# 2000 CHEVROLET CAVALIER — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
> NHTSA complaint `477035` · 2004-05-25 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** CAVALIER
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- **Miles at failure:** 20,000
## Narrative
AFTER PURCHASE OF MY VEHICLE - BATTERY WAS DEAD DEALER REPLACED NEW BATTERY  LOST COOLANT - ENGINE WAS SMOKING THEN FOUND OUT VEHICLE WAS ON RECALL  HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS AND PADS WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON VEHICLE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE CHEVY CAVALIERS THEY DO NOT LAST.   I COMMUTE TO WORK BY TRAIN AND HARDLY DRIVE SO I WAS SURPRISED WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE WITH NOT ALOT OF MILES.   *NM
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*