2007 CHEVROLET AVEO Complaints

UNSURE WHAT IS GOING O. BUT TURNED ON RUNNING LIGHTS AND ONE HEAD LIGHT COMES ON WITH IT AND TURN IT TO AUTO FOR THE LIGHTS AND THE OTHER SIDE TURNS ONE AND THE OTHER SIDE ISN'T WORKING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, AN UNUSUAL SMELL WAS EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF ROAD. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE BURNING SCENT WAS OF OIL AND ANTIFREEZE. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75, 000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE'S SPEED DECREASED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SHORTED OUT. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY, PERFORMED A DOUBLE INTAKE SERVICE, AND TREATED THE FUEL WITH ETHANOL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,966.

MY AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN I WAS REAR-ENDED IN MY CHEVY AVEO. I SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INJURIES TO MY HEAD, MOUTH, EYE, NOSE, AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESS IN ADDITION TO OTHER INJURIES TO MY BODY. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS CHEVY AVEO LT IN 2009, IN 2012 THE AIR BAG LIGHT IN THE DASH BOARD CAME ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF, THE CHEVY DEALER IS TRYING TO CHARGE ME TO FIX IT AND THERE IS ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND MY MECHANIC TOLD ME WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IF I WERE TO GET IN A ACCIDENT, I CALLED CHEVY AND THEY ARE TRYING TO CHARGE ME JUST TO LOOK AT IT CAR, WITH ALL THE BAD REVIEWS ON THE 2007 CHEVY AVEO I WOULD THINK CHEVY WOULD STAND BEHIND THERE CARS AND FIX THE ISSUES WITH THIS AIR BAG LIGHT STAYING ON ALL THE TIME, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS... *TR

FRONT END CRASH RESULTING IN ENGINE FIRE. FIRE MIGRATED INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. DRIVER SUFFERED BURNS TO FACE, CHEST AND HANDS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HEADLIGHTS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

NOTICED AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STAYING ON ALL THE TIME. SINCE I WAS ONLY DRIVER, I SOON FORGOT ABOUT IT. NOW THAT WIFE IS DRIVING IT, I BECAME CONCERNED. I HAD DEALER RUN DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY SAID THE AIR BAG SYSTEM CHECKS OUT JUST FINE AND WILL FUNCTION PROPERLY, BUT ARE AT A LOSS AS TO WHY THE LIGHT STAYS ON. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING WILL INVOLVE REMOVING THE DASH AND AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY. SHOULDN'T THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM BE COVERED UNDER SAFETY RECALL? *TR

IGNITION KEY GETS HOT TO TOUCH AFTER DRIVING CAR. UNSURE WHAT CAUSE IS....THIS HAPPENS AFTER EVERY DRIVE....DID NOT THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL RECALL NOTICE. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WHEN THE ENGINE DIED AT HIGHWAY SPEED. SHE LOST ALL POWER ASSIST SYSTEMS INCLUDING POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. SHE PLACED THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, AT SPEED, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED TO TRAVEL WITHOUT INCIDENT. *TR