114 of the 6,452 complaints filed about the Chevrolet Cavalier are about the seats — 2% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 1996.
114
Complaints
2%
Share of all complaints
33
Crashes
1
Fires
SEATS
TAKATA RECALL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A REAR END COLLISION THAT TOTALLED CAR. ALSO PASSENGERS SEAT BROKE CAUSING NECK AND RIB INJURY.VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WAITING FOR CONSTRUCTION FLAGMAN.
NHTSA complaint #10925924 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
1. SEAT BELT WON'T RETRACT. 2. DRIVERS SIDE SEAT DROPPED WILL NOT GO BACK TO UPRIGHT POSITION.
NHTSA complaint #10918076 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
ON OCTOBER 1ST 2015 WE WERE STOPPED FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON THE HIGHWAY. AT THAT TIME WE WERE REAR ENDED BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER. IMPACT WAS ON THE BUMPER, PASSENGER SIDE. ON IMPACT THE PASSENGER SEAT BROKE AND SLAMMED ME FORWARD THEN BACK INTO A RECLINING POSITION. I WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE.I WAS IN PT FOR 6 WEEKS. ALSO AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.
NHTSA complaint #10837372 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT WAS SITTING IDLE AT A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF HIS VECHILE. THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS ABNORMALLY COLLAPSED BACKWARD AND BOTH THE CONTACT AND A PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE BACK. BOTH WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DEEMED AS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 57,000.
NHTSA complaint #10437660 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT MALFUNCTIONED AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN A TRUCK CRASHED INTO HER VEHICLE FROM THE REAR. SHE ALSO CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. THE CONTACT AND A PASSENGER WERE INJURED AND HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE POLICE WAS THERE BUT NO REPORT WAS FILED. THE GM MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED. A REPRESENTATIVE WAS SCHEDULED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE BUT THEY NEVER CAME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 03/05/10
NHTSA complaint #10311397 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH SEAT AND AIRBAG FAILURE ON 5-23-08. REPORTED TO GM 5/27/08 CASE. SPOKE WITH GM REP THEN TRANSFERRED TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO SAID HE WOULD DISCUSS WITH DISTRICT MANAGER. ON 1/8/10 I AGAIN CALLED FOR FOLLOW-UP. THE PREVIOUS CASE HAD BEEN CLOSED AND A NEW ONE OPENED AND I WAS TOLD I WOULD BE CONTACTED. I FOLLOWED UP ON 2/16/09 AND WAS TOLD IT WAS BEING HANDLED BY MOTORS LIQUIDATION. I EXPRESSED MY CONCERN WAS SAFETY BASED - NOT MONEY BASED, STILL HAD THE VEHICLE FOR AN INVESTIGATION. THE REP. EXPLAINED BECAUSE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE "NEW" GM THEY WERE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT. I EXPLAINED THE ACCIDENT DATE WAS OF NO CONCERN TO THE SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS AS THERE ARE STILL THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. THEY FAILED TO REPORT TO YOU ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE BIGGER ISSUE IS GM'S POLICY OF REPORTING AND INVESTIGATING SAFETY ISSUES. IF MINE IS AN EXAMPLE, HOW MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN IGNORED OR DISCARDED BECAUSE OF THE BANKRUPTCY FILING? IN OTHER WORDS, IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE BEFORE THEN WE CAN ASSUME IT MAY BE AN ISSUE OF RECALL NOW REGARDLESS OF "NEW" OR "OLD" GM STATUES. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THIS BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. WE STILL HAVE THE VEHICLE SITTING IN OUR BACK YARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE. AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO DISPOSE OF IT AND MOVE ON. I JUST FEEL A MORAL OBLIGATION - WHERE OBVIOUSLY GM DOES NOT. I AM HAPPY TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER. PLEASE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY - I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO EXPERIENCE THE INJURIES WE HAVE - ESPECIALLY IF IT IS PREVENTABLE.
NHTSA complaint #10311377 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THE CAR WAS NOT MADE WITH THE LATCH SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY THE LOWER ANCHORS IN THE FOLDS OF THE SEAT, SO I CAN INSTALL A CAR SEAT. THE CAR ALSO DOES NOT COME WITH THE CHILD LOCKING MECHANISM IN THE 3 POINT LAP AND SHOULDER BELT. AT THIS POINT I AM UNABLE TO USE MY VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT MY 2 CHILDREN WHO REQUIRE CAR SEATS AS THERE IS NO WAY TO SAFELY INSTALL THE CAR SEAT. I CALLED THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP WHO WAS UNABLE TO FIND THIS PART (LOWER ANCHOR OR SEATBELTS WITH CHILD LOCKING MECHANISM). I CALLED GM AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO SUPPLY THE PARTS AND I HAVE CALLED AFTERMARKET PARTS STORES WHO ARE UNABLE TO FIND PARTS. A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET I FOUND OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT NO SOLUTION. I FEEL THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE CAR AND I WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #10266856 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPRINGS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT WERE EXPOSED AND BEGAN TO UNRAVEL. IN ADDITION, THE SEAT ADJUSTER WAS DAMAGED ON THE LEFT BOTTOM OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. AS A RESULT, THE SEAT COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED AND WAS STUCK IN ONE POSITION. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.
NHTSA complaint #10237196 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT NOTICED A LARGE BULGE IN THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE DISASSEMBLED AND THE SPRING OR THE ENTIRE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 24,700.
NHTSA complaint #10227761 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WE HAVE THREE CHEVROLET CAVALIERS (YEARS: 1999, 2000, 2004). ALL THREE OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE AT LEAST ONE CRACK IN THE PART OF THE DASH THAT IS IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONCERN IS IN A SIGNIFICANT CRASH IF THIS CRACK WOULD CAUSE FACIAL OR UPPER BODY INJURIES OR EVEN DEATH. IN ADDITION, ONLY THE 2004 CAVALIER HAS HAD REPEATED ISSUES WITH THE DRIVERS SEAT -- SPRINGS ARE COMING THROUGH THE REAR UPPER PORTION OF THE SEAT, THE SEAT CUSHION IS LESS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT THAN THE RIGHT AND THE RECLINER HANDLE HAS BROKEN TWICE (WAS REPAIRED ONCE BY TINCHER WILLIAMS CHEVROLET IN LONDON, KY; BUT REMAINS BROKEN TODAY). TODAY'S DATE WAS USED BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTUAL INCIDENT.
NHTSA complaint #10210240 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
PROBLEM STARTED SAME WEEK I PURCHASE VEHICLE BRAND NEW. GMC WOULD NOT EXCHANGE VEHICLE, THEY JUST KEPT REPAIRING IT AS IT BROKE DOWN. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE IN THIS VEHICLE, THEY DID NOT CARE. CLUTCH WAS RUBBING AGAINST MAIN LINE, FAILED TWICE. REAR LIGHTS BURNED OUT 3 TIMES, SPRINGS ON SEATS POPPED OUT 3 TIMES, GAS PUMP WENT OUT ONCE, HEATER/AC WENT OUT TWICE, LOCKS WOULD NOT OPEN, 3 TIMES, PAIN CHIPPED OFF BUMPER, ONCE. REAR SEAT CLIPS SNAPPED, ONCE. HEADLIGHTS, WATER LEAKED IN. TWICE I HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION IN JUNE/2007...AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.
NHTSA complaint #10205442 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
CAVALIER COUPE LS SPORT 2005: THE DRIVER'S SEAT RECLINING SYSTEM IS UNSTABLE. YOU CAN FEEL IT MOVE AND ACTING LOOSE WHILE DRIVING. IT WAS NOT LIKE THIS WHEN FIRST PURCHASED. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO MAKE IT STABLE AGAIN. THEIR ONLY RESPONSE WAS, THAT THIS WAS NORMAL, WITH TIME IT BECOMES LOOSE. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO MAKE SEATS THAT FEEL FINE AT FIRST, AND A YEAR LATER, BECOME IN THAT CONDITION. YOU DRIVE WITH YOUR BACK REST UNSTEADY AND ERRATIC. THIS CAN CAUSE BACK/NECK PROBLEM IN THE LONG-RUN. (ALSO, THE FRONT SEATS ARE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, UNPLEASANT ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A LONG COMMUTE, IT ABSOLUTELY HAS NO HEAD-REST SINCE THEY ARE LEANED BACK TOO MUCH, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY WITH YOUR HEAD RESTED AGAINST IT. PLUS, THE FRONT SEATS RECLINING SYSTEM WON'T ALLOW YOU TILT IT FORWARD MUCH, CONSEQUENTLY DRIVING RATHER LEANED BACK MORE THAN USUAL, ON YOUR SEAT.)
NHTSA complaint #10189837 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
I BOUGHT MY CAR, A 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH 21 MILES ON IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE TRIED TO RETURN IT AND NOW THE MINOR BUT FREQUENT ISSUES ARE MUCH BIGGER AND MORE FREQUENTLY! FIRST MY TRUNK LATCH BROKE A WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. THE CD BROKE THE NEXT WEEK, CIGARETTE LIGHTER BROKE, AND PASSENGER SEAT WOULDN'T MOVE. THIS WAS THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. A FEW MONTHS AGO THE FUEL GAUGE BROKE, TEMP GAUGE AND AC. THEY COULDN'T VERIFY IT SO COULDN'T REPAIR, UNTIL IT COMPLETELY FAILED THIS MONTH. ALSO, I WAS LEFT STRANDED AT 2:30 AM WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD SON WHEN THE CLUTCH FELL THROUGH THE FLOOR. IT WAS REPAIRED AND NOW THE RPMS SHOOT UP TO 6000, IS UNRESPONSIVE TO ANY PEDALS, AND REQUIRES TURNING THE ENGINE OFF. THIS HAPPENED IN SAN FRANCISCO ON HIGHWAY 101, I AM TRULY AFRAID FOR THE SAFETY OF MYSELF. SON, AND OTHERS DRIVING THIS CAR OR NEAR ONE. THERE ARE MANY OTHER UNMENTIONED THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, TOO MANY TO TELL IN THIS SUMMARY. THEY OF COURSE CAN'T DUPLICATE THIS MAJOR PROBLEM AND THEREFORE CAN'T "CORRECT." ALSO THEY STATE IT DOESN'T FALL UNDER LEMON, BUT WHAT IS AT STAKE OUR LIVES.
NHTSA complaint #10167018 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
DRIVER SEAT BROKE WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AND HAS TO BE HELD UP BY SOME THING SO IT DON'T FALL BACK.
NHTSA complaint #10138510 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
2005 CHEVROLET CAVALIER DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVER'S SEAT MOVING.*MR THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS UNSTABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER BUT THEY CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SEAT. THE CONSUMER SAID HE ALSO GETS SHOCKED BY THE VEHICLE CONSTANTLY.
NHTSA complaint #10135595 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
(1) MY COUSIN WAS DRIVING HER 1998 CAVALIER WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE (2) HER DRIVER'S SIDE CHAIR BROKE LOSE AND HER SEAT BELT CAME OUT OF ITS FASTENER AND THE METAL "HOOK" STRIKING HER BODY RESULTING IN A LACERATION. HER BODY WAS THEN THROW FORWARD WITH SUCH GREAT FORCE THAT SHE HIT THE WINDSHIELD WITH HER HEAD TWICE RESULTING IN A CONCUSSION, BLACK EYE, SWOLLEN FOREHEAD AND OTHER CUTS AND BRUISES. ADDITIONALLY, AT THE POINT OF IMPACT, DESPITE THE FORCE WITH WHICH SHE WAS STRUCK, HER AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY WHICH COULD HAVE FURTHER PREVENTED HER STRIKING THE WINDSHIELD. EVERY SAFETY DEVICE IN THIS VEHICLE FAILED MISERABLY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY.
NHTSA complaint #10126221 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
THE FRONT SEATS MOVE, THEY AREN'T ELECTRIC, HOWEVER THEY MOVE EVER SO SLIGHTLY AND A FEW TIME THEY HAD MOVED TO THE REAR TAKING MY FOOT AWAY FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL.
NHTSA complaint #10125563 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
DT: THE BACK SEAT FOLD UP WHILE IT IS LOCKED IT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED THE CLIP, BUT IT STILL CONTINUED TO FOLD. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE ONLY THING THEY COULD OFFER WAS TO ORDER THE BOTTOM PART OF THE SEAT, BUT MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONSUMER THE CLIP WOULD BE THE SAME. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE BBB AND MANUFACTURER. THE CONSUMERS CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER SAID TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO DEALER AND LET THEM ATTEMPT TO PUT A BACK SEAT IN IT.
NHTSA complaint #10121605 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE DRIVER DOOR WOULD OPEN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DOOR. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN HIT BEFORE AND THE PROBLEM MAY CONTINUE DUE TO THE DAMAGES THE VEHICLE HAD SUSTAINED. *JB THE DRIVER DOOR DID NOT CLOSE AFTER ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL AS THE PASSENGER DOOR. THE DRIVER DOOR WOULD OPEN WHILE I THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, MATERIAL WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD, INTERIOR PASSENGER DOOR WAS DAMAGED WHEN PURCHASED, AND THE BACK SEAT WAS DISCOLORED. *SC
NHTSA complaint #10113517 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISIN IN WHICH ANOTHER VEHICLE HYDROPLANED HEAD-ON AND THEN ONTO THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THIS 4 DOOR CHEVROLET CAVALIER. MY DAUGHTER WAS IN HER BOOSTER SEAT THAT WAS ANCHORED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK SEAT. THE UPRIGHT PART OF THE BACK SEAT WAS DETACHED FROM THE BRACKET WHICH ALLOWED ALL THE LUGGAGE IN THE TRUNK TO COME FORWARD. THIS THEN PUSHED THE BOOSTER SEAT TO THE SIDE WITH ALL THE LUGGAGE UP AGAINST HER.
NHTSA complaint #10086091 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.