2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER — Complaint #634334
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NHTSA Complaint about VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES filed August 14, 2007
NHTSA complaint #634334 (ODI reference 10199524) concerns a 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER and was filed on August 14, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 4, 2007. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as vehicle speed control:linkages, 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 vehicle speed control:linkages 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 2004 CHEVROLET CAVALIER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
I HAVE 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER WITH LESS THAN 24K MILEAGE. ON AUGUST 4, 2007, THE CLUTCH PAD SUDDENLY DID NOT BACK UP ON MY WAY HOME. I CANNOT CHANGE THE SPEED. WHEN AAA GUY CAME TO TOW, HE FOUND OUT THERE WAS NO HYDAULIC LIQUID. I BOUGHT THE LIQUID AND ADDED IT INTO THE HYDRAULIC LIQUID RESERVOIR. WHEN I STARTED MY CAR AND PRESSED THE CLUTCH, THE AAA GUY FOUND ALL THE LIQUID WAS COMING OUT FROM THE CLUTCH LINE BETWEEN MASTER CYCLINDER TO TRANSMISSION. WHEN I CHECKED THE LINE, I FOUND OUT THE CLUTCH LINE WAS TOUCHING THE WIRE BOX CORNER ALL THE TIME. THERE IS A HOLE IN THAT TOUCHING POINT. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM FOR THIS KIND OF CAR. THE GM CHEVY DEALER SAID THE PURCHASED DATE HAD PASSED THREE YEARS. NO WARRANTY AT ALL. WHEN I SEARCH THE WEB FOR HELP. I FOUND THE OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAIN THE SAME PROBLEM TOO. IF YOU NEED MORE DETAIL INFORMATION, I STILL KEEP THE BROKEN PART. I CAN SEND THE PICTURE OR THE BROKEN PART. THANKS, JUN SHEN *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 634334 |
| ODI Number | 10199524 |
| Date Filed | August 14, 2007 |
| Failure Date | August 4, 2007 |
| VIN | 1G1JC52F547 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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