2009 Chevrolet Aveo

2009 AVEO HAD 17 MILES ON IT WHEN PURCHASED 2 DAYS LATER CAR STALLED AND DIED OUT IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. CAR WAS IN SHOP FOR ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO FIRST WAS TOLD IT WAS CATALYTIC CONVERTER STOPPED UP THEN WAS TOLD IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE MOTOR PARTS WAS ORDER AND PROBLEM WAS FIX THEN ABOUT A WEEK LATER BLOWER MOTOR WENT TWICE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT SO THEY REPLACED BLOWER MOTOR PROBLEM FIXED UNTIL NOW SAME PROBLEM, HAS BLOWN OUT 3 HEADLIGHT BULBS WAS TOLD THERE IS A SHORT IN THE SWITCH OR SOMEWHERE BUT DEALER DON'T WANNA LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM, MOTOR IS TAPPING LOUDLY LIKE ITS NOT GETTING OIL TO THE LIFTER WAS TOLD THREE TIMES BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS THAT THE MOTOR IS SUPPOSE TO TAP BUT WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE MOTOR WAS QUIET I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE LIFTER AND THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE MOTOR ALSO OIL IS ALL OVER THE TOP PF THE MOTOR AROUND THE CAP WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THIS IS A NORMAL PROBLEM THERESHOULD BE NO OIL NO WHERE ON TOP OF THE MOTOR THE MORE OIL ON TOP THE LESS OIL IN THE MOTOR WHICH WILL MAKE THE MOTOR BLOW UP THESE ARE SUPPOSE TO BE CERTIFIED MECHANICS AND THEY ARE HAVING TO MANY EXCUSES TO NOT FIX THE VEHICLE. THERE IS ANOTHER NOISE THAT STARTS WHEN YOU FIRST START UP THE VEHICLE AND DEALERSHIP IS DEAF EAR TO THE TAPPING NOISE AND THIS NOISE AS WELL THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR 3 DAYS AND COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE NOISE BUT THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER I START UP THE VEHICLES YOU HEAR THE NOISE PLAIN AND CLEAR, TIRES ON FRONT AND BACK ARE WEARING UNEVENLY DEALERSHIP WANNA SAYS THE ALIGNMENT ON THE VEHICLE IS STRAIGHT HOW IS THAT WHEN IM GOING ON MY THIRD SET OF TIRES NOW AND ITS 2011. IM WORKING WITH THE GM COMPANY TO SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE ON THIS VEHICLE. DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING THIS CAR OUTTA TOWN AT ALL WITH THE MOTOR TAPPING LOUD AND ITS LOOSING OIL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND DRIVE AS IF THE CONTACT HAD SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE WAS HESITANT FOR A MOMENT BEFORE ENGAGING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR SPORADICALLY AT VARIOUS SPEED AND ROAD CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE FOUR TIMES YET THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE EACH TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED TO REPORT THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

MY 2009 CHEVROLET HAS HAD SERIOUS STALLING OR NON RESPONSIVE ACCELERATION FOR 6 MONTHS NOW. ON A REGULAR BASIS THE CAR WILL LOSE POWER TO THE ENGINE; WHEN STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CAR ACTS LIKE THERE IS NO SIGNALS FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. THERE ARE DAYS WHEN IT DOES NOTHING AT ALL. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT HAPPENS THEN THE ENGINE WILL JUST SEEM TO RETURN TO NORMAL, THEN OUT OF THE BLUE THE ENGINE WILL LOSE POWER AGAIN. THERE ARE NEVER ANY WARNINGS OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS. NONE HAVE EVER COME ON. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO 3 DIFFERENT CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS; AND TO ONE INDEPENDENT GARAGE; WHO DID HAVE THE PROBLEM HAPPEN ONCE WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH THE OWNER, BUT THE OTC GENISIS DEVICE COULD NOT IDENTIFY WHAT WAS HAPPENING, IT JUST RECORDED THE HISTORY OF THE EVENT. NONE OF THE CHEVROLET DEALERS COULD GET IT TO DUPLICATE OR FIND ANY CODES IN THE 10 DAYS THEY HAD THE CAR. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. I HAVE BEEN TAKING VIDEOS WITH MY HTC DROID WHEN THE CAR IS HAVING ITS PROBLEM (FOR ALL THE GOOD THAT WILL DO). IT IS LIKE KEEPING A JOURNAL. I SHOW THE RPM SPIKES AND DROPS; THE SUDDEN DECELERATION AND THE ?NO RESPONSE WHEN THE GAS PEDDLE IS PUSHED. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AT ALL SPEEDS, INCLUDING WHEN ON THE FREEWAY. WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT OVER $600 ON VARIOUS (SO CALLED FIXES); INCLUDING A COMPLETE FUEL SYSTEM CLEANING (INCLUDING THE THROTTLE BODY CLEANING) NONE HAVE EVER HELPED. I WAS TOLD BY A CHEVROLET DEALER IT WAS A BAD O2 SENSOR (BUT NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD EVER CAME ON). O2 SENSORS ALWAYS CAUSE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. I THINK IT MAY BE THE ENTIRE ECU COMPUTER; BUT NO DEALER WANTS TO ADMIT THAT. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER TODAY 01/04/2011; THERE IS NOTHING MORE THEY WILL DO; BECAUSE WE HAVE TOO MUCH NEGITIVE EQUITY. THEY WILL NOT DO A BUY BACK. THEY HAVE WASHED THEIR HANDS OF THE ISSUE. TO BAD THERE IS NO USED CAR LEMON LAW. 4 REPAIR ATTEMPTS AND THE PROBLEM IS EVEN WORSE. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS CAR SEPTEMBER 2009 AND HAVE DRIVE AROUND 5,000MILES ONLY. THE ENGINE IS STALLED EVERYDAY. HOWEVER, THE DEALER SAID THERE IS NO ISSUE. 2 MONTHS AGO, THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED, THE DEALER CHANGED A BATTERY. SINCE DECEMBER 11, 2010, AGAIN THE ENGINE HAS BEEN STOPPED MANY TIMES WHILE I WAIT FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THIS MORNING (12/27), I WAS ALMOST IN THE ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS STOPPED ON THE HILL AND WENT BACKWARD. FORTUNATELY I'M FINE NOW, BUT I WAS SCARED. DEBEMBER 18, I VISITED THE DEALER, THEY SAID MY CAR HAS NO PROBLEM. *TR

VEHICLE LOST POWER TO THE ENGINE. STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL DID NOTHING. THE CAR LURCHED AND DECELERATED QUICKLY. POWER WAS SUDDENLY RESTORED TO ENGINE CAUSING THE CAR TO SPEED UP QUICKLY, THEN ENGINE LOST POWER AGAIN. CAR CAME TO A STOP, ENGINE SPUTTERED AND THEN DIED. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. RESTARTED ENGINE, CAR DROVE AS NORMAL. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY FOR ALMOST A YEAR. HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES, THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. THE SUDDEN DECELERATION HAS OCCURRED AT ALL SPEEDS, INCLUDING ON THE FREEWAY ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION. THE CAR WENT FROM 70MPH TO 40MPH IN ONE MINUTE, SPUTTERED FOR A WHILE, AND THEN CAME BACK TO DRIVE NORMALLY AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WITHIN THE FIRST TEN MINUTES OF DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE SAME DAY AFTER THE CAR SAT FOR 8 HOURS. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURRED FOR PERIODS AS LONG AS TWO WEEKS BUT THEN COMES BACK. THE MOST EXTREME OCCURRENCES HAVE BEEN ON SIDE STREETS WHERE TRAFFIC WAS NOT A PROBLEM, BUT IF ANOTHER CAR HAD BEEN FOLLOWING CLOSELY A REAR-END COLLISION WOULD HAVE BEEN CERTAIN. MY SPOUSE HAS DRIVEN THE CAR AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM.

ON MY 2009 CHEVROLET AVEO5: THE FRAME IS NOT PROPERLY MADE (STRAIGHT). A PRIVATE REPAIR FACILITY AND LOCAL DEALERSHIP HAVE CONCLUDED THE SAME, AND THAT IT IS NOT REPAIRABLE. A CERTAIN PART OF THE FRAME NEAR THE FRONT END WAS IMPROPERLY PRODUCED, CAUSING THE FRONT END SUSPENSION TO BE UNABLE TO PERFORM WITH REASONABLE FUNCTION, AND FRONT TIRES TO BE UNABLE TO BE PLACED ON THE VEHICLE PROPERLY FOR SUITABLE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSES EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR, UNEVEN TIRE WEAR, AND AN UNREASONABLY LOW LEVEL OF HANDLING CONTROL. BEGINNING MILEAGE 000 BECAUSE IT WAS MADE THIS WAY, AND CURRENT MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 21500. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE ALIGNED INTO ANY PUBLISHED SPECIFICATIONS. THERE ARE NO PUBLISHED FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE FRONT-END ALIGNMENT, WHICH INDICATES THIS PROBLEM MAY HAVE BEEN KNOWN BY THE MANUFACTURER SINCE PRODUCTION. THE INADEQUATE LEVEL OF CONTROL AND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF UNEVEN TIRE WEAR PRESENT SAFETY PROBLEMS IN HANDLING, TIRE FAILURE AND POSSIBLE ROLLOVER. THIS APPEARS TO BE A CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL OF THE CAR AS A WHOLE, AND CLOSER INVESTIGATION WILL PROBABLY REVEAL A LARGE NUMBER OF CRASHES, INJURIES, AND FATALITIES SOURCED DIRECTLY TO IMPROPERLY PLACED FRAME COMPONENTS THAT ARE CAUSING THE LACK OF CONTROL IN COMBINATION WITH TIRE INSTABILITY. MY 2009 CHEVY AVEO IS CURRENTLY IN MY POSSESSION. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AND DEEMED NOT REPAIRABLE BY BOTH THE PRIVATE REPAIR FACILITY AND DEALERSHIP. BOTH HAVE ALSO BEEN CONFIRMED IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ALIGN THE CAR WITHIN ANY PUBLISHED SPECIFICATIONS. A CASE IS CURRENTLY OPEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER ON MY CAR, AND SO FAR, APPEARS TO BE PROGRESSING PROPERLY TOWARDS RESOLUTION. HOWEVER, I STRONGLY URGE INVESTIGATION TO AVOID UNNECESSARY CRASHES, INJURIES, AND FATALITIES. INCIDENT DATE IS DATE PROBLEM FIRST IDENTIFIED, BUT AGAIN, THE CAR WAS MADE THIS WAY, AND VARIOUS SYMPTOMS HAVE BEEN PRESENT FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH TO A STOP. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO HESITANT TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NINE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,200.