Problems with 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Cluster of dashboard indicators (speedometer, gas guage , engine temp, rpm) all are not working now. they were going off and on at times when driving but now nothing works...my mechanic informs me this is a common problem with this make and model. no recall found. very dangerous to drive why wasn't this common problem listed as a recall when many have complained??

Instrumet cluster problems for a few years. fuel sending unit has been replaced at about 52,000 miles after quiting twice while driving highway speed of 55 mph. dealer claimed the car quit because of a bad battery the first time and did not diagnose the problem correctly. it was not the battery. the fuel sending unit intermittently reads well beyond full and interfears with the temperature gage function. now speedometer is stuck at 85 mph while turned off. i was driving with the cruise doing 67 mph, i slowed down to make a turn at an at grade insection to a road posted at 55 mph. i completed the turn and sped up. the speedometer read 58 mph but it felt llike i was gong about 30 mph. i stopped at another intersection and the speed dropped to 40 mph. i made the turn and acelerated and the speed went to 110 mph but i was not going near that fast. the car is in driveway turned off but the speedometer reads 85 mph. most recent issue is steering rack and k-frame rusted out and needed to be ...

Instrument cluster needs to be replaced. the cluster blinks in and out

July 2009 ignition lock cylinder was stuck. i had it replaced for $362.75 at chevrolet dealership. august 2014 ignition lock cylinder was stuck. i had it replaced for $488.83 at chevrolet dealership. september 2015 ignition lock cylinder was stuck, my key came out of lock and the car was still running. i had to come off of the clutch to purposely make the car cut off and had to unplug the battery. the 2003 chevrolet is not included in the recall but it needs to be. my ignition lock cylinder has failed me 3 times in the past 6 years. thankfully, i'm alive and able to tell you all about this. chevrolet & gm knew about the lock cylinder recall when i had mine replaced last year.

Instrument cluster gauges malfunction periodically and lock into one position or don't work at all. cant tell what your speed is , temp is, rpm etc! this i think is a safety issue and should be addressed. i see this is happening to many people as i have investigated it on line. this is pretty much what's happening... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzily3gxexa. *tr

I had been reading about recent recalls with gm, especially ignition switches. i have a 2003 chevy cavalier and it was diagnosed with a bad ignition switch. i first noticed when i went to start the car in the morning, a day after coming home from work. good thing it happened then because i would have been stranded off site. i went to start the car, nothing happened except wipers and radio did not work as well which i thought was strange. finally the radio at least came on at some point, but car still would not start. after it was fixed they said the ignition switch was bad and the mechanic asked if i had looked for the recall on it. i searched online but did not find it. i know my car is older, however of all the cars i ever owned and i had many, i never had any issues with ignition switches! i think i had one of the defective switches and would like to look into this matter. unfortunately i probably can't go back to get the physical ignition switch at this point, too late. ...

The entire instrument cluster panel completely went hay wire and the speed would increase and decrease. everything was flashing to the point it was actually scary. i pulled over to the side of the road and it stilled continued. i finally decided to continue home and after about 6 miles it finally just stopped. i researched this problem on the internet and have found that so many more have experienced the same thing happening but some have had their car actually start on fire. please advise if there is any recall in the near future before someone has to lose their life over this. thank you so much for any consideration. *tr

Erratic instrument panel..sometimes after turning ignition key on all panel lights stay on (beyond normal)and all gauges go off..sometimes ok when starting but some lights come on (air bag, service eng, abs gas gauge, etc) after driving ..sometimes all instr gauges go out completely while driving including speedometer...they sometimes come back on and sometimes not...i entered my make and year on google to see if other owners have similar problem and found out many do..interesting to note that while researching on google i found out chev trucks in year 2003 had a recall due to faulty instrument panel controls but the autos were not recalled.. i feel this is a definite safety hazard since i sometimes have to drive with no speedometer, gas gauge and an airbag light that stays on. i do not feel safe driving this vehicle for any length of time and have to resort to only short trips (grocery store, dr appts, etc) i would like to know why gm has not recalled this 2003 chevy cavalier..esp when they have recalled the same yr and make trucks for faulty instr panels.. i feel this faulty instr panel is placing me in a very dangerous ...

The problem is with the speedometer. i was traveling at what i thought was about 40 mph and i looked down and my speedometer showed 65 mph. when i cam to a stop my speedometer only went down to 25 mph. the next morning it was down to 0. one week later it went up and didn't go below 35 mph and it has kept increasing. now when i get in the car the speedometer is at 95mph. this is a huge safety issue. please issue a recall for these items. the cost to repair is $500 and makes it too expensive for it to be feasible. *tr

tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet cavalier. the contact stated that while driving 50 mph, all of the illuminated gauges and interior lights switched off independently. the contact mentioned that the vehicle failed to stop. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was not available. the failure and current mileage was 710,000. *tr

When driving on a long trip, i noticed that the speedometer kept increasing after each time i stopped the car. when i stopped, the speed read 25. i went 45 mph, it went to 70 mph. etc. it now rests in vertical position facing down. the gas gauge has also begun to go haywire. i also noticed that the car would longer can go into cruise control (without working for a few minutes then shutting off), i am thinking because of the speedometer or cluster. either way, it now no longer works at all. seeing everyone's complaints on here and with "government motors" not doing anything about it, i will not put my trust in their brand on any future vehicles. this also happened on my 2005 cavalier. good thing for a gps... *tr

Speedometer stopped working and is stuck on 52 mph. fuel gauge is stuck on full, temperature gauge is pointing to nowhere, and the tacometer is pointing at zero. it seems to be a common problem with this vehicle. *tr

Power suddenly shut off, causing power steering to fail, which made me wreck into a ditch. it also caused the airbags to not deploy and prevented seatbelts from locking into place when the brakes were hit. *tr

Speedometer is not working looks like there's been several complaints on the internet about this issue with other chevrolet cavaliers. *tr

I am the owner of a 2003 chevy cavalier and i have 2 complaints that should have been recalls as there are many with the same 2 problems, first every gauge in my car quit working no rpm, no gas guage and no speedometer. second ever since i bought my car for no reason at all it would just stall at redlights when i would take off, dealer said no problem, i have nearly wrecked many times because of this, the latest was today i have read many forums that say they found out it was the faulty plastic fuel pump, why no recall this is going to get someone killed. *kb