS REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. C0NTACTED DEALER. *AK
WIRING HARNESS FOR HEAD LAMPS BROKEN AT PIVIOT IN TILT STEERING COLUM CAUSING ALL LIGHTS TO GO OUT. *AK
FRONT TRANSAXLE WENT OUT AND WAS REPAIRED, AND THEN THE SEAL BEGAN LEAKING, ALSO INNER JOINT IN HALFSHAFT WAS REPLACED.*JB
#1. AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT INTERMITTENTLY FLASH APPROX ONCE A SECOND, FOR 10 TO 15 SECONDS WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED OR MOVING. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. THEY DID A SCAN WITH TECH 2 AND FOUND NO CODES SET. THEY SAID THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING IN AN ACCIDENT GIVEN OTHER REPORTS OF NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT LISTED ON YOUR WEB SITE. #2 IF TURN SIGNAL LEVER IS NOT MOVED TO THE PHYSICAL STOP FOR A FLASH TO PASS, ONLY THE REAR TURN SIGNALS WILL FLASH. THEY FLASH FAST JUST LIKE WHEN ONE BULB IS BURNED OUT. DEALER SAID THIS IS NORMAL. #3 THIS IS THE 2.4L ENGINE. UPON DECCELARATING FROM AT LEAST 2ND GEAR ALMOST TO A STOP AND THEN ACCELERATING, THE TRANS HESITATES SLIGHTLY AND THUMPS INTO GEAR. THEN THE UPSHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR IS NOT A SMOOTH SHIFT BUT VERY HARD. EVEN THOUGH MECHANIC ACKNOWLEDGED EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM DURING A TEST DRIVE WE BOTH MADE TOGETHER, HE STATES HE COULD NOT DUPLICATE COMPLAINT ON THE PAPERWORK. SCAN TEST OK, NO CODES, OK AT THIS TIME. IT SEEMS TO ME, IF THERE IS NO CODES SET IN THE CONTROL MODULE THEN THERE CAN NOT BE A PROBLEM. WHAT DID MECHANICS DO BEFORE CARS HAD COMPUTER CONTROL MODULES? DID THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO SOME WORK TO IDENTIFY WHAT WAS WRONG? BY THE WAY, I AM A COMPUTER ENGINEER AND HAVE BEEN ONE FOR 35 YEARS. I PLAN TO CONTINUE PERSUING THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO OWN A 1998 CAVALIER WITH THE 2.2L ENGINE AND A 1999 BUICK CENTURY WITH THE 3.1L ENGINE. THE 1998 CAVAILER HAS THE SAME TURN SIGNAL PROBLEM BUT NOT THE OTHER 2 PROBLEMS. THE CENTURY HAS NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS.
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.
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