2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER — Complaint #1880330
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:BULBS filed March 15, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1880330 (ODI reference 11511963) concerns a 2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER and was filed on March 15, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 30, 2019. The vehicle had 20,800 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to West Virginia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:turn signal:bulbs, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET CAVALIER cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:turn signal:bulbs failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the interior passenger side directional signal began blinking rapidly while activated. Additionally, the contact stated that an onlooker observed that the exterior driver side indicator light was not illuminated when indicator was activated. The vehicle was driven to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the interior lighter fuse needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure persisted. The contact stated that when the weather was cooler, the exterior indicator light was experiencing the failure; however, during warmer weather, the indicator lights operated properly. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 20,800.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1880330 |
| ODI Number | 11511963 |
| Date Filed | March 15, 2023 |
| Failure Date | January 30, 2019 |
| VIN | 1G1JC5247Y7 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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