Safety Score
71
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1993 Chevrolet Cavalier.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH SHUTS OFF WHEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHEN IT HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD. *TR |
| 2010-01-25 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE PIN THAT HOLDS THE STEERING WHE… |
| 2006-03-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER ROLLING DOWN THE MANUAL WINDOW, IT WOULD NOT ROLL BACK UP. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE… |
| 2004-08-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. WHEN THIS OCCURRED VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO THE DEALE… |
| 2004-07-14 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | VARIOUS PROBLEMS REGARDING 1993 CHEVROLET CAVALIER..ONE COMPLAINT SUBMITTED ON NUMEROUS MVOQ FORMS. *MR CONSUMER … |
| 2003-11-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | MAJOR FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE'S WATER-RESISTANT ENVELOPE: SERIOUS WATER LEAK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FROM THE FIREWALL, RE… |
| 2003-01-01 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | NOT A COMPLAINT, EXACTLY, AN INQUIRY: HAS ANYONE LOOKED AT RIGHT KNEE INJURIES, SINCE STEERING COLUMN LOCKS BECAME MA… |
| 2002-10-07 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE BRAKES FAILED CAUSING A ACCIDENT. MR |
| 2002-06-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | AFTER FILLING GAS TANK, THEIR WAS A GAS SMELL AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF.CONTACTED DEALER. FUEL INJECTOR WAS LEAKING. REPLAC… |
| 2002-04-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE DUE TO WIRES UNDERNEATH VEHICLE HOOD SHORTING OUT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK |
| 2001-04-21 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD-ON BY MOTORCYCLE WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35-40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND… |
| 2001-03-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | Yes | 0 | WHILE BRAKING AT A SLOW SPEED, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, AND THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. CONSUMER HIT VEHICLE IN FRO… |
| 2001-02-17 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE EXPERIENCES ROUGH VIBRATION/ SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE, ABS LIGHT STAYS ON. THESE THINGS… |
| 2001-02-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A "TOTE THE NOTE" LOT, AND COMPLAINED TO THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEMS 2 DAYS AND ONLY 11 MILES… |
| 2001-01-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | A CRACKED HEAD ON A 2.2L ENGINE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK |
| 2001-01-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING LONG DISTANCE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN, AND REAR BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK THE … |
| 2000-10-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | ENTIRE FLOOR OF MY CAR HAS ABOUT 1 INCH OF WATER EACH TIMES IT RAINS OR SNOWS. *AK |
| 2000-06-01 | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | AIR CONDITIONER HOSE CAME LOOSE AND VEHICLE WAS LEAKING AIR CONDITIONING COOLANT. DEALER SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM.… |
| 2000-03-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ABS LIGHT CAME ON, INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. REAR BRAKES HAD TO BE FIXED ALSO. AFTERWARDS, BRA… |
| 2000-02-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CAR WILL START BACK UP AND THEN DIE WHEN PUT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. *AK |
| 2000-01-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE HEAD IS VISIBLY CRACKED BY NUMBER 3 SPARK PLUG AND COOLANT IS POOLING IN SPARK PLUG CHAMBER. *AK |
| 1999-10-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | WHILE IN VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TURNED ON, SECOND PARTY WAS SPRAYING HOSE ON VEHICLE TO SEE WHERE A LEAK WAS COMI… |
| 1999-09-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | COOLENT LEAKAGE AT TOP ENGINE CYLINDER. *AK |
| 1999-09-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | COOLENT LEAK FROM RIGHT FROM HEAD GASGET. HAVE TO ADD COOLENT TO KEEP RESEVOIR FULL AT COLD LEVEL. DEARSHIP WANTS TO … |
| 1999-09-20 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT / STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE. DEALER DETERMINE THE MOTOR MOUNTS TO BE WORN O… |
| 1999-09-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | NOTICED ANTIFREEZE LEAK FROM ENGINE BLOCK, DIAGNOSED AS BAD HEAD GASKET |
| 1999-09-02 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKES HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES ALREADY. CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS WITH VECHICLE 3YEARS AGO. THE MECHANIC TOLD CO… |
| 1999-07-29 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK |
| 1999-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING KEY OUT OF IGNITION .CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. |
| 1999-07-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | GLUE OF FUEL LINE HAS COME LOOSE, CAUSING FUEL TO SPRAY 50 FEET BEHIND VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A FIRE HAZARD. *AK |
| 1999-06-16 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE REAR BRAKE DRUM, ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RES… |
| 1999-05-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VACUUM LINE BROKE, HEARD A "POP" NOISE, AND CAUSED THE THROTTLE TO BE IN A OPEN POSITION WHILE IN THE REVERSE POSITION,… |
| 1999-04-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAS REPLACED HEAD GASKET 2 TIMES ON 2.2LT ENGINE. EACH HEAD GASKET WILL ONLY LAST ABOUT 8 MONTHS. CAUSE IS UNK… |
| 1998-11-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | No | 0 | BELT AND BELT TENSIONER FAILED. NLM |
| 1998-10-23 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | DRIVER SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL BACK, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT AND INJURIES. *AK |
| 1998-09-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | CONSUMER TURNED ON THE IGNITION, BACKED THE VEHICLE UP APPROXIMATELY 3 OR 4 FEET, PULLED IT BACK UP AND TURNED OFF THE… |
| 1998-08-01 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 75 MPH AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING A DENT IN THE FRONT ON THE BUMPER AND TIRE HAD TREAD… |
| 1998-07-15 | SEATS | No | 1 | MY WIFE WAS INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. IT HAD JUST BEEN REPAIRED 5 DAYS BEFORE THIS INCIDENT ON 07/10/1998 W… |
| 1998-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | IN JUNE OF 1998 THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET OF MY 1993 CHEVROLET CAVALIER LEAKED COOLANT. I PAID OVER $500.00 TO FIX THE … |
| 1998-05-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY AT SPEED OF 45-55 MPH SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. SPEED SERVICE STATION CHECKED. DETERMINED T… |
| 1998-05-04 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM | No | 0 | WHILE BACKING INTO DRIVEWAY, DRIVER HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. DRIVER TOOK WHEEL OFF VEHI… |
| 1998-05-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | THIS CONSUMER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR THE HORN (RECALL 96-I00-000), BUT IS EXPERENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE HORN… |
| 1998-02-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | HORN BUTTON ON THE STEERING WHEEL POPS OUT AND GETS JAMMED BETWEEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE TURN SIGNAL. MANUFACTURER… |
| 1998-01-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET HAS LEAKED FOR MANY YEARS. I EXPLAINED TO A MECHANIC THAT THE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND BEFORE I COULD TELL H… |
| 1997-10-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | ENGINE COOLANT LEAK A ROUND HEAD GASKET / VALV GASKET LEAK |
| 1997-07-31 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS | No | 0 | ENGINE COMPARTMENT SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. DEALER REPLACED T… |
| 1997-07-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | THE BACKUP LIGHTS AND THE TURNING SIGNAL GO OUT IN MINUTES AFTER A NEW FUSE IS PLACED IN THE CAR. *AK |
| 1997-06-15 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAS CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE WHICH SHE PURCHASED IN 1994, SHE HAD THE SEATBELTS REPAIRED THE FIRST TIME IN 1995, AN… |
| 1997-02-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | THE HORN PAD BECAME DETACHED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING THE PAD TO BECOME JAMMED BETWEEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND … |
| 1997-02-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR DOES NOT STOP. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK |