Cracked Dashboard on Late-model Chevy Cavalier

For anyone with a late-model Chevy Cavalier with the front part of the
dash crack, there is a guy trying to put together a class-action suit
with a lawyer to get Chevy to replace this defective part at no charge.
So far, he has had 136 people sign up. If you are interested, the
details are below.

Slotman

"For all late model Chevrolet Cavalier car owners who have had their
front part of their dash crack. This part of the dash is known as the
"Lower Trim Panel" and is over $750.00 to replace from the dealer. I
have created a site http://www.xydon.com/apps/cavalier/ to record the
number of people who have had this happen to them as well.

I feel this is a manufacturer defect and Chevrolet to flip the bill for
replacement. I have tried to negotiate with Chevrolet to replace my
dash and the *******s told me "Go ahead and pay out of pocket for the
repairs and then submit your receipt for possible consideration for
reimbursement." This outraged me as I know this is a manufacturer
defect. Join together and enter your information to this cavalier
database. I will then after a few months of solicitation notify you of
the status.

I intend to obtain a lawyer and go toe to toe with Chevy for all of
you. No money will be asked of you, just that you provide ligitimate
information. Hopefully I can get Chevy to do a recall on this and get
YOUR cracked dashes replaced, as well as mine."

wrote:

> For anyone with a late-model Chevy Cavalier with the front part of the
> dash crack, there is a guy trying to put together a class-action suit
> with a lawyer to get Chevy to replace this defective part at no charge.
> So far, he has had 136 people sign up. If you are interested, the
> details are below.
>
> Slotman
>
> "For all late model Chevrolet Cavalier car owners who have had their
> front part of their dash crack. This part of the dash is known as the
> "Lower Trim Panel" and is over $750.00 to replace from the dealer. I
> have created a site http://www.xydon.com/apps/cavalier/ to record the
> number of people who have had this happen to them as well.
>
> I feel this is a manufacturer defect and Chevrolet to flip the bill for
> replacement. I have tried to negotiate with Chevrolet to replace my
> dash and the *******s told me "Go ahead and pay out of pocket for the
> repairs and then submit your receipt for possible consideration for
> reimbursement." This outraged me as I know this is a manufacturer
> defect. Join together and enter your information to this cavalier
> database. I will then after a few months of solicitation notify you of
> the status.
>
> I intend to obtain a lawyer and go toe to toe with Chevy for all of
> you. No money will be asked of you, just that you provide ligitimate
> information. Hopefully I can get Chevy to do a recall on this and get
> YOUR cracked dashes replaced, as well as mine."
>

Have you tried Just Dashes? they might be able to re-cover that piece
for less than the cost of a new one, with a higher quality material.

nate

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Gimme a break. Buy a cheaply-made piece of garbage like a Cadavalier and
then complain when it behaves like a cheaply-made piece of garbage? Only
the lawyers win in ass-claction lawsuits like this. The classmembers each
get a payout of $1.98.

DS

On Sat, 14 May 2005 wrote:

> For anyone with a late-model Chevy Cavalier with the front part of the
> dash crack, there is a guy trying to put together a class-action suit
> with a lawyer to get Chevy to replace this defective part at no charge.
> So far, he has had 136 people sign up. If you are interested, the
> details are below.
>
> Slotman
>
> "For all late model Chevrolet Cavalier car owners who have had their
> front part of their dash crack. This part of the dash is known as the
> "Lower Trim Panel" and is over $750.00 to replace from the dealer. I
> have created a site http://www.xydon.com/apps/cavalier/ to record the
> number of people who have had this happen to them as well.
>
> I feel this is a manufacturer defect and Chevrolet to flip the bill for
> replacement. I have tried to negotiate with Chevrolet to replace my
> dash and the *******s told me "Go ahead and pay out of pocket for the
> repairs and then submit your receipt for possible consideration for
> reimbursement." This outraged me as I know this is a manufacturer
> defect. Join together and enter your information to this cavalier
> database. I will then after a few months of solicitation notify you of
> the status.
>
> I intend to obtain a lawyer and go toe to toe with Chevy for all of
> you. No money will be asked of you, just that you provide ligitimate
> information. Hopefully I can get Chevy to do a recall on this and get
> YOUR cracked dashes replaced, as well as mine."
>
>

wrote:
> For anyone with a late-model Chevy Cavalier with the front part of
the
> dash crack, there is a guy trying to put together a class-action suit
> with a lawyer to get Chevy to replace this defective part at no
charge.
> So far, he has had 136 people sign up. If you are interested, the
> details are below.
>

> I intend to obtain a lawyer and go toe to toe with Chevy for all of
> you. No money will be asked of you, just that you provide ligitimate
> information. Hopefully I can get Chevy to do a recall on this and get
> YOUR cracked dashes replaced, as well as mine."


NEWSFLASH: April 1, 2015

General Motors has announced a fix for their much publicized "cracked
dash" syndrome that has haunted them on earlier model Cavaliers. A
record payout of $500 million was announced today and GM's lawyers have
announced that "although we have not admitted any guilt, we will fix
any previously made cracked dashes". Although the terms have not been
completely finalized, initial reports say the lawyers who filed the
class action lawsuit will be be paid a one time payout of $499 million
dollars. People who previously owned a Chevy Cavalier with a cracked
dash (and can PROVE now that they have had a cracked dashed) will be
mailed a roll of duct tape and a can of color-matching paint. Both GM's
lawyers and the class action lawsuit lawyers are happy that this whole
UNFORTUNATE (for the consumers) incident is behind them. According to
GM, anyone still owning one of these earlier cracked-dash Cavaliers can
bring it to GM and have the duct tape installed and painted for only
$850.
Case closed.

On 14 May 2005 17:52:39 -0700, wrote:

>For anyone with a late-model Chevy Cavalier with the front part of the
>dash crack, there is a guy trying to put together a class-action suit
>with a lawyer to get Chevy to replace this defective part at no charge.
>So far, he has had 136 people sign up. If you are interested, the
>details are below.
>
>Slotman
>
>"For all late model Chevrolet Cavalier car owners who have had their
>front part of their dash crack. This part of the dash is known as the
>"Lower Trim Panel" and is over $750.00 to replace from the dealer. I
>have created a site http://www.xydon.com/apps/cavalier/ to record the
>number of people who have had this happen to them as well.
>
>I feel this is a manufacturer defect and Chevrolet to flip the bill for
>replacement. I have tried to negotiate with Chevrolet to replace my
>dash and the *******s told me "Go ahead and pay out of pocket for the
>repairs and then submit your receipt for possible consideration for
>reimbursement." This outraged me as I know this is a manufacturer
>defect. Join together and enter your information to this cavalier
>database. I will then after a few months of solicitation notify you of
>the status.
>
>I intend to obtain a lawyer and go toe to toe with Chevy for all of
>you. No money will be asked of you, just that you provide ligitimate
>information. Hopefully I can get Chevy to do a recall on this and get
>YOUR cracked dashes replaced, as well as mine."


The web page doesn't make it easy to find, but there IS a picture
there of a cracked dash. Whoever is promoting this lawsuit needs to
get a life. It's got one vertical crack in it. It's unfortunate that
it cracked and GM should provide a colored flexible strip with sticky
tape on the back to put over it. I've seen lots of dashes with far
worse cracking and problems than this.
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And that award won't even buy a bottle of Armor-All, will it? (Which I bet
is what caused the cracks in the 1st place!)

"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
n.umich.edu...
> Gimme a break. Buy a cheaply-made piece of garbage like a Cadavalier and
> then complain when it behaves like a cheaply-made piece of garbage? Only
> the lawyers win in ass-claction lawsuits like this. The classmembers each
> get a payout of $1.98.
>
> DS
>
> On Sat, 14 May 2005 wrote:
>
>> For anyone with a late-model Chevy Cavalier with the front part of the
>> dash crack, there is a guy trying to put together a class-action suit
>> with a lawyer to get Chevy to replace this defective part at no charge.
>> So far, he has had 136 people sign up. If you are interested, the
>> details are below.
>>
>> Slotman
>>
>> "For all late model Chevrolet Cavalier car owners who have had their
>> front part of their dash crack. This part of the dash is known as the
>> "Lower Trim Panel" and is over $750.00 to replace from the dealer. I
>> have created a site http://www.xydon.com/apps/cavalier/ to record the
>> number of people who have had this happen to them as well.
>>
>> I feel this is a manufacturer defect and Chevrolet to flip the bill for
>> replacement. I have tried to negotiate with Chevrolet to replace my
>> dash and the *******s told me "Go ahead and pay out of pocket for the
>> repairs and then submit your receipt for possible consideration for
>> reimbursement." This outraged me as I know this is a manufacturer
>> defect. Join together and enter your information to this cavalier
>> database. I will then after a few months of solicitation notify you of
>> the status.
>>
>> I intend to obtain a lawyer and go toe to toe with Chevy for all of
>> you. No money will be asked of you, just that you provide ligitimate
>> information. Hopefully I can get Chevy to do a recall on this and get
>> YOUR cracked dashes replaced, as well as mine."
>>
>>

"Kruse" > wrote in message
ps.com...
>
>
> NEWSFLASH: April 1, 2015
>
> General Motors has announced a fix for their much publicized "cracked
> dash" syndrome that has haunted them on earlier model Cavaliers. A
> record payout of $500 million was announced today and GM's lawyers have
> announced that "although we have not admitted any guilt, we will fix
> any previously made cracked dashes". Although the terms have not been
> completely finalized, initial reports say the lawyers who filed the
> class action lawsuit will be be paid a one time payout of $499 million
> dollars. People who previously owned a Chevy Cavalier with a cracked
> dash (and can PROVE now that they have had a cracked dashed) will be
> mailed a roll of duct tape and a can of color-matching paint. Both GM's
> lawyers and the class action lawsuit lawyers are happy that this whole
> UNFORTUNATE (for the consumers) incident is behind them. According to
> GM, anyone still owning one of these earlier cracked-dash Cavaliers can
> bring it to GM and have the duct tape installed and painted for only
> $850.
> Case closed.
>

This is how all the others go down.

"James C. Reeves" > wrote in message
...
> And that award won't even buy a bottle of Armor-All, will it? (Which I
bet
> is what caused the cracks in the 1st place!)
>

Why would Armor All do that?

Anybody wants to see what a car looks like without ever having used Armor
All? It's for damn sure not "just like new".

I'm friggin' tired of the Armor All mythsinformation floating around.
From the talk of some idiots, you would think Saddam Hussein had a plant in
Iraq churning out the stuff for Osama bin Laden.

"Magnulus" > wrote in message
. ..
> I'm friggin' tired of the Armor All mythsinformation floating around.
> From the talk of some idiots, you would think Saddam Hussein had a plant
in
> Iraq churning out the stuff for Osama bin Laden.

I'm with you on this one, Magnulus. Lots of people claim this, but I have
never personally
had a problem with Armor All. I have used it on rare occasion, but not
regularly.

> wrote in message
. ..
> I'm with you on this one, Magnulus. Lots of people claim this, but I have
> never personally
> had a problem with Armor All. I have used it on rare occasion, but not
> regularly.

I use it about once a month in the summer, and I've never noticed any
problems, though the cars weren't that old. I've got a 3 year old Logitech
Momo PC racing wheel that likewise gets some Armor All once in a while, and
it looks as good as new. I had to fix a broken shifer using some epoxy- but
Armor All didn't cause that.

My mom was all in a huff because a Ford "mechanic" told her that Armor All
sits on top of the dashbboard, heats up and "bakes" the plastic. I find
that hard to believe that Armor All would make vinyl hotter than it
otherwise would be, and since this guy does not have a degree in chemistry,
I take it with a big grain of salt. Alot of folks also go nuts because
Armor All contains silicone- but if that's the case they should never use a
car wax again, because almost all car waxes have some kind of silicone-based
sealers. You've never heard folks say "Don't use Turtle Wax because it
bakes the paint", have you? Case closed.