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1997 Chevrolet CAVALIER Engine And Engine Cooling Engine Gasoline Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	414501
Internal NHTSA #	10018317
Manufacurer	General Motors LLC
Brand	CHEVROLET
Model	CAVALIER
Model Year	1997
File date	13/02/03
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My mother has a 1997 cavalier which she bought used. Since she has had the vehicle there has been two recalls and upon further investigation on my part i found on your site 5 more totaling 7 in all. She bought the car in august of 2001. When the car reached 109,000 the oil pump went out and she had to spend 3,000 dollars to get another engine put in, and she don't even have the car paid off. With these newer cars 109,000 is nothing and even in the older vehicles i have never had an oil pump go out with that little bit of miles on the engine. I have friends who are mechanics that i have talked to and they have told me that they have had a lot of these particular engines being the 2. 2 liter with bad oil pumps in them. This is the reason i am filing this complaint for my mother. My brother has a 2000 cavalier with 239,000 miles on it and has never had a bit of problem so most likely it was in a particular year of vehicle that bad oil pumps were installed. He also has the 2. 2 liter engine. So could you please find out if this is an on going problem because i sure would like to get my mothers money back because she is on a fixed income. *jb
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	109848
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	JONESVILLE, MI
VIN pattern	1G1JC1248V7XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
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Date of purchase	14/08/01
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	Y
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
Transmission type	AUTO
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Dealer's name	FRANK BECK CHEVROLET
Dealer's telephone number	517-849-2886
Dealer's city	HILLSDALE
Dealer's state code	MI
Dealer's ZIP code	49242

What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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1997 Chevrolet CAVALIER Engine And Engine Cooling Engine Gasoline Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

1997 Chevrolet CAVALIER Engine And Engine Cooling Engine Gasoline Problems, Complaints and Defects

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