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2004 Chevrolet Cavalier engine and engine cooling problems

15 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier5% of all complaints for this model year.

15
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
5%
share of all complaints
30,300 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • After consulting licensed mechanics, and one such nationally certified airplane-engine tech-mechanic, being ranked in the top three (3) of the nation's aviation mechanics industry from 1981-1983 period (and still has qualifications authority), [and before making a fool of myself], the…

    filed Jan 16, 2012

  • Car will accelerate on it's own usually occurs while slowing down or while making a turn pressing the brake hard slows the car but it continues to apply power what stops the engine from continuing to accelerate is to push the clutch in, at the moment the engine will accelerate to 6500 rpm then…

    filed Oct 16, 2011

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.