Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / CAVALIER / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000301928 Incident Date: Apr, 30 2000
Consumer's City: ARVADA Consumer's State: CO
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CAVALIER Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Unknown or other
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1JF5240V7 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 10 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 05 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car smells like gas in warm and hot weather, smell comes in through the vent system. chevy med-ved in arvada colorado cannot find the problem, but replaced the exhaust gas canister, stating it was saturated with gas, car still has the same smell after this replacement. many other repair shops referred me to the dealership which i took the car to. the problem still exists, a potential fire hazard if fumes of gas are existent-this is my concern, not to mention the smell that comes in the car is not of clean air-my second concern. summary of activity: this problem has been noticed since summer 2000. air conditioning and repair shop refers me to dealership, advises me to stop driving the car because it is a fire hazard. in 2000 and 2001, failure to duplicate gas leak smell when taken to dealership. in summer 2004, gas leak evident at dealership, replaced e-vac canister, gives advice not to "top off the tank when filling up with gas." october 2004, smell is still evident. *nm