NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Chevrolet Cavalier Recalls
The 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 27, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 315
- Crashes reported
- 25
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 04V036000
- Reported
- January 27, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,415,231
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Cavalier, 1 other model
Interior lighting
- Campaign
- 00V201000
- Reported
- July 20, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 28
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 101, controls and displays
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Cavalier, 42 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Cavalier, 13 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Cavalier, 12 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 08E063000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Cavalier, 4 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Cavalier, 57 other models
2000 Chevrolet Cavalier complaints by year
NHTSA has received 315 owner complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, the newest on March 15, 2023. Of these, 25 describe a crash (8%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, the component group named most often is the electrical system (22%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (17%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (13%).
1 of the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier's 7 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier owners gave the mileage (120 complaints), the median was 58,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System69
- Engine And Engine Cooling54
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic41
- Fuel System, Gasoline29
- Steering28
- Structure27
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 27 | |
| 2001 | 46 | |
| 2002 | 47 | |
| 2003 | 50 | |
| 2004 | 62 | |
| 2005 | 19 | |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 62. 55% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Cavalier year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 1/5
The 315 complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Cavalier by model year
Other 2000 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: March 15, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted