Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / CAVALIER / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004298158 Incident Date: Aug, 23 2004
Consumer's City: LOMITA Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CAVALIER Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring:interior/under dash
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1JF5249Y7 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 11 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 31 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I took my 2000 chevy cavalier to steve's auto care in the city of hawthorne, ca. the symptoms i had were my lights in my dashboard would flash erratically and eventually my car would not start and the "check theft system" light would come on. steve claimed he fixed the problem and told me i might need a new "computer" if the problem persisted. when i took my car home, the next day the same symptoms occured again. i took the car back to him the next day and he told me his diagnostic machine was not working and he was waiting for a cd to get the machine started again. hew informed me that when he had my car, all he did was put it on a scanner. he charged me $185.00. a week later the problem persisted again and i took mky car to power chevrolet. they had my car for 3 days and said my car wouldn't start at times and couldn't find the problem. they charged me $95.00. then i took my car to martin chevrolet in torrance, ca and they had my car for 1 1/2 days. they said that my battery terminal as well as 3 ground wires were corroded and they said they fixed the problem. they charged me 122.87. when i took my car home the same day the problem still persisted and i took it back the next day to martin chevrolet. they had my car 2 days and i received a call that nothing was wrong with my car and that they drove the car 10 miles and nothing happened when they had it. they told me that if my car stalls again to not have it started but to bring it to them so they can see what the problem is. no one can find the problem and i know there is a problem because now when the lights in my dash flash.. i smell a little smoke. what in god's name can i do to get this poroblemn resolved!!!???? *ak