We have classified the 3 complaints from 2005 Chevrolet Aveo about STRUCTURE into the following categories.
My daughter came to a stop in traffic at a red light 50 feet from the car in front of her and was hit in the rear traveling at about 40 miles per hour knocking her in to the car in front of her the air bags did not deploy and gm's investigation says she wasn't hit hard enough. she was sent to the hospital via ems with back and neck injury's this whole accident was caught on the car wash video cam .
2005 aveo lt ~ day or night the safety headlights (headlights / other) will just shut off for no reason after being on for less than an hour. ~ it's not fun driving on i-95 here in east central fla. and all of the sudden your headlights disappear ! ! ! ~ one month after we bought the car (used) from rosner chevrolet (melbourne, fla.) the front end suspension started squeaking, ~ and the thermostat housing came apart. *tr
1. multiple times, my driver side door lock has completely fallen into the door. i have probably had this issue "repaired" five to six times, by both the chevrolet dealer where i bought the car, as well as my own mechanic. 2. things that were wrong when we first brought the car to the dealer for repairs in early april 2014. this is the list we gave them, modified for space: *clock a couple years ago, the clock in my car stopped working. often, the clock would read 1:00 when i turned the car on, no matter what time it was. sometimes, it would randomly display another time. eventually, it just stopped turning on altogether. *cd player three times, the radio and/or cd player have turned on and off by themselves. this has not happened recently. the cd player sometimes works just fine. other times, it does not. when it does not work, it does one of two things. it will either spin and spin and spin and then spit the cd out, or, more often, it will read ?error 7.? i do not know if the latter is connected to the other issues described here, but the former (the turning on and off) probably is. daytime running lights the daytime running lights no longer work. my regular mechanic tried replacing the bulbs, but new bulbs did not solve the problem. i must manually turn the lights on. reverse lights sometimes the reverse lights come on when i put the car in reverse. sometimes, they do not turn on when i put the car in reverse. interior lights/gauges about 10 days ago, all the interior lights and gauge lights stopped turning on, even when i manually turn the headlights on. the car interior is completely dark. fog lights i believe these might not be working either. interior dome light the interior dome light burned out. my regular mechanic replaced the bulb, and that fixed the problem. right tail light the right tail light is out. *tr
The entire lock of the driver side door fell inside the door when i tried to unlock my door. first i tried to fix the problem myself, but simply could not repair the problem. however, i researched the issue online and saw that many, many others have encountered the same problem before with this model. naturally, because i would like to be able to lock my car door, i took it in and had it fixed for $160. the customer service rep just smirked when i told him what happened and said that we must've pushed the key in too hard "or something like that". i was not happy about the cost, but i paid. however, just two weeks later, the same problem occurred with the passenger side door, which i rarely unlock with the key. apparently the dealer does not know what causes the problem. fortunately i was able to fix it myself this time but had to take the door apart, but it was time consuming. it is vexing to me that chevrolet must realize there is a problem, but does not seem to want to fix it. *tr
My 2005 aveo died on the 80 freeway at 65 mph. there were no warning signs. diagnosis:idler pulley snapped in two causing severe engine damage requiring new engine to fix. very dangerous to have your car just die on a fast moving 4 lane freeway. 60,455 miles on vehicle at the time. *tr
I traded in a 2004 p.t.cruiser to get a 2005 chevy aveo at the time it had 21000 miles when i got it. my warranty was good till 36000. i had lots of issues with a noise that still to this day has not been corrected even after three attempts under my car by the chevy service dept. i then had a computer recall or something that had to be replaced i also had a gas cap that malfunctioned and a clock that had to be replaced. those are the non life threatening issues. i had an incident inside of the original warranty where the car threw parts out of the engine. it was the serpentine belt and the bracket that was metal that it was mounted on broke out of the engine as i was driving it. i am currently at 55000 and i have the power train on it. in the last month i have had the car in my possession 1 week the rest it's been in the service dept. a month ago the plastic and yes that's plastic housing for the thermostat blew apart on the interstate causing us to have to dial 911 to get help because we were trapped. two weeks ago it spit out the timing belt and the valves got bent and the valve cover was damaged. we don't know what particles ended up in the engine for now. i have contacted chevrolet on all these issues and i asked them before my warranty went out and right after the first incident to give me back the money for the car. they called me today and said i didn't have a case because the warranty was out i reminded them i had been asking since before at the first incident with the serpentine and bracket and they said sorry the warranty is out. i reminded them i have pictures of those parts and can prove it but that still wasn't good enough! i spoke to hannah a district specialist today and that is who lied to herself and said these occurrences were after the warranty. i have proof can you please help before my family dies and then we have dependents who will own the very company the gov't is trying to bail out. i need you to intervene before i go to court over this. *tr
Body rust,all around the doors. and trunk lid..and have had my timeing belt pully fixed after 42,000. no damage under warranty.now my clock light is out...what do i do..trade it off... *tr
Dt*: the contact stated during a rain storm today water entered the vehicle on the driver side around the dashboard and pooled underneath the driver seat. an appointment has been made with the dealer for inspection later today.