{"count":210,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":11525935,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/22/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"06/07/2023","vin":"1G1JF524127","components":"AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"Horn doesn't work..replaced fuse still not working..so I wonder if my air bag will work...how do I fix it no body know not even the dealer","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11525914,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/06/2023","dateComplaintFiled":"06/07/2023","vin":"1G1JC124227","components":"AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS","summary":"Was in a horrible car wreck yesterday and none of my airbag is avoid but yet my no check engine light none of my lights were on so I don't understand the problem you could have nearly killed me is what I got spent around three times and put back at the gas station that I left","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11415422,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/06/2021","dateComplaintFiled":"05/06/2021","vin":"1G1JC124X27","components":"STEERING,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"JUST PURCHASED A 2002 CHEVY CAVALIER FOR OUR DAUGHTER AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT IF ANY OF THE 5 RECALLS WERE PERFORMED ON THIS VEHICLE OR NOT. THE NHTSA RECALL PAGE ISN'T WORKING AT THIS TIME AND THE CHEVY LOCAL DEALERSHIP ISN'T WILLING TO HELP. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE??","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11340196,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/21/2020","dateComplaintFiled":"07/19/2020","vin":"1G1JC524027","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT OPERATES REAR BLINKERS AND BRAKE LIGHTS. I HAVE CHANGED BULB WHICH ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE CHANGED THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS. WORKS FINE FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN EITHER OF THESE ARE CHANGED BUT STILL NOT FIXED. STARTED WITH PASSENGER SIDE BUT NOW HAVING ISSUES WITH DRIVER'S SIDE. ONLINE FORUMS SUGGEST MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE AS WELL. CANT FIND A PERMANENT FIX. PLEASE HELP. IS NOT BLOWING THE BULBS, JUST STOPS WORKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11014821,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/11/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"08/12/2017","vin":"1G1JC124527","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"KEY GET STUCK IN IGNITION IN THE ON POSITION. CANNOT SHUT THE CAR OFF OR REMOVE THE KEY. MUST PULL IGNITION FUSE TO SHUT OFF ENGINE AND THEN DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. GM ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS A PROBLEM IN 2014 BUT NEVER ISSUED A RECALL.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10924264,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/08/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"11/04/2016","vin":"1G1JC524627","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD OF THE VEHICLE WAS FRACTURED AND DETERIORATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO PARTS BEING UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.   UPDATED 01/25/17*LJ UPDATED 7/3/18*JB  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10678433,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"01/22/2015","vin":"1G1JC124227","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED WAY TOO EARLY. BEGAN LEAKING. I'M TRYING TO REPLACE THEM MYSELF, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE 1500-2000 DOLLARS FOR PARTS AND LABOR. LUCKILY THE BRAKES PEDALS WENT TO THE FLOOR IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I FOUND THE LEAKS.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10661319,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/15/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"11/30/2014","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"CAR WOULD JUST NOT TURN OVER.  CAN NOT HEAR FUEL PUMP RUNNING.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10654166,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/09/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"11/11/2014","vin":"1G1JC524027","components":"STEERING,POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"DRIVER WAS HEADING SOUTH ON I684, ON THE EXIT RAMP TO 287 WEST, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. VEHICLE SUDDENLY APPEARED TO SHUT OFF, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER AND BRAKE. DRIVER RAN OFF THE ROAD AND WENT NOSE FIRST INTO A DITCH, DAMAGING THE FRAME, RADIATOR, AIRCO AND NOSE OF VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AS A RESULT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10633036,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/14/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"09/14/2014","vin":"1G1JC124427","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"THE IGNITION SWITCH LOCKED AND WOULD NOT OPERATE.  FIRST THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION TURNING ON AND SHUTTING OFF.  THEN AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE IGNITION WOULD NOT SWITCH ON.  JUST LIKE THE INFORMATION DISSEMINATED ABOUT THE CHEVY COBALT, BUT A YEAR BEFORE THE ANNOUNCED RECALL.   I CONTACTED GM BUT THEY INDICATED THAT MY MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL.  HOWEVER, I HAD TO INSTALL A IGNITION CYLINDER AND KEY KIT ACCORDING TO MY REPAIR INVOICE.  I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD A TOTAL REVIEW OF GM VEHICLES OF THE IGNITION PART AS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10630431,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/24/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"09/03/2014","vin":"1G1JC524327","components":"STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE ACCELERATING ON AN ON-RAMP ONTO AN INTERSTATE, I WAS USING MY MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE (SIGNALING MY MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, THEN ONCE AT 65MPH SETTING CRUISE CONTROL) WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER.  I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT BEFORE THE WHEEL LOCKED.  I TURNED MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON AND COASTED/BRAKED MY WAY TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD.  THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO TRIED TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM.  THE INCIDENT WAS ON A SATURDAY.  ON MONDAY WHEN THE SHOP WAS OPEN FOR BUSINESS, THEY TRIED THE CAR AND IT STARTED/RAN JUST FINE.  THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO THEY CHARGED ME FOR THE TOW ONLY.  PREVIOUSLY, THE CAR WOULD FAIL TO START.  SIMILARLY DEAD.  I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WAS THE IGNITION - REPLACED THAT TWICE.  I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP - REPLACED THAT.  I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH-REPLACED THAT THREE TIMES.    WINTER 2013 THE CAR STARTED FINE AND THEN A BLOCK FROM HOME ALL POWER WENT OUT AND ENGINE FAILED TO START UP AGAIN.  TOWED CAR TO ELECTRICAL SPECIALIST.  THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RUSTED OUT WIRE. REPLACED THE WIRE.   IT HAPPENED AGAIN SIX MONTHS LATER.  THEY REPLACED ANOTHER WIRE.    I'VE NOTICE THE CAR WILL THINK A BLINKER IS OUT BEFORE THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM JUST FAILS.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10593311,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/12/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/2014","vin":"1G1JH12F127","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"PURCHASED VEHICLE FROM DEALER 7/12/13 WITH THE FOLLOWING ISSUES:    NON-WORKING ODOMETER, BLINKERS, BRAKE LIGHTS THAT FREQUENTLY \"SHORT\" OUT & A NON-WORKING WINDSHIELD FLUID FUNCTION.  I WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER TO TAKE VEHICLE HOME & RETURN IT THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR THE REPAIRS OF ALL THE ABOVE NOTATIONS THAT WERE DISCOVERED DURING A TEST DRIVE.  UPON THE TIME OF RETURN, I WAS SADLY & RUDELY APPROACHED BY THE DEALER.  HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT CLAIM TO FIX THESE ISSUES?  ON 7/17/13, I FILED A \"COMPLAINT\" WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU REGARDING THIS POOR BUSINESS TRANSACTION.  ALL OF WHICH, I HAVE PROOF.   DESPITE MY ENDLESS EFFORTS TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE, NOTHING SIGNIFICANT HAS BEEN DONE ON MY BEHALF.    I HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER A NUMBER OF TIMES, BECAUSE OF MY FAILING BRAKE LIGHTS - WHICH HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.  I HAVE HAD CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF POTENTIAL DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, WHERE MY BLINKERS HAVE FAILED & BEING STUCK \"NOT\" KNOWING HOW MUCH MILEAGE I HAVE ON MY CAR.  THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE I CANNOT GET RESOLVED & AM HOPEFUL THAT YOU MAY ASSIST.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10585689,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/29/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"04/30/2014","vin":"1G1JC524327","components":"STEERING,AIR BAGS,SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND A DRIVER TRAVELING WELL UNDER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT CUT IN FRONT OF ME. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES AND THE CAR STARTED SLIDING AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TURN THE WHEEL TO AVOID COLLISION, THE WHEEL WAS LOCKED AND WOULD NOT TURN CAUSING ME TO HIT THE CAR SQUARE IN THE REAR. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. AIRBAGS NEVER TOUCHED ME, BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE COVER SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD AND THE PASSENGER SIDE COVER SHATTERED THE PASSENGER WINDOW.   *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10549827,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/17/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"10/28/2013","vin":"1G1JC524527","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"MY 2002 CHEVY CAVALIER WAS IN FOR FRONT BRAKES....MECHANIC PHONED AND TOLD ME THAT MY CAR'S SUBFRAME WAS CRACKED.  MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IT WAS COMMON WITH THIS MODEL CAR.  CALLED GM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE CAR (2002) AND MILEAGE (64,500) THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO.  I TOLD GM THAT MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR CAR.  STILL THEY TOLD ME NOTHING COULD BE DONE.  I CALLED CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE WHICH I DID.  I WAS TOLD THAT THE ONLY WAY I COULD MAKE OTHER FOLKS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WAS TO CONTACT NHTSA.  I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD FOR OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE THIS TYPE OF CAR.  I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN IF NOT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF MY BRAKES.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10465998,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/17/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"07/17/2012","vin":"1G1JC524327","components":"SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE","summary":"ENGINE CRADLE SUBFRAME HAS RUSTED THROUGH ON RIGHT SIDE.  LOW MILEAGE, CAR IS PARKED IN A GARAGE, SO IT DOES NOT SIT OUTSIDE ALL DAY AND NIGHT.  MY MECHANIC TELLS ME HE HAS SEEN THIS A LOT WITH CHEVYS.  HE SAYS IT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH GM CARS DRIVEN IN THE NORTH BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER...SO MUCH FOR BEING IMPORTED FROM DETROIT; ISN'T THAT IN THE NORTH?  HE SAYS HE CAN ORDER A USED REPLACEMENT FROM THE SOUTHERN US.  I KNOW A CAVALIER IS NOT A TOP-OF-THE-LINE CAR, BUT ISN'T THE FRAME SUPPOSED TO BE THE STROGEST PART?  COME ON GM, FIX THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEBODY DIES!  I WAS GOING TO LET MY 16 YEAR OLD KID DRIVE THE CAR, NOW I HAVE TO TELL HIM THAT HE CAN'T BECAUSE AN AFFORDABLE CAR MADE BY THE BIGGEST US AUTOMAKER IS CHEAPLY MADE AND UNSAFE!?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10437660,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/23/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"11/29/2011","vin":"1G1JF52T627","components":"SEATS","summary":"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.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10425297,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/12/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"09/13/2011","vin":"1G1JC524427","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"MULTIPLE TIMES, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID WOULD NOT FLOW ONTO THE WINDSHIELD.  I WOULD FILL THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID TANK SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH.  FINALLY, I NOTICED THAT THE DESIGN OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUIDS TUBING INTO THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WAS FLAWED.  THE TUBING IS ROUTED SO THAT IT PASSES THE WINDSHIELD WIPER TANK AND SEATS UP AGAINST THE HOT CAR BATTERY.  AT THIS JUNCTURE, THE TUBING APPARENTLY HAD ROTTED AND MELTED, AND IT CREATED A HUGE HOLE IN THE TUBING.  I DO NOT KNOW WHY GENERAL MOTORS DECIDED TO PASS THE WINDSHIELD WIPER TANK, AND SEAT THIS TUBING UP AGAINST THE BATTERY, AND THEN GO DOWN AGAIN, AND FINALLY FIT INTO THE BOTTOM VALVE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER TANK, BUT IT SEEMS POINTLESS AND STUPID AND A DEFINITE DESIGN FLAW!!! NOW, I HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THIS TUBING REPAIRED AND PROBABLY REROUTED THE SIMPLER ROUTE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW IT TO BYPASS THE BATTERY, COMPLETELY, INSTEAD OF PRACTICALLY WRAPPING IT AROUND THE BATTERY!!!  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10409164,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/16/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"06/28/2011","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND SUDDENLY THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT DOWNSHIFT AND ENGAGED THE PARKING BRAKE. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AND WAS  DRIVEN TO HIS RESIDENCE WITH CAUTION. THE CONTACT DETECTED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINE HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10400667,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/09/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"05/12/2011","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EQUIPMENT","summary":"WHEN THE CD PLAYER HAVE BEEN ON FOR A FEW MINUTES IT WILL STOP PLAYING BECAUSE IT HAVE GOT OVER HEATED.  AN I CANNOT USED IT FOR A LONG TIME.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10399469,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/20/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"05/08/2011","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY 2002 CAVALIER HAD THE FUEL PUMP GO. WHEN THE GARAGE FIXED IT THEY SAID THE CLUSTER DOESN'T WORK. THEY KEPT TRYING TO IMPLY THAT IT WAS ALREADY BROKE BUT IT WASN'T. I HAD 2 LIGHT BULBS GONE BUT THAT'S IT. THEY REPLACED IT AND WITHIN A WEEK THE SAME 2 LIGHT BULBS ARE BURNT OUT AND THE ODOMETER NUMBERS NOW FLICKER CONSTANTLY. THERE MUST BE A WIRING PROBLEM. SEEING FIRES STARTING IN A COUPLE CAVALIARS MAKES ME REALLY CONCERNED. FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, THE RADIO CHANGES EVERYTIME I TURN THE CAR ON AND THE LIGHT BY THE HEATER CONTROL DOESN'T WORK UNLESS YOU TAP ON IT. SOMETHINGS NOT RIGHT AND I'M TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION. I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY A GARAGE TO TEAR MY CAR APART. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10393539,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/17/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"03/28/2011","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TIMING CHAIN BROKE ON 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER LS CAUSING CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE.  AUTOMOBILE ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES ON A WELL MAINTAINED MOTOR.  GM INSTALLED FAULTY OIL NOZZLE AS WELL AS TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER IN MOTOR ORIGINALLY BUT REFUSES RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH CHECKED AT GM CERTIFIED SERVICE CENTER 4 MONTHS PRIOR COMPLAINING OF TIMING SYMPTOMS.  NO REPAIR HAS BEEN DONE AT THIS TIME.  AFTER MUCH RESEARCH IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN ALL VEHICLES FROM 2002 AND 2003 THAT HAVE 2.2L ECOTEC MOTORS.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10372599,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/23/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"12/27/2010","vin":"1G1JH12F027","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"I DROVE MY 02 CHEVY CAVALIER ON THURSDAY BACK FROM TAHOE,CA AND MY GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK DOWN AND KEPT INCREASING IN SPEED, SO I PRAYED AND THEN STARTED TO MESS WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL AND FINALLY CAME BACK UP, THIS MORNING SAME THING HAPPENED, SO I CALLED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE REP-ERIC TOLD ME THAT I NEED TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSES BEFORE I CAN GET ANY ANSWERS, HE CALLED UP THE CLOSEST DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT GIVE HIM A QUOTE, I WOULD RATHER BUY A NEW CAR IF I HAVE TO PAY MONEY FOR A DIAGNOSES. THIS INCIDENT IS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WHICH OCCURS ON ITS OWN. I CANT AFFORD ANOTHER CAR AS OF RIGHT NOW AND AM STILL USING MY CAR FOR WORK. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY I SHOULD DO??  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10353924,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/04/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"09/05/2010","vin":"2G1WH55K629","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I HAVE A 02'CHEVY IMPALA WHEN I TURN IT ON ALL ELECTRIC COMES ON AND THE ENGINE RUNS FOR A SPLIT SECOND AND DIES THEN THE BATTERY LIGHT AND SERVICE TRACTION SYSTEM COMES ON I GOT THE FUEL PUMP AND SENSOR REPLACED STILL THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURS. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT FOR A FEW MILES AFTER READING THE MANUAL AND PUSHING THE GAS TO THE FLOOR WHILE HOLDING THE KEYS ON FOR THREE SECONDS BUT EVENTUALLY IT DIED AGAIN.  PLEASE HELP!!!!!  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10331354,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/19/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"05/20/2010","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THIS IS A GENERAL POINT OF INFORMATION MESSAGE: FOR THE LAST DECADE OR MORE, GM VEHICLES HAVE A PROPENSITY TO BURN OUT THEIR LAMPS DUE TO AN OVERCHARGE CONDITION (CAUSE UNKNOWN TO ME); THIS CONDITION CAN AFFECT ANY OF THE LAMPS OR BULBS, MOST NOTICABLY HEADLAMPS, TAIL LIGHTS, AND RUNNING (PARKING) LAMPS. COULD YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ELECTRICAL DEFECT IN ALL GM VEHICLES.*TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10330400,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/07/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/14/2010","vin":"1G1JH12F927","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS WHEN A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED BY HIS INSURANCE COMPANY AND HE COULD NOT CONFIRM IF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED OR WHAT STARTED THE FIRE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.  THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80,000. UPDATED EVOQ 06/08/10.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10329719,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/07/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"05/10/2010","vin":"1G1JC524027","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"THE ENGINE QUITS RUNNING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITHOUT ANY WARNING. AFTER PULLING OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,THE ENGINE MAY RESTART IMMEDIATELY OR AFTER A FEW MINUTES. A TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THIS AS A FAULTY FUEL PUMP. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10315340,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/27/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"03/02/2010","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"I BOUGHT THIS CAR A 2002 CHEVY CAVALIER IN 2005, AND AT THE TIME THERE WAS 25K ORIGINAL MILES SO I WAS TOLD. SINCE THEN I HAVE FOUND OUT THERE HAS BEEN 5 RECALLS ON THIS CAR FOR VARIOUS SAFETY HAZARDS, NONE OF WHICH I WAS EVER TOLD ABOUT PRIOR OR DURING MY PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE. THE SIGNALS HAVE FAILED, I HAD TO PAY FOR THEM TO BE REPLACED, THE BEARINGS ON THE TIRES CAUSED DRY ROT AND I HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE THOSE, BOTH WERE ON THE RECALL LIST. THE ENGINE WOULD OVER HEAT IN THE IDLE POSITION, AND THEY REPLACED AN AIR FILTER SITTING THAT AS THE PROBLEM AND IT WASN'T. THE PEDAL STICKS WHEN I ACCELERATE AND SOMETIMES GETS STUCK, THE ROCKERARMS HAVE STARTED TO GO BAD AND IT HAS CAUSED THE VALVE STEMS TO BEND,THUS CAUSING THE OILPUMP TO SEIZE UP AND NOW MY CARS ENGINE HAS A BLOWN GASKET,THIS IS UNDER THE ENGINE COMPONENT SYSTEM RECALL, WHICH WAS REPORTED IN 2007. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. AND NOW IM PAYING 350 PER MONTH FOR A CAR THAT IS NOT RUNNING. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10281286,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/19/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"08/21/2009","vin":"1G1JC524927","components":"STEERING","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER.  WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS; THE STEERING COLUMN AND WHEEL EXHIBITED SEVERE LOOSENESS.  IMMEDIATELY, THE VEHICLE SPEED RATE WAS REDUCED AND CONTINUED OPERATION WITH CAUTION.  THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OF THE FAILURES.   THE DRIVER EXPERIENCED EXTREME DIFFICULTY STEERING THE VEHICLE.  THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION AT THIS TIME.   THE CONTACT HAD CONCERN OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED.   THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10281106,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/17/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"08/19/2009","vin":"1G1JF524727","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. A LOCAL MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HIS FUEL PUMP FAILED AND HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING $500 TO REPAIR IT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10279492,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/05/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"08/05/2009","vin":"1G1JC524027","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"MY 2002 CHEVY LOOKS LIKE IT NEEDS A FUEL PUMP. 3YEARS AGO I HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AND THE TOW SAID IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP  AND I HAD THE FUEL FILTER CHANGED NOW SINCE THEN IT RAN OK. I STILL EXPERIENCED HESITATION BUT AFTER HEARING THE COMPLAINS. I WANT TO ADD MY CONCERN. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10274643,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/21/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"06/22/2009","vin":"","components":"TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM","summary":"HELLO. I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY CAVALIER.  I HAVE OWNED THE CAR SINCE 2003.  I HAVE AROUND 75,500 MILES ON THE CAR.  SINCE OWNING THE CAR MY 'TRAC OFF\" LIGHT HAS COME ON FROM TIME TO TIME.  WHEN THIS HAPPENS MY CAR JERKS EVERYTIME THE CAR SHIFTS GEARS.  IN THE PAST MONTHS IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY AND IT NOW IS A DAILY OCCURRENCE.  ON TWO RECENT OCCASIONS, WHEN THE LIGHT HAS COME ON, WHEN I WAS MAKING A TURN MY CAR SHUT OFF COMPLETELY AND MY STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKES LOCKED UP.  ON BOTH OCCASIONS THERE WAS HEAVY TRAFFIC BUT LUCKILY IT DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.  I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAVE GONE ONLINE AND READ ABOUT HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE.  I HAVE CALLED CHEVROLET BUT THEY DID NOT SEEM THAT CONCERNED WITH THE ISSUE.  I HAVE NOT HAD ANY WORK ON THE CAR DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.  I AM A STUDENT TRYING TO PAY MY WAY THROUGH GRADUATE SCHOOL SO I CAN'T EXACTLY AFFORD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT FIXED.  I WOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM PAYING TO GET IT FIXED BUT I FEEL THAT SINCE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE EFFECTED BY THIS THAT IT IS CHEVROLET'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THE DEFECTIVE CARS FIXED SO THAT OUR ROADS ARE SAFER.  I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.  HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED SOON.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10266856,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/26/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"04/27/2009","vin":"1G1JS124527","components":"SEAT BELTS,SEATS","summary":"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. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10265642,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/16/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"04/16/2009","vin":"1G1JC124927","components":"TIRES","summary":"PURCHASED FOUR GOODYEAR TIRES 11/06.  WHILE DRIVING 55-60 MPH, VALVE STEM ON LEFT REAR TIRE FAILED (4/16/09) CAUSING TIRE TO COME APART (TREAD SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL).    AFTER SPARE TIRE INSTALLED BY AAA, PROCEEDED TO STORE WHERE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED.  GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER STATED VALVE STEM HAD FAILED; I PURCHASED NEW TIRE AT PRO-RATED COST.  SERVICE CENTER ALSO REPLACED VALVE STEMS ON THE OTHER TIRES BECAUSE THEY LOOKED BAD.  IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION FROM ANOTHER CUSTOMER ABOUT VALVE STEMS FROM CHINA, THE CLERK MENTIONED THOSE VALVE STEMS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CENTER'S INVENTORY.   OLD PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"GOODYEAR","productModel":"EAGLE RS-A","size":"P195/60R15","manufacturer":"Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10258232,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/02/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"02/10/2009","vin":"1G1JC524927","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT UNLATCH AND PULL OVER HIS SHOULDER.  THE FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY.  THE DEALER HAS NOT YET BEEN NOTIFIED.  THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 65,000.UPDATED 03/10/09.*LJ  UPDATED 03/11/09. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10255848,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/20/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"01/21/2009","vin":"1G1JC124127","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS FRONT BRAKES WERE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT AFTER 10,000 MILES.  IN ADDITION, THE HYDRAULIC BRAKES CONTINUED TO LOCK ON THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING IN FORWARD OR REVERSE.  THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS THAT INDICATED THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED.  IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE WARNING INDICATOR SYSTEM ALSO FAILED.  THE DEALER INSTALLED AN ATS LIGHTING SYSTEM TO ENSURE THE WARNING PANEL WOULD ILLUMINATE  IF THERE WERE ANY FURTHER FAILURES.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS LESS THAN 65,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,500. UPDATED 02/10/09. *LJ  THE DEALER REPLACED THE ABS SENSOR LIGHT. UPDATED 02/11/09. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10254998,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/10/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"01/14/2009","vin":"","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING WHEN THEY FLICKER THE HEATER LOSES PRESSURE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10254715,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/12/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"01/12/2009","vin":"1G1JC124127","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER.  OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE BRAKES LOCK WHEN THE CONTACT DRIVES OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD.  HE WOULD HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO UNLOCK.  HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A SPRING IN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE THAT CAUSED THE BRAKES TO LOCK.  THE SPRING WOULD TRIP A SENSOR ON THE DASH AND THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP.  THE DEALER IS REPAIRING THE FAILURE AND IS ALSO INSTALLING AN ABS SENSOR LIGHT FOR THE BRAKES.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.     UPDATED 02/05/09 *BF  UPDATED 02/0909. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10223577,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/04/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"04/07/2008","vin":"1G1JC524227","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER.  THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AS IS WITHOUT A WARRANTY.  THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN EMITTING STRONG FUMES REGARDLESS IF THE ENGINE IS RUNNING OR NOT.  SHE STATED THAT THE FUMES MAKE HER ILL.  SHE NOTIFIED THE DEALER ABOUT THE FUMES AND THEY STATED THAT THE SMELL WOULD GO AWAY, BUT IT STILL PERSISTS.  THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN.  THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,788 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,545.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10221746,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"03/19/2008","vin":"","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"THE WINDOW MOTORS HAVE BURNED OUT ON BOTH OF MY AUTOMATIC WINDOWS AT A  LOW MILEAGE.  THE PASSENGER SIDE MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 35,000 MILES AND NOW THE DRIVER'S SIDE MUST BE REPLACED AT 60,000.  I RARELY USE THE AUTOMATIC WINDOWS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY HAVE BOTH FAILED.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10216109,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/26/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"01/22/2008","vin":"1G1JF524527","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND WAS TOWED TO A DEALER.  THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD GONE OUT.   *KB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10213156,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/21/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/29/2007","vin":"1G1JC524727","components":"POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"BOUGHT A 2002 CHEVY CAVALIER OCT.2007, HAVE HAD THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION A TOTAL OF 7 WEEKS. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE ELECTRICAL AND CANNOT BE FIXED. EACH TIME I GET IT BACK IT WORKS FOR SOME TIME THEN FAILS AND IS TAKEN BACK. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE HENNA CHEVY OLDS DEALERSHIP IN AIKEN, SC.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10211317,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/21/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/10/2007","vin":"3G1JC52402S","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER.  THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY.  THE DEALER WAS INFORMED THAT THE OXYGEN SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.  THE CONTACT WAS CHARGED $600 FOR THE REPAIR.  SHE TOOK A LONG TRIP AND THE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE.  ON A SHORTER TRIP, THE ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED.  WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, IT OPERATED NORMALLY.  WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH TO THE DEALER, THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST $5,000 AND COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACTUALLY BE REPAIRED.  THE CONTACT LEARNED THAT THE HEAD FAILED BEFORE AT 28,000 MILES.  SHE BELIEVES THAT HER VEHICLE WAS MIS-DIAGNOSED THE FIRST TIME.   THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 54,000.  UPDATED 01-10-08. *KB  12/31/07. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10210098,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/20/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/27/2007","vin":"2G1WH55K429","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"I PURCHASED MY 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS IN DECEMBER, 2004. GREAT LOOKING VEHICLE WITH NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. THE MOST RECENT AND SEVERE HAS COME OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. WHILE ACCELERATING ON AN ENTRANCE RAMP, THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY; VERY ROUGH AND THE RPM'S GO TO 4000 OR ABOVE BEFORE SHIFTING OR IF I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR. I AM TERRIFIED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO COME OUT COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE;  I AM TAKING THE CAR TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT.   I HAVE ALSO BEEN RESEARCHING OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CAR, AND TO MY HORROR, I AM EXPERIENCING MUCH OF THE SAME AS OTHER CONSUMERS. HOW CAN SO MANY COMPLAINTS BE ISSUED ABOUT THE SAME VEHICLE AND GENERAL MOTORS NOT FIXING THE PROBLEMS??   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10209385,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/10/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/19/2007","vin":"1G1JC124327","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"WHOLE VEHICLE FILLED WITH GAS FUMES. CHECK GAUGES LIGHT WENT ON AND FUEL GAUGE FAILED IN IDLE.  REPLACED FUEL PUMP AT DEALERSHIP AT A COST OF 770.72.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10198383,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":5,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/31/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"08/03/2007","vin":"1G1JC524527","components":"AIR BAGS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER.  WHILE DRIVING 17 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED.  SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP.  THE CONTACT DROVE INTO A DITCH TO AVOID BEING HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS TRAVELING 95 MPH.  THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED FROM THE REAR TO THE FRONT END.  THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.  FIVE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURIES.  A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED.  THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 129,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10194065,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"06/24/2007","vin":"1GNEC13V92R","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"THE 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE HAS FAILED INSPECTION BECAUSE  OF THE  EMERGENCY BRAKE.. IT WAS  COMPLETELY USELESS.  IT DIDN'T  WORK. WHY I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE INSPECTION PLACE STATED THAT THEY HAD FAILED NUMEROUS TAHOES  WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.  I FELT  THAT IT WAS UNSAFE AND CHEVROLET SHOULD RECALL THE FEW THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM.  WHY DID  IT HAVE TO BE AN INNOCENT PARTY  CONCERNING SEVERAL DEATHS OR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE REPORTING IT BEFORE IT IS RECALLED.  I DIDN''T EVEN USE THE BRAKE HOW COULD  IT NOT WORK ANYMORE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10192077,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/08/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"05/30/2007","vin":"3G1JC52452S","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"2002 CAVALIER- REAR RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND STOP LIGHT BECOME INACTIVE- I THOUGHT THAT THE BULB BURNED OUT. WHEN I REPLACED THE BULB, IT STOPPED WORKING AGAIN AFTER A WHILE. I PUT ELECTRICAL GREASE INTO THE SOCKET AS ADVISED BY MY DEALER, BUT IT STOPPED WORKING NONETHELESS. WHEN I PULLED OUT THE BULB AND RE-INSERTED IT, IT WORKED AGAIN FOR SHORT TIME.  I HAVE TO PULL OUT THE BULB TO BREAK THE CIRCUIT, AND THEN INSERT THE BULB BACK AGAIN EVERY FEW BLOCKS. THE TURN SIGNAL WILL WORK FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT WILL STOP, ESPECIALLY WHEN I TURN ON MY DASHBOARD VENTILATION ON HIGH. I HAVE HAD MANY NEAR-MISSES OF BEING REAR-ENDED WHEN MAKING A TURN.  APPARENTLY, THE DEFECTIVE BULB HOUSING HAS BEEN A RECALL ISSUE FOR THE 2001 AND 2003 CAVALIER DUE TO ACCIDENTS. THE BULB HOUSING IS THE SAME DESIGN AND PRODUCED BY THE SAME MANUFACTURER FROM 2001 TO 2003, BUT MY DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE ANY ISSUES WITH IT. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10190802,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/14/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"05/15/2007","vin":"1G1JC524727","components":"STEERING","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER.  WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT 15 MPH, THE CONTACT COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL.  THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE.  THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE IT BY LIFTING UP THE WHEEL.  THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT ONLY STATED HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO REPAIR THE FAILURE.  THE ENGINE SIZE AND TRANSMISSION TYPE WERE UNAVAILABLE.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 72,810.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10189233,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"04/30/2007","vin":"1G1JF524627","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT POWER WINDOW NO LONGER WORKS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10189238,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/17/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"04/30/2007","vin":"1G1JF524627","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"CD PLAYER STOPS WORKING WHEN IT GETS HOT.  REPLACED CD PLAYER/RADIO-SAME PROBLEM. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10182624,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/09/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"02/15/2007","vin":"1G1JH52T527","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"CHEVROLET CAVALIER, 4D SED....WHICH I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF  1.) RIGHT FRONT WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP HAD TO HAVE RIGHT FRONT DOOR TRIM PANEL, MOVABLE GLASS R & I & REPLACE  RIGHT FRONT DOOR POWER GLASS REGULATOR $399.48 (REPAIRED: 05/09/06)  THEN 2.) LEFT RIGHT WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP. ASKED SERVICE DEPT IS CHEVROLET AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE INTERNET SHOWING OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEMS - THEY SAY NO! \"C/S WINDOW INOP LEFT REAR, 60005 LR POWER WINDOW MOTOR INTERNAL PROBLEM 1.0 REMOVE & REPLACE LR POWER WINDOW MOTOR\" $356.95. (REPAIRED: 01/13/07). NOW 3.) (02/12/07) THE FLT WINDOW IS STARTING TO STOP AGAIN, JUST AS THE LAST TWO REPAIRS STARTED....I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM... GO ON LINE SEE OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS YET CHEVROLET SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG.... WHY CAN'T MANUFACTURER'S STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT.  IF THIS WAS AN ISOLATED PROBLEM, I WOULD UNDERSTAND BUT SOMETHING IS WRONG SO THAT I CAN NOT TAKE THE CHANCE OF ROLLING DOWN MY WINDOW SINCE I CAN NOT AFFORD, AS A SINGLE PARENT WITH A DISABLED CHILD TO REPAIR ANOTHER WINDOW. PLEASE, DO SOMETHING.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10179317,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/19/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"01/22/2007","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"I WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN THE TOTALING OF MY 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE FRONT-END DAMAGE THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10178140,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/08/2007","vin":"1G1JC524X27","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"BOTH REAR TAIL LIGHTS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY.  WHEN USING THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL IT WILL BLINK FOR A SHORT TIME THEN GO STATIONARY.  NEW BULBS ARE PUT IN REGULARLY BUT THE SOCKET IS LOOSE AND WILL NOT HOLD THE BULB SECURELY RESULTING IN THE BLINKERS NOT WORKING MOST OF THE TIME.  MY HUSBAND IS A MECHANIC SO I HAD HIM REPLACE THE BULBS WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED, HE DID THIS IN THE EVENING, THE NEXT DAY I USED THE BLINKER IF WORKED FINE FOR MY FIRST TURN THEN THE SECOND TURN IT WAS A FAST BLINK WHICH INDICATES THAT ONE OR MORE BULBS ARE BURNED OUT WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE BULBS AGAIN LATER THAT EVENING.  I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE CHANGED THESE BULBS AND STILL NOTHING IS WORKING.  I AM AFRAID OF HAVING AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE FACT THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE HAND SIGNALS FOR LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS.  I HAVE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY WANT OVER $100.00 FOR A NEW SOCKET.  I DON'T FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THEM AT MY COST WHEN THIS HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF MANUFACTURERS DEFECT.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10176021,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"12/13/2006","vin":"1G1ND52J32M","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"2002 MALIBU.  TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD FLASHER FAILURE.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10173040,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/09/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"11/09/2006","vin":"1G1JC524427","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"DT*:  THE CONTACT STATED THE TAIL LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS WERE OBSERVED TO BE INOPERABLE.  THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE TAIL LIGHT CIRCUIT BOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10172952,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/08/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"11/08/2006","vin":"1G1JC524827","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXTRACT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT, THE RETRACTOR WOULD NOT RETRACT THE SEAT BELT STRAP BACK INTO PLACE.  THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT ALERTED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10172514,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/03/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"11/03/2006","vin":"1G1JH12T227","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"CRUISE CONTROL STAYED ON AFTER HITTING BREAKS EVEN TRIED SWTICHING IT OFF AND THAT DID NOT WORK ONLY WHEN I PRESSED IN ON THE CLUTCH DID IT DISENGAGE. BUT NOT BEFOR THE ENGINE REVED UP TO OVER 5000 RPM. THIS COULD DAMAGE THE ENGINE","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10170498,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":4,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/29/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"10/11/2006","vin":"1G1JF524627","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I HAVE A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER AND I ALMOST HAD A BAD ACCIDENT WITH THIS CAR. THE IGNITION SWITCH AND WHEELS LOCKED UP ON ME AND I WAS STILL IN ONE PLACE AND A EIGHTEEN WHEELER RAN INTO ME. I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS CAR EVERYTIME I LOOK UP.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10167519,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/17/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"09/06/2006","vin":"1G1JF524027","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"HAVE HAD TO REPLACE POWER WINDOW MOTORS A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES. LESS THAN 80,000 MILES. ONE DRIVER. NO ABUSE.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10165539,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/09/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"08/15/2006","vin":"1G1JF524427","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE MOTORIZED WINDOWS DID NOT MOVE UP OR DOWN ON TWO OCCASIONS.  THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED A NEW MOTOR WAS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE POWER WINDOWS.  *NM  UPDATED 8/29/2006 - *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10164884,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/03/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"08/08/2006","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"ACCORDING TO THE OVERLAND PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT AN ELECTRICAL FIRE STARTED NEAR THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD ON MY SONS 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER Z MODEL. THE CAR WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED BEFORE FIRE/RESCUE COULD ARRIVE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE THAT CAN INJURE OTHERS.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10162843,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/18/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"07/19/2006","vin":"","components":"STEERING,EQUIPMENT","summary":"TWO YEARS AGO MY 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER(THEN TWO YEARS OLD) HAD THE BARREL THAT THE KEY GOES INTO ON THE STEERING COLUMN BREAK. NOW, TWO YEARS LATER IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"GMC","productModel":"L SERIES","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10162718,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/16/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"07/18/2006","vin":"1G1JH12T527","components":"PARKING BRAKE,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,STRUCTURE","summary":"WE WERE TOLD THE CAR WAS INSPECTED BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT!  HEAD LIGHT OUT OF ADJUSTMENT  BRAKE AND TAIL LIGHTS NOT WORKING  ENGINE STARED RUNNING ROUGH FEW HOURS AFTER WE DROVE OFF  A CD WAS FOUND STUCK IN THE PLAYER  DOOR NEEDED ALIGNMENT  PARKING BRAKES NOT WORKING RIGHT.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10161943,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"07/09/2006","vin":"1G1JF524727","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"AT APPROXIMATELY 30000 MILES MY CAR WOULD SHAKE OR BOUNCE, SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY, WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED.  THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE CHECKED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED, THOUGH THE PADS WERE OK.  THE ROTORS WERE TURNED AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS UNTIL THE PROBLEM RETURNED.  AGAIN THE ROTORS WERE TURNED, AND THIS TIME THE PADS REPLACED.  BUT A FEW MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM RETURNED YET AGAIN.  NOW THE ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE PADS.  A CO-WORKER SAID HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ON HIS 2002 CAVALIER.  HE WAS TOLD AT A CHEVY DEALERSHIP THAT THE ROTORS WERE TOO SMALL ON THE CAR AND WARPED EASILY DUE TO THIS DEFECT.  THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE SINCE ROTORS THAT ARE TOO SMALL MAY CAUSE A BRAKE FAILURE.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10161738,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/07/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"07/07/2006","vin":"1G1JH12FX27","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"FRONT END BOUNCES AND MAKES NOISE.  TOOK TO SERVICE CENTER WITH APPROX 8000 MILES AND HAD STRUTS REPLACED.  HAPPENED 3000 MILES LATER, HAD STRUTS REPLACED AGAIN!  THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES WHICH I HAVE PAID FOR OUT OF MY POCKET.  THIS IS A DEFECTIVE CAR!!!  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10160157,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/19/2006","vin":"1G1JC524427","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DISPLAYS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE DISPLAY THAT GOES OFF MOST FREQUENT IS THE ELECTRONIC ODOMETER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP HOWEVER THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.  THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. *NM  UPDATED 8/16/2006 - *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10152791,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/15/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"03/15/2006","vin":"1G1JS124627","components":"STEERING","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. UPON INSPECTION, THE FIRE MARSHAL DETERMINED THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE POWER STEERING PUMP. THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKED ONTO THE ENGINE CAUSING THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DETERMINED TOTALED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10148587,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/11/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/25/2006","vin":"1G1JF524827","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"DT*:  THE CONTACT STATED WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING.  AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE VEHICLE RESTARTS.  THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN A SHORT DISTANCE AND IT LOOSES POWER AGAIN.  THIS CONTINUES UNTIL THE VEHICLE REACHES THE DEALERSHIP.  THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS.  NO OTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED.    UPDATED 02/21/06. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10147186,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/03/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/08/2006","vin":"1G1JC524427","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I STARTED MY CAR IN THE AM AND NOTICED MY TRAC LIGHT WAS ON(KNOWING IT IS NOT SUPPOSE TO BE ON UNLESS I AM IN 1ST OR 2ND GEAR. THEN I SMELLED BURNING ELECTRICAL. TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY GARAGE AND FOUND OUT MY ENGINE COOLANT FAN INTERNALLY SHORTED, THEY REPLACED THE FAN MOTOR, A SENSOR AN ELEMENT AND A FUSE KIT.  AT A SUBSTANTIAL COST. I WAS WITHOUT MY CAR FOR 3 DAYS AND HAD TO RENT A VEHICLE TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO MY JOB AND HOME.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10145987,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/23/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"12/23/2005","vin":"1G1ND52J72M","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"LOW COOLANT LIGHT ON MY 2002 CHEVY MALIBU HAS BEEN COMING ON.  THE CHEVY DEALER CHECKED THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT COMING ON, CHECKED FOR LOW COOLANT. FOUND INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING INTERNALLY. COOLANT MIXING WITH OIL.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10143792,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/16/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/28/2005","vin":"1G1JC524627","components":"PARKING BRAKE,SEAT BELTS","summary":"DT:THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT PROBLEMS.   THE REAR SEAT BELT WERE NOT RETRACTING. A  PIECE OF PLASTIC BROKEN ON THE SEAT BELTS.  THE SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERABLE.  THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND THE SEAT BELTS COULD BE REPAIRED AT CONTACT'S  EXPENSE. ,  THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.  ALSO , THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE REPAIRED.  THE DEALERSHIP ADJUSTED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE.  HOWEVER, WHEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS USED IT WOULD NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10143644,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/25/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"11/25/2005","vin":"1G1JH12F627","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"2002 CHEVY CAVALIER LS     THE TAG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR FRAME WITH THE RECOMMENDED TIRE SIZE AND PSI INFORMATION HAS WORN OFF .... MY CALLS TO GM HAVE RESULTED WITH THEM SAYING 5 PSI BELOW MAX PRESSURE ON THE TIRE THAT WOULD PUT THE TIRE PRESSURE AT 45 PSI WHICH SEEMS INSANE... AS A PERSON WHO HAS HAD A TIRE BLOW OUT ON THE INTERSTATE I AM CONCERNED WITH THIS ANSWER. IT SEEMS TO ME THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR EVERY ONE WHO OWNS THESE CARS AND THE TAG HAS WORN OFF ... INSIDE THE OWNERS MANUAL IT SAYS TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDED PSI ON THE TAG TO AVOID EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND POSSIBLE ROAD HAZARDS. SHOULDN'T THE TAG STILL BE INTACT AFTER 3 YEARS.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10140350,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/28/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"10/20/2005","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"MY CAR IS TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLD AND HAS A LOT OF HIGHWAY MILES. I HAD 80,000 MILES ON THE CAR (I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOG WELL OVER 220,000 MILES ON PAST CARS OVER 5-6 YEARS DUE TO HIGHWAY MILEAGE). ONE NIGHT WHILE DRIVING HOME THE \"TRAC-OFF\" LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THE CAR WOULD OCCASIONALLY LOSE SPEED. EVENTUALLY THE TRAC OFF LIGHT STAYED ON THE CAR BEGAN TO DIE OUT ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROLE. AS A RESULT I HAD MY CAR TOWED IN AND THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. TOTAL COSTS WERE WELL OVER $800.00. I WROTE TO GM BUT WAS REJECTED ON REIMBURSEMENT. THE FUEL PUMP PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AS I'VE LOOKED AT COMPLAINTS THE FIRESTONE AUTO REPAIR CENTER SAID THE DESIGN/PLACEMENT OF THE FUEL PUMP HAS CAUSED THEM TO BURN OUT.   *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10138874,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/08/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/2005","vin":"1G1JC124127","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"CONSUMER ENGINE MAKES A POPPING SOUND AS IF IT IS GOING TO EXPLODED. *TS  THE CONSUEMR REPLACED THE TIMING GEAR,  CHAIN, TENSIONER, AND PULLEY ON 2/22/2005.  THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MAKE LOUD NOISES.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10137977,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/19/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/28/2005","vin":"1GNEC13T52J","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"RE 2002 CHEVY TAHOE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS: UP UNTIL THE 34,000 MILE RANGE THE VEHICLE DID JUST THAT, RUN FLAWLESSLY. HOWEVER, AT 34,000 MILES (NOVEMBER OF 2004) THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND NEEDED TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY AND INSTANTLY THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO WHINE AND STOPPED OPERATING WHICH PLACED HER INTO THE PATH OF A LARGE TRUCK BEARING DOWN ON HER RATHER QUICKLY. THANKFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO GLIDE OUT OF THE PATH OF THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE HAD THE TAHOE TOWED BACK TO OUR DEALERSHIP AND WE DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION \"SUN SHELL\" HAD FAILED AND WOULD BE REPLACED. OUR DEALER ASSURED US THAT THIS WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE NEW PARTS WERE DESIGNED TO PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE. OUR DEALER FURTHER STATED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REPAIRING A LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES WITH THESE FAILURES.   OUR TAHOE WENT OFF OF IT'S NEW CAR WARRANTY ON MILEAGE NOT NUMBER OF MONTHS SOMETIME IN APRIL OF 2005 (36 MONTHS WOULD HAVE ENDED THIS AUGUST). JUST THIS PAST MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 19, 2005) MY WIFE WAS AGAIN ON HER WAY TO WORK WHEN AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN OUR 2002 TAHOE. THE MILEAGE WAS APPROX: 41,000 ( TOTAL PERIOD OF MILES AND THE LENGTH OF TIME FROM THE PREVIOUS FAILURE WAS APPROX: 7 MONTHS). THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE THE SAME, SHE WAS ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY AND AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO WHINE AND SLIP. THIS TIME SHE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RELATIVE SAFETY. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO OUR DEALERSHIP AND AGAIN THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE \"SUN SHELL\" HAD FAILED. I WENT TO PICK UP THE CAR ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 AND WHILE I WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP THE MECHANIC SHOWED ME THE DAMAGED PART AND A BENCH THAT CONTAINED SEVERAL DAMAGED \"SUN SHELL\". IT OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT TAKE MUCH EFFORT TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION AND SPECIFICALLY THIS PART. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10137831,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/26/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/27/2005","vin":"1G1JC524527","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"DT:   THE CALLER SAID  TAIL LIGHTS  RUSTED AROUND THE SOCKET AND CAUSED THE  TAILS LIGHT NOT TO WORK. THE CALLER SAID THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER YEARS OF  MODEL, BUT THIS  VEHICLE WAS  NOT INCLUDED.  DEALER OFFERED NO HELP FOR FREE. MANUFACTURER SAID  THE CALLER'S   VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10137668,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/26/2005","vin":"2G1WH55K829","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"DT: 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS.  THE CONSUMER  STATED  CAR   DEVELOPED A SPORADIC FAILURE OF TURN SIGNALS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS. INVOLVED LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS. THE CONSUMER  CONTACTED CHEVROLET, THEY TOLD  THE CONSUMER  TO CONTACT THE DEALER, IMPERIAL CHEVROLET. HOWEVER,  THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER  SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $46.00 JUST TO LOOK AT CAR.  THE CONSUMER   STATED THAT AN ARTICLE IN LOCAL NEWSPAPER STATED THERE HAS BEEN A TREND OF FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES IN THIS MODEL VEHICLE. WHEN  THE CONSUMER  CALLED IMPERIAL CHEVROLET THEY STATED THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10136936,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/19/2005","vin":"1G1JC124127","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"DT:  2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER.  THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH THE TIMING CHAIN GEAR, TENSIONER, AND CHAIN ITSELF.  IT WAS REPLACED ON FEBRUARY 22, 2005, AND NEEDED TO REPLACED AGAIN.  THE DEALERSHIP SPOTTED THE PROBLEM, BUT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY IT WAS TAKEN TO A FIRESTONE SERVICE STATION.  THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT ABOUT TO FALL OUT. THERE WAS A LOT OF POPPING AND CRACKING NOISE, THAT  WAS HOW THIS WAS NOTICED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10135536,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/02/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/07/2005","vin":"1G1JH12F527","components":"WHEELS","summary":"DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS A RIM FAILURE ON THE ALLOY WHEELS. THE VEHICLE IS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER. THE  CONSUMER WAS DRIVING  AT 40 MPH WHEN THIS OCCURED.  THE  CONSUMER  FELT A SUDDEN DROP IN THE CAR AS IF THE TIRE HAD WENT FLAT AND FOUND THAT THE RIM HAD A HOLE IN IT ABOUT THE SIZE OF TWO FISTS.  THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING IN THE ROAD. THE DEALERSHIP/ MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.  THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A NEW RIM AND TIRE FOR THE CAR.*AK  *MR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10130090,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/04/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"08/23/2005","vin":"1G1JC524427","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"DT:  THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE 2002, CHEVROLET CAVALIER HAD A DASH CLUSTER PROBLEM.  THE DASH CLUSTER HAD TO BE REPAIRED, AND THE CONSUMER COULD NOT TELL THEM HOW MUCH GAS SHE HAD.  THE CONSUMER WANTED SATISFACTION AND THE TRUTH ABOUT THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED.  THE CONSUMER SAID THAT THE INDIVIDUAL CHANGING THE OIL TOLD HER THAT THE CAR WAS TOO NEW TO HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. ALSO, THERE WAS AN  OXYGEN SENSOR PROBLEM.  THE CONSUMER HAD A NEW ONE PUT IN.  THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG BEFORE THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE GAS LEVER WAS WORKING.  SHE DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE CONTACTED GM OR NOT.  SHE CONTACTED A DEALER.  *AK  THE DASH CLUSTER WAS INOPERATIVE ALONG WITH THE GAUGES NOT WORKING SINCE THE #2 SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE AND THE TRACTION LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED.  *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10133559,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/14/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"08/19/2005","vin":"1G1JC124827","components":"STEERING","summary":"DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVILER. ON THE STEERING COLUMN WHERE THE CONTACT  TILTED THE STEERING WHEEL THERE WAS A PIN THAT HELD THE STEERING COLUMN AND THIS  FELL OUT, AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS MOVING AROUND INSIDE THE DASHBOARD. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE PART WAS IRREPLACEABLE. THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT WANT TO FIX THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT HAD TOO MANY MILES.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10128718,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/08/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/2005","vin":"1G1JF524227","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"I WAS BROADSIDED WHILE MAKING  A LEFT TURN INTO A SHOPPING CENTER ON JULY 8, 2005.  MY PASSENGER SIDE DOORS WERE COMPLETELY PUSHED IN.  THE CAR WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY.  DRIVER'S AIR BAG AND PASSENGER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.  I SUFFERED SERIOUS DAMAGE TO MY STOMACH AREA, RESULTING IN 3 DAYS OF NON-STOP VOMITING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10126212,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/21/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"06/22/2005","vin":"1G1JC124427","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR","summary":"AUG 31 2002, PURCHASED VEHICLE.  DECEMBER 5, 2002: ABS ACTIVATED - LOST BRAKE POWER, SAILED THROUGH RED LIGHT.   ABS ACTIVATED ON DRY PAVEMENT IN GARAGE, NO DECELERATION, USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO PREVENT COLLISION WITH BACK WALL OF GARAGE.   DECEMBER 9, 2002:  TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP/ MECHANIC AND MANAGER DROVE THE VEHICLE.  SAID ABS WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.   JANUARY 21, 2003:  BRAKES FAILED CAUSING REAR-END COLLLISION. AIRBAGS DIDNT DEPLOY $5,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO  FRONT END - LESS THAT 4000 MILES ON VEH.  CONTACTED  GMC, EXPLAINED EVENTS .  GMC INVESTIGATOR DOWNLOADED DATA FROM ABS/AIR BAG DEVICE.  FROM THAT INFORMATION ALONE, GMC DETERMINED NOTHING WRONG WITH BRAKES WITHOUT DRIVING IT -UNDRIVABLE DAMAGE.  I RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS PRINT OUT.  IMMEDIATELY UPON GETTING MY VEHICLE BACK FROM THE REPAIR SHOP, I NOTICE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED.  REPAIR MECH STATES HE DIDNT TOUCH THE BRAKES - WASNT ACCIDENT RELATED.  DEALERSHIP BLAMED THE BRAKE PROBLEMS ON THE ACCIDENT EVEN AFTER REPAIR MECH TOLD THEM DIRECTLY IT WASNT.  DEALER TURNED MY ROTORS AND REPLACED THE LEFT WHEEL BEARING WHICH WAS BROKEN.  I STILL HAVE CONSISTANT PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS -ACTIVATES FOR NO REASON/DOESNT ACTIVATE WHEN IT IS SUPPOSED TO/WHEN ACTIVATED IT DOESNT SLOW THE CAR DOWN/WHEN ACTIVATES -ALL BRAKE POWER IS GONE.  THE LEFT FRONT TIRE LOCKS UP AND SKIDS REGULARLY WHEN BRAKING BUT ABS DOESNT ACTIVATE.    AN INDEPENDANT MECH  POINTED OUT  THE DEALERSHIP HAD TURNED MY ROTORS TO A POINT BEYOND THE \"MACHINE TO\" AND THEY FAILED TO SAND THE ROTORS WHICH WAS CAUSING THE HORRIBLE GRINDING.  I SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP GENERAL AND MAINTENANCE MANAGERS.   WE ALL OBSERVED REMEASURING OF THE ROTORS THEN THEY REPLACED THEM *TOO THIN*. MANAGERS STATED THEY DIDNT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT \"MACHINE TO\" SPECIFICATIONS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DONT SAND ROTORS AFTER TURNING THEM.  UNTRUE: THE SECOND TIME THEY TURNED THEM, THEY DID SAND THEM .","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10125658,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/17/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"06/17/2005","vin":"1G1JF524127","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"PURCHASED CAR IN MARCH 2003. IN NOV. 2003, FUEL PUMP AND HEAD GASKETS WENT OUT AND NEEDED REPLACING. IN SEPT. 2004 REPLACED DRIVER SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR.  IN DEC. 2004 REPLACED BOTH REAR WINDOW REGULATORS.  NOW, IN JUNE 2005, FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW REGULATOR GONE BAD AND NEEDS REPLACING.  SURE HAVE PUT A LOT OF WORK IN A CAR THAT IS NOT VERY OLD.  4 BAD WINDOW REGULATORS IS JUST RIDICULOUS!!!","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10125134,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/09/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/13/2005","vin":"1G1JH52F127","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"DT: CONTACT STATES THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD  KEPT GOING OUT, EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE STALLED.   DEALERSHIP STATED THERE WAS BAD GASOLINE IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.  THE CONTACT STATES THE PARTS WERE TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC, HE STATED THE FUEL LINES WERE FINE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10124344,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/06/2005","vin":"","components":"STEERING","summary":"A VERY UNNERVING CONDITION IS PRESENT IN OUR 2002 TAHOE. THERE IS A LOOSE/ UNSTABLE FEELING IN THE STEERING WHEN TURNING. MY MECHANIC SAID WE HAVE A WARPED CENTER STEERING SHAFT AND HE CAN NOT REPAIR AS THE PART IS BACK ORDERED BY TENS OF THOUSANDS NATIONWIDE (INDICATING A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE)  I HAVE BEEN EXPECTING A RECALL BUT HAVE NOT SEEN ONE. GM HAS NOT REPLIED TO MY INQUIRY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10120124,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"05/06/2005","vin":"1GNEK13Z52R","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"DC: HIS BRAKES DO NOT WORK CORRECTLY. WHEN YOU STOP THE ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN, THE PEDAL JERKS BACK AND FORTH. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO STOP CORRECTLY. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10120153,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/06/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"05/06/2005","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"GOING TO THE BANK TO USE AN ATM MACHINE...ROLLED WINDOW DOWN, BUT THE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL UP...EARLIER I HAD MY CAR WORKED ON DUE TO CRACKED DASH...WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR SPOILER WAS REPLACED, BUT IT IS STARTING TO CRACK AGAIN...WHEN I DRIVE IT IN THE RAIN AND GO TO USE THE BRAKES IT SLIDE TO THE RIGHT AND SEEMS TO LOCK UP ON THE FRONT PASSAGER SIDE...NOTHING WAS DONE TO FIX THE BRAKE, BECAUSE THE DEALER LOOKS AT ME AS IF I AM CRAZY...THE DASH WAS REPLACED...","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10118455,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/26/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/26/2005","vin":"1GNDM19X02B","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, AIR,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES,INTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"WE BOUGHT OUR ASTRO VAN IN 2001, IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP ABOUT 22 OR 23 TIMES.  MOST OF THEM MAJOR THINGS NEEDING TO BE FIXED OR REPLACED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10118443,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/25/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"04/25/2005","vin":"1G1JS124227","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY,SEAT BELTS","summary":"I GOT THE CAR BRAND NEW AND I HAVE ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS STARTING THE CAR.  IT IS NOT EVERYTIME BUT SOMETIMES I HAVE TO TRY 4 OR 5 TIMES JUST TO GET IT TO START.  MY SEAT BELTS NO LONGER RETRACT.  I'M NOT A FAT PERSON , AND I DON'T KNOW ANYONE BIG ENOUGH TO RUIN MY SEAT BELT RETRACTORS.  MY REAR DEFROSTER BARELY WORKS, AND MY PASSENGER SIDE POWER  WINDOW MOTOR ALREADY WENT BAD.  I AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THIS CAR.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10115106,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"04/18/2005","vin":"1G1JC524927","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"THE BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED FIVE TIMES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS DUE TO DEFECT.*AK   *BF  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10113822,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/05/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"03/09/2005","vin":"1G1JC124427","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"DRIVER NOTICED THAT  DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION, AND  MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE  BULB NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10112446,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/12/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/03/2005","vin":"1G1JH12F427","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"ON NOV 12, 2004, MY FIANCE WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON A HIGHWAY AND OUR 02 CHEVY CAVALIER LS SPORT COUPE WENT OUT OF CONTROL CAUSING A BAD CRASH INSIDE OF A TUNNEL.  THE TIRES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION, THE CAR HAS TRACTION CONTROL AND THE WEATHER WAS FINE.  AFTER JUST GETTING OUR CAR BACK FROM BEING IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS TO THE FRONT END FOR THREE MONTHS (DUE TO EXCESSIVE DAMAGE), WE TOOK THE CAR TO GET INSPECTED AND IT FAILED BECAUSE HEY FOUND THAT THE REAR WHEEL BEARING IS DAMAGED AND WILL COST ALMOST $500 TO BE REPLACED/REPAIRED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OR WARNING PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THAT THIS BEARING HAD BEEN GOING BAD.   WE HAD A WHEEL BEARING REPLACED ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO BUT IT WAS THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING.  WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TWO BEARINGS COULD HAVE WENT BAD SO QUICKLY, AS THE CAR WAS ONLY ABOUT A YEAR OLD WHEN THE FIRST ONE WENT.  THIS SECOND ONE WENT A YEAR LATER, MAKING THE CAR ABOUT 2 1/2 YRS OLD.  WE BELIEVE NOW THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT...IF \"SPALLING\" OR \"BRINELLING\" OCCURRED, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN THE REASON FOR THE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.  HE SAID IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HYDROPLANING-HE FELT THE REAR OF THE CAR KIND OF SLIDE OR WIGGLE TO THE SIDE AND THAT'S WHEN CONTROL WAS LOST.  WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM LOOKED AT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE REPAIRING IN ORDER TO SEE IF THIS WAS THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.  WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHY THEY WENT BAD IN THE FIRST PLACE AND SEE IF THE OTHER TWO ARE GOING TO NEXT.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10112223,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/26/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/26/2005","vin":"1G1JF524427","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"SINCE PURCHASING MY 2002 CAVALIER I HAVE HAD TO HAVE MY ROTORS TURNED (2) TIMES AND THEY ARE IN NEED OF IT AGAIN (THIRD TIME). I HAVE ONLY PUT 39450 MILES ON MY CAR AND AFTER THE SECOND TIME I BEGAN TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT BRAKING FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. I HAVE BEEN DOWNSHIFTING WHEN GOING DOWN HILLS INSTEAD OF APPLYING MY BRAKES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS IS OCCURRING SO FREQUENTLY. I HAVE ONLY HAD TO REPLACE MY DISC BRAKES ONE TIME. I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE IN WHICH I HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS TURNED SO FREQUENTLY. ESPECIALLY SINCE APPROX 10000 MILES ARE HIGHWAY MILES WHERE VERY LITTLE BRAKING OCCURS.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10110602,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/15/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/15/2005","vin":"1G1JC124127","components":"STEERING","summary":"BOUGHT VEHICLE AT 48,048MILES...2 WEEKS AFTER BUYING VEHICLE, STEERING KNUCKLE ON DRIVERS SIDE WAS IN NEED OF REPAIR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MAKE CLICKING AND HIGH PITCHED NOISE UNDER COASTING AND SLOWING OF VEHICLE. DEALER IS REPLACING STEERING KNUCKLE ON VEHICLE UNDER WARRENTY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10111489,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/14/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/14/2005","vin":"1G1JH52F327","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"THE WINDOWS FAILED TO GO UP OR DOWN ON THEIR OWN.  DRIVER PRESSED THE REMOTE CONTROL AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRICAL WIRING  INSIDE OF THE DOOR PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10111076,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/08/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/08/2005","vin":"1G1JC524427","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"THE BLINKER ASSEMBLY UNIT IS BURNING OUT THE BULB ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE EVERY OTHER DAY. OWNER  CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WHO WANTS TO CHARGE THE OWNER $34.00 JUST TO LOOK AT THE DEFECT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10108430,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/02/2005","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"POWER WINDOWS FAIL - THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT I AM RETURNING MY CAR TO THE DEALER, NESSINGER CHEVORLET, MEDFORD, NY FOR THE SAME ISSUE WITHIN A TIMEFRAME OF LESS THAN A YEAR.  THIS TIME IT'S FOR THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW, FOR THE SECOND TIME.  THE FIRST TIME THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE MOTOR THAT FAILED, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY TELL ME THE PROBLEM IS THIS TIME, I'M SURE IT WILL BE SOMETHING ELSE FOR THEM TO CHARGE ME WITH.  THIS WINDOW IS OPEN AND WILL NOT CLOSE. THIS CAR IS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING.  I FIND THIS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE NOT TO MENTION A MAJOR INCONVEINENCE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10108354,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/07/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/2005","vin":"1G1JC524227","components":"STEERING","summary":"CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND COULD NOT STEER IT BACK ONTO HIGHWAY,  CAR HIT TELEPHONE POLE AND I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE CAR  WAS TOTALED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10108110,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/17/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/28/2005","vin":"1G1JC124527","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL COULD HEAR GRINDING NOISE.  DEALER GREASED THE PROBLEM WHICH WENT AWAY FOR AWHILE.  WHEN THE NOISE CAME BACK THE DEALER SAID THE STEERING GEAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.  THIS CAR HAS 58000 MILES .  THE STEERING HAS BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS  AND SAFTEY HAZARD.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10106529,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/15/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/18/2005","vin":"1G1JH12F027","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE I-75 AT APPROX 75-78 MPH WITH MY CAR'S CRUISE CONTROL SET, I CHANGED LANES TO GO AROUND A SLOWER VEHICLE AT WHICH TIME I WAS ALSO COMING UP TO A VEHICLE IN THE LANE I SWITCHED TO SO WHEN I TAPPED MY BRAKE PEDAL TO RELEASE THE CRUISE CONTROL IT DID NOT DISENGAGE, SO I RAPIDLY STARTING PUSHING THE BUTTON ON THE END OF THE CRUISE CONTROL MECHANISM WHICH DID NOT SLOW ME DOWN EITHER-I TURNED THE BUTTON OF ON THE CRUISE CONTROL IT DID NOT SHUT OFF! I GOT OVER INTO THE SLOW LANE TO PREPARE TO EXIT THE X-WAY BY LITERALLY STANDING ON MY BRAKE PEDAL AND I COULD ONLY GET IT DOWN TO ABOUT 58 MPH WITH MY RPM'S STILL AT OVER 3000 WHEN I EXITED I GOT THE FRONT END OF THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER I WAS GOING TO FAST STILL TO PROPERLY PLACE THE CAR AND I DECIDED I NEEDED TO PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL AND SHUT IT OFF, I MISSED NEUTRAL AND WENT INTO REVERSE AT 58-60 MPH IT JOLTED US BACKWARDS I QUICK REACHED DOWN AND PUT IT BACK INTO DRIVE AND WE FLEW FORWARD AND AT THAT POINT I CRAMMED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO PARK AT 60 MPH- MY ENGINE WAS ROARING AND YOU COULD SMELL NOTHING BUT   BURNING. MY FATHER DROVE TO WHERE WE WERE AND SINCE HE IS RETIRED G.M. REPAIR PERSON HE KNEW HOW TO DISCONNECT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE AND HE HAD ME FOLLOW HIM AND SAID EVERYTHING SEEMED OK- I NOW HAVE GOTTEN THE CAR TO TEAM HODGES CHEVROLET WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED FOR THEM TO INSPECT AND A REPORT HAS BEEN MADE TO CHEVROLET.    *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10111057,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/20/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"01/13/2005","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE'S ENHANCED TRACTION SYSTEM (ETS).   *NM   WHEN THE TRACTION LIGHT WOULD COME ON THE VEHICLE WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, WHICH OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.   *SC *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10104712,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/12/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/29/2004","vin":"1G1JC524327","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EQUIPMENT","summary":"SINCE PURCHASING MY 2002 VEHICLE I HAVE HAD TO ALREADY PUT A NEW BATTERY, NEW ALTERNATOR, NEW TIRES (ACCEPTABLE) TWO SETS OF BRAKES AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL IS ON AND NO ONE CAN FIND OUT WHY SO THEREFORE I CAN'T GET AN INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL LIGHT IS OFF.  HELP.   *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"GMC","productModel":"S SERIES","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10105432,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/06/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/28/2004","vin":"PLEASE PROV","components":"ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  AT ANY SPEED, THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE.  PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10104108,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/19/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/19/2004","vin":"1G1JH12F427","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"THE MOTOR IN THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW IS NOT WORKING.  ALTHOUGH MY VEHICLE HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT, I DO NOT FEEL THAT AFTER 2 YEARS THE MOTOR SHOULD BE BAD.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10103359,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/09/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/08/2004","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TIMING CHAIN BROKE AT ABOUT 45 MPH, CAUSING  ENGINE TO FAIL.  RESULTS DETERMINED BY THE DEALER SHOWED THAT TIMING CHAIN  SHATTERED, TEARING UP THE ENGINE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10103162,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/16/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/06/2004","vin":"1G1JC524827","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN BRAKING CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10105555,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/20/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/03/2004","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE TRACTION OFF WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM BUT THE REPAIRS MADE DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE ENHANCED TRACTION SYSTEM.   *BF   THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT SINCE THE REPAIRS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM HE SHOULD BE REIMBURSED THE FULL AMOUNT.   *NM   *SC    *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10107112,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/20/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/03/2004","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TRAC OFF WARNING LIGHT ETS (ELECTRONIC TRACTION SYSTEM) CAME ON. REPAIRS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE ETS.  *BF  NAR  *JLS   THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE IN MOTION.  THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED AN CLEANED BUT COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM IN WHICH IT DID NOT.  THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS.   *SC *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10103589,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/30/2004","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THERE WERE ENHANCED TRACTION SYSTEM PROBLEMS WHICH WERE CONTINUOUS.  THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED AND DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE ETS.  *BF   THE TRAC OFF WARNING LIGHT HAD COME ON AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN.  THE BATTERY WARNING  LIGHT  HAD ALSO COME ON.   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10101497,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/29/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/22/2004","vin":"1G1JC524527","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS IN THE VEHICLE, THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE WIRES UNDER THE DASHBOARD HAD MELTED. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPAIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10097561,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"10/19/2004","vin":"1G1JS124627","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"DEFECT IN 2002 CAVALIER ENHANCED TRACTION SYSTEM [ETS}.  *BF  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10097244,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"10/15/2004","vin":"1G1JS124627","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"VEHICLE SHUT DOWN ON HIGHWAY, OTHER VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY EXCEEDING SPEED OF 50 MPH.  *BF  THE CONSUMER IS SUING TURNERVILLE AUTO COMPLEX FOR REPAIRS MADE TO AN UNSAFE VEHICLE.  THE VEHICLE DEFECT IN THE ENHANCED TRACTION SYSTEM OR ETS SYSTEM.   THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP.   *TC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10093839,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/03/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"10/08/2004","vin":"1G1JC524827","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"HARD START/NO CRANK REGARDING IGNITION.  BURNING SMELL.......FROM ENGINE..2002 CHEVY CAVALIER.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10092563,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/17/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/17/2004","vin":"1G1JF524227","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"CONSUMER STATED  FUEL FILLER NECK  DEVELOPED A BLOCKAGE. AS A RESULT, WHEN THE  CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO FILL HE VEHICLE FUEL LEAKED  ONTO THE GROUND. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10092183,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/14/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/14/2004","vin":"1G1JS124127","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED.  THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART,BUT WAS UNABLE TO.  THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION.  THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE PROBLEM CAN NOT BE DUPLICATED.  PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10086091,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":3,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/24/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"08/03/2004","vin":"","components":"SEATS","summary":"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.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10083384,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/07/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"07/21/2004","vin":"1G1JC124227","components":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE DOOR TO OPEN WHILE IN MOTION. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10081345,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/05/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"07/19/2004","vin":"1G1JC524527","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,EQUIPMENT","summary":"WHEN DRIVING, CAN SMELL COOLANT AND SEE GREASY FILM ON WINDSHIELD. WHICH MAKES ALL OCCUPANTS THIRSTY. (THIS WAS EVEN BEFORE IT HIT MORE THAN A HUNDRED MILES)  OVERFLOW COMPARTMENT FOR COOLANT STARTED OVERFLOWING AND LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON.   ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE KEEPS MOVING AROUND, AND STAYS ABOVE NORMAL MOST OF THE TIME.  WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR JUST DIED OUT ON ME, I RESTARTED THE CAR AND MOVED OFF THE BUSY HIGHWAY.   WITH ALL OF THESE INCIDENTS, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SHOP BUT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.  I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE HEAT SENSOR WAS OUT AS WELL AS THE THERMOSTAT. THE GAUGE CONTINUED TO MOVE UP AND DOWN. I HAD A FUEL PUMP REPLACED BUT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART. THIS WAS ALL IN THE COURSE OF THREE MONTHS.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Equipment","productYear":"2002","productMake":"NAPA","productModel":"FUEL PUMP P74708M","manufacturer":"OTD, INC."}]},{"odiNumber":10074853,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/04/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"06/05/2004","vin":"1G1JF524227","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"DRIVERS SEAT BELT/SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED TO ENGAGE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10070211,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/22/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"06/04/2004","vin":"1G1JC124027","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"CONSUMER PURCHASED A VEHICLE FOR DAUGHTER, AND VEHICLE EXHIBITED  SEVERAL MAJOR PROBLEMS.  VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND HAD A NEW THERMOSTAT AND FUEL FILTER REPLACED.  WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE IT ACTED AS IF DID  NOT WANT TO START. VEHICLE WAS JUST NOT FIRING CORRECTLY BECAUSE IT WAS  VERY DIFFICULT TO START. CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY  RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE.*AK  THE VEHICLE BECAME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO START AND THE COOLANT AND TEMPERATURE GAUGES WERE ILLUMINATED.  WHEN THE COOLANT WAS CHECKED IT WAS AT A NORMAL LEVEL BUT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING OTHER THAN COOLANT WAS IN THE TANK.  THE OIL WAS CHECKED AND LOOKED LIKE BROWN MERKY LIQUID.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10074562,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"05/31/2004","vin":"1G1JF524X27","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"DRIVER SIDE DOOR FAILS TO CLOSE PROPERLY.  AIR LEAKAGE AROUND DOOR FRAME.  CAR DOOR DO NOT PROPERLY LINED UP. NOTICE THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN I RENTED A 2004 MODEL OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10073411,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/10/2004","vin":"1G1JC524527","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED.  THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION.  THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAIL.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10066797,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/26/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/08/2004","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES  STEERING BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. AS RESULT,  VEHICLE SLED INTO A POLE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED DUE TO THE DAMAGE. ALSO,  DUAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10066768,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/06/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/07/2004","vin":"","components":"CHILD SEAT","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE SHIELD FOR THE CSS WAS COMING APART.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Child Seat","productYear":"9999","productMake":"COSCO","productModel":"CHILD SAFETY SEAT","manufacturer":"COSCO, INC."}]},{"odiNumber":10058037,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/11/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/17/2004","vin":"1G1JC124117","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHEN  VEHICLE IS IN GEAR WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKES ENGINE WILL START RACING, AND VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN.   DRIVER HAS TO SHUT DOWN ENGINE TO STOP IT  FROM RACING.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10060489,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/26/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/05/2004","vin":"1G1JC524727","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"I HAVE ALREADY REPORTED A COMPLAINT TO GENERAL MOTORS AND HAVE A FILE #.  I WARNED THEM AND EXPERIENCED MYSELF THAT THE ABS  WERE DANGEROUS AND I WAS EXPOSED TO NEAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE BRAKES FREEZING AND SKIDDING WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR PATCH OF ICE.  THE BRAKES SKID AND DO NOT STOP.  THIS COMPLAINT WAS PUT IN OVER SIX MONTHS AGO.  NOW MY DAUGHTER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT.  SHE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THE BRAKES SKIDDING AND NOT STOPPING. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10056059,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/28/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"01/28/2004","vin":"1G1JH12FX27","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING  FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE.  CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO SEARS MECHANIC SHOP, AND  MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT MOTOR MOUNT BROKE AND CRACKED IN HALF, CAUSING   THE  ENGINE TO DROP DOWN HALF SHAFT.  CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE PROBLEM, AND   MANUFACTURER  INSISTED THAT  CONSUMER  WAS RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR  PARTS AND LABOR BECAUSE WARRANTY EXPIRED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10068867,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2004","vin":"1G1JH52F227","components":"STEERING","summary":"BOUGHT THE CAR ON 5/27/02. SINCE THEN THE RACK AND PINION FAILED IN MARCH 2003, THE DEALERSHIP REALIZED IT WAS A PROBLEM ONLY IN MAY 2003. THE STEERING GRINDS METAL ON METAL WHEN DRIVING----THE HORN DIED 2 TIMES, THEIR WAS AND STILL IS A PULSATION IN THE BRAKES--A RATTLING IN THE SUSPENSION. GM PUT OUT A PI (PRODUCT INVESTIGATION OUT ON IT)--SAID THEIR IS NO FIX, BUT STEERING PROBLEMS ARE NOT DANGEROUS, AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING, I HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS HERE, W/ THE BBB AUTO-LINE, AND NHTSA AS WELL AS HIRED MY OWN PERSONAL LAWYER AS I HEARD GM FIGHTS PEOPLE TOOTH AND NAIL.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10069716,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/15/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2004","vin":"1G1JC5240X7","components":"STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"HAD A PROBLEM WITH STEERING, NOTICED IT BEFORE I PURCHASED THE CAR, THE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD FIX IT. WHAT THEY DID WAS INSTALL RACK AND RESET ALIGNMENT.  THE CAR WAS FINE AFTER THIS FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND THEN STARTED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. THE DEALER IS SAYING NOW IT IS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM, BUT I AM STILL HAVING THE SAME KIND OF STEERING PROBLEM.  AND SO THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN\\\\'T FIXED THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10057305,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/06/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2004","vin":"1G1JF524327","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A ROTOR PROBLEM DUE TO HIS DRIVING HABIT.  *LA   *CB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10051482,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/13/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/01/2004","vin":"1G1JH12F327","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WAS DRIVING A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER LS SPORT AT 40 MPH. WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME,I ENDED UP T-BONING THE 2ND VEHICLE AT 40MPH NO TIME TO HIT BRAKES, ALL FONTAL DAMAGE AND AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10049686,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/13/2003","vin":"1G1JF524827","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"FRONT ROTORS WARPED PREMATURELY, ABOUT EVERY 10000 MILES.  GRINDING NOISE HEARD AT LOW SPEEDS, WHETHER IN GEAR OR COASTING & NOT BRAKE RELATED.  PREMATURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE, CAUSING ENGINE TO SHUT OFF.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10050410,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/11/2003","vin":"1G1JH12F727","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,VISIBILITY,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STAYED ON. WHEN DRIVING LIGHTS TURNED OFF THEN FLICKERED. ALSO,  WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND AUTOMATIC LOCKS  OPERATED POORLY.  VEHICLE WAS TAKEN  TO DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS.*AK    ON FOR OCCASIONS CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT.  ANOTHER PROBLEM CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING IS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE IN USE.  THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR LOCKS.  VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.  DURING ONE SERVICE VISIT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED AND THE THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM WAS PROGRAMMED.  EVEN AFTER SEVERAL SERVICE VISITS VEHICLE STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS, DOOR LOCKS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HAZARD LIGHTS.*MR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10050244,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/29/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/08/2003","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHILE REVERSING ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK AND THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE HIT A LIGHT POLE.  THE PLASTIC COVER AT THE ANCHORAGE POINT OF THE SEAT BELT STRUCK THE FRONT PASSENGER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.  THE PASSENGER HAD TO GET 14 STITCHES.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10046254,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/31/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/02/2003","vin":"1G1JF524827","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER","summary":"CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED, THEN STOPPED.   HE WAS UNABLE TO GET IT RESTARTED.  THEN,  CALLED THE DEALER/MECHANIC, WHO SENT SOMEONE TO PICK UP CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS LATER CALLED, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENDING UNIT.  CONSUMER INSISTED THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS TOO NEW. ALSO,  CONSUMER COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC WAS STILL FLOWING AT NORMAL SPEED WHEN  VEHICLE STOPPED SUDDENLY.*AK                     CONSUMER WAS IN THE LEFT LANE PREPARING TO MAKE A TURN WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. LUCKILY, HE WAS ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND TURN ON HIS HAZARD LIGHTS.    *PH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10048590,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/24/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"11/24/2003","vin":"101JH12T627","components":"WHEELS","summary":"CONSUMER STATED WHILE  DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE WHEELS OF HER VEHICLE LOCKED WHICH PREVENTED HER FROM TURNING THEM.  THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE INTO A POLE, INJURING BOTH HER AND HER DAUGHTER.  CONSUMER STATED SHE RECEIVED A SPRAINED RIGHT ARM AND A BUMP ON HER HEAD.  HER DAUGHTER RECEIVED INJURIES TO HER ARM AND KNEES.  CONSUMER STATED SHE REPORTED THE VEHICLE'S BEHAVIOR TO THE DEALER/MECHANIC TWICE BEFORE, BUT WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE INTO THE MECHANIC TO BE CHECKED.  SHE STATED THAT EACH TIME SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO BE CHECKED, SHE WAS TOLD TO COME BACK.  SHE STATED THAT SHE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE CHECKED BY A MECHANIC.  PLEASE HELP.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10046884,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/2003","vin":"1G1JH12T727","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"CAR SURGES WHEN COLD, UNDER SLOW ACCELERATION. GIVES A FEELING OF HOLDING BACK, UNDER SLOW ACCELERATION. RUNS FINE WHEN WARM.  FIRST 3 MINUTES THEN CLEARS UP.  *LA","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10047848,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/24/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"11/12/2003","vin":"1G1JC524127","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"THE WIRE THAT CONNECTS TO THE AIR CONDITIONER IS TOO SHORT AND WILL INTERMITTENTLY CAUSE THE AC TO KICK IN.  WHEN THE AC KICKS IN THIS WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD.  THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT DO ANY THING ABOUT IT.    *PH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10046450,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/06/2003","vin":"1G1JH12F627","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENTS ENHANCED TRACKING SYSTEM CAME ON. THIS CAUSED  THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10046391,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/05/2003","vin":"1G1JH12F527","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"SUN ROOF WAS  REPLACED 3 TIMES BECAUSE IT DEVELOPED A LEAK WHEN IT RAINED OR WHEN VEHICLE WAS WASHED. THE LEAK WAS CAUSING THE INNER LINING OF THE ROOF TO DETERIORATE BECAUSE OF THE WATER INTAKE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10045043,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/13/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"10/29/2003","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY CAR HAS A TENDANCY TO NOT START.  I SAT IN A PRKING LOT ONCE FOR 10 MINUTES TRYING TO START MY CAVALIER.  IT STARTED WHEN THE CAR ONLY HAD 100 MILES ON IT.  I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON AT LEAST 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, ONLY TO BE TOLD THEY DO NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS.  I WANT THIS RESOLVED!!","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10039397,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/23/2003","vin":"1G1JH52T227","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"SHIFTER CABLE TO TRANSMISSION BROKE IN HALF","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10040139,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/17/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/17/2003","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED PREMATURELY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10039046,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/08/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/17/2003","vin":"1G1JF524627","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CHARGED 165.00 FOR A SERVICE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10039929,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/15/2003","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE SHOWED PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKING SYSTEM . BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10038621,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/10/2003","vin":"","components":"SEATS","summary":"THE SPRINGS CAME OUT OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10038622,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/10/2003","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10038625,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/10/2003","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE SERVICE.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10039842,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/09/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/10/2003","vin":"1G1JC124627","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"NAR 9-10-03.   SAFETY DEFECT IN 2002 CHEVY CAVALIER.  ENGINE COOLANT LEAK.    *CB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10037568,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/09/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/09/2003","vin":"1G1JH12F627","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 37,000 WELL MAINTAINED MILES ON IT. AT ABOUT 25,000 MILES A FAINT NOISE BEGAN TO  COME FROM THE TRANSMISSION.  IT WAS ONLY NOTICED AT  LOW SPEEDS WHILE DECELERATING. NOW IT IS FAINT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND VERY NOISY AT LOW SPEEDS. IT SOUNDS LIKE A TURBO-CHARGER SPINNING UP AND DOWN. MR. GOODWRENCH HAS NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE AND GM POWERTRAIN ENGINEERS SAY IT IS NORMAL.  I SAY IT ISN'T.  IF IT WERE NORMAL, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW WITH 200 MILES ON IT. THIS IS THE 4TH J-BODY CAR I HAVE OWNED AND THE SECOND WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS NOISE.  THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED COMPLAINT AND NO ONE IS LISTENING.  I HAVE BEEN A VERY LOYAL GM OWNER WHO MAY WELL HAVE JUST PURCHASED HIS LAST GM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10037451,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/08/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/08/2003","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"MY ROTORS WERE FIRST CHECKED APPROXIMATELY MARCH 2003 WHEN I COMPLAINED OF THEM CAR SHAKING WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES.  THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY30,000 MILES AT THE TIME.  THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE TURNED WHICH I AGREED BUT SAID IT WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX AND I WOULD PROBABLY BE BACK.  SO IN JULY 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 35,000 MILES, I RETURNED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING.  AT THIS TIME, THEY WERE TWO THIN TO BE \"TURNED\" AND I NEED NEW ONES.  WHICH I HAD TO COMPLAIN IN ORDER TO GET NEW ONES BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO CHARGE ME FOR THEM.  (SEPTEMBER 2003)  A FRIEND OF MINE BOUGHT A 2003 CAVALIER WHICH THEY HAVE HAD APPROXIMATELY 5 MONTHS WITH 20,000 MILES AND THEY HAD TO HAVE THEIR ROTORS TURNED ALREADY.  THEY COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET THEM FIXED AT THE DEALER AND THE SAME DEALER AS MINE SAID THEY COULDN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE SHE TOOK IT TO ANOTHER PLACE BUT THEY WOULD HAVE REPLACED THEM.  SHE TOLD THEM THAT AS SOON AS THEY WERE SHAKING AGAIN THAT THEY WOULD BRING IT IN FOR  NEW ROTORS.  PLUS I HAVE HEARD OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT ROTORS ON CAVALIERS AFTER I BOUGHT MINE CONCERNING BRAKES.  THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS - RECALL!!!*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10037974,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/02/2003","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHILE DRVING AT ANY SPEED OVER BUMPS OR POTHOLES VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A CRACKING NOISE, AND  WOULD MOVE LEFT AND RIGHT,  CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10036990,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/30/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/01/2003","vin":"","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"POWER WINDOWS FAIL-THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WITH ONE YEAR THAT THE POWER WINDOW HAS FAILED, ORIGINALLY THE LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW FAILED, HAD THE MOTOR REPLACED, NOW THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER HAS FAILED AND AT TIMES THE LEFT DRIVER'S WINDOW STOPS WORKING.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10036902,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/28/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"08/30/2003","vin":"1G1JH12F027","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CAR SHAKES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES,  TOOK THE CAR TO REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE THE BRAKES CHECKED OUT. HE STATED THAT HE ROTORS USED ARE TOO THIN ,AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT HE CAN DO TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. ROTATING THEM WILL BE ONLY A TEMPORAY SOLUTION. HIS ADVISE WAS THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND COMPLAIN.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10031177,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/26/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"08/09/2003","vin":"1G1JH52F227","components":"STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"BOUGHT MY 2002 CHEVROLET LS SPORT CAVAILER ON 5/27/02. SINCE THEN THE RACK AND PINION WENT IN MARCH 2003--WHICH THEY DID NOT DISCOVER UNTIL MAY, AND WHEN DRIVING I GET A LOUD GRINDING NOISE STILL WHICH IS METAL ON METAL. I ASKED ANOTHER MECHANIC NOT AFFILIATED W/ THE AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP (THAT TOLD ME AFTER 5 ATTEMPTS THIS CAN NOT BE FIXED-AND THAT THEY HAVE A PI OUT ON IT), IF THIS COULD POSE A PROBLEM. HE SAID THE CONTINUOUS GRINDING W/ METAL ON METAL WHEN STEERING, CAN CAUSE TOO MUCH FRICTION AND HEAT UP AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE, ETC. I AM HAVING MY HUSBAND DRIVE THIS VEHICLE THAT ONLY HAS 13,300 MILES NOW. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT, AND THE DEALERSHIP, NOR GM CAN TELL ME OR SIGN OFF IN IN WRITING THAT THIS WON'T CAUSE A PROBLEM. THEY (GM) BELIEVE STEERING PROBLEMS, AND NOISES YOU HEAR WHEN STEERING LIKE METAL ON METAL ARE NOT DANGEROUS. I WAS TOLD THAT GM KNOWS THIS IS A DEFECT BY THE DEALERSHIP AND GM NOW ITSELF CALLED ME AND TOLD ME, BUT THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WHY DOESN'T THE REGIONAL MGR FOR GM DRIVE MY CAR THEN, AND TELL ME THAT--SINCE SHE MAKES ALL DECISIONS THAT THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS, AND HENCE WON'T DO A THING ABOUT IT. SEEMS LIKE THE DEALERSHIP AND GM SAYS IT'S A PROBLEM, BUT I HAVE TO KEEP PAYING ON A CAR THAT I WON'T DRIVE. BESIDES THE CONTINUAL GRINDING IN MY STEERING, AND THE FAILURE OF THE RACK AND PINION THAT THEY FIXED, THE HORN DIED 2 TIMES AS WELL. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10026887,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/08/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"08/07/2003","vin":"1G1JC524327","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE  VEHICLE, AND REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED. *AK   *CB. THE FUEL FILTER AND OXYGEN SENOR WAS REPLACED HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRICAL.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10032245,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/06/2003","vin":"1G1JH12F027","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER","summary":"FUEL GAUGE FAILURE, READS FULL WHEN FUEL TANK IS ON EMPTY. THIS RESULTS IN VEHICLE STALLING OUT WHILE DRIVING. CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10025959,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/07/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"07/12/2003","vin":"1G1JC124527","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"ENGINE AND VEHICLE SPEED SOMETIMES, BUT INTERMITTENTLY, DO NOT RESPOND TO DRIVER CONTROL - VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN.  WHEN THAT HAPPENS, HAD TO RIDE BRAKES TO CONTROL SPEED.  THIS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES WITH INCREASING SEVERITY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME - ON THE SIXTH TIME THE VEHICLE REACHED 60MPH WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR BEING TOUCHED.  REVIEW OF ODI COMPLIANTS SHOWS AN INCREASING NUMBER OF SIMILAR RELATED COMPLAINTS ON THIS MODEL WITH AGE.  HAD PURCHASED CAR TO GIVE TO MY NEWLY LICENSED DAUGHTER, WHO, DUE TO LACK OF EXPERIENCE, WAS INITIALLY UNSURE IF THE PROBLEM WAS WITH HER OR THE CAR.  THE LAST TIME SCARED HER, AND THE DEALER'S REP SAID \"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN\".    DEALER DID A GOOD JOB IN PERSISTING WITH THE PROBLEM, WHICH WAS FINALLY (AFTER TWO DAYS) TRACED TO THE ACCELERATOR CONTROL CABLE DUST COVER COMING LOOSE AND WEDGING ITSELF BETWEEN THE CABLE AN ACTUATOR IN A DIFFICULT TO DETECT LOCATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10024053,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/16/2003","vin":"1G1JC124127","components":"WHEELS","summary":"CONSUMER HIT A PIECE OF WOOD THAT HAD FALLEN OFF OF ANOTHER VEHICLE RESULTING IN BROKEN LEFT RIM. THE NEXT DAY THE RIGHT RIM WAS DAMAGED AFTER HITTING A DEEP POT HOLE. *MR  PH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10020656,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/13/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/28/2003","vin":"1G1JH52F727","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"MY AIRBAG SYSTEM HAS BEEN WORKED ON 6 DIFFERENT TIMES AND IS NOW FLASHING THE AIR BAG LIGHTS AGAIN.  THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10020600,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/10/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/27/2003","vin":"1G1JC124027","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WE BOUGHT THIS CAVALIER IN JULY OF 2002, AT ABOUT 3500 MILES WE STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.  IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.  IN THE MEANTIME THE COMPUTER CRASHED ON IT TWICE.  THEY HAD TO FIX IT TWICE.  THEY FINALLY GOT THE TRANSMISSION FIXED AND THEN AT THE END OF APRIL 2003 THE TRANSMISSION STARTED LEAKING FLUID.  I TOOK IT IN AND THEY GOT IT FIX.  MAKES 6 TIMES THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.    *TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10020033,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/16/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/16/2003","vin":"PROVIDE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING.  THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10017069,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/05/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/05/2003","vin":"1G1JF524727","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"DUST ON DASH ACCUMULATING IN A PINKISH COLOR..WOULD LIKE TO SEND SAMPLE OF IT TO YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT I AM BREATHING.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10016133,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/17/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"04/17/2003","vin":"1G1JC124227","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLES HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF.  THE DEALER CHANGED A MODULE SEVEN TIME BUT THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURS.  THE CONSUMER IS SCARED TO DRIVE AT NIGHT TIME.   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10013650,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/25/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"03/29/2003","vin":"","components":"STEERING","summary":"I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER AND WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE ROAD BENDS TO THE LEFT (SLIGHTLY) THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 30 MPH I PROCEEDED TO NEGOTIATE THE TURN AT 20-25 MPH WHICH I HAVE DONE THOUSANDS OF TIMES THE CAR CAME OUT OF THE TURN AND WOULD NOT RECOVER THE STEERING WENT OUT AND THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL STRIKING A TREE AND INJURING MYSELF THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS.   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10012220,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/21/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"03/21/2003","vin":"1G1JC124427","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"THE OIL DIPSTICK WAS MISMARKED.  WHEN OIL IS FILLED ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED CAPACITY, THE DIPSTICK READS 5/8 OF AN INCH HIGHER.   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10010384,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/13/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"03/13/2003","vin":"1G1JH52T827","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"AT 13,000 MILES MY CAR WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES.  THE DEALER SAID THE ROTORS WERE WARPED, THE DEALER TURNED THEM AND THE SHAKING STOPPED.  THE DEALER SAID THIS COMPONENT WAS ONLY WARRANTED FOR 12,000 MILES, BUT REPAIRED THE CAR AT NO COST.  AT ABOUT 26,000 MILES THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AGAIN WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED.  AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SAID THE ROTORS WERE AGAIN WARPED, BUT THEY COULD NOT BE TURNED BECAUSE THIS WOULD MAKE THEM TOO THIN.  HE RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE ROTORS WITH AN AFTER MARKET SET DUE TO THE FACT THE GM ROTORS SEEM TO WARP PREMATURELY.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10010217,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/21/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"03/10/2003","vin":"1G1JF524127","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"COMPRESSOR NEVER WORKED WHEN THE CAR WAS BOUGHT.  LEFT REAR TURN SIGNAL CONTINUALLY SHORTED OUT, A WIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.  DRIVER SIDE FRONT WINDOW MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10009806,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/04/2003","vin":"1G1JC124027","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM.  THE DEALER HAS ALSO REPLACED THE AIR BAGS THREE TIMES.  *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10006774,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/03/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"02/07/2003","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, BUT NONE OF THE AIR  DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. DRIVER SUSTAIN SERIOUS BODILY INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. PLEASE PUT THE CORRECT MODEL.            PH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10004901,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/28/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"01/29/2003","vin":"1G1JS124327","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TRANSMISSION NOISE/IDLE PROBLEM. I HAVE TWO MAJOR COMPLAINTS ABOUT MY CAVALIER    FIRST: THE 5SP MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION 5 TIMES, AND THE IDEL 4 TIMES. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR IT HAD A HIGH PITCHED NOISE IN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR.   I TOOK THE CAR BACK THE FIRST WEEKEND I OWNED IT TO HAVE IT CHECKED. DEALER COULDN'T DIAGNOSE. I TOOK THE CAR BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER. THEY HEARD THE NOISE AND SAID IT WAS THE EXHAUST. THEY PUT A NEW EXHAUST SYSTEM ON IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT DID NOT FIX IT. I TOOK THE CAR BACK AGAIN A FEW MONTHS LATER, THEY SAID IT WAS SYNCHRONIZERS. TSB 02-07-29-001 SERVICED. AGAIN, THE CAR WAS NOT FIXED. BUT THIS TIME CHEVY TOLD ME IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. (WHY ON EARTH WOULD THEY REPLACE PARTS, AND DO THE TSB IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT) THEY TOLD ME I COULD GET A SECOND OPINION, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE SERVICING DEALERSHIP OUT OF POCKET.    SECOND: I'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS 4 TIMES. WHEN DRIVING IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC. I HAVE TO SLIGHTLY REV THE GAS TO LET THE CLUTCH OUT TO MAKE THE CAR MOVE. THE IDLE WILL STICK. I'VE HAD IT STICK ANYWHERE FROM 2500RPM - 4000RPM. (THE LINKAGE/PEDEL DOSEN'T STICK BUT SOMETHING WITHIN THE COMPUTER, OR FI IS NOT RIGHT. DEALERS DIAGNOSIS \"COMPUTER CONTROLS THE IDLE\" \"NO CODES\" \"NO PROBLEM\". NOTHING FURTHER WAS DONE. THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST REAR END OTHER CARS ON MULTIPLE OCCASSIONS    NOW OTHER THAN THESE PROBLEMS I'VE ALSO HAD TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE STARTER. IT WORKS 99% OF THE TIME CORRECTLY. OTHER TIMES IT GRINDS, SOMETIMES DISENGAGES, TURNS OFF, AND SOUNDS LIKE A DEAD BATTERY. THE DEALER ALSO CAN'T FIND THIS PROBLEM EITHER.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10003279,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/21/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/23/2003","vin":"1G1JC124427","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR,AIR BAGS","summary":"DURING FIRST SNOW IN DEC 02, THE ABS IN MY 2MO OLD CAR ACTIVATED FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE NORMAL PEDAL VIBS OCCURED, BUT THERE WAS A PATTERNED PINGING OF A SPRING AT THE PEDALS LOCATION.  ALL BRAKING POWER WAS LOST DURING THIS, AND I HAD TO RUN A RED LIGHT BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP, EVEN AFTER PRESSING THE BRAKE AGAIN, WITH THE SAME EFFECT (THIS ALSO OCCURED WHILE PULLING INTO MY GARAGE ON A DRY SURFACE, SO I HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO KEEP FROM RUNNING INTO THE BACK WALL).  I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY CHECKED IT TWICE ON THE ROAD, AND ONCE WITH THE SENSOR CHECKS (NO CODES WERE FOUND, THEY SAID).  OF COURSE I HAD THEM DOCUMENT THIS.  ON JAN 21 '03, I WAS FORCED TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED TOO FAST.  ALTHOUGH THE PEDAL FELT PRESSURIZED AS IT SHOULD BE, THERE WAS AGAIN NO BRAKING POWER, ALTHOUGH THE ABS DID NOT ACTIVATE.  NO DECELLERATION WAS FELT UNTIL I SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME (AT APPROX. 30MPH).  NOONE WAS INJURED ALTHOUGH THERE IS $4000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY CAR (AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ALTHOUGH THE FRONT CENSOR WAS IMPACTED HARD).  THERE IS DEFINATELY SOMETHING WRONG, BUT THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10004308,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/21/2003","vin":"1G1JC524227","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THERE IS A GRINDING AND A FLAPPING NOISE.  CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.  THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.   PH  *TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10002526,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/10/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/10/2003","vin":"1G1JC524227","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT ANY SPEED REAR BRAKES SQUEAL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB...*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10002437,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/24/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"01/09/2003","vin":"1G1JC124027","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"DEFECTIVE AIR BAGS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND  VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT REPAIR SHOP TWICE,  AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED .   *NLM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10000599,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/24/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"12/26/2002","vin":"1G1JC124527","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. GLASS WENT IN THE CAR AND OUT, THE GLASS THAT WAS LEFT IN THE SUNROOF WAS ALL POINTED UP . IT WAS AROUND 35-40 DEGREES NO RAIN/HAIL. DEALER SAYING A ROCK HIT IT, NO ROCK FOUND AND THE GLASS WOULD BE POINTED DOWN IF SOMETHING STRUCK IT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8024001,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/14/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"12/09/2002","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN, MAKING THE VEHICLE INOPERATIVE. DEALER NOTIFIED, THE FIRST TIME DEALER STATED IT WAS A FUEL SENSOR PROBLEM. THE SECOND TIME THEY SAID THE PROBLEM WOULD BE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. THE THIRD TIME DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE STILL WORKING ON REPAIRING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.   PH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":770245,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/29/2002","vin":"???????????","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,AIR BAGS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"I WAS IN A WRECK LAST MONDAY NIGHT WHILE DRIVING A COMPANY VAN.  THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN YOU SET IT AT A SPEED THEN GO DOWN A HILL IT WOULD GET 15-20 MILES FASTER.  ANY HOW THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT DOWN AND I HIT A GUARD RAIL WITH THE FRONT OF THE VAN A FIRE STARTED IMMEDIATELY BY MY LEFT FOOT AND NONE OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UNTIL THE FIRE GOT TO THEM. THE VAN ROLLED OVER ONCE AND LANDED ON ITS WHEELS THE DOORS WOULDN'T OPEN I ROLLED DOWN THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW AND GOT OUT THAT WAY AND THE ABS BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET ON THEM REAL HARD.  DT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8022835,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"11/15/2002","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"CONSUMER STATED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION BOUNCES EXCESSIVELY AND IS MAKING A RATTLING NOISE.  VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER WHO ADVISED OPERATION IS NORMAL, BUT NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF NOISE.  CONSUMER VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE.            TS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10008560,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/19/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"11/15/2002","vin":"1G1JC524527","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHEN LEAVING DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND TURNING RIGHT ONTO BUSY 4-LANE HIGHWAY CAR ACCELERATED FROM CREEPING SPEED TO FULL THROTTLE. WHEN  I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THEY MADE A TERRIBLE SOUND AND WENT CLEAR TO THE FLOOR BEFORE STOPPING. I WAS SCARED TO DEATH AND COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 TO ARTEMIS------769747. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":566345,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/27/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"10/22/2002","vin":"1G1JC524X27","components":"TIRES","summary":"SPARE TIRE--UNIROYAL T115/70D14---CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE WITH ONLY 2.5\"  ROAD CLEARANCE AT LEFT FRONT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8020715,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/28/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"10/11/2002","vin":"1G1JH12T127","components":"TIRES","summary":"CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING ALL FOUR TIRES ARE WORN AND IT IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HEAVY VIBRATE AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE THE NAME SIZE AND DOT# OF THE TIRE.     MR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8019791,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/04/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2002","vin":"1G15C124227","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"CONSUMER STATES THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED HEADLIGHT ARE INOPERATIVE,HAD VEHICLE  SERVICED  3 TIMES. PROBLEM STILL ACCURS.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8019792,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/04/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2002","vin":"1G15C124227","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"CONSUMER STATES  SINCE VEHICLE WAS  PURCHASE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INOPERATIVE, HAD VEHICLE SERVICED  3 TIMES, PROBLEM STILL ACCURS.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":767844,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/23/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/28/2002","vin":"1G1JS124X27","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY","summary":"THIS CAR HAS HAD MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, WINDOWS, SUNROOF AND IGNITION.  MR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8019640,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/26/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/26/2002","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 40-50-MPH THE PLASTIC BUMPER FELL APART, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT WHEEL.  DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8018862,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/02/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/17/2002","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"WHEN REFUELING  VEHICLE IT DOES NOT ALLOW  FUEL TO GO IN THE TANK. FUEL WILL SPILL ALL OVER  CONSUMER. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8018421,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":4,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/19/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/11/2002","vin":"1G1JC124327","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF BEING CUT OFF BY AN SUV, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE SUFFERED INJURIES.  THE INJURIES INCLUDED UNCONSIOUSNESS, BROKEN STERNUM, SEAT BELT ABRASIONS, CONTUSIONS, CONCUSSION TO NAME A FEW.  THE CRASH WAS CONSIDERED A FULL FRONTAL IMPACT TO THE SIDE OF THE SUV INVOLVED.  *JG","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8018266,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/09/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/10/2002","vin":"1G1JC124427","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"WHEN ENTERING CAR, THERE WAS A VERY STRONG MOLD SMELL, CONSUMER  TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY RESEALED THE SEALS, REPLACED PADDING, AND CLEANED CARPETING. ODOR WAS PRESENT, AND CONSUMER WAS ALERGIC TO MOLD.*AK. *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":766918,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/09/2002","vin":"1G1JH52F427","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"2ND CAVALIER WHERE COULD NOT GET HORN TO SOUND IN EMERGENCY SITUATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":567163,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/21/2002","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF THE TRANSMISSION MAKING A TERRIBLE GRINDING NOISE WHEN IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR.  *JG","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":567163,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/21/2002","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION,TIRES","summary":"WITH ONLY 13000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE GOODYEAR TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE BLEWOUT WHEN THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES WORE TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT THE STEEL THREADS FROM THE BELTS PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE TIRE. CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THE VEHICLE CAME FROM THE FACTORY WITHOUT ALIGNING THE WHEELS. *JG","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8016089,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/29/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"08/13/2002","vin":"1G1JC524827","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.  *AK   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8015856,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/03/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"08/08/2002","vin":"1G1JF524X27","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"LEFT REAR AXLE FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8012928,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/23/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/28/2002","vin":"1FDKE30G2TH","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ABS FAILED, CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT.*AK. CONSUMER STATED HE WAS TRAVELING ON A DRY STREET, THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM BRAKED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE, TO AVOID A COLLISON, CONSUMER DOWN SHIFTED TO 3RD GEAR, NOTICING THE ABS LIGHT WAS LIT, CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE INTO A PRIVATE FRONT YARD STRIKING A LARGE ROCK, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT TIRE, WHEEL, HUB CAB, RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR, BUMPER, FENDER, ROCKER PANEL, THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8011411,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/20/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/10/2002","vin":"1GJH52T8271","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE DRIVING REVERSE BULB EXPLODED, CAUSING BACK UP LIGHTS  TO CATCH ON FIRE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8011200,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/02/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/06/2002","vin":"","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"DOOR HINGES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY BECAUSE  DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN SLOWLY BECAUSE  SPRINGS WERE SHOT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND  DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8011201,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/02/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/06/2002","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO DRIVE WHEN  CONSUMER WAS DRIVING OR AT A COMPLETE STOP. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8010641,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/27/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/29/2002","vin":"1G1JC524X27","components":"TIRES","summary":"SPARE TIRE IS TOO SMALL FOR VEHICLE TO USE.  VEHICLE HAS A SPORTS PACKAGE THAT LOWERS VEHICLE.  ALSO, HAS 16 INCH TIRES, WHILE SPARE TIRE IS A SIZE 14. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK  CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS A 2 AND A HALF INCH CLEARANCE FROM THE ROAD WHEN THE SPARE IS PUT ON, CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS IS NOT SAFE.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8009906,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/13/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/15/2002","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHILE PUTTING  VEHICLE IN CRUSIE CONTROL  GAS PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND  VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8009721,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/06/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/13/2002","vin":"1G1JS124227","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CONSUMER'S HUSBAND JUST BROUGHT A BRAND NEW AUTOMOBILE, AND WHILE DRIVING IT HOME  TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL, WHICH CAUSED IT TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP.   DRIVER STOPPED ON HIGHWAY, AND WAITED FOR IT TO SHIFT ITSELF. THEN DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS.   *AKI","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":761463,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/27/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/02/2002","vin":"1G1JC124327","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"AT A SPEED OF 35-40 MPH HITTING A FIREBIRD IN THE REAR,  MY AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY CAUSING ME TO HIT MY HEAD.  EITHER MY BUMPER IS DESIGNED TO LOW FOR A STRAIGHT ON IMPACT CAUSING THE HIT TO SLIDE UP OVER THE SENSOR AND CRUSH THE HOOD OR THE SENSOR IS POSITIONED POORLY OR MALFUNCTIONED ENTIRELY. MY RADIATOR WAS PUSHED INTO THE ENGINE,  IF THE BUMPER WAS NOT HIT HOW COULD THE RADIATOR GO INTO THE ENGINE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8007800,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/17/2002","vin":"1G1JF524927","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STALLED LOSING ALL POWER, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE PCM MODULE FAILED.  NLM.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8005558,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/02/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"03/13/2002","vin":"1G15C124727","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,STRUCTURE","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL OUT AND DIE . AFTER INSPECTION OF  VEHICLE,   DEALER DETERMINED THAT  SPACES BEHIND  FIREWALL WERE OMITTED DURING MANFACTURING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8004816,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/05/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"03/01/2002","vin":"1G15C124727","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,STRUCTURE","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CAUSING  VEHICLE TO STOP. AFTER INSPECTIING VEHICLE,  DEAELR DETERMINED THAT  SPACE BEHIND THE FIREWALL WAS OMITTED DURING MANUFACTURING.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8004649,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"02/27/2002","vin":"N/A","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHEN NOT PUTTING VEHICLE INTO PARK,VEHICLE IS STILL IN GEAR.  CONSUMER IS ABLE TO REMOVE  KEY AND  VEHICLE IS ABLE TO ROLL.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":8003912,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/24/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"02/11/2002","vin":"1G1JH12F727","components":"SUSPENSION,AIR BAGS,TIRES","summary":"CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55MPH ON HIGHWAY, THERE WAS VIBRATION AND PULSATION  ON  DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE.   VEHICLE SLID AND THE AXLE BROKE.  WHEEL AND RIM CAME OFF, VEHICLE HIT MEDIAN, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT.  *AK  *TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":755204,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"12/03/2001","vin":"1G1JC124727","components":"SEATS","summary":"ON ABOVE TIME AND DATE, I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A STREET AT 25 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND COME FROM MY DRIVER SEAT.  IT CAUSED ME TO SHIFT TOWARDS THE PASSENGER SEAT, CAUSING ME TO BRIEFLY SWERVE ON THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD AT THAT TIME.  SINCE I WAS NEAR MY HOME, I THEN PARKED MY CAR AND INSPECTED THE SEAT.  APPARENTLY, THE BACKING OF THE SEAT (UPPER PORTION) AND THE SPRING ASSEMBLY HAS SNAPPED. VISUALLY, YOU CAN SEE THE SPRINGS PUSHING OUT OF THE BACK.  THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR WITH 575 MILES, SEATS SHOULDN'T JUST BREAK LIKE THIS. WHAT WOULD OF HAPPENED IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT? I THOUGHT THE NHTSA SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE DOES GET HURT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":752433,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/05/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"09/20/2001","vin":"1G1JC524927","components":"SEATS","summary":"I WAS REAR ENDED. I WAS AT A FULL STOP. MY SEAT BROKE. I ENDED UP IN A RECLINING POSITION. THE ACCIDENT SCENE INVESTIGATOR-POLICE OFFICER TOLD ME THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE PART AND THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.THE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR SAID I SUSTAINED MORE INJURY BECAUSE THE SEAT BROKE AND IF I WAS HIT ANY HARDED, I COULD HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT THE BACK WINDOW EVEN THOUGH I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT. I FEAR THAT OTHERS MAY END UP INJURED EVEN MORE SERIOUSLY.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2002","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CAVALIER","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]}]}