2008 Chevrolet Aveo

WE HELPED OUR DAUGHTER, WHO IS IN COLLEGE, PURCHASE HER FIRST AUTOMOBILE. WE WENT TO AUTOWORLD IN PETALUMA, SPECIFICALLY PETALUMA HYUNDAI (OWNED BY AUTOWORLD). THIS MEANS, IF YOU WALK INTO HYUNDAI, IT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN ANYTHING BECAUSE THE SALESPERSON CAN SELL YOU A CAR FROM ANY OF THEIR OTHER DEALERSHIPS. IN OUR CASE, WE WERE SOLD 2008 CHEVROLET AVEO, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY A RENTAL CAR WITH FACTORY WARRANTY STILL LEFT ON IT. WE BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, AS WE EXPLAINED TO OUR SALESPERSON; THAT SINCE OUR DAUGHTER WAS IN COLLEGE, AND WORKING PART TIME, SHE COULD AFFORD HER PAYMENT, NORMAL MAINTENANCE/ VEHICLE COSTS; HOWEVER, SHE NEEDED TO HAVE COVERAGE FOR MAJOR REPAIR PROBLEMS IF THEY AROSE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE AIRBAG COMPUTER SYSTEM IS HAVING PROBLEMS FOR THE SECOND TIME NOW AND VICTORY CHEVROLET SAYS THE COST TO REPAIR IS $2,600.00. OK, THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SHOULD COVER THAT, RIGHT? NO. APPARENTLY, THE WARRANTY WE WERE SOLD DOESN'T COVER AIRBAGS. VICTORY CHEVROLET CONTACTED THE FACTORY DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE, SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS SO NEW AND IT WAS ONLY DUE TO THE FACT, THAT THE CAR HAD EXCEED THE 36,000 MILE FACTORY WARRANTY. CHEVROLET TOLD VICTORY THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE IF WE WERE THE FIRST BUYERS, BUT SINCE WE WERE THE SECOND OWNERS THEY WOULD NOT HELP. SO THEN THE QUESTION IS; IS IT A PRODUCT WARRANTY? OR, IS IT A BUYER WARRANTY? WE WERE TOLD IT IS A PRODUCT WARRANTY. WE DID A CHECK ON THE NHTSA WEB SITE AND ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION; THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL OVER NUMEROUS YEARS. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT CHEVROLET IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM; HOWEVER, THE COMPANY IS TAKING A MINIMALIST APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM, IN THE HOPE THE WARRANTY EXPIRES; SO THE BURDEN WILL FALL TO THE VEHICLE OWNERS. NOR, HAS THE DEALERSHIP'S MANAGEMENT REALLY MADE ANY GOOD FAITH EFFORT STRONG ASSERTIONS TO CHEVROLET ON OUR BEHALF. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2008 CHEVROLET AVEO LS BRAND NEW. REAR DRUMS OF BACK BRAKE REPLACED AT 4,000 MILES. ROTORS TURNED AT 3,000 MILES ROTORS TURNED DOWN AT 14,000MILESS. ROTORS TURNED AT 22,000MILES ROTORS REPLACED AT 7,500 MILES . ROTORS /BRAKE SHOES NEEDING REPLACED AT 23,500 MILES TIRES WORE OUT AT 14,000 MILES DEALER SAID LACK OF ROTATION. SHOWED DOCUMENTATION ON ROTATION/BALANCE BECAUSE BALANCE WAS AN ISSUE EVERY 1,000 MILES OR SO. DEALER SAID NO DEFECT FOUND TIRE MANUFACTURE WOULDN'T REPLACE, NEITHER WOULD CHEVY BRAND NEW TIRES AT 15,500 MILES MY COST!!! VALVEPAN GASKET NEEDING REPLACED 20,000 MILES. *TR

MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN AN MVC IN FLORIDA. SHE WAS EXITING ON AN INTERSTATE RAMP AND FAILED TO LEAVE ROOM FOR ANOTHER STOPPED VEHICLE RESULTING IN A FRONT END/REAR END CRASH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND HER SEAT BELT DID NOT FULLY RESTRAIN HER, RESULTING A FRACTURED STERNUM (3 PLACES). SHE AS BEEN RECOVERING EVER SINCE AND NEITHER THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP NOR THE CHEVROLET DEALER HAS BEEN ABLE OR WILLING TO FIND OUT WHY THESE SYSTEMS FAILED. *TR

PURCHASED NEW 2008 AVEO IN APRIL 2007 WHICH HAS EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. I TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED IT WAS DUE TO THE AC CAUSING EXTRA WORK FOR THE MOTOR. SINCE IT WAS SUMMER TIME I WENT ON MY WAY AND DEALT WITH THIS VIBRATION (WHICH ONLY HAPPENS WHILE IN DRIVE) IT IS NOW JANUARY AND NO AC IS BEING USED. I TOOK THE CAR BACK IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD YES THERE IS EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND WE WILL LOOK INTO IT 4 HOURS LATER THEY CALLED TO LET ME KNOW THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM AND EVEN CONTACTED THE GM ADVISORS AND ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS ISSUE HOWEVER SINCE THERE IS NOT SERVICE BULLETIN OR RECALL REGARDING THIS I WILL HAVE TO JUST DEAL WITH IT AND WAIT AND SEE IF SOMETHING COMES UP WITH A FIX. I CANNOT BELIEVE I AM HAVING TO JUST DEAL WITH A BRAND NEW CAR WITH ISSUES...THIS CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN IN SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY..SHIFTER LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT MOVE FROM PARK SO THEY REPLACED THAT...THEN CAR DIES ON HWY AND WAS TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO FIX SOMETHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE THROTTLE, PAINT IN NOW PEELING AND ONLY HAS 11,000 MILES ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE AT A GAS STATION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS COVERED IN BRAKE DUST. AFTER LEAVING THE GAS STATION, DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE SWITCHED LANES IN FRONT OF HIM. THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING ROUGHLY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE DEALER FROM WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IS OUT OF BUSINESS. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 14,733. UPDATED 03-06-09 *BF THE FRONT ROTORS WERE OUT OF ROUND. THE REAR BRAKES PULSATED AND VIBRATED. THE SECOND REPAIR, THE CONSUMER RECEIVED NEW BRAKE PADS AND BOOSTER. THE DRUMS AND SHOES WERE ALSO REPLACED. UPDATED 03/10/09. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN JUNE OF 2008, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE AIR BAG SYSTEM BEING UNHOOKED. THE DEALER HOOKED THE SYSTEM BACK, BUT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAG INDICATORS CURRENTLY REMAIN ILLUMINATED. HE TOOK THE PASSENGER WITH HIM TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A DIAGNOSTIC CODE FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE ; HOWEVER, THEY WILL ORDER THE AIR BAG SEAT SENSOR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,500.

ON MONDAY OCTOBER 20, 2008 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, THAT I BELIEVE WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO FAULTY BRAKES. ON TWO PRIOR OCCASIONS, DIFFERENT LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS WERE CONTACTED. ON THE 2ND VISIT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE NEVER "ADJUSTED" WHEN THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, AND MADE AN ADJUSTMENT. THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT BRAKES WERE "GLAZED" DUE TO THE PRESSURE ON THEM, AND NOT EQUAL PRESSURE ON ALL FOUR BRAKES. THEY STATED THEY CLEANED THE FRONT BRAKES THE BEST THEY COULD. THE BRAKES NEVER SEEMED TO BE COMPLETELY CORRECTED--MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN THE ENGINE WAS "COLD". THE PROBLEM WAS ERRATIC. PUMPING THE BRAKES PRIOR TO DRIVING BECAME A NECESSITY. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON DRY ASPHALT, WHEN THE BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE 2008 CHEVROLET AVEO (APPX 5650 TOTAL MILES) COULD NOT MAKE A COMPLETE OR IMMEDIATE STOP WITH THESE BRAKES. A STOPPED PICKUP TRUCK WAS HIT IN THE REAR. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AT THE SCENE. BY NM LAW, A POLICE REPORT IS ONLY REQUIRED IF THERE IS A REPORTED INJURY. SINCE BOTH DRIVERS EXCHANGED INFORMATION, AND DECIDED TO LEAVE THE SCENE ON THEIR OWN, NO IMMEDIATE REPORTS WERE FILED UNTIL OCTOBER 24, 2008. ON OCTOBER 25, 2008 AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED BY JUST BRAKES, IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM. THE STATIC TEST FAILED THE FIRST TWO TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD. A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT THERE IS AN ERRATIC PROBLEM WITH THE VACUUM BOOSTER. *TR

PURCHASED ON 6/14/08 WITH 272 MILES, ABOUT 2 WKS LATER, TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON, CHECK TIRES THEY ARE OK, CALL DEALER, WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN, TOOK ON 7/17/08 TO DEALER, SERVICE DEPT CHECK AND FOUNT THE SENSOR OPEN, REPAIR SHEET SAYS THEY REPLACED SENSOR 5.890 AND ORDERED MODULE. WAITED FOR THEM TO CALL ME, I CALLED ON 8/13/08 THEY HAD THE PART IN FOR WKS BUT HAD NOT CALLED, TOOK BACK IN ON 8/20/08 AND REPAIR SHEET STATES THE THEY FOUND THE TIRE SENSOR MODULE OPEN AGAIN AND REPLACED THE TIRE SENSOR MODULE 5.890. ALL WORK WAS DONE UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THIS HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. NOW THE SENSOR LIGHT DOESN'T STAY ON ALL THE TIMES, BUT IF YOU HAVE TO SIT IN TRAFFIC AND IDLE THAN THE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON UNTIL YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT. ALSO, THE SALESMAN SAID IT WOULD GET 38 MPG AND I'M LUCKY TO GET 27-29 MPG. AFTER THE NEXT VISIT TO THE DEALER FOR THIS SENSOR AND I WILL CONTACT THE STATE OF NC ABOUT THIS CAR BEING A LEMON. *TR

ABOUT 300 HUNDRED MILES AGO NOW 2008 CHEVY AVEO LT WITH 1740 MILES AS OF NOW AND STILL DRIVING. MY WIFE AND I FEELING A VIBRATIONS ON THE CAR EVERY TIME WE STOP AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. WHEN CAR SHIFT TO DRIVE IT VIBRATE A WHOLE LOTS FOR PASSENGER TO NOTICE AND I TOOK THE CAR TWICE TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THE CAR IS FINE WITH READING FROM COMPUTER. I TOOK IT SECOND TIME AND THEY CHECK THE MOTOR MOUNTS AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS ( VISUAL INSPECTIONS I THINK) BUT THEY SAID EVERYTHING IS FINE BUT EVEN THE SERVICE MANAGER SAYS ITS NORMAL FOR VIBRATIONS BUT NOT SO WHEN I WAS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT WHERE I COULD STILL FEEL THE VIBRATIONS. I LIKE TO KNOW IF THE IS A LEMON OR A DEFECTIVE PART OR WHAT? PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AND WHO TO CONTACT? I WAS TOLD TO COME AT THE DEALER ON AUGUST 4, 2008 BECAUSE A GM TECH PERSON WAS COMING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS CONCERNING CARS. MANAGER AND TECH FROM GM DID NOT SHOW UP SO IM LEFT WITH A VIBRATIONS ON THE CAR THAT IM PAYING UNHAPPILY. PLEASE HELP. HAVE A NICE DAY CARMEN *TR