2004 CHEVROLET AVEO Problems & Recalls

TAKATA RECALL. ON OCTOBER 13TH 2018 I WAS IN A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY WAS AN SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT MY TIRE SHREDDED BUT STILL MAINTAINED AIR AND MY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY ON EITHER SIDE AND I GOT A BROKEN NOSE AND A FEW FACIAL FRACTURES. NOW I HAVE SEVERE HEADACHES EVERYDAY SINCE THEN.

Mileage: 208,000

TAKATA RECALL. ON OCTOBER 13TH 2018 I WAS IN A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY WAS AN SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT MY TIRE SHREDDED BUT STILL MAINTAINED AIR AND MY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY ON EITHER SIDE AND I GOT A BROKEN NOSE AND A FEW FACIAL FRACTURES. NOW I HAVE SEVERE HEADACHES EVERYDAY SINCE THEN.

Mileage: 208,000

WHAT'S WITH AVEO'S PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER? IT SKIDS OFF THE WINDOW AND WIPES THE TRIM. WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT MY CAR I THOUGHT SOMEONE MADE A MISTAKE AND PUT ON THE WRONG SIZE. WHEN THEY NEEDED REPLACED, I REPLACED THE WHOLE ARM WITH A SET MATCHING MAKER SPECIFICATIONS. AND MADE NO IMPROVEMENT...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COOLANT PUMP HOUSING FRACTURED AND COOLANT LEAKED OUT, WHICH CAUSED THE SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT ...

Mileage: 116,000

IGNITION SWITCH IS OVERHEATING. THE LONGER THE CAR IS DRIVEN (10-15 MILES) THE HOTTER IT IS BECOMING. IT HEATS UP SO MUCH THAT THE IGNITION KEY BECOMES QUITE HOT AS WELL...BUT THE SWITCH ITSELF IS EVEN HOTTER. I FEAR THERE WILL BE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE STARTING SOON, AND HAVE ALREADY DECIDED TO STOP A...

Mileage: 110,468

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY SHUT OFF WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HALEY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP DEALER LOCATED IN RICHMOND, VA BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETER...

Mileage: 91,000

WHILE BACKING UP MY VEHICLE I SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE. THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 500 RPM. I IMMEDIATELY PUT MY FOOT ON THE BREAK, SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, AND TURN THE IGNITION TO OFF. I WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART TO VEHICLE WITH NO PROBLEM. THIS HAS ...

Mileage: 85,250

WHILE BACKING UP MY VEHICLE I SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE. THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 500 RPM. I IMMEDIATELY PUT MY FOOT ON THE BREAK, SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, AND TURN THE IGNITION TO OFF. I WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART TO VEHICLE WITH NO PROBLEM. THIS HAS ...

Mileage: 85,250

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,390. UPDATED 09/22/16*LJ *JS

Mileage: 140,390

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO EQUIPPED WITH MILESTAR MS932 (NA) TIRES, SIZE: 185/65/R14 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BOOM SOUND AND THE VEHICLE VEERED LEFT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND OBSERVED THAT TH...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE MIGHT BE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE GEAR SHAFT OR IGNITION SW...

Mileage: 71,500

I AM ON A FIXED INCOME. I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED WITH 22,000 MILES ON IT WHICH I INTENDED TO TAKE CARE OF AND DRIVE FOR YEARS TO COME, IN FACT INTO THE GROUND. THE MANUAL I RECEIVED WITH THE CAR INDICATED THAT THE TIMING BELT SHOULD BE REPLACED AT 100,000. I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA WHERE YOU REALLY NEED ...

Mileage: 65,321

I AM ON A FIXED INCOME. I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED WITH 22,000 MILES ON IT WHICH I INTENDED TO TAKE CARE OF AND DRIVE FOR YEARS TO COME, IN FACT INTO THE GROUND. THE MANUAL I RECEIVED WITH THE CAR INDICATED THAT THE TIMING BELT SHOULD BE REPLACED AT 100,000. I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA WHERE YOU REALLY NEED ...

Mileage: 65,321

THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT A HIGHWAY SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, WHEN IT GOT INTO A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE OTHER VEHICLE MADE AN ABRUPT STOP ON THE HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF THE 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO, WHICH CAUSED THE AVEO TO HIT THE BACK OF THE SUDDENLY STOPPED VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRB...

Mileage: 130,200

2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEVERAL VEHICLE REPAIR PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM. A REPAIR SHOP, REPLACED A FUSE, DUE TO KNOW BATTERY POWER. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL TANK CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CON...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL TANK CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CON...

Mileage: 80,000

2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO WARRANTY NOTICE #14093 ISSUES. *SMD THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE WARRANY HAD EXPIRED. ALSO, THE WATER PUMP AND TIMING BELT WERE REPLACED. *JB

2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE TIMING BELT FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STOPPED WITH NO WARNING. *JB

Mileage: 51,000

BASICALLY I AM WRITING BECAUSE GM ISSUED A RECALL IN JUNE 2014 LETTING ME KNOW THAT MY CAR HAS AN ISSUE WHICH MAY LEAD TO A FIRE IN MY CAR. THE PROBLEM IS THAT A YEAR HAS PASSED AND THE STATUS OF THAT RECALL STILL IS "GENERAL MOTORS WILL PROVIDE ITS PLAN FOR REMEDYING THE DEFECT AS SOON AS IT IS CON...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACT...

THIS IS JUST ONE PROBLEM...THE CAR HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE PAST LIKE DYING TOTALLY ON A HIGHWAY BUT THAT'S NOT MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW. THE BACK SEAT BELT IS LOCKED UP & IT WILL NOT RETRACT. I HAVE A CHILD SO IT'S REALLY INCONVENIENT.

TIMING BELT SNAPPED AT 73K MILES WHILE DRIVING 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. TOTAL LOSS OF POWER: STEERING, BRAKES, AND GAS PEDAL ALL NOT RESPONDING. MANUALLY MANAGED TO COAST TO A STOP ON THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER WITH MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON, AND WITHOUT HITTING OR BEING HIT BY ANYTHING ELSE. I'M ALIVE AND SO I...

Mileage: 73,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY AVEO AND A 2005 CHEVY COBALT MY IGNITION SWITCH ON MY AVEO DOES THE SAME THING AS COBALT BUT AVEO NOT RECALLED ITOOK COBALT IN DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWTICH TOOK AVEO IN FOR RECALL FOR DRL SWITCH DEALER WANTS OVER 300.OO DOLLORS TO REPLACE IGNITION SWITCH I WILL BE DRIVING AL...

Mileage: 125,000

IN MID-FEBRUARY AFTER ONE OF OUR MANY BLIZZARDS, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER SEDAN HOME. THERE WAS A PILE OF SNOW ON OUR STREET THAT HAD HARDENED OVER. I GUESS SHE MISCALCULATED ITS HEIGHT (AND HARDNESS) AND WHEN SHE WENT OVER IT, THE CAR LURCHED UP AND SHE HEARD A LOUD GRINDING SOUND AGAINST THE UNDERC...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE WITH THE E...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE CONTACT CALLED THE AUTHORIZED DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR MONTHS AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT URGENT. UPON STARTIN...

RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR DRL FIRE HAZARD. CALLED 3 DEALERSHIPS IN THE DALLAS AREA TO HAVE THE MOSFET REPAIRED. ALL 3 DEALERSHIP DENY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE RECALL AND DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS IN STOCK EVEN IF I DID BRING THE RECALL NOTICE IN. CHEVY HAS SENT 2 E-MAILS BUT THEY ARE THE DO NOT REPLY. I...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING BELT FRACTURED AND THE ENGINE WAS RUINED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V2610000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE TAPPED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGU...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V2610000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE TAPPED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGU...

Mileage: 150,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN TURNED OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE A...

Mileage: 95,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN TURNED OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE A...

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE VENTS AND CD PLAYER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000. UPDATED 5/5/15*CN UPDATED 10/23/2015 *JS

Mileage: 88,000

I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED .. IF I WAS DRIVING ANY FASTER OR IF THERE WAS A CAR BEHIND ME I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!!!!RESULT WAS THE TIMING BELT. THE CAR ONLY HAD 52000 MILES. I CONTACTED CHEVY AND ALL THEY COULD OFFER ME WAS A LOYALTY DISCOUNT ON A NEW CAR... WHICH I PROBABLY WOULD BE ...

Mileage: 52,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) HOWEVER, THE PART TO D...

Mileage: 15,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) HOWEVER, THE PART TO D...

Mileage: 15,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE ON MY WAY HOME TO KNOXVILLE FROM ATHENS, TN, AND I HEARD MY CAR MAKE A FUNNY NOISE, AND THEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE, AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE, I PULLED OVER OFF OF THE INTERSTATE ONTO AN EXIT AND THEN THE CAR BASICALLY DIED WHEN I MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD....

Mileage: 163,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO INFORM WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS N...

GM RECALL #14093 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO GM MAILED A LETTER IN JULY REGARDING THIS RECALL. THERE HAS BEEN NO FOLLOW REGARDING REPAIRING THE DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT. WHEN GM WAS CONTACTED, THEY ADVISED TO CONTACT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE PARTS OR INSTR...

Mileage: 124,000

WHEN WILL THE DRL MODULE REPLACEMENT BE AVAILABLE? IT'S BEEN OVER 4 MONTHS SINCE THIS CAME TO LIGHT! DO I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MY CAR CATCHES ON FIRE? GM RECALLS JUST SAYS NOT AVAILABLE YET! DO YOU HAVE MORE POWER NOW SINCE THE IGNITION RECALLS? *TR

2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO HEADLAMP SWITCH MODULE RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

OVERALL, AN EXCELLENT SMALL CAR! MY CAR HAS A BRAKE PROBLEM WHEN FIRST STARTED IN THE MORNING OCCASIONALLY. THERE ARE NO POWER BRAKES AND YOU HAVE TO PUT BOTH FEET ON THE PEDAL TO STOP THE CAR! KNOWING THIS(THE PEDAL IS SUPER HARD WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO PUT IT IN GEAR) I HAVE BEEN AB...

Mileage: 84,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURNING SIGNAL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXHIBITING THE FAILURE SPECIFIED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING).THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER....

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURNING SIGNAL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXHIBITING THE FAILURE SPECIFIED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING).THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER....

Mileage: 50,000

MY 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER JUST ARRIVED AT HER MOTHERS HOUSE, PARKED THE CAR AND CAME INSIDE. WHEN WE STARTED SEEING, AND SMELLING SMOKE. SO WE WENT OUTSIDE TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM AND SAW SMOKE POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD AS IF THERE WAS A FIRE CONTAINED UNDER THE HOOD. SO WE CALLED 911 AND SUD...

MY 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER JUST ARRIVED AT HER MOTHERS HOUSE, PARKED THE CAR AND CAME INSIDE. WHEN WE STARTED SEEING, AND SMELLING SMOKE. SO WE WENT OUTSIDE TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM AND SAW SMOKE POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD AS IF THERE WAS A FIRE CONTAINED UNDER THE HOOD. SO WE CALLED 911 AND SUD...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FLOOR MAT SENSOR AND CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ...

Mileage: 72,950

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT MECHANICS. THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWAR...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE IN MY DRIVEWAY, I WENT TO TURN IGNITION ON, AND CAR WOULD NOT START. RADIO TURNED OFF. IT WAS NOT UNTIL I FLOORED THE PEDAL THAT THE GAS AND MOTOR STARTED. IT HAPPENS OFF AND ON. ALSO THE KEY AND IGNITION SWITCH ENTRY AREA ARE EXTREMELY HOT. I AM WORRIED THIS IS IN FACT ONE OF THE IGNITION PRO...

Mileage: 134,000

WHILE IN MY DRIVEWAY, I WENT TO TURN IGNITION ON, AND CAR WOULD NOT START. RADIO TURNED OFF. IT WAS NOT UNTIL I FLOORED THE PEDAL THAT THE GAS AND MOTOR STARTED. IT HAPPENS OFF AND ON. ALSO THE KEY AND IGNITION SWITCH ENTRY AREA ARE EXTREMELY HOT. I AM WORRIED THIS IS IN FACT ONE OF THE IGNITION PRO...

Mileage: 134,000

THIS IS THE SAME VEHICLE AS NHTSA INCIDENT 10393028 (SNAPPED PLASTIC THERMOSTAT HOUSING UNIT). DRIVING ON A MULTIPLE LANE FREEWAY AT ~65MPH AND THE TIMING BELT SNAPPED (HIGH PITCHED WHISTLE LIKE THE CAR WINDOW WAS SLIGHTLY OPEN). IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL SPEED CONTROL AND BEGAN RAPIDLY DECELERATING. THA...

Mileage: 67,000

THIS IS THE SAME VEHICLE AS NHTSA INCIDENT 10393028 (SNAPPED PLASTIC THERMOSTAT HOUSING UNIT). DRIVING ON A MULTIPLE LANE FREEWAY AT ~65MPH AND THE TIMING BELT SNAPPED (HIGH PITCHED WHISTLE LIKE THE CAR WINDOW WAS SLIGHTLY OPEN). IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL SPEED CONTROL AND BEGAN RAPIDLY DECELERATING. THA...

Mileage: 67,000

THIS IS THE SAME VEHICLE AS NHTSA INCIDENT 10393028 (SNAPPED PLASTIC THERMOSTAT HOUSING UNIT). DRIVING ON A MULTIPLE LANE FREEWAY AT ~65MPH AND THE TIMING BELT SNAPPED (HIGH PITCHED WHISTLE LIKE THE CAR WINDOW WAS SLIGHTLY OPEN). IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL SPEED CONTROL AND BEGAN RAPIDLY DECELERATING. THA...

Mileage: 67,000

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN SUDDENLY I HEARD A STRANGE, LOUD RUBBING/ CLATTERING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. MY BOYFRIEND, WHO IS A MECHANIC, LOOKED AT THE ENGINE AND SAID THE TIMING BELT WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART...

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN SUDDENLY I HEARD A STRANGE, LOUD RUBBING/ CLATTERING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. MY BOYFRIEND, WHO IS A MECHANIC, LOOKED AT THE ENGINE AND SAID THE TIMING BELT WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART...

I STOPPED AT STOP SIGN MOVED THROUGH INTERSECTION THE SUDDENLY DOVE TO THE DITCH .I WAS MOVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON I75 5 MINUTES EARLIER THEN TURNED ON THE SIDE ROAD S TO MY HOME .THE RACK AND PINION BROKE IN TWO SENDING ME INTO DITCH. IF THIS HAPPENED 10 MINUTES EARLIER I WOULD BE DEAD. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE FROZE UP AND THE BUCKLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THIS BUCKLE HAS EXHIBITED DIFFICULTY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. MANY TIMES WOULD HAVE TO PUSH BELT INTO SLOT 2X OR 3X BEFORE THE BUCKLE WOULD CATCH. NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A ISSUE. THANK GOD MY DAUGHTER WASN'T DRIVING TO SC...

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE TIMING BELT FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VALVES. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO A DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE BELT AND VALVES WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPA...

Mileage: 140,000

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON MY LUNCH BREAK, AND HAD JUST MADE A LEFT TURN ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY. ABOUT 5 SECONDS AFTER I MADE THE TURN, I FELT A JOLT AND HEARD AN ODD GRINDING SOUND. MY CAR LOST POWER AND ALL THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON. I WAS FORTUNATELY ABLE TO SAFELY STEER THE CAR FROM THE LEFT LA...

Mileage: 68,750

IT'S THE 3RD TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. IT OCCURRED TWICE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND HER BABY IN THE CAR, TODAY WHEN I PICKED MY KID UP FROM SCHOOL; THE CAR CUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION. I HAVE CHANGED THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, CRANK SENSOR, COOLING TEMPERATURE SENSOR, 15 AMP FUSE TWICE, REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET, S...

Mileage: 121,000

AS I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE HIGHWAY, I FELT THAT MY CAR WAS NOT PICKING UP, I COULD ONLY GET TO AROUND 40-45MPH ON A HIGHWAY THAT IS 65MPH. I NEARLY GOT REAR-ENDED BY CARS FLYING UP ON ME AND I QUICKLY PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER JUST IN TIME AS THE POWER STEERING ALSO WENT OUT AND THE CAR APPE...

Mileage: 84,000

AS I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE HIGHWAY, I FELT THAT MY CAR WAS NOT PICKING UP, I COULD ONLY GET TO AROUND 40-45MPH ON A HIGHWAY THAT IS 65MPH. I NEARLY GOT REAR-ENDED BY CARS FLYING UP ON ME AND I QUICKLY PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER JUST IN TIME AS THE POWER STEERING ALSO WENT OUT AND THE CAR APPE...

Mileage: 84,000

AS I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE HIGHWAY, I FELT THAT MY CAR WAS NOT PICKING UP, I COULD ONLY GET TO AROUND 40-45MPH ON A HIGHWAY THAT IS 65MPH. I NEARLY GOT REAR-ENDED BY CARS FLYING UP ON ME AND I QUICKLY PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER JUST IN TIME AS THE POWER STEERING ALSO WENT OUT AND THE CAR APPE...

Mileage: 84,000

THE TIMING BELT BROKE IN OUR VEHICLE WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. THE CAR MADE A HORRIBLE RACKET, THEN COMPLETELY LOST POWER BEFORE IT DIED COMPLETELY, WHEN IT BROKE, IT BENT THE RODS AND PISTONS IN THE HEADS. NOW JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, IT HAS DONE THE SAME THING. CHEVY NEEDS TO MAKE A RECALL ON THIS BECAUSE...

Mileage: 68,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED ...

Mileage: 103,000

DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE CAR FELT LIKE CAME OUT OF 5TH GEAR. I CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THE CAR WAS IN GEAR. PUSHED THE CLUTCH IN (VERY TIGHT). THE CAR WAS LOOSING POWER BUT TACH WAS STILL AT 3000. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CAR HAD NO SPARK. LIGHTS STILL WORKED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED AN...

Mileage: 78,423

DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE CAR FELT LIKE CAME OUT OF 5TH GEAR. I CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THE CAR WAS IN GEAR. PUSHED THE CLUTCH IN (VERY TIGHT). THE CAR WAS LOOSING POWER BUT TACH WAS STILL AT 3000. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CAR HAD NO SPARK. LIGHTS STILL WORKED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED AN...

Mileage: 78,423

TIMING BELT BROKE WHILE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY DOING 65 MPH. CAUSING THE CAR TO SHUT OFF AND LEAVE ME STRANDED WHEN IT BROKE IT CRUSHED ALL 4 CYLINDER HEADS. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

WE PURCHASED THIS CAR FROM A USED CAR DEALERSHIP THIS YEAR. THE REAR SEAT BELTS DON'T EXTEND OR RETRACT. THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ISSUED ON OCTOBER 15, 2004 (RECALL # 04V407000). CHEVROLET'S RECALL CENTER HAS TOLD ME IT'S NO LONGER THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR THE REAR SEAT BELTS, BECAUSE ALTHOUG...

Mileage: 87,000

WE PURCHASED THIS CAR FROM A USED CAR DEALERSHIP THIS YEAR. THE REAR SEAT BELTS DON'T EXTEND OR RETRACT. THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ISSUED ON OCTOBER 15, 2004 (RECALL # 04V407000). CHEVROLET'S RECALL CENTER HAS TOLD ME IT'S NO LONGER THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR THE REAR SEAT BELTS, BECAUSE ALTHOUG...

Mileage: 87,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, HE HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTE...

Mileage: 58,995

MY PASSENGER REAR SHOE BROKE IN HALF. IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS, APPROXIMATELY ONCE EVERY WEEK TO TWO WEEKS MY SPRINGS AND SELF ADJUST FALL OFF. WHEN THE DRUM IS PULLED OFF THEY ARE EITHER COMPLETELY DETACHED OR HANGING BY A HAIR. THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED NOR ARE THEY DOING ANY GOOD FOR THE BRAKING SYST...

Mileage: 127,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AFTER THE FIRST ATTEMPT AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NINE TIMES ON SEPARATE OCCASION...

Mileage: 39,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AFTER THE FIRST ATTEMPT AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NINE TIMES ON SEPARATE OCCASION...

Mileage: 39,500

MY STEPDAUGHTER AND HER FRIEND WERE TRAVELING CROSS-COUNTRY FROM CALIFORNIA TO ILLINOIS. CAR HAD JUST BEEN CHECKED BY A MECHANIC PRIOR TO TRIP AND SAID WAS OK. ON I-40, ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF ALBUQUERQUE NM, SHE REALIZED THE CAR WAS GETTING WARM, THEN THEY SAW STEAM FROM HOOD, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT C...

Mileage: 88,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING, FUEL BEGAN TO LEAK OUT FROM UNDER NEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CARBON CANISTER VENT SOLENOID VALVE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED,...

Mileage: 34,673

I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY ON MY WAY TO PICK UP MY SON. I FELT THE ACCELERATOR "CLUNK" AND NOTICED WHEN I ENTERED THE EXIT RAMP THAT I WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN. I APPLIED THE BRAKE AND AS SUSPECT THE ENGINE WHINED DUE TO BOTH BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR BEING PUSHED AT THE SAME TIME. I PLACE IT IN NEUTRAL AND CAME ...

THE PLASTIC THERMOSTAT HOUSING COMPLETELY SNAPPED WHILE DRIVING ONLY 35 MILES PER HOUR. THERE ARE MULITPLE CHEVROLET AVEO OWNERS THAT HAVE A CAR BETWEEN THE YEARS 04-06 THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. NOT ONLY IS THIS A SAFTY HAZARD, BUT A REALITIVE COSTLY FIX. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

THE PLASTIC THERMOSTAT HOUSING COMPLETELY SNAPPED WHILE DRIVING ONLY 35 MILES PER HOUR. THERE ARE MULITPLE CHEVROLET AVEO OWNERS THAT HAVE A CAR BETWEEN THE YEARS 04-06 THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. NOT ONLY IS THIS A SAFTY HAZARD, BUT A REALITIVE COSTLY FIX. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN HER VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A T-BONE CRASH AND THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AM...

Mileage: 80,000

TIMING BELT FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. ALMOST GOT INTO ACCIDENT. CHEVY AVEO ONLY HAD 65,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AFTER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STARTED TO FLASH ON AND OFF. THE SPEEDOMETER THEN STARTED TO MISREAD AND DISPLAY THAT HE WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEEDS THAN NORMAL. HE COASTED TO THE SIDE ...

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHUT OFF WHEN A CHILD WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD UNTIL CRASHING. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HA...

Mileage: 120,000

TAKING OF FROM A STOP SIGN, I HEARD A QUICK WHIRRING SOUND AND THE CAR DIED. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR TO NO AVAIL. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE TIMING BELT HAD BROKEN PREMATURELY. IT WAS NOT DUE TO BE CHANGED UNT...

Mileage: 53,362

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY AVEO THAT ONLY HAS 65K MILES ON IT AND GETS REGULAR OIL CHANGES. I WENT IN AND HAD MY TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED AND WAS TOLD THE CAR LOOKED GREAT. DROVE A FEW OTHER PLACES, AND WAS ON A STEEP HILL, TURNING AROUND (AS I HAVE DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE), AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SMOKE WAS ...

Mileage: 65,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY AVEO THAT ONLY HAS 65K MILES ON IT AND GETS REGULAR OIL CHANGES. I WENT IN AND HAD MY TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED AND WAS TOLD THE CAR LOOKED GREAT. DROVE A FEW OTHER PLACES, AND WAS ON A STEEP HILL, TURNING AROUND (AS I HAVE DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE), AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SMOKE WAS ...

Mileage: 65,000

ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. AT FIRST I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TIMING BELT BUT THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CHANGED TILL AROUND 60,000 MILES. THE CAR HAS ONLY 48,000 MILES ON IT. I WENT AND BOUGHT A TIMING BELT AND A WATER PUMP BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT IF I CHANGED THE BELT I MAY AS WELL CHANGE THE WATER PUMP...

Mileage: 48,000

MY AVEO IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON WHEN THE ENGINE HAS TO BE SERVICED. APPARENTLY, THIS LIGHT DID NOT COME ON FOR THE WARNING THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE THAT I NEED TO FIND OUT ABOUT. DRIVING TO ME(THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY MY CHILD OF 28 YEARS WITH A 3 MONTH...

Mileage: 66,000

MY AVEO IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON WHEN THE ENGINE HAS TO BE SERVICED. APPARENTLY, THIS LIGHT DID NOT COME ON FOR THE WARNING THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE THAT I NEED TO FIND OUT ABOUT. DRIVING TO ME(THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY MY CHILD OF 28 YEARS WITH A 3 MONTH...

Mileage: 66,000

MY AVEO IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON WHEN THE ENGINE HAS TO BE SERVICED. APPARENTLY, THIS LIGHT DID NOT COME ON FOR THE WARNING THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE THAT I NEED TO FIND OUT ABOUT. DRIVING TO ME(THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY MY CHILD OF 28 YEARS WITH A 3 MONTH...

Mileage: 66,000

CAR STALLED ON A BUSY 4 LANE INTERSTATE WITH MY SON INLAW DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER IN VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAR BARELY COASTED ENOUGH TO MAKE IT OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO EMERGENCY LANE. CAR FAIL TO START AGAIN. HAD CAR TOWED TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP. SERVICE DEPARTMENT CALLED AND SAID THE TIMING BEL...

Mileage: 59,000

CHEVY 2004 AVERO TIMING BELT BROKE WHICH ALSO DAMAGE ENGINE HAD TO REPLACE VALVES WHICH COST OVER $1100.00. THIS INCIDENT HAPPEN WHEN MY WIFE WAS COMING FROM THERAPY ON A HIGHWAY (BQE), IN BROOKLYN WHEN OUT OF NO-WHERE WITH NO WARNING SIGNS, THE CAR JUST STOP, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSE A UNTHINKABLE E...

Mileage: 58,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO LS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A MEDIAN AND A SNOW BANK. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLID ON BLACK ICE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER AND T...

Mileage: 82,000

WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE ALL OF THE SUDDEN QUIT. LISTENING TO IT WHILE TRYING TO RESTART THE ENGINE, MY FIRST THOUGH WAS TIMING BELT. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE HOME AND INSPECTED, THE TIMING BELT WAS TIGHT BUT NOT TURNING ANYTHING, UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THA...

Mileage: 92,941

FIRST, THE STRUTS CAME OFF, THEN THE PIECE HOLDING THE AIR FILTER BROKE AWAY, NOW THE PULLEY HAS EXPLODED AND HAS DESTROYED THE TIMING BELT AND SERPENTINE BELT. THIS CAR IS JUNK MADE WITH CHEAP PARTS. NOT GOOD FOR SOMEONE WITH CHILDREN. *LN

Mileage: 91,000

MY COMPLAINT INVOLVES A REPLACEMENT TIMING BELT MANUFACTURED BY GENERAL MOTORS DETROIT AND PURCHASED ON MY BEHALF FROM THE PARTS DEPARTMENT OF STEVE RAYMAN CHEVROLET ON MARCH 29, 2010 BY KEN BLACK OF FAIRGROUND AUTO AND BODY SHOP FOR INSTALLATION ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TI...

Mileage: 4,327

MY DAUGHTER'S FIRST CAR PURCHASE...WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT. BOUGHT THE 2004 CHEVY AVEO USED WITH 80,000 MILES ON IT ON A SATURDAY. IT BROKE DOWN SUNDAY. TIMING BELT BROKE AND CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE...NOW IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ALWAYS DO YOUR RESEARCH...A QUICK SEARCH WHILE WATCHING TH...

Mileage: 80,000

AIR BAG LIGHT WILL NOT SHUT OFF. DEALER HAS REPAIRED IT AT LEAST 4 TIMES AND NOW IT IS ON AGAIN. HE SAYS THEY CAN'T OR WON'T DO IT UNDER WARRANTY, AND TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ABOUT $500.00 THIS IS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE. SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT AVEO AIR BAG LIGHT STAYING ON. THE...

Mileage: 35,000

CAR WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 KM\H WHEN A SUDDEN STOP OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC. MY WIFE WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE LANES AND WAS LOOKING IN HER BLIND SPOT AND WHEN SHE TURNED BACK SHE COULD NOT STOP IN TIME. SHE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE TOTALING HER 2004 AVEO AND THEN WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AS WELL. THE ...

Mileage: 37,000

2004 CHEVY AVEO THERMOSTAT HOUSING - CRACKED AND OVERHEATED. TONS OF REFERENCES ON INTERNET ON THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY IN MY 2004 CHEVY AVEO. SUDDENLY I NOTICED THAT I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND THAT I HAD LOST PRESSURE IN MY BRAKES. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS. IT WAS VERY BUSY TRAFFIC AND I NARROWLY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT. MY ENGINE WOULD ...

Mileage: 55,000

I PURCHASED THIS USED 2004 CHEVY AVEO FROM TONY HONDA END OF JULY 2010. IT RAN GOOD UP UNTIL 10/12/10 WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HOLD BUTTON LIGHT FLASHED ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT...THE CAR LITERALLY DROPPED TO LIKE 5 MILES AN HOUR AND SPUTTERED ALL THE WAY LIKE IT WAS DYING....THANK GOD TH...

Mileage: 65,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN TOWED TO A NEARBY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. TH...

Mileage: 59,000

2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIMING BELT FAILED. *JB

Mileage: 59,000

THERMOSTAT HOUSING BUSTED ON THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY CAUSING CAR TO IMMEDIATELY RUN HOT. *TR

Mileage: 112,024

MY 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO'S THERMOSTAT HOUSING BUSTED TODAY AT 67,000 MILES. THIS RESULTED IN OVER HEATING THE MOTOR AND DUMPING ABOUT ONE GALLON OF ANTI-FREEZE ON THE ROADWAY. IT TURNS OUTS THIS PART WAS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. A REPLACEMENT ALUMINUM VERSION IS NOW AVAILABLE BY THE DEALER FOR $95. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

ENGINE STOPS RUNNING. *TR

Mileage: 64,675

2004 CHEVY AVEO WITH 41,000 MILES. TIMING BELT BROKE, BENDING ALL OF THE VALVES IN THE ENGINE. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. REPLACED THE TIMING BELT, WILL NOW HAVE TO REPLACE THE HEAD ON THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY AVEO THAT WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW. SINCE IT WAS FIRST PURCHASED THE CLOCK HAS CHANGED TIME BY ITSELF AND THE GEAR SHIFT GETS STUCK IN PARK. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY AVEO THAT WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW. SINCE IT WAS FIRST PURCHASED THE CLOCK HAS CHANGED TIME BY ITSELF AND THE GEAR SHIFT GETS STUCK IN PARK. *TR

THERMOSTAT HOUSING BUSTED FOR THE 3RD TIME!!! *TR

Mileage: 65,000

I WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND THE CAR STALLED AND HAD TO CROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE TIMING BELT HAS BEEN THE SOURCE OF MY PROBLEM, IT STRIPPED OUT THE TEETH ON THE BELT. WHY WOULD CHEVY USE A TIMING BELT WHEN ALL OF ITS OTHER CARS USE CHAINS, WHY NOT MODIFY THE ENGI...

Mileage: 92,000

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) MY NAME IS [XXX], I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO LS WITH A 1.6L ENGINE. ON MAY 21 OF 2010 WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY TO SCHOOL LODI CA, TO SACRAMENTO CA, THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING CRACKED. I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO ...

Mileage: 125,395

ON MY DAUGHTERS 2004 CHEVY AVEO I HAD THE TIMING BELT, WATER PUMP, AND T'BELT TENSIONER REPLACED AT 59826 MILES, PER MANUFACTURES RECOMMENDATION. ABOUT 20000 MILES LATER THE IDLER PULLEY BROKE, DESTROYED ENGINE. GM HAS NOT RECOMMENDED REPLACING THIS PART PER THEIR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE , WHY NOT? ...

Mileage: 81,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THREE DEER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND THE CONTACT WAS INJURED. THE CONTACT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE ...

Mileage: 45,300

5 MONTHS AGO, WE REPLACED OUR 2004 CHEVY AVEO'S ENGINE DUE TO TIMING BELT FAILURE AND HAD A NEW ONE PUT IN. TODAY (2 WEEKS AFTER) OUR CAR BROKE DOWN AGAIN DUE TO TIMING BELT FAILURE WE ARE FINDING OUT WE ARE NEEDING TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AGAIN! *TR

Mileage: 45,000

5 MONTHS AGO, WE REPLACED OUR 2004 CHEVY AVEO'S ENGINE DUE TO TIMING BELT FAILURE AND HAD A NEW ONE PUT IN. TODAY (2 WEEKS AFTER) OUR CAR BROKE DOWN AGAIN DUE TO TIMING BELT FAILURE WE ARE FINDING OUT WE ARE NEEDING TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AGAIN! *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WHEN STARTING THE CAR AND THEN TRYING TO SHIFT FROM "P" TO "D" WILL NOT MOVE HAVE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF PUT KEY IN SHIFT LOCK HOLE AND THEN SHIFT TO "N" AND THEN DEPRESS THE BRAKE, START THE VEHICLE THEN SHIFT DOWN TO "D" OR UP TO "R". *TR

Mileage: 115,000

SMELLED SMOKE GOT ALMOST HOME SAW SMOKE WHITE IN COLOR OPENED HOOD AND SAW THE HOUSING ON THE THERMOSTAT WAS BLOWN AND FLUID SPRAYING OUT WITH STEAM. *TR

Mileage: 62,560

ENGINE DESTROYED BY TIMING CHAIN FAILURE. TIMING CHAIN FAILURE RESULTED IN DAMAGED PISTONS AND VALVES. VEHICLE HAD 95,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

THE TIMING BELT ON MY 2004 CHEVY AVEO BROKE AT 55,000 MILES. GM RECOMMENDS THAT THE TIMING BELT ON AVEOS BE REPLACED AT 60,000 MILES. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF AVEO TIMING BELTS BREAKING BETWEEN 50,000 TO 56,000 MILES; HOWEVER, GM HAS NOT POSTED A WARNING ON THEIR WEBSITE, NOR HAVE DEALERS...

Mileage: 55,000

VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP OCT. 2009 NO COMPRESSION REPAIR CLEAN CARBON FROM ENGINE. HAD TIMING BELT REPLACED AT THIS TIME AS PREVENTATIVE MAINT. ENGINE FAILURE ON HIGHWAY MARCH 2010. IDLER PULLEY BROKE BENT ALL VALVES AND BROKE 1 NEED TO REPLACE ENGINE. HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ON LINE SAME ISSUE...

Mileage: 97,000

ELECTRICAL PROBLEM OF ALL KINDS, SEATBELT LIGHT WONT SHUT OFF, AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON WON'T GO OFF,OVERHEAD LIGHT WONT WORK, OIL LIGHT COMES ON. TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY JUST RESET IT, THEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN..STARTED AT 500 MILES AND CONTINUES THRU TODAY AT 45000 ...

Mileage: 1,000

WHILE ON MY WAY HOME, I NOTICED THAT MY VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM THE HOOD AND WITHOUT WARNING THE "CHECK" DASH LIGHTS CAME ON. I NOTICED THAT MY CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND I COASTED IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AT THIS POINT MY VEHICLE CUT OFF AND WOULDN'T START. ONCE, MY VEHICLE WAS TRANSP...

Mileage: 53,000

WHILE ON MY WAY HOME, I NOTICED THAT MY VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM THE HOOD AND WITHOUT WARNING THE "CHECK" DASH LIGHTS CAME ON. I NOTICED THAT MY CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND I COASTED IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AT THIS POINT MY VEHICLE CUT OFF AND WOULDN'T START. ONCE, MY VEHICLE WAS TRANSP...

Mileage: 53,000

WHILE ON MY WAY HOME, I NOTICED THAT MY VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM THE HOOD AND WITHOUT WARNING THE "CHECK" DASH LIGHTS CAME ON. I NOTICED THAT MY CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND I COASTED IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AT THIS POINT MY VEHICLE CUT OFF AND WOULDN'T START. ONCE, MY VEHICLE WAS TRANSP...

Mileage: 53,000

TIMING BELT FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO FAIL WHILE IN TRAFFIC. ENGINE WAS DESTROYED BY THE TIMING BELT FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

TIMING BELT FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO FAIL WHILE IN TRAFFIC. ENGINE WAS DESTROYED BY THE TIMING BELT FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V407000 BOTH SIDE SEAT BELTS IN BACK STILL LOCKED AND NON WORKING AFTER REPAIR. REPAIR ONLY WORKED TEMPORARILY NOW THEY DO NOT WORK AGAIN. REPAIRING DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. GM REFUSES TO FIX CORRECTLY. *TR

NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V407000 BOTH SIDE SEAT BELTS IN BACK STILL LOCKED AND NON WORKING AFTER REPAIR. REPAIR ONLY WORKED TEMPORARILY NOW THEY DO NOT WORK AGAIN. REPAIRING DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. GM REFUSES TO FIX CORRECTLY. *TR

I AM DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVY AVEO AT 35 MILES AN HOUR, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DIED. I HAVE 54,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THAT THE TIMING BELT BROKE AND NOW I NEED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. IN MY MANUAL IT SAYS THAT TIMING BELTS NEED TO BE CHECKED AT 60,000 MILES. I WAS TOLD B...

DRIVING BACK TO SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI FROM LAKE WALES FLORIDA WHEN TIMING BELT BROKE ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. ENGINE DIED AND FROM WHAT I'VE READ ON THE INTERNET THE ENGINE DESIGN ON THESE CARS IS AN "INTERFERENCE" ENGINE WHICH MEANS WHEN THE TIMING BELT BREAKS IT BASICALLY DESTROYS YOUR CAR. I CAN...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40-45 ON AN INCLINE SHE HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NEXT THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED FOR THE MALFUNCTION AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 46,500. UPD...

Mileage: 46,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. ALSO THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIMMY WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND A TUNE-UP WAS PERFORMED. AFTER THE REPAIR THE FAILURE RESURFACED SO THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 54,000

THE TIMING BELT BROKE ON MY 2004 CHEVY AVEO. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR ALOT OF PEOPLE. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

2004 CHEVY AVEO TIMING BELT BROKE CAUSING VALVES TO BREAK AND MANY OTHER RELATED PARTS AT 60000 MILES. MY MECHANIC SAID THIS IS COMMON IN THESE CARS AND HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. HAD I BEEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TIMING BELTS GOING AT 40-60000 MILES IT MIGHT ON...

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN NOVEMBER 2007 WITH 61,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED A DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TIMING BELT FAILED AND ALSO CAUSED THE ENGINE RODS TO BREA...

Mileage: 99,999

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN NOVEMBER 2007 WITH 61,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED A DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TIMING BELT FAILED AND ALSO CAUSED THE ENGINE RODS TO BREA...

Mileage: 99,999

CAR: AVEO 2004- 4D. THE AC GOT DAMAGED, THEN THE BLOWER. THE CAR GOT OVERHEADED AND STOPPED WORKING. $1,361 WORTH OF WORK WAS DONE (MACHINE WORK, HEAD GASKET SET, GASKET SEALER, TIMING BELT, SPARKS PLUGS, TIMING BELT TENSIONER). TWO WEEKS AFTER THE CAR STARTED OVERHEADING AGAIN AND HAD A STRONG SMEL...

Mileage: 70,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 13,400.

Mileage: 13,400

MY 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION KEY GETTING VERY HOT. I AM WORRIED OF A ELECTRICAL FIRE. MY A/C WENT OUT DUE TO A BAD SEAL AND I WAS TOLD THEY HAD REDESIGNED THE A/C COMPRESSOR. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? *TR

Mileage: 65,000

2004 CHEVY AVEO REAR SEATBELTS DO NOT WORK . SAFETY RECALL ISSUED AND A GUIDE TO REPAIR SEATBELTS WAS INSTALLED AS PART OF THE RECALL. THE SEATBELTS ONCE AGAIN ARE BROKEN TWISTED AND CAN NOT BE USED! I CAN SOMETIMES FIX ONE SEATBELT BUT WITHIN A WEEK IT IS NOT ABLE TO BE USED AGAIN! MY DAUGHTER WA...

Mileage: 20,000

I OWN A 2004 CHEVY AVEO. THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING BROKE. YOU MUST REPLACE THE ENTIRE THERMOSTAT AND THE THERMOSTAT IS NOT BROKE IT WORKS FINE. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND THE ENGINE DID NOT OVERHEAT. I DO NOT THINK A PART SHOULD BREAK APART AND IF IT DOES YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE A GOOD PART. ...

Mileage: 125,278

EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW THE CLOCK HAS NEVER WORKED RIGHT. IT RUNS FOR A FEW HOURS, SHUTS OFF FOR A FEW HOURS. DEALER COULDN'T FIX WHEN UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT REPEAT. MOST RECENTLY, THE ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCKS HAVE STOPPED WORKING, BOTH INSIDE AND WITH THE KEYLESS ENTRY. I...

Mileage: 100

MY 2004 CHEVY AVEO HAS HAD MORE PROBLEMS THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIMING BELT TWICE, SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE BOTH TIMES. OCEAN CHEVROLET AND GM WERE ABSOLUTELY NO HELP. ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 48,000 MILES, AN EVAP LEAK FOR ANOTHER $600.00. BOTH TIMING BELT REPAIRS WERE OVER $200...

Mileage: 48,000

MY 2004 CHEVY AVEO HAS HAD MORE PROBLEMS THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIMING BELT TWICE, SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE BOTH TIMES. OCEAN CHEVROLET AND GM WERE ABSOLUTELY NO HELP. ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 48,000 MILES, AN EVAP LEAK FOR ANOTHER $600.00. BOTH TIMING BELT REPAIRS WERE OVER $200...

Mileage: 48,000

FIRST OF ALL I LEARNED ON THE INTERNET THAT THE CHEVY AVEO IS NOT A GOOD DEAL WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A CAR. THE FIRST TIME THE TIMING BELT BROKE AND SPEND A LOT OF MONEY AND NOW THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING BROKE BECAUSE IS MADE OF PLASTIC. LIKE OTHER AVEO OWNERS SAY, THIS CAR HAVE TO BE RECALL, BECAUSE...

Mileage: 70,000

I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVY AVEO (WITH 70K MILES) AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE ENGINE STARTING MAKING A LOT OF NOISE. I WAS ABOUT A BLOCK FROM HOME, AND WHEN I PULLED IN, SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT OF MY ENGINE. THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING HAD BUSTED WHICH IS APPARENTLY A VERY COMMON COMPLAIN WITH THIS C...

Mileage: 70,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND SMELT BURNING FLUID AND THOUGHT IT WAS ANOTHER CAR ON THE ROAD. AFTER THE CAR WASN'T CLOSE TO ME ANYMORE I SMELT THE SAME ODOR. I LOOKED DOWN AT MY THERMOSTAT TO SEE MY CAR WAS IN THE RED, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON OR ANYTHING. I PULLED OVER AND NOTICED IMMED...

Mileage: 54,000

CHEVROLET AVEO 2004 THE AC AND THROTTLE VALVE LOCKED IN BELOW 0 WEATHER . *TR

Mileage: 58,900

2004 CHEVROLET AVEO BROKE TIMING BELT AT 53,470 MILES. ALWAYS SERVICED ON TIME. NO WARNING LIGHTS. ALSO, HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH CAR SINCE BUYING. DASHBOARD CLOCK RESETS CONSTANTLY. ODOMETER READING FAILS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CAR. *TR

Mileage: 53,470

I WAS IN A SEMI V CAR ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19TH, ON A 4 LANE MAJOR HIGHWAY (I-294). I WAS DRIVING A 2004 CHEVY AVEO. I WAS CUT OFF BY THE SEMI AND MY CAR WAS HIT, SPUN OUT OF CONTROL THROUGH 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND HIT THE CENTER MEDIAN OF THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR IS TOTALED. THE ENTIRE ENGINE...

MY CAR IS A 2004, CHEVY AVEO, WITH 23,100 MILES. THE TEMPERATURE GAGE SHOWED THE ENGINE TO BE OVERHEATING ON MY WAY TO WORK ON OCTOBER 29, 2008. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS, ONLY A RAMBLING ENGINE SOUND AND A BURNING TYPE OF SMELL. THE RESERVOIR TANK WAS HALF EMPTY AND THERE WAS VISIBLE SIGNS ...

Mileage: 20,100

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE HEAD ON. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND DEACTIVATED THE AIR BAG SWITCH, SO THAT THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY WHILE REMOVING HER FROM THE VEHICLE. T...

Mileage: 66,322

WE HAVE A 2004 AVEO AND NO LIGHT CAME ON AND AT 61,000 MILES MY CAR JUST QUIT RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THE TIMING BELT HAD BROKEN AND THE MOTOR WAS MESSED UP ALSO. I HAD TO PAY OVER $3,000 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED CAUSE A BELT BROKE. IT MESSED UP HALF OF THE...

Mileage: 61,000

WE HAVE A 2004 AVEO AND NO LIGHT CAME ON AND AT 61,000 MILES MY CAR JUST QUIT RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THE TIMING BELT HAD BROKEN AND THE MOTOR WAS MESSED UP ALSO. I HAD TO PAY OVER $3,000 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED CAUSE A BELT BROKE. IT MESSED UP HALF OF THE...

Mileage: 61,000

WE HAVE A 2004 AVEO AND NO LIGHT CAME ON AND AT 61,000 MILES MY CAR JUST QUIT RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THE TIMING BELT HAD BROKEN AND THE MOTOR WAS MESSED UP ALSO. I HAD TO PAY OVER $3,000 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED CAUSE A BELT BROKE. IT MESSED UP HALF OF THE...

Mileage: 61,000

WE PURCHASED A PREOWNED CHEVROLET AVEO WITHIN APROX A YEAR (LOW MILEAGE STILL UNDER WARRANTY, ALSO PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTY & GAP INSURANCE), TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF IT, INCLUDING ROUTINE SERVICES AS NEEDED. SUDDENLY 3 WEEKS AGO WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT ALL THE ENGINE BLEW.. NO STEAM, NO GAGE WAR...

TIMING BELT BROKE PREMATURELY AT 54541 MILES. GM OWNERS MANUAL SAYS TO CHANGE IT AT 60000 MILES. CAR WAS WORKED ON BY GM UNDER THERE SPECIAL BULLETIN FOR THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER THE CAR HAD TO BE RETURNED TO THE DEALER, THIS TIME IT 56870 MILES ON IT WHEN THE SES LIGHT CAME ON I TOOK THE CAR TO AAMACO...

Mileage: 54,541

MY 2004 CHEVY AVEO BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AT 47,652 MILES. THE CAR WOULDN'T START AND COULDN'T BE MOVED WHILE MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON WERE STRANDED IN TRAFFIC. THE PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE THE TIMING BELT WHICH SHOULD HAVE LASTED 2X THE MILEAGE. THEN ENGINE RATTLED AFTER THA...

Mileage: 53,963

ONE DAY, I WAS IN A CUSTOMER MEETING AND MY FACTORY INSTALLED CAR ALARM JUST STARTED GOING OFF. NOTHING AROUND IT, NO WIND,ETC. NOW IT HAS GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE I CAN NOT USE THE ALARM AND THE DRL AND DASHBOARD CLOCK ARE CONSTANTLY GOING ON AND OFF. I HAVE READ MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON AUT...

Mileage: 68,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS TWISTED FROM THE BASE OF THE SEAT BELT. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO UNWIND THE SEAT BELT BECAUSE IT WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. THE CONTACT IS ABLE TO USE THE SEAT BELT, BUT IT MAY FAIL IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE VE...

THERE ARE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS PROBLEM. THE LOCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAS FALLEN INTO THE DOOR. THIS MAKES THE DOOR IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCK OR UNLOCK FROM THE OUTSIDE. WHEN THE WINDOW IS ROLLED DOWN THE LOCK ALSO LOCKS. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT YET BEEN SOLVED. *TR

THERE ARE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS PROBLEM. THE LOCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAS FALLEN INTO THE DOOR. THIS MAKES THE DOOR IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCK OR UNLOCK FROM THE OUTSIDE. WHEN THE WINDOW IS ROLLED DOWN THE LOCK ALSO LOCKS. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT YET BEEN SOLVED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WERE LOCKED IN POSITION, AND REMAINED LOCKED AT ALL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE SEAT BELTS BECAUSE HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V407000 (SEAT...

Mileage: 30,000

2004 CHEVROLET AVEO BROKEN TIMING BELT. CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND REPLACED THE VALVES BECAUSE THEY WERE BENT. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE TIMING BELT WAS NOT REPLACED. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED A TSB HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE TIMING BELT PROBLEM...

2004 CHEVY AVEO TIMING BELT FAILURE AT 47,000 MILES, AND AT 102,000 MILES APPROX. 53,000 MILES AFTER THE PREVIOUS FAILURE. BOTH FAILURES HAVE CAUSED SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE MOST RECENT FAILURE COULD RESULT IN AN ENTIRE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 102,000

AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON IN MID JANUARY 2008 AND HAS REMAINED ON. THE CAR JUST WENT OUT OF WARRANTY IN AUG 2007. SINCE I HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED FOR 15 MONTHS, I WAS NOT ABLE TO DISCOVER THIS PROBLEM WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER STANDARD WARRANTY. AFTER CONTACTING CHEVROLET ABOUT SEVERAL ISSUES WIT...

AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON IN MID JANUARY 2008 AND HAS REMAINED ON. THE CAR JUST WENT OUT OF WARRANTY IN AUG 2007. SINCE I HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED FOR 15 MONTHS, I WAS NOT ABLE TO DISCOVER THIS PROBLEM WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER STANDARD WARRANTY. AFTER CONTACTING CHEVROLET ABOUT SEVERAL ISSUES WIT...

AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON IN MID JANUARY 2008 AND HAS REMAINED ON. THE CAR JUST WENT OUT OF WARRANTY IN AUG 2007. SINCE I HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED FOR 15 MONTHS, I WAS NOT ABLE TO DISCOVER THIS PROBLEM WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER STANDARD WARRANTY. AFTER CONTACTING CHEVROLET ABOUT SEVERAL ISSUES WIT...

REAR BRAKES LOCKED ON APPLICATION, LUCKILY RIGHT IN MY DRIVEWAY. RELEASED BY ROCKING BACK AND FORTH, ONLY TO LOCK AGAIN....PULLED DRUMS MYSELF TO FIND ALL FOUR LININGS DELAMINATED FROM SHOES! PHONED GM CANADA AND GOT ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE UNTIL I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT I CAREFULLY TOOK PICTURES AND IT...

Mileage: 45,000

FIRST THING THAT WENT WRONG WITH THE CAR IS THE CLOCK FOR NO REASON AT ALL IT CHANGES TO 12:00 IT DOES IT WHEN THE CAR IS ON AND RUNNING IT ALSO DOES IT WHEN YOU FIRST TURN THE CAR ON. THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND HAS FAILED A SECOND TIME AGAIN. SECOND IS MY GEAR SHIFTER I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC AND...

FIRST THING THAT WENT WRONG WITH THE CAR IS THE CLOCK FOR NO REASON AT ALL IT CHANGES TO 12:00 IT DOES IT WHEN THE CAR IS ON AND RUNNING IT ALSO DOES IT WHEN YOU FIRST TURN THE CAR ON. THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND HAS FAILED A SECOND TIME AGAIN. SECOND IS MY GEAR SHIFTER I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC AND...

FIRST THING THAT WENT WRONG WITH THE CAR IS THE CLOCK FOR NO REASON AT ALL IT CHANGES TO 12:00 IT DOES IT WHEN THE CAR IS ON AND RUNNING IT ALSO DOES IT WHEN YOU FIRST TURN THE CAR ON. THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND HAS FAILED A SECOND TIME AGAIN. SECOND IS MY GEAR SHIFTER I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC AND...

FIRST THING THAT WENT WRONG WITH THE CAR IS THE CLOCK FOR NO REASON AT ALL IT CHANGES TO 12:00 IT DOES IT WHEN THE CAR IS ON AND RUNNING IT ALSO DOES IT WHEN YOU FIRST TURN THE CAR ON. THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND HAS FAILED A SECOND TIME AGAIN. SECOND IS MY GEAR SHIFTER I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC AND...

FIRST THING THAT WENT WRONG WITH THE CAR IS THE CLOCK FOR NO REASON AT ALL IT CHANGES TO 12:00 IT DOES IT WHEN THE CAR IS ON AND RUNNING IT ALSO DOES IT WHEN YOU FIRST TURN THE CAR ON. THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND HAS FAILED A SECOND TIME AGAIN. SECOND IS MY GEAR SHIFTER I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC AND...

FIRST THING THAT WENT WRONG WITH THE CAR IS THE CLOCK FOR NO REASON AT ALL IT CHANGES TO 12:00 IT DOES IT WHEN THE CAR IS ON AND RUNNING IT ALSO DOES IT WHEN YOU FIRST TURN THE CAR ON. THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND HAS FAILED A SECOND TIME AGAIN. SECOND IS MY GEAR SHIFTER I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC AND...

AS SOON AS I STARTED BACKING OUT OF MY APT. PARKING PLACE, THE ACCELERATOR JAMMED SENDING MY 2004 CHEVY AVEO BACKWARDS INTO AN APT. ACROSS THE STREET. THE DEPUTY ESTIMATED THE SPEED AT 40MPH. MY CAR WAS TOTALED. THE DAMAGES TO APT. BUILDING REQUIRED THE TENANTS TO MOVE TO ANOTHER APT. THAT DAY. THE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE VEHICLE STARTED FOR 30 SECONDS AND THEN SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE TIMING BELT FAILED AND CAUSED THE VALVES TO BEND. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 49,000.

Mileage: 49,000

FOUR DAYS AGO I RECEIVED A LETTER REGARDING SERVICE THAT WAS REQUIRED TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AGREEMENT I PURCHASED WITH MY CAR. THE SERVICE NEEDED WAS ON THE TIMING BELT. ON SUNDAY, TWO DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE LETTER THE TIMING BELT BROKE ON MY CAR, CAUSING FURTHER DAMAGE TO ...

Mileage: 67,000

NO CRASH, NO INJURIES; INCIDENT BEGAN WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLE AFTER I PURCHASED THE AVEO USED; MY FUEL ECONOMY CONTINUED TO DECREASE FROM ABOUT 33 TO 34MPG DOWN BELOW 30MPG EVEN THOUGH I WAS CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE SAME WAY EVERY WEEK. ECONOMY WAS ABOUT 33-34MPG AT 26K MILES AND EVENTUAL...

Mileage: 34,000

HORN MALFUNCTION WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IGNITION WAS OFF. HAD TO PULL FUSE ASSOCIATED WITH HORN/REAR-DEFROSTER TO STOP HORN FROM GOING OFF. *JB

DURING A RECENT OIL CHANGE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE SERVICE TO MY AIR FILTER WAS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO THE INABILITY TO REMOVE THE SCREWS/BOLTS/FASTENERS THAT COULD NOT BE REMOVED. *JB

ON THURSDAY MORNING 28 JUNE 2007 THE TIMING BELT ON THIS CHEVROLET AVEO BROKE, RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO RADLEY CHEVROLET, WHERE THIS DIAGNOSIS WAS RENDERED. RADLEY CHEVROLET HELD A NEW CAR OWNER'S ORIENTATION CLASS AT WHICH THEIR SERVICES AND HOURS ...

Mileage: 60,331

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAG SENSOR REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT 17,000 MILES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SENSOR. AT 20,000 MILES, THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHY THE AIR BAG LIGHT CONTI...

Mileage: 17,000

TIMING BELT FAILED AT 70,000 MILES CAUSING SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE. TIMING BELT FAILURE IS APPARENTLY AN ISSUE WITH THE AVEO AS GM ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS IN OCT 2006. BASED ON INTERNET SEARCH OF AVEO PROBLEMS, CHEVY IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AVEO'S TIMING BELT FAILING EVEN BEFORE THE REC...

Mileage: 70,000

TIMING BELT WENT ON MY CHEVY AVEO 2004 IN JANUARY. @ 55,000 MILES AND THE BELT DAMAGED THE WHOLE ENGINE. THE GMC COMPANY REFUSED TO REPAIR IT. I FOUND OUT THAT THE CHEVY AVEOS ARE HAVING LOTS OF PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO AND STATED THAT SINCE SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS NEVER LOCKED CORRECTLY IN PLACE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE SEAT BELT, BUT SHE BELIEVED THAT THEY SWITCHED IT FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK. CURRE...

Mileage: 32

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO AND STATED THAT SINCE SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS NEVER LOCKED CORRECTLY IN PLACE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE SEAT BELT, BUT SHE BELIEVED THAT THEY SWITCHED IT FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK. CURRE...

Mileage: 32

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO AND STATED THAT SINCE SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS NEVER LOCKED CORRECTLY IN PLACE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE SEAT BELT, BUT SHE BELIEVED THAT THEY SWITCHED IT FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK. CURRE...

Mileage: 32

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO AND STATED THAT SINCE SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS NEVER LOCKED CORRECTLY IN PLACE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE SEAT BELT, BUT SHE BELIEVED THAT THEY SWITCHED IT FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK. CURRE...

Mileage: 32

SUMMER 2005 THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING DURING A RAINSTORM WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE LEAVING MY VISIBILITY EXTREMELY IMPAIRED. UPON SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION, I NOTICED THAT THE NUT HOLDING THE WIPER TO THE POST HAD LOOSENED AND BACKED OFF. THIS STRIPPED THE MATING GROVES OFF BOTH...

Mileage: 16,000

MAJOR FUEL LEAK ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. LEFT ME STRANDED. PUMPED OUT 9 GALLONS OF GAS IN 20 MILES. LUCKILY NO FIRE. FOUND THE PLASTIC RETAINER HOLDING THE MAIN FUEL LINE CRACKED AND ALLOWED THE FUEL LINE TO COME LOOSE SPRAYING GAS OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. THEY WILL PUT ANOTHER PLASTIC RETAINER...

Mileage: 48,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR TWO MONTHS, THE BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BATTERY, THEN WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DETERMINED THE GENERATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 44,000

MY DAUGHTER LOST CONTROL OF HER 2004 AVEO. THE STATE POLICE OFFICER SAID THAT THE FRONT OF THE CAR HIT THE TREE A HIGH SPEED AND THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *NM

I PURCHASED MY 04 CHEVY AVEO ON JUNE 20,06. FIVE DAYS LATER THE BRAKES WERE METAL TO METAL. MY CAR WAS NOT SAFETY INSPECTED BEFORE THE SALE. SINCE THEN I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO WHERE I PURCHASED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE EVEN HAD THE SERVICE MANAGER TO RIDE WITH ME TO SHOW HIM THAT THE BRAKES A...

I PURCHASED MY 04 CHEVY AVEO ON JUNE 20,06. FIVE DAYS LATER THE BRAKES WERE METAL TO METAL. MY CAR WAS NOT SAFETY INSPECTED BEFORE THE SALE. SINCE THEN I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO WHERE I PURCHASED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE EVEN HAD THE SERVICE MANAGER TO RIDE WITH ME TO SHOW HIM THAT THE BRAKES A...

I PURCHASED MY 04 CHEVY AVEO ON JUNE 20,06. FIVE DAYS LATER THE BRAKES WERE METAL TO METAL. MY CAR WAS NOT SAFETY INSPECTED BEFORE THE SALE. SINCE THEN I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO WHERE I PURCHASED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE EVEN HAD THE SERVICE MANAGER TO RIDE WITH ME TO SHOW HIM THAT THE BRAKES A...

I PURCHASED MY 04 CHEVY AVEO ON JUNE 20,06. FIVE DAYS LATER THE BRAKES WERE METAL TO METAL. MY CAR WAS NOT SAFETY INSPECTED BEFORE THE SALE. SINCE THEN I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO WHERE I PURCHASED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE EVEN HAD THE SERVICE MANAGER TO RIDE WITH ME TO SHOW HIM THAT THE BRAKES A...

AIR BAG~SDM INTERNAL SENSOR KEEPS SHORTING OUT. *NM

Mileage: 2,900

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR LOCKED IN PLACE. NO PASSENGER COULD BE BUCKLED ON THE FAR LEFT OR RIGHT OF THE REAR SEAT. A NHTSA RECALL, # 04V407000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE SEAT BELTS: REAR HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP W...

Mileage: 34,304

MY BROTHER DIED WHEN HIS 2004 AVEO CRASHED SIDEWAYS INTO A TREE. TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60-70 MPH ON I95 IN FL. TROOPERS SAID HE WAS DOING SPEED LIMIT AND HIS CAR HYDROPLANED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL OFF THE HIGHWAY AND INTO A SMALL PALM TREE. HIS FRIEND WAS EJECTED THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSHIEL...

MY BROTHER DIED WHEN HIS 2004 AVEO CRASHED SIDEWAYS INTO A TREE. TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60-70 MPH ON I95 IN FL. TROOPERS SAID HE WAS DOING SPEED LIMIT AND HIS CAR HYDROPLANED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL OFF THE HIGHWAY AND INTO A SMALL PALM TREE. HIS FRIEND WAS EJECTED THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSHIEL...

FIRST, I HAVE AN 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO TIRES DUE TO FLATS. IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE SOME SPECIAL TYPE OF TIRES ON THIS TYPE CAR. ONE TIRE IS PLUGGED AND THE OTHER WAS REPLACED BY A NEW TIRE. SECOND I HAVE 15,040 MILES ON THE CAR SINCE PURCHASE. THIRD, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR IN...

FIRST, I HAVE AN 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO TIRES DUE TO FLATS. IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE SOME SPECIAL TYPE OF TIRES ON THIS TYPE CAR. ONE TIRE IS PLUGGED AND THE OTHER WAS REPLACED BY A NEW TIRE. SECOND I HAVE 15,040 MILES ON THE CAR SINCE PURCHASE. THIRD, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR IN...

FIRST, I HAVE AN 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO TIRES DUE TO FLATS. IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE SOME SPECIAL TYPE OF TIRES ON THIS TYPE CAR. ONE TIRE IS PLUGGED AND THE OTHER WAS REPLACED BY A NEW TIRE. SECOND I HAVE 15,040 MILES ON THE CAR SINCE PURCHASE. THIRD, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR IN...

FIRST, I HAVE AN 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO TIRES DUE TO FLATS. IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE SOME SPECIAL TYPE OF TIRES ON THIS TYPE CAR. ONE TIRE IS PLUGGED AND THE OTHER WAS REPLACED BY A NEW TIRE. SECOND I HAVE 15,040 MILES ON THE CAR SINCE PURCHASE. THIRD, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR IN...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING MADE A CLUNKING NOISE WHILE TURNING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE CONTROL ARM, BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER IS DESIGNING A NEW CONTROL ARM FOR THIS MODEL YEAR VEHICLE.

Mileage: 16,334

2004 CHEVY AVEO PURCHASED DECEMBER OF 2004. CLOCK RESETS ITSELF, INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO, DASH LIGHTS HAVE BLINKED ON AND OFF TWICE, RADIO HAS TURNED ITSELF ON AND OFF TWICE, EXCESSIVE CRANK TRYING TO START VEHICLE, DOORS DO NOT COMPLETELY UNLOCK, WINDOWS DO NOT ALWAYS GO UP AND ...

2004 CHEVY AVEO PURCHASED DECEMBER OF 2004. CLOCK RESETS ITSELF, INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO, DASH LIGHTS HAVE BLINKED ON AND OFF TWICE, RADIO HAS TURNED ITSELF ON AND OFF TWICE, EXCESSIVE CRANK TRYING TO START VEHICLE, DOORS DO NOT COMPLETELY UNLOCK, WINDOWS DO NOT ALWAYS GO UP AND ...

2004 CHEVY AVEO PURCHASED DECEMBER OF 2004. CLOCK RESETS ITSELF, INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO, DASH LIGHTS HAVE BLINKED ON AND OFF TWICE, RADIO HAS TURNED ITSELF ON AND OFF TWICE, EXCESSIVE CRANK TRYING TO START VEHICLE, DOORS DO NOT COMPLETELY UNLOCK, WINDOWS DO NOT ALWAYS GO UP AND ...

PURCHASED VEHICLE NEARLY NEW FROM A DEALER IN MAY 2005. HANDLING AND STEERING WERE STABLE AND PREDICTABLE, BUT HAS DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE ROUGHLY 40,000 MILES. I NOW EXPERIENCE SEVERE SLOPPINESS IN THE STEERING, EXCESSIVE BODY-ROLL WHILE TURNING AND THE CAR IS BUFFETED IN EVEN LIGHT WINDS...

Mileage: 79,750

KEY GETS REALLY HOT AND AFTER I DRIVE IT FOR A WHILE AND SHUT CAR OFF AND GO TO TURN IT BACK ON AFTER IT SITS FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES IT WILL START BUT IT WILL KEEP DYING AND THEN I HAVE TO LET IT SIT FOR AT LEAST 20 TO 30 MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL START I GUESS THE IGNITION HAS TO COOL DOWN AND IT WI...

Mileage: 53,442

2004 CHEVY AVEO. WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE IN WINDY CONDITION OR NEAR LARGE VEHICLE(INCLUDING PICKUP TRUCKS AND SUVS) THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END IS BLOWN VERY EASILY CREATING DANGEROUS SWERVING AND FRONT END MOVEMENT. I FEEL THE VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND NEEDS SAFETY TESTING DONE. ALSO, FRONT END ...

Mileage: 28,500

2004 CHEVY AVEO. WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE IN WINDY CONDITION OR NEAR LARGE VEHICLE(INCLUDING PICKUP TRUCKS AND SUVS) THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END IS BLOWN VERY EASILY CREATING DANGEROUS SWERVING AND FRONT END MOVEMENT. I FEEL THE VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND NEEDS SAFETY TESTING DONE. ALSO, FRONT END ...

Mileage: 28,500

2004 CHEVY AVEO. WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE IN WINDY CONDITION OR NEAR LARGE VEHICLE(INCLUDING PICKUP TRUCKS AND SUVS) THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END IS BLOWN VERY EASILY CREATING DANGEROUS SWERVING AND FRONT END MOVEMENT. I FEEL THE VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND NEEDS SAFETY TESTING DONE. ALSO, FRONT END ...

Mileage: 28,500

WHILE STOPPED AT RED LIGHT, OUR 2004 CHEVY AVEO WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING ABOUT 25-45 MPH, WHICH PROPELLED THE AVEO INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF IT. DURING THE CRASH, THE DRIVER'S SEAT MOVED BACKWARD INTO ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND LOCKED IN THAT POSITION AND PROVIDING MY DAUGHTER ...

Mileage: 10,972

WHILE STOPPED AT RED LIGHT, OUR 2004 CHEVY AVEO WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING ABOUT 25-45 MPH, WHICH PROPELLED THE AVEO INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF IT. DURING THE CRASH, THE DRIVER'S SEAT MOVED BACKWARD INTO ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND LOCKED IN THAT POSITION AND PROVIDING MY DAUGHTER ...

Mileage: 10,972

UPON PURCHASE THE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES WERE DETECTED TO BE TWISTED AND CROSSED OVER TO BE USED. THE BUCKLES ARE VERY TIGHT AND CANNOT BE UNCROSSED TO BE USED THIS MAKES IT VERY HARD FOR THE USERS TO BUCKLE THEIR BELTS. THE DEALER ORDERED REPLACEMENT BUCKLES BUT REPLACEMENTS ARE SAME AS ORIGINAL ...

Mileage: 135

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH THE VEHICLE WENT IN A DITCH, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE SEAT BELT WAS WORN, BUT THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY ...

Mileage: 48,000

RECALL 04069 2004 CHEVY AVEO. I CALLED SERVICE AT ANDEAN CHEVY(CUMMING GA) TO SCHEDULE THIS RECALL WORK. I DROPPED THE CAR OFF IN THE MORNING AND PICKED THE CAR UP THAT EVENING. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR AT NO TIME DID ANYONE EVER MENTION TO ME THAT THE RECALL WORK WAS NOT COMPLETE. THIS IS A SEAT B...

INTRO: MAKE CHEVROLET MODEL KALOS 2004 [XXX]. AIRBAG WARNING INDICATOR WAS ON FOR SEVERAL TIMES (MORE THAN 10 TIMES). A CHECK WAS PERFORMED ON 13 AUGUST 2005 AND THE ONLY REPAIR WAS TO RESET THE SIGNAL FROM SCAN TOOL. THE SIGNAL REMAIN ON CONTINUOUSLY BEING A DANGEROUS SITUATION, SERVICE SHOP REFUS...

Mileage: 30,000

INTRO: MAKE CHEVROLET MODEL KALOS 2004 [XXX]. AIRBAG WARNING INDICATOR WAS ON FOR SEVERAL TIMES (MORE THAN 10 TIMES). A CHECK WAS PERFORMED ON 13 AUGUST 2005 AND THE ONLY REPAIR WAS TO RESET THE SIGNAL FROM SCAN TOOL. THE SIGNAL REMAIN ON CONTINUOUSLY BEING A DANGEROUS SITUATION, SERVICE SHOP REFUS...

Mileage: 30,000

INTRO: MAKE CHEVROLET MODEL KALOS 2004 [XXX]. AIRBAG WARNING INDICATOR WAS ON FOR SEVERAL TIMES (MORE THAN 10 TIMES). A CHECK WAS PERFORMED ON 13 AUGUST 2005 AND THE ONLY REPAIR WAS TO RESET THE SIGNAL FROM SCAN TOOL. THE SIGNAL REMAIN ON CONTINUOUSLY BEING A DANGEROUS SITUATION, SERVICE SHOP REFUS...

Mileage: 30,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SEAT BELT RETRACTS SLOWLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR.

Mileage: 14,000

DT: THE CONTACT S TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION. THEY DETERMINED THAT BOTH INNER TIE ROD ENDS HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY. THIS, IN TURN, CAUSED TWO FRONT TIRES TO WEAR OUT. REPAIRS WILL BE MADE UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

Mileage: 17,000

SES LIGHT COMES ON NOT DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM. THE FUEL SYSTEM IS MALFUNCTIONING, GAS ESCAPES SOMEWHERE, NOT GETTING THE ACTUAL GAS MILEAGE FOR THE VEHICLE. FILL UP ON WED OF ONE WEEK, USE ONLY 34 MILES, MUST FILL UP BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, THE BRAKES MAKE LOUD NOISE LIKE BRAKES ARE GOING OUT, MORE...

Mileage: 9,734

SES LIGHT COMES ON NOT DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM. THE FUEL SYSTEM IS MALFUNCTIONING, GAS ESCAPES SOMEWHERE, NOT GETTING THE ACTUAL GAS MILEAGE FOR THE VEHICLE. FILL UP ON WED OF ONE WEEK, USE ONLY 34 MILES, MUST FILL UP BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, THE BRAKES MAKE LOUD NOISE LIKE BRAKES ARE GOING OUT, MORE...

Mileage: 9,734

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO . THE VEHICLE HAD A WHISTLING IN THE BRAKES. THEN THERE WAS NOISE IN THE IGNITION. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AWHILE. EVERY TIME WHILE BACKING OUT FROM THE DRIVEWAY THERE WAS A SMALL NOISE. MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 04069. WAS ISSUED. AT THIS TIME CONSUMER'S ...

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO . THE VEHICLE HAD A WHISTLING IN THE BRAKES. THEN THERE WAS NOISE IN THE IGNITION. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AWHILE. EVERY TIME WHILE BACKING OUT FROM THE DRIVEWAY THERE WAS A SMALL NOISE. MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 04069. WAS ISSUED. AT THIS TIME CONSUMER'S ...

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO . THE VEHICLE HAD A WHISTLING IN THE BRAKES. THEN THERE WAS NOISE IN THE IGNITION. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AWHILE. EVERY TIME WHILE BACKING OUT FROM THE DRIVEWAY THERE WAS A SMALL NOISE. MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 04069. WAS ISSUED. AT THIS TIME CONSUMER'S ...

WHEN I FIRST RECEIVED MY 2004 CHEVY AVEO, THE CLOCK KEPT RESETTING. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE "DUPLICATED". *NM

THE LOCKS QUIT WORKING ON MY CAR. THEY WOULDN'T LOCK FROM THE INSIDE OR FROM THE TRANSMITTER. *NM

CD PLAYER GETS TOO HOT. IT HAS MELTED A CD. I RUN IT FOR 15 MINUTES AND YOU CAN'T EVEN TOUCH THE FACE OF IT OR THE CD ITSELF. I'VE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY ITS NORMAL. I BELIEVE THAT WITH THE CLOCK, THE CD PLAYER, AND THE IGNITION (& KEY) GETTING PRETTY HOT THAT IT'S AN ELECTRICAL P...

DT: CALLER SAYS THAT WHILE SHE LETS THE VEHICLE WARM UP IT MAKES A BOOM BOOM NOISE FROM THE FUEL LINE OR PUMP. CALLER SAYS IT WILL DO THIS UNTIL IT WARMS UP AND THEN IT STOPS. DEALER SAYS IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CAR. MANUFACTURER SAID THE SAME THING. CALLER SAYS THE KEY GETS HOT WHILE IT THE...

Mileage: 3,000

DT: CALLER SAYS THAT WHILE SHE LETS THE VEHICLE WARM UP IT MAKES A BOOM BOOM NOISE FROM THE FUEL LINE OR PUMP. CALLER SAYS IT WILL DO THIS UNTIL IT WARMS UP AND THEN IT STOPS. DEALER SAYS IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CAR. MANUFACTURER SAID THE SAME THING. CALLER SAYS THE KEY GETS HOT WHILE IT THE...

Mileage: 3,000

DT: HAD AN ACCIDENT ; HEAD ON COLLISION AND HER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. GM WAS NOTIFIED.

Mileage: 9,071

CONTACT STATES; THE BRAKES SQUEAL AND WHEN STOPPING THE BRAKES DON'T WORK. WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF THE BRAKES THE CAR JUMPS, FEELS LIKE THE BRAKES LOCK. THE CAR JUMPS UP ND DOWN. HAD VEHICLE IN THE SHOP AT 4 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR BRAKES PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

Mileage: 200

WHEN STARTING MY 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO AFTER IT WARMED UP AND SAT FOR ROUGHLY 5 MINUTES IT WILL NOT ALWAYS START ON FIRST TURN OF KEY. OCCASIONALLY, ROUGH IDLING ON COLD START, COOLANT SMELL COMING FROM HEATING VENTS ONLY WHEN HEAT WAS ON, A LIGHT BLUE/GREEN RESIDUE/POWDER HAS BEEN FOUND ON ALL FOUR...

Mileage: 5,000

DURING A 60 MPH COLLISION VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, AND THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 92,054

I WAS IN A CAR WRECK WHERE A WOMAN SHOT ACROSS IN FRONT OF ME AND I HIT HER IN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF HER VEHICLE AND IT WAS A SOLID IMPACT FOR MY VEHICLE AT ABOUT 25-35 MPH. AND MY AIRBAGS, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER FAILED TO DEPLOY WHICH RESULTED IN MY BROTHER B MYSELF AND MY SISTER. BEING INJURED....

PURCHASED A 2004 CHEVY AVEO FROM MCCLUSKEY CHEVROLET IN READING OHIO-ON DECEMBER 12/01/04. VIN # KLITD526X4B196935. ON DECEMBER 24, 2004 OUR CAR OF ALMOST 4 WEEKS OLD BROKE DOWN ON US AT APPROX: 2:45 PM. WE NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND A GURGLING NOISE. MY HUSBAND LIFTED UP THE HOOD AND T...

Mileage: 723

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. ALSO, REAR SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED, IT DID NOT RETRACT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. ALSO, REAR SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED, IT DID NOT RETRACT. *AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON SIDE THE ROAD FRONT LEFT WINSHIELD WIPER CAME LOOSE AND WIPER HIT THE LEFT MIRROR, OBSTRUCTING DRIVER'S VISION. THERE WAS NO INJURY. *AK

DURING COLD WEATHER THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REFUSES TO SHIFT INTO 4TH GEAR FOR THE FIRST 1/2 MILE. THE "HOLD" BUTTON IS NOT ON.*AK

Mileage: 9,300

SPRING IN GAS CAP BREAKS PREVENTING OWNER FROM REMOVING GAS CAP AND REFUELING VEHICLE. GAS CAP REPLACED BY DEALER AND NEW ONE BROKE AGAIN WITHIN TWO WEEKS. *NM

Mileage: 3,000

MY VEHICLE WILL BE DRIVING FINE AND I WILL ATTEMPT TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN AND INTERMITTENTLY THE STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP, ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD WILL COME ON AND THE CAR WILL STOP! THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 4 TIMES IN 2 WKS AND DEALER CAN NOT "DUPLICATE MY CONCERN" I AM STILL EXPER...

Mileage: 40

IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO UNLOCK THE REAR SEAT BELTS FROM THE BUCKLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 6,000

WHILE DRIVING ON I-94 MADE A SUDDEN DECREASE IN SPEED FROM 70 MPH TO 60 MPH AND CAR SWERVED OUT OF CONTROL, AND THE ONLY THING SAVING ME FROM FLIPPING THE CAR WAS AFTER MARKET RIMS AND TIRES. THUMP SOUND, SOUNDED LIKE A FLAT TIRE, CHECKED ALL THE TIRES AND THEY WERE FINE. CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD, E...

Mileage: 5,600

WHILE DRIVING ON I-94 MADE A SUDDEN DECREASE IN SPEED FROM 70 MPH TO 60 MPH AND CAR SWERVED OUT OF CONTROL, AND THE ONLY THING SAVING ME FROM FLIPPING THE CAR WAS AFTER MARKET RIMS AND TIRES. THUMP SOUND, SOUNDED LIKE A FLAT TIRE, CHECKED ALL THE TIRES AND THEY WERE FINE. CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD, E...

Mileage: 5,600

FUEL INJECTOR STUCK OPEN MAKING A LOUD TICK. GM TOLD ME IT WAS A LIFTER ENGINE IS DOHC. *JB

Mileage: 5,200

THE WINDSHIELD WASHER DID NOT WORK. THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THEM. THE DEALER TOOK THE PUMP OUT GAVE IT TO THE CONSUMER AND SAID THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY. THE MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONSUMER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND ASK THE DEALE...

Mileage: 542

THE GAS CAP BROKE WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE GAS CAP TO FILL THE TANK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SPRING BROKE.. THE DEALER TOOK IT OFF SO THAT THE CONSUMER COULD PLACE GAS IN THE TANK. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET ANOTHER CAP BECAUSE THE DEALER WA...

Mileage: 7,989

THE GAS CAP BROKE WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE GAS CAP TO FILL THE TANK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SPRING BROKE.. THE DEALER TOOK IT OFF SO THAT THE CONSUMER COULD PLACE GAS IN THE TANK. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET ANOTHER CAP BECAUSE THE DEALER WA...

Mileage: 7,989

THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHEREBY THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT WORK. THE DRIVER SEAT BELT BROKE AND A TODDLER WAS THROWN TO THE FRONT SEAT. AFTER COMPLAINING TO THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE FAILURE, GM STILL DID NOT COOPERATE. THE CONSUMER JUST RECEIVED A RECALL ON THE SEAT BELT. N...

Mileage: 4,300

MY CHEVROLET AVEO PULLS TO THE RIGHT, UPON ACCELERATION AND DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED. I MADE THE DEALERSHIP AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THAT IT NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. THEY GAVE IT AN ALIGNMENT AND IT HELPED FOR A FEW WEEKS. THEN THE VEHICLE STARTING PULLING TO THE RIGHT AGAIN. I TOOK IT FOR...

Mileage: 147

CAR WENT THROUGH GARAGE DOOR. I PLACED CAR IN PARK TO LEAVE CAR MOMENTARILY. I T DID NOT GO INTO PARK PROPERLY AND CAR PROCEEDED FORWARD THROUGH GARAGE DOOR. THE CUP HOLDER HAD A COFFEE MUG WITH A HANDLE IN IT. I AM ASSUMING IT STOPPED CAR FROM GOING INTO PARK FULLY. I HAD LEFT CAR AND SHUT DOO...

Mileage: 5,241

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY LEFT FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE SECOND TIME CONSUMER SMELLED RUBBER, AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT AGAIN. ON THIRD OCCASION WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT.*AK

Mileage: 1,000

BRAKE CALIPER BROKE WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, DUE TO SAFTEY REASONS, TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD THE CAR. CAR WAS BOUGHT 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO FAILURE AND HAD 12 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN PURCHASED. CAR NOW HAS JUST UNDER 500 MILES.*AK

Mileage: 500

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN GETTING INTO VEHICLE AND SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT AND WHEN PUTTING THE SEAT BELT ON THERE WAS NO WAY TO ADJUST THE SEAT BELT. INSTEAD THE SEAT BELT KEPT GETTING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY CLAIMED THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD ...

AVEO HAS 15K MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN INTO THE SHOP 3 OR 4 TIMES FOR A CLOCK MALFUNCTION. WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR ON THE CLOCK WILL HAVE CHANGED TIME TO AN UNDETERMINED TIME. DEALER HAS NOT FOUND THE PROBLEM YET. *AK

Mileage: 3,000

BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS WERE NOT WORKING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SEAT BELTD DUE TO CONSUMER MISUSE OF THE SEA TBELTS. *AK

WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A STAND STILL CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE UP A SLIGHT INCLINE AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO UP THE HILL. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CLIMBED THE INCLINE. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE LAST NINE DAYS. DEALER EXAM...

Mileage: 20

WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A STAND STILL CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE UP A SLIGHT INCLINE AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO UP THE HILL. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CLIMBED THE INCLINE. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE LAST NINE DAYS. DEALER EXAM...

Mileage: 20

THE WAY THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE DESIGNED THEY ARE ALLOWING EXCESS WATER TO DISTORT THE DRIVER'S VISION WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE FOR THIS ISSUE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP IS IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING A SOLUTION. *AK

Mileage: 500

I PURCHASED A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. I COMMUTE 2 HOURS ONE WAY TO A JOB SITE. THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE IGNITION KEY GET PROGRESSIVELY HOT THE LONGER I DRIVE THIS CAR. THE SERVICE DEPT MEASURED THE HEAT. ON A 45 MINUTE DRIVE, THE IGNITION SWITCH TEMPERATURE WAS 111 DEGREES, THE KEY WAS 94 DEGREE...

BRAKE PEDAL TO CLOSE TO THE ACCELERATOR. RESULTING IN CONSUMER TO ACCELERATE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. *PH *MR