Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2004 record →
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
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 EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND CLAIMED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS THE PROBLEM.*AK
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
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 DEGREES. I AM CONCERNED OF A POSSIBLE FIRE WITHIN THIS IGNITION OF THE VEHICLE. OTHER AVEO OWNERS I QUESTIONED ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM EXTREMELY AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR WITH THE COMMUTES I HAVE TO MAKE TO WORK. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE AND GM ARE PASSING THE BUCK ON THIS. WILL IT TAKE THE LOSS OF LIVES IN CAR FIRES BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE WITH THIS CAR?? I SURELY DO NOT WANT TO BE ONE OF THEIR FATALITIES WITH THE EXTENSIVE DRIVING I DO. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL CONDITION AND IS PRESENTING A POSSIBLE HAZARD.*AK
BRAKE PEDAL TO CLOSE TO THE ACCELERATOR. RESULTING IN CONSUMER TO ACCELERATE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. *PH *MR
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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