2010 CHEVROLET AVEO Complaints

RUNNING HOT SMOKING LOUD TICKING TURNING OF IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGH WAY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED & NOW ITS NOT CRANKING UP AT ALL. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 55 MPH CAR SHUT DOWN LOSS ALL POWER NO STEERING NO BRAKES NO LIGHTS, AND IT WAS NIGHTTIME, COASTED TO THE SIDE OF ROAD, CAR WOULD NOT START BACK UP FOR A GOOD 15 MINUTES. HAD CAR TO DEALER 6/24 13 AND ONCE BEFORE THAT, DEALER SAID (COULD NOT DUPLICATE CUSTOMER CONCERN ). *JS

DRIVING 45 MPH CAR SUDDENTLY SHUTS OFF COAST TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY VERY DIFICULT TO STEER WAITED 5 TO 10 MINUTES RESTARTED CAR AND DROVE HOME. *TR

WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN EXPRESSWAY WHEN ALL OF THE SYSTEMS SHUT OFF. JUST LIKE SHE HAD TURNED THE KEY OFF. SHE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES SHE RESTARTED THE CAR AND DROVE HOME. SHE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT, THEY CHECKED THE CAR AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. *TR

2010 CHEVROLET AVEO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A FAULTY RADIATOR AND UNSATISFACTORY CUSTOMER SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED IN SEPTEMBER 2013, HE STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM, WHERE THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD START TO CLIMB ABOVE THE HALFWAY POINT. THINKING IT WAS JUST LOSS OF COOLANT, HE ADDED MORE TO THE RESERVOIR, BUT TO NO AVAIL. HE DECIDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED A RADIATOR PART WAS FAULTY. THE RADIATOR AND THERMOSTAT WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1,000. IT TOOK A WEEK AND A HALF, BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER. TOW MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WHEN HE ARRIVED TO HIS DESTINATION, HE EXITED THE VEHICLE, BUT DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING UT OF THE ORDINARY, HE RESEALED THE GAS CAP, BECAUSE HE KNEW SOMETIMES, THAT COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATED. HOWEVER, LATER ON WHEN HE TRIED TO DRIVE HOME, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS OR GO OVER 40 MPH. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FRIEND, WHO WAS A MECHANIC. AN INSPECTION REVEALED IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM RELATED TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE RADIATOR TWO MONTHS EARLIER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE REPAIR WAS MADE, UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. FOUR DAYS AFTER GETTING THE BACK, THE CONSUMER NOTICED A HOSE WAS HANGING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER CALLED HIS MECHANIC FRIEND AGAIN, WHERE HE DISCOVERED THE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALER, DID NOT RE-ATTACH THE TRANSMISSION TO THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER.

THE BACK SEAT BELT BEHIND THE DRIVERS SEAT DID NOT LOCK UP LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSE TO ON IMPACTED, AND MY COUSIN HIT THE BACK OF MY SEAT AND BLACKED OUT. ALSO, WE HIT HEAD ON TO ANOTHER CAR AND THE ONLY AIRBAG THAT WENT OFF WAS THE DRIVERS SIDE AND MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. LUCKILY HIS SEAT BELT LOCKED UP OR HE WOULD HAVE HIT THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

I WENT TO START THE CAR AND IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD, THE LIGHTS WORKED AND THE "DOOR AJAR" LIGHT WORKED ALSO, I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH. A NEW ONE WAS PUT IN, I PAID $553 TOOK THE CAR AND RAN ERRANDS. AFTER LEAVING THE CAR NOT RUNNING FOR ABOUT 1-1/2 HOURS I WENT TO START IT AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. CAR WAS TOWED BACK TO SHOP WHERE MECHANIC CALLED CHEVY DEALER AND THEY TOLD HIM SINCE IT WAS AN AFTERMARKET PART, IT WASN'T COMPATIBLE. HE ORDERED A GM/CHEVY IGNITION SWITCH AND REPLACED MY BATTERY TOO. I PICKED THE CAR UP TODAY, RAN ERRANDS BUT LEFT THE CAR RUNNING. AS SOON AS I CAME HOME I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WENT TO RESTART IT AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I CALLED THE SHOP AND THE OWNER CAME HERE AND OPENED THE HOOD AND SHOWED ME THAT THE FUSE BLEW, WHEN GOING TO PUT A NEW FUSE IN, IT STARTED SPARKING. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT IS GOING TO WIND UP CAUSING A FIRE BECAUSE THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOME SORT OF SHORT IN THE WIRING. I CALLED GM/CHEVY AND CONVENIENTLY AS OF 2010 MODELS IT IS ONLY COVERED UNDER THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY SO THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. I THINK THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS A MALFUNCTION ON THEIR VEHICLES BUT THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. PLEASE HELP *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE HEADING HOME, THE VEHICLE STOPPED. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE IGNITION COILS AND THAT THERE WAS AN OPEN RECALL ON THE VEHICLE FOR THIS ISSUE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM SO I THOUGHT. NOW, ON OCTOBER 28, 2013 WITH MY 4 YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY FUEL PUMP, HOWEVER UPON PICKING UP THE VEHICLE, THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND IS SERIOUS SHAKING. THESE THINGS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ISSUE WITH THE IGNITION COILS. LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS NOT TOO BAD WHEN THE CAR STOPPED ON BOTH THE INTERSTATE AND WITH MY SON, THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY BAD. *TR

I PURCHASED MY CAR IN AUGUST OF 2010 BRAND NEW IN AUGUST OF 2011 I HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES THE TIRES THAT WERE ON WERE HANKOOK SO THEY PUT 4 NEW TIRES ON IN JULY 2012 MY TIRES WERE SHOT AND I WENT TO GET MY CAR INSPECTED AND IT WOULDN'T PASS ON THIS ONE HANKOOK SAID THE TIRES THAT WERE ON IT WERE 60,000 TIRES SO THEY WOULD PAY 80 % AND I HAD TO PAY 20% AND I COULD PICK WHATEVER BRAND OF TIRE I WANTED I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO PICK SO WENT WITH YOKOHAMA AND THOSE WERE PUT ON SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25 TO 26,000 +MILES WELL HERE I AM AUGUST NOW OF 2013 I KNEW MY TIRES WERE SHOT SO SET IT UP FOR INSPECTION AND OF COURSE IT WOULD NOT PASS I HAD TO HAVE 4 NEW TIRES AGAIN. THESE CHEVY PAID FOR 2 AND I HAD TO PAY FOR 2 THEY NOW HAVE PUT CONTINENTAL MY NEW CAR FROM AUG. 2010 NOW HAS ITS 4TH SET OF TIRES ON MY CAR WAS A LITTLE OVER 38,408 MILES ON IT WHEN THE 4TH SET OF TIRES WAS PUT ON I KEEP TRYING TO TELL THEM THERE HAS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL(AND I DON'T SEE HOW IT IS SAFE) I DO TIRE ROTATIONS AND TIRE ALIGNMENTS AND AM NOW BEING TOLD BY THE DISTRICT SPECIALIST THAT AT LEAST NOW WE HAVE IT RECORDED AND THESE ARE 60,000 MILE TIRES (WHICH I SAID WOW SO WAS THE FIRST 2 SETS OF HANKOOK. (THESE 2 TIRES COST ME $260 AND I DO NOT THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NORMAL TO BE DEALT WITH EVERY YEAR. I HAVE NEVER EVEN HAD AN OLD VEHICLE THAT WENT THROUGH 4 TIRES EVERY YEAR

WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE BATTERY NOT STAYING CHARGED. WE WOULD GET READY TO DRIVE IT AND WE WOULD NEED TO GET A JUMP START. IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE CONSIDERED BUYING A PORTABLE CHARGER SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. IN THE LAST INCIDENT, I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AT ONCE. THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING AND THEN THE CAR STOPPED. AS WE WERE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK, A MECHANIC WHO WAS DRIVING BY LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THAT OUR SERPENTINE BELT AND ANOTHER BELT HAD BROKEN. WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS ENGINE DAMAGE AND THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND POSSIBLY THE WHOLE ENGINE. ALSO, WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRES NUMEROUS TIMES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THEY KEEP GOING FLAT. ACCORDING TO A CONSUMER AFFAIRS WEBSITE, THESE ISSUES SEEM TO BE COMMON WITH AVEO OWNERS. HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/CHEVY_AVEO.HTML. *TR