Chevrolet Aveo

Owners filed 1,322 complaints across 9 model years of the Chevrolet Aveo. The 2005 drew the most (235).

Model years9
Complaints1,322
Recalls9
Fires75
Deaths7

Which Chevrolet Aveo years should you avoid?

No Chevrolet Aveo year stands out. Across the 8 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 179), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Chevrolet Aveo model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20121
0——EngineRoutine
201177
0110EngineFatalities reported
201066
1—8EngineRoutine
2009169
1313Electrical SystemFatalities reported
2008163
11617Air BagsRoutine
2007216
21325Air BagsFatalities reported
2006189
11613Electrical SystemRoutine
2005235
11719Electrical SystemFatalities reported
2004206
2923Engine and Engine CoolingFatalities reported

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.