Chevy Aveo

I bought my Chevy Aveo in Oct. of 2011. From the minute I drove off the lot, I got horrible gas mileage. I got 19-20 miles per gallon in the city and 26 on the highway. I bought the car for $10,500 and it had 19,100 miles. It now has 25k miles on it. In the first few months, the oxygen sensors needed to be replaced. A couple of months after that, I brought it back to the dealer hoping they could fix the gas mileage because the sensors didn't. They pretty much blew me off and the service manager was not accommodating at all. Daewoo misrepresented this car and I would get my money back if I could. As of now, the car is being recalled for its fuel system. I am frustrated and would not suggest anyone buy an Aveo. My sister has a 2006 Aveo and her car get awesome gas mileage. That is the reason why I bought the car. I don't know what to do. I could have bought a big truck if I wanted horrible gas mileage.

My Chevy Aveo has been good to me for the first four years, when all of a sudden the warranty is up and next thing I know I am changing the same tire once every three months for it blows constantly for no apparent reason. My car is only seven years old and only has 116K on it and the timing belt broke, which made the idlers melt. To top it off, two of my pistons blew holes in the block, which in turn means that my car is written off because the engine won't run unless I spend a quarter of what I spent to buy the car in the first place just to have it all happen again in 5-7 years - I think not. I wish to boycott GM and their Aveos. Don't buy one unless you want to be stuck with a pain in the neck.

For every Chevy Aveo owner who ends up dealing with timing belt failure, you should automatically assume that your engine is destroyed. It will cost around $2,000 to replace the engine or close to that amount to even rebuild the engine. After replacing the engine, you might find that your engine light starts to flash (indicating an engine misfire) and won't shift into overdrive. This is because your Aveo has not had the proper crank shaft re-learn procedure.

I struggled for a month trying to research and find the solution because my mechanic was basically wasting my time with trial and error, and found that even though he said he did the re-learn procedure many times, he actually didn't do it correctly. It must a be a dealership who has to do the procedure so you can add another $150 to your bill for that. Please take this into consideration when your Chevy Aveo engine is replaced, because after doing so much research, I found that so many people have this issue--and I have the solution! If it does not work, then the dealership did not do the procedure enough times. It will most likely take more than one time doing the re-learn task in order to teach your Aveo to shift again. Hear me out and don't go through what I did!

My car is a Chevrolet Aveo. At 4,000 kilometers, I changed brake and disc 2 times in Mansur Chevrolet in Egypt. The same problem still exists. I found that some screws were not in the car. Here in Egypt, no one in GM would want to assist me on how to deal with this problem. Can you help me in this problem? I want to change this car or get my money back

My 2005 Aveo with 54,000 miles has a timing belt failure that causes engine damage. I called GM; they told me to take it to a GM dealer for a diagnostic. I paid a $60 tow bill and a $100 diagnostic bill only to be told that they need to tear apart the engine to give me an accurate estimate of the repair cost (approximately $400-$500 to do this). GM keeps calling about my complaint, but they cannot promise payment. I am expected to pay the $4-5 hundred repair with no assurance that I will get assistance. I don't feel that I should throw another $4-$5 hundred into a vehicle that was poorly made, and GM knows this from the number of complaints I have read. Yet they do nothing but give people the run around. My taxes bailed them out, so now how about some customer service? I am not holding my breath. If they will not pay the $4-$5 hundred to assess the damage, then it's going to the junk yard.

Turn signal noise: Why cannot I get something installed in my 2010 Aveo so that I can tell when my turn signal is on?

The advertised average mpg is 35. What my car's digital read out tells me I'm getting is 25mpg. Plus there is some part in my passenger door that is not properly put in place. It makes this unbelievably distracting, vibrating and rattling noise. The dealership took off the door to look at it and says they can find nothing wrong. And now I am stuck with this poorly constructed, fuel inefficient car. Lesson learned though; I will never buy another Chevy again.

Thermostat housing was busted and lost all coolant. It got hot really fast and warped the head and block. Car is ruined. This is a 2004. The motor has to be replaced. The replacement part turned out to be aluminum instead of the plastic. We were never notified of a recall for this part.

Chevy Aveo is a dangerous money-sucking black hole. We own two Aveos; a 2004 and 2005. One was purchased new and the other was pre-owned certified, the warranty has expired on both cars. They both have less than 80,000 miles.

In the last year or two, we have had to replace thermostat housings, 2 wheel bearings, two additional new sets of tires because of wheel bearings and all brakes and rotors. The key hole has fallen in, the windshield is cracked for no apparent reason, and the control arms are about dead. Both have had batteries replaced twice in 5 years, and today the second timing belt broke while I was merging onto an interstate. The timing belt on the other car broke 4 weeks ago, luckily before I made it onto the interstate on-ramp.

So now the engines in both cars are worthless. These cars are dangerous to the owners and all other drivers on the road. Chevy should not be allowed to knowingly get away with selling such an inferior, dangerous product.

Waited almost 2 weeks for district specialist to be assigned to case. Car has 32,566 miles on it, timing pulley is made of plastic. The pulley broke causing belt to be cut which then bent the valves car will no longer runs. Maintenance for car says to change timing belt at 60,000 miles. The warranty is void, car after 3 years or 36,000 miles. Gave false hope they might try to help, waited almost 2 weeks could have parts already ordered. Their product is junk, they shouldn't be allowed to sell Chevy Aveo. Have read about many Aveo's on the internet with the same issue as ours. There's another Aveo approx. 7 miles from my house in Middleberg with the same issue. What bothers me GM doesn't care if they lose a customer over probably 500.00 repair. My family has always bought GM products. PS. blew smoke to make me believe they we're even trying to help at all.

Okay, where should I begin. I purchased this car in 2006 which would only make this car a year old and ever since I purchased this car, it has been awful! First, day I drive it off the lot, keyhole falls in. I take it to dealership. They fix it. A week later, it falls in again. They wanted to charge me $200 to fix it. I said, no way and the car was still under warranty. Then 3 years later, I'm driving on the interstate and luckily as I'm getting off the off ramp, the car dies. I had to pay $200 in towing fees and take out a loan to get the engine replaced, which I got screwed on and paid more than what the car is worth!

Then the battery, which may not be the cars fault, had to be replaced because of some faulty wires to the battery right after I paid $4500 to have the engine and timing belt replaced. Now, my timing belt is messed up again and God knows what else is wrong this car. The 2005 Chevy Aveo is the worst car to own! They need to recall these cars. Oh and don't forget, the gas cap has never fit right and the dealerships are even worse because they treat you like it's your fault that these cars are ** and then they charge you an arm and a leg to fix things, and they fall apart.

This car has caused me so much grief. GM needs to do something about this. Taxpayers' money bailed them out. What about the people who depend on these cars and who pay for them?

I have a 2008 Chevy Aveo that I've owned for 2.5 years. It has less than 82,000 miles. My gear shift got stuck in park one day at the gas station. I called the dealership and asked if there was something I could do to get it out of park. They said they could tow it in and have a look at it. I told them I'd call them back and let them know if I needed them to do that. I took off the shift release cap near the shifter, stuck my key in it and pushed it down and my shifter released out of park. My check engine light came on as well after about two days of using the shift release. I contacted GM about this. They offered to pay for it to get fixed. I figured they've had a lot of problems with it since they offered to pay for it. The dealership inspected it and gave me a total cost of $50 for parts and about $23 in labor.

I have a 2005 Chevy Aveo that I have been having problems with, since I purchased from Wilkie Buick. Wilkie Buick is no longer in business. The mileage handle has problems going to zero when I am not driving. A hose broke, when my mileage was at 28,000 miles. My mileage now is at 40,000 miles. I hear a whistling sound in the car. I had it checked. No one could seem to figure out what it was. I hear some kind of liquid in the dash board. I had it checked through a Chevy dealer, and they have no response about the fluid in the dash board.

The car feels like it is going to fall apart, when I drive it. It stalls. The car feels like it going to take off by itself. This car has been checked by the dealership. The car sometimes acts as if it won't start. The car balance indicator handle, located between the odometer and the miles box, never appeared on the white line. When I drove it off the lot, it showed that there was a problem with balance. The dealership did not fix it right. The brake system does not work properly. I had to have repairs done on this car. I feel those were manufacturing issues. I could not drive the car for a period of time.

I purchased a 2005 Aveo in 2009 and have experienced nothing but problems with this vehicle. Oxygen sensors were the first thing to go out at 75K miles. Then the vehicle would not shift correctly because of the map sensor. At 125K, the housing unit of the radiator hose to the engine block broke. For whatever reason, GM decided to make that out of plastic. It was replaced with a metal one. Also about that same time, the vehicle began to smell like fuel every time you fill it up. I haven't figured out that problem yet so it smells after fueling it. The vehicle also began acting like it had a clogged fuel filter. I come to find out the 2005 does not have an external fuel filter. How is that for great engineering?

The vehicle cuts out now and hesitates during acceleration or idling, and I lucked out with the timing chain. The plastic idler wheel melted and fortunately, the timing belt did not melt. I replaced it with a metal wheel and new belt. This year of car is junk and should have been recalled by GM along time ago. I've been very disappointed and hopefully, a lawyer will read all these complaints and put together a class lawsuit for 2005 Aveo owners. I replaced this vehicle with a 2012 Kia, so it's just doing what most of these vehicles do after a few years --it's sitting idle.

I'm another owner of a 2005 Chevy Aveo paper weight. I had my timing belt replaced 10,000 miles ago by a local garage who said my belt looked worn (had no knowledge of belt issue). Everything appeared to be ok, then surprise, my damn car overheated and leaked coolant. I had that fixed then, lo and behold, my timing belt broke. So now, I have a car I owe money on. That is nothing but a paper weight sitting in my front yard. I only learned of all these issues when my repair guy told me the timing belt broke and my engine is probably garbage. Funny thing is I have a 1998 Ford escort with 170,000 miles on it just had the timing belt go on it this weekend. I changed the belt for $30 and it's still going. Love the quality Chevy products . I'll stick with my Fords from now on.

I would like to file a complaint against the 2005 Chevrolet Aveo, based on the following:

10/17/2011- I was driving on the freeway in the fast lane (far left lane) at a speed of 70 miles an hour, when my 2005 Chevrolet Aveo suddenly, without any warning stopped running. It felt as though the transmission had fallen out. While trying to get over to the far right lane to get off to the side of the road, the car would not accelerate and began to slow down very fast, nothing would work. Fortunately, I was eventually able to make it off of the road without any other vehicles slamming into me. One hour later after waiting in the hot 100 degree Arizona weather, the tow truck arrived.

My insurance only covers up to 10 miles of the tow, due to financial reasons I had the car towed to local repair shop. Upon a quick look he could see the timing belt was busted and needed to further inspect the vehicle as he was baffled as to why the timing belt went so soon. My Aveo only had 54,600 miles on it.

Once I arrived home and did some research on the internet, I was shocked to say the least to see so many breakdowns just like mine for the 2005 Chevrolet Aveo. There were numerous complaints on the timing belt failure. At this point I contacted the dealership and spoke to the service tech. I asked him if they heard of this happening to the Aveos and his reply was "no we have no". Clearly at this point, it was obvious they were not going to be cooperative and could not be trusted. I then gave the repairman the ok to continue with the repairs needed.

The next day after the repairman had taken a look at the car in more detail, he confirmed that the timing belt idler pulley had broken, along with the serpentine belt, thermostat, water pump, as well as all of the 16 valves was bent. Total cost in parts and labor $2,914.54. I was traveling at a speed of 70 miles an hour when this happened. I thank the good Lord for looking out for me that day.

Other issues I found on the internet similar to mine was the door lock cylinder falls thru the door panel. This had happened to my Aveo back in 2010 and when I took it to the dealership, I was told It was just a fluke thing not under warranty and they charged me $198.21. I also had repairs done in 2008. Mileage at that time was 24,000. The vacuum supply line to the sensor was cracked. Causing a vacuum leak/ $101.45 for that repair.

I am appalled that with so many complaints out there, this vehicle has not been recalled. Our tax paying dollars bailed these companies out, and yet they are not willing to recall this unsafe vehicle and get it off our roads. Does someone have to die from a terrible car accident before anything is done? Please do not wait until that happens.

My 2009 Chevy Aveo lost power to the engine on the third day of purchase. Since then, it has happened every few months or so. If I do not drive the car for a few days the car will not start, not even the ignition.

I took it to the dealer to get it fixed, but still the same problem. Now when I try accelerate, it only goes 40mph and the car wants to stall. It's at the dealership and they said it's the coiling and something else.

I have had this car for only 2 years. Not happy at all.

Thirty minutes after purchase, the car kept stalling, and every day for three months, it kept stalling. I had repeated visits to Carter GM and staff said that they could not duplicate. I was in tears, driving in fear, stalling on bridges, freeway, etc. Finally, they relented and put a "box" on the car, and within one hour, I broke down six times. It was the oxygen sensor.

On week two, the windshield cracked from bottom to top, which they replaced. The car won't start and ignition won't turn. You have to turn the steering wheel and wiggle it. Carter GM keeps saying that nothing is wrong. Hm, five minutes to start the car? Finally today, after repeated visits, they say that there may be a recall on the ignition.

The sway bar squeaks like a fifty year old car and has since month three. They keep "greasing it" and saying that it just needs greasing. Really, am I supposed to go there every two weeks to get the sway bar greased?

On the fourth month, the rear windows won't roll up. Again, I was told that they needed greasing by the sales representative who talked to me like I was dirt. Now, they discovered that new parts are needed and they are on order. Thanks.

Rain and snow car has had to have windows rolled down. Mold was growing inside due to wetness. The car mat on driver's side keeps sliding forward and getting caught under the clutch. I had repeated talks with Carter and no solution. My solution was to throw out the carpet. What's the difference now? Car has mold growing inside it so I guess a dirty floor won't make that much difference.

The stereo does not work. That is being replaced. The interior light does not work. Customer service representative said that she could not duplicate it (but she smiled nicely when she said it this time). Fortunately, the mechanic found the problem. I am not satisfied with my car. I have not received good customer care, though the manager at GM found out that I spent three months breaking down and heard that the service representative kept telling me there was nothing wrong and refused to get the box put on it, and then, when they did, as I was walking out the door, she snidely said, "Let's hope something happens for you because it didn't for me."

Really? Do you think I'm lying? Nice. It has broken down six times on the first hour. I refuse to deal with her again and because I have a 2009 Chevy Aveo, I know I will have to because it has been nothing but problems.

My engine cooling system broke and cost me $400.00 to get it fixed. All interior lights and backlights went out. The fuse box got caught on fire and I had to miss work and come up with the money to get my car fixed.

Our 2006 Chevy Aveo needs engine work. Despite our getting all the required maintenance, Chevy will not help with getting it fixed.

On Aug 26, 2011, I was called by Pete, Chevy Corp. Service manager -- with telephone number **, telling me that GM would absorb half the cost of the recall of the 2004 Chevy Aveno's time belt. Then, 1 week later, I got a call from GM Sandy at ** and told me that they will not absorb any of the cost. After calling GM, ((file #**) Sandy stated it was the customer responsibility. How was I supposed to know there was a recall?

I have nothing, but problems with my 2006 Chevrolet Aveo. I purchased it from Country Chevrolet Olds in Warwick, NY. I haven't had the car for more than two years brand new off the lot and the alternator went. I was in a bad car accident; the air bags never deployed, and they should have. My engine light is on every other week, as well as my air bag light. The car doesn't want to accelerate. It will not go above 20mph, and out of nowhere it completely accelerates. I almost hit the car in front of me. It stalls out all of the time. I brought it to the shop. They had a hard time trying to locate parts for the car. I got it back and not even a week later, it is doing the same thing after the throttle position sensor has been replaced. Now it will not run. It is the worst investment ever. They should seriously do something about this.

Hello! My name is Crystal ** and I have a Chevy Aveo 2011 that I purchased on June 2011. I went to Sunrise Chevrolet, Buick-GMC in Collierville, TN at 4605 Houston Levee Road, to which I made a complaint against when I came for my first ever oil change for my Aveo on 8/6/2011 at 8:00a.m. When I was greeted by Dale **, I explained to him that I have a GM Certified Service Employee Discount. He lied to me and told me that he was unable to receive the discount at their dealership, without even asking his manager to verity. After I pushed the issue, he took a copy of my GM Family First Authorization Confirmation Sheet and told me he would look into it.

As my fiance and I waited for the car service to be finished, we went over to the show room. Before we entered the floor room building, we were greeted by a sales person and he asked us point blank, "You all come over from getting your car work on at service?" We responded by saying yes, then he said, "Oh ok" and walked away then disappeared from sight. My fiance was and still is interested in trading his Cadillac Escalade in for a new Chevy Cruze. As we looked around more and enter the building, no one came over to inform us about any of the cars we had seen on the show floor. We became fustigated when we could not find any sales people who could take one of the cars out for a test drive, so we walked out and went back over to the customer service area.

When my car was done, Dale came and told me I do get a discount on my oil change and service and handed me the key then we paid the cashier. Once I started the car up, it started up very loudly and began to grasp for air and make puff noises. As the engine ran, the car sounded as if the whole engine was going to cut off. As I am not a professional mechanic and hearing this issues as soon as I started the car, I believe and know that Sunrise Chevrolet should have made sure they never left this issue on the mechanic area. Also, this car was driven twice before I got the car back. Once was out of the mechanic area and second was back in to the custom service garage, then to me. When I received the car back and started it up, it should not have any issues.

I got out of the car right away and went back into the service area to report this issue to Dale **. Dale came out and listened then got into the car and pushed the accelerated paled, making the noise worse as I looked on in horror, thinking that this dealership damaged my car badly. Then another lie came out of Dale's mouth. He told me and my fiance, "I think the air filter is not placed on properly and let me take it back to the mechanic area." At this point I asked to speak to a manager over the service area.

I believe the guy that came out was named Tom. I did not get his last name. He told me they were looking at the car and I told him that my car should have been double checked for issues before I paid and received my key back to drive it out off the service area and that I would like my money back because of these issues, Dale told me he can't give me my money back due to their mechanic and service staff, failing to make sure my car is in proper service before I received my car back the first time.

Once they were done with the car, the second time, they told me caps or tops were not correctly put back on and this caused the car to have issues. After this, I went to speak to the Head Manager over the whole Dealership Kenny Berwick. After I explained the issues, he got on the phone with the service area and listened to their side of the story, from Randy or Dale. Once he was done with the call, he then told me that the guy named Tom is, in fact, not even a manager and that the issues were corrected and he asked me what I wanted from him. I told him I believe I should receive some compensation for these issues and my car should have never been returned to me like that in first place. Also, I told him I would like my money back but he said, "No," and then went on to tell me some story about my behavior toward the service people after they almost damaged my vehicle. He also stated, "They (I guess they meant the dealership) don't need your money or business ever again anyway."

Being a black African- American and the manager being a white Caucasian, when they said those remarks to me, it sounded and felt like a form of racial discrimination. Also, as a Chevy Dealership Sunrise Chevrolet, Buick-GMC in Collierville, TN is supposed to uphold their standards of profession in dealing with a customer and their mechanics are supposed to guarantee certified services to all Chevy customers. Furthermore, Kenny, Tom, Dale, and the mechanic named Greg that worked on my car failed to uphold their standards to me as a customer.

My 2009 Chevy Aveo lost power to the engine. Stepping on the gas pedal did nothing, the refs went sky-high. This problem occurs all the time from Halifax to Toronto. The car lurched and decelerated quickly; went from 100km to 40km in a short time. I pulled over and restarted the engine again. It ran okay for about 20-30 minutes then the same thing happened all over again. Even the cruise control does not work when this happened.

I took it to dealership, they replaced something under warranty. I got no idea what they fixed but the vehicle was 10 times worst after we got it back on June 27, 2011. I took it back to the dealer on July 4, 2011. The dealer gave me a rental and I doubt they can fix it. I phoned GMC Canada this morning and complained and according to them, all the complaints of people about this on the web are not true.

Is there a way we can launch a major suite against them? I honestly feel they stole our money by selling us this piece of junk. What make me even madder is I bought this vehicle for my 19-year-old daughter.

I was in a car accident in which the airbags should have deployed when they did not. I was not injured; however, this is a major concern of mine, because if this feature is not fixed, someone could seriously get hurt. I was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Aveo SL, when I struck a deer at approximately 60 mph. The deer totaled my front end; the car was deemed unrepairable.

I was not injured; however, I would still like to sue or at least get this model looked at in case a recall should be placed out for this type of car, so it isn't sold any more.

I recently purchased a new 2009 Chevy Aveo for my teenager. This car has been nothing but problems. We have had it taken in for repairs three times now, two times for the same problem a month apart. My daughter will be driving the car and it will shut off in the middle of driving. They said they fixed the ignition problem and a month later it happens again only this time she is driving on the highway going 75 miles and it just shuts off! She then proceeds to take it into the dealership again and they tell me it is because a knee bumped the keys!

They said they hooked up the machine and it did not find anything wrong with the car. They did see that the tire pressure sensor needed changed. Well, guess what we just had that changed a month ago! So is GM going to wait until someone gets killed in a bad accident before they do a recall on these cars that are just shutting off in the middle of driving? Something needs to be done about this. Two more times taking this car in for the same reason it will be considered a lemon! Please help get this situation resolved.

I bought a 2005 Chevy Aveo, brand new 5 years ago. It's engine just blew. I've seen many complaints on the internet. General Motors will not stand behind their product. Some people don't even have them paid for. My car has about 58,000 miles on it just 8,000 over 50,000warranty. They all seem to last about 60,000 or less. How sad. Paid $11,000.00, 5 years ago. Now I'm out a car and it will cost $3,00.00 to have repaired. Some people say after they replace the engines, they still have problems.

I was T-boned by a Jeep Commander. There were no airbags. My back door was smashed to the point that I can't even open it. If the impact would've been an inch towards the front of the car, I would not have been able to get out. This happened days after I reported to Chevy that at random times, the gas pedal would stop working, then the power steering and brakes. It would feel as though the car would stall while still on. I have had nothing but problems with this car from day one,the starter then ECU now this. I would tell anyone interested in buying an Aveo to change their minds. I think that all of this is connected to the ECU issue.

I drive a 2004 Chevrolet Aveo, which is known to have many problems, one being the premature timing belt failure. My timing belt broke at 47,5000 miles, causing 14 of the 16 valves in my engine to bend and forcing me to spend $2,175 on a new cylinder head and timing belt.

According to TSB 06-06-01-021B: EI06005, GM recommends changing the timing belt on Aveos at 60,000 miles. If it breaks within 5 years or 60,000 miles, the case "may be considered" under warranty.

I called GM to see what they could do as far as compensation, but they were no help. In fact, the woman I spoke with in customer service was unable to pull up the technical service bulletin outlining this problem! She used my car's VIN number to see if it qualified for any recalls and it didn't. The only help she could offer was taking my car to the dealership for a diagnosis after which there was no guarantee I would be compensated at all. And considering my car is one year too old for the 5-year warranty, I'm willing to bet that taking it to the dealership would do me little good (and probably wouldn't be cheap).

At this point, the only thing I can do is take GM to small claims court, file complaints with the Better Business Bureau and Congress, and hope to find some kind of class action lawsuit.

By the way, this is not the only problem I have had with this car. The shifter sticks when pulling out of park (another common problem with Aveos) and my wheel bearings need to be replaced.

I am a firm believer that this model is a lemon and should be taken off the market. Furthermore, GM needs to back up their product and compensate the consumers who had premature timing belt failures. No timing belt should break at 47,500 miles.

The 2005 Chevy Aveo has suffered many of the same problems that are mentioned in the previous posts - cracked thermostat housing, timing belt issues, and engine damage. I have been paying for maintenance and repairs since 2006. I still have a balance on the vehicle and I can't even drive it. It's certainly not worth any more repairs.

I purchased a Chevrolet car aveo5 model 2009 from exactly one year and I face many many problems with this car: gear box, the car stopped from me several times, motor icon usually switch on, the maximum speed of the car is 60km. and it should be repaired when ever it stopped as the same problems appear every 3000 km. My car now 11, 800km, I need a new car or to return my money back. Really, we have in Egypt very bad customer service for both GM and Mansor Chevrolet, they want to repair it till the warranty of the car end and not giving me a new car. Just suffering from this car, please I need your help, the car is considered to me value added to me as I pay cash installments for 4 years (with Mansor). In addition, I pay transportation as I usually don't use it for its problems. Please again I need your help.

in 2008, I bought a 2007 Chevy Aveo with 1700 miles on it. At 62000 miles, the timing belt broke, causing engine damage. There is a drive train warranty on it. The Chevy dealer I took it to told me that the timing belt is a maintenance item, and it should have been replaced at 60,000 miles. Since I didn't do that, they would not honor the warranty. I spoke to GM, and they told me the same thing. Yvonne from GM told me that I was not considered a loyal GM customer, or they would have honored it. I owe $5000 on the car; it is worth $3000. And it will take at least $2000 to fix it.

I had the car towed twice, once to get it off the freeway where it broke down and once to the dealership. My wife missed several hours worth of work, and we are now paying an extra $10 a day for gas in our mini-van to get to work. The engine damage will cost $2000 to repair. We don't have the money to get it repaired, or to have it towed home even.

In 2009, I bought a 2009 Chevy Aveo with 22 miles. It has been in the shop 6 times in less than 1 year from a smell that smells like sulfur to popping front end to the car losing power and then catching up, and going 65 miles per hour in a 35 mile an hour zone, this as of right now is in the shop again with only 8000 miles. I got a new lemon and would like GM to stand behind this car and take it back and give me the money for my trade in. I am losing time out of work to bring this car back and forth to the shop and I am getting very tired of being inconvenience by a car, I thought would last a lifetime, I am 50 years old. This is the first new car I have ever owned and will never buy another. Please help me get this resolved, we are not rich people but we should be treated with as much dignity. Thank you.

I own a 2005 Chevy Aveo that I bought new and have only driven about 42,000 miles. In November 2009, my check engine light popped on while I was heading to work. My 02 sensor was broken and my serpentine belt was cracked. My car had less than 39,000 miles at this point. $540 later, my car worked again.

This April 2010, my A/C started blowing hot air that smelled and my engine overheated. I found out the next morning that the plastic thermostat housing had cracked in half. That didn't surprise me since I had googled "Chevy Aveo Overheating" the night before and the first pages of results all mentioned broken thermostat housings for the 2004-2006 models. Why weren't they recalled? My mechanic was able to replace it with the metal housing that Chevy started making in 2006 and $345 later, my car was running again.

Call me crazy, but I do not think I should have to spend $900 on major parts in less than 6 months on a car with less than 42,000 miles. I filed a complaint with GM and was told a week later that since none of the parts that were replaced were part of a recall, there's nothing they can do. I was also told that there was a recall on part of my electronics (Service Bulletin #05517) and I need to have my engine control module reprogrammed.

A 5 year old car with less than 42,000 miles should not have this many issues. It's bad business to sell a sub-par car and refuse to replace parts that you know are broken so the consumer can pay for your mistakes. I will never buy a Chevy again.

My 2006 Chevy Aveo has always had a problem with the key coming out of the ignition hot. I thought nothing of it, until my shift/lock mechanism started freezing up. So I went online and found Bulletin 07-07-30-007 which recommended replacing the solenoid in the shifter housing.

So I called City Chevrolet and gave them the Bulletin number, so that they could make sure the solenoid was in stock, and then, I made an appointment to bring it in the next day. I brought the car in and handed them a list that included the Bulletin number and the part number along with the name of the part to be replaced.

I clocked in at 7:44 am and was signing by credit card slip at 8:31 am. Half of that time in shop was so they could conduct a "complimentary" inspection of fluids and belts. The bill was $190, $38 of which was for the part.

The part was faulty. Chevrolet, by their bulletin, admits it was faulty. First, the part should have been free. Second, $150 for 15 minutes of labor is highway robbery. The initial estimate was $99, but I got the impression that was a fee just for walking in the door. Is this legal?

The timing belt on my 2004 Aveo broke at 54,125 miles and destroyed the valve train. I have spent about $800 towing the car back to Valdez from Anchorage, Alaska, a little more than 300 miles. Dealer quoted $2,700 for a repair. There have been several fruitless conversations with GM. There is a TSB on this problem released in 2006 that says they should fix it. I filed with NHTSA, but haven't heard back. This seems worse than the problems being reported on Toyotas at the moment.

I purchased a 2005 Chevy Aveo and I have had nothing but problems ever since. Within the first six months: the windshield mysteriously cracked, the locking mechanisms on the doors fell into the doors and a wheel bearing had to be replaced. I've since then replaced 3 wheel bearings. After 1 year the car broke down. The idler stuck at full-throttle and burned my timing belt off. The gas cap went bad too. I had to replace the engine and now the second engine has done the very same thing at only 18,000 miles. Looks like the problem isn't secluded only to certain vin numbers.

Twice I was lucky enough to be in a position where my daughter was not with me at the time and I could push my car off of the road myself and not get killed. I called GM and they say that they cannot guarantee that they will fix the problem for me. The first time I talked to them they wouldn't even listen to me. They told me that my vin number did not match the recalls...though these cars had the very same problem. I am not protected under the lemon law because the car was no longer under warranty but they knew that the problem was the same. They will not do anything for me.

I lost my chevy aveo last yr due to a faulty clutch, 2nd time, had carbon monoxide poison from the fumes and lost 12.000$ I put into the car towards payments, ESIS denied my claim for the carbon monoxide poison stating the documents didnt support it which is false, they said my CO2 levels were fine when they werent, I was sick with it for weeks and had to be treated for it

I first noticed that my 2005 Chevy Aveo was having difficulty accelerating in mid September. When I would drive on the highway i noticed that as I would decrease my speed in order to exit my check engine light would flash on and off and my car felt like it was in overdrive, or (hold) mode.I took my car to a local shop that had just replaced the thermostat housing because it melted due to it being plastic, and thaey conected a code reader to my car as a favor. The reader did not find any codes. Two days later my car did not start. It was completely dead, NO POWER.

I took my car to be fixed under factory warrenty, because the PCM was not working. I recieved my car from the dealership on October 3rd. About three weeks later my check engine light turned on, and I attempted on numerous occasions to take it back to the dealership that replaced the PCM. The dealership was unresponsive to my requests to look at my car. after four failed attempts to take my car to them I was told that they were busy and I was not the only person that needed a repair on a car. On November 10th my car started making an awfull squealing noise and was driving as if it was in overdrive(hold mode). I am afraid that my car will stop working at any given time, and I am not being aknowleged. Please provide me with any advice.

Due to the mafunction of the PCM, or Thermostat housing My car sounds as if it is girggleing when i turn it off, which leads me to believe that some moisture internally.

I had my Chevrolet Aveo 2004 4 door sedan LS serviced. Prior to this, I had it check by an independent mechanic (because service engine is on). The advise of this independent mechanic is to have it check by Chevrolet (GM). In his finding, the problem is the catalytic converter. Catalytic converter is still under waranty until 80,000. My Mileage is 79,589 as of August 26, 2008, 10:31 am.

Kent or Ken of Chevrolet called and informed me that GM doesnt want to replace the Catalytic Converter because in their inspection there is nothing wrong with it although there is a catalytic converter 'code' that appeared in their reading machine. General Motor advised him to replace the injector but there is no guarantee that it will be fixed. This would cost me $750.00 parts alone. Ken/Kent advised me to just drive it and let it be. (80,000is the mileage warranty. If i comeback after the warranty that means I have to pay.

One month ago I purchased a 2008 Chevrolet Aveo with 90 miles on it. I looked the car over and was assured that any dent or scratches from the car dealership would be fixed it was minimal so I agreed made an appointment and was off! Within the first week of driving my new car? I noticed that there was a crack starting on the passengers side right along the line where the airbag is, I called the dealership and they agreed to take a look, before the day came that my appointment was I noticed other things going wrong such as the weather stripping on the drivers side window was starting to warp and get bumpy and the middle console where the gear shift is started to come off in paint peels and an actual chunk of plastic.

At this point I have had my car one week and was starting to get a little irate so I made sure to take a more thorough look at the car to see what the heck else could be wrong with it I found that the back door on the passengers side had deep scratches running along the width of it, now I know these all seem like small details but when you get a new car and are the first owner of it and all this starts happening the first week you drive it, and trust me I am 31 years old and I baby my cars so this was not your usual wear and tear.

Finally the day came when I had my appointment with the dealership which was Rydell in Waterloo Iowa after being put off to many sales directors and them blaming me or actually saying that the dash on the air bag was simply warped? and they would fix it at no cost to me. Well I must say thats MIGHTY nice of them. That was sarcasm. Let me get to the point, after going through hell with the dealership they basically blamed the factory and said that the Aveos are in such high demand that the factory is not putting together the cars very well! So here I am in yet ANOTHER rentalall in all I have actually drove my car about 2 weeks since I have had it, and the dealership is tearing out my entire dash my middle console my weather stripping and my door panel.

Many may be saying well they fixed it so why even complain? Because a brand new car from Chevy should be the best or at least that was my thinking when I purchased it. I cant say I would get another Chevy and lord knows you cant actually talk to anybody that can explain to you why the factory is doing such a hurried and crappy job and why should I not have been able to drive off the lot whistling a tune in merriment and KEEP my happy mood up for at LEAST the first 80,000 miles. I could have had these problems with a used car. BOOOOOOO to Chevy Aveos. By the way if anyone knows the address of who I can write to that would actually care, please let me know.

2005 Chevy Aveo #1 PROBLEM: the clutch. Additional Problems: Car brakes TOO easily. All parts have to be ordered. Built to Brake. Lemon. Yearly clutch replacemnt. Over-charging for service. No Customer Service. $1800 last June. now they want $1200 for another clutch replacement. i want to sue them for manufacturer defect