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2003 Chevrolet Cavalier wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 38 complaints for the 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
38 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
50,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 2
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 50,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 50,000 miles
Based on 23 complaints that include mileage. 57% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 23 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles, and 57% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Windshield on passenger side failed. Plastic cap that by friction holds elbow/joint of both control arms to wiper pivot point separated and is worn and will not hold. Now the driver side cheap plastic cap has failed. The motor works fine. Independant repair man says he sees this " all the time" part very poorly engineered no retaining clip, cotter nut,or screw to give structural support.

Reported at 63,000 miles, December 2007 CrashInjury

I have a 2003 cavalier and had the fuel pump go bad at 67,000 miles. I researched on the web and it seems that there is a tremendous amount of 2003 cavaliers that have had this same issue. I have replaced 3 of the 4 window motors in the past 18 months. I have twice had my climate control switch fixed, as it was stuck only on vent. And most recently at 69000 miles I have to replace my fuel pressure regulator.

Reported at 67,000 miles, January 2009

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