8.7
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $500
- Average Mileage:
- 52,650 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 3 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (2 reports)
- replace wires due to "environmental corrosion" (1 reports)
This has happend to the car three times now. The past two times the dealership has eaten the cost on it. I have had the blue, tan and now light blue wires replaced. They are saying this is due to "environmenal corrison". These wires are releated to my headlights about once a year a headlight starts acting up and a "wire needs replaced"
I have also had the instrument cluster replaced, driver side window motor replaced, back up switch and harness replaced. . Oh yes and after owning the car not even a month the radio started going haywire, it won't keep stations, if I am listening to a CD when I get out of the car I am listening to the radio when I get back in an vice versa (this is all very RANDOM) and the latest is I have gotten out of the car KEY in hand radio was off I get back in the car and the radio is on.And of course the dealership can never get this to happen when they have the car. I also am having the ABS light issued that others are having.
Has anyone else had all these electrical issues? I have called GM and they dont seam to think it's their problem
- shopallthetime, Charleston, WV, US
The car's headlights have failed four times now. GM says that there is a short in the wiring harness. I was informed by the shop that every time the headlights fail the harness has to be repaired a little further up the line. When I sold my house this year I used the proceeds to pay off this lemon and buy a 2005 Mailbu Maxx. The Cavalier sits in the drive and is rarely driven out of fear of a massive electrical failure.
- Candace R., Flat Rock, IN, US
This has happend to the car three times now. The past two times the dealership has eaten the cost on it. I have had the blue, tan and now light blue wires replaced. They are saying this is due to "environmenal corrison". These wires are releated to my headlights about once a year a headlight starts acting up and a "wire needs replaced"
- shopallthetime, Charleston, WV, US