general problems of the 2004 Chevrolet Aveo

I was driving down the interstate on my way home to knoxville from athens, TN, and I heard my car make a funny noise, and then I heard a loud noice, and the engine began to smoke, I pulled over off of the interstate onto an exit and then the car basically died when I made it to the side of the road. The smoke was white at first, but then it turned black so we ran from the car. The car proceeded to catch on fire and by the time the fire department arrived it was too late. I had a lot of clothing and personal items in my car, and my boyfriend's laptop and really expensive textbooks were in the car as well. The car is completely burned except for parts of the trunk and there was nothing that was salvageable. I was looking online and found out that my car has been recalled because of fires, but I had no idea because I bought the car two months after the recall was announced. It doesn't really matter though, because there is no remedy for the problem. I now have no car and I am a college student and I need a car so I don't know what to do. I'm not sure how to go about contacting the manufacturer about my problem. I am very upset that this has happened, and it would be really nice if someone could help me fix this.

I was driving approximately 25mph when suddenly I heard a strange, loud rubbing/ clattering noise coming from under the hood. I pulled the vehicle over and turned the engine off. My boyfriend, who is a mechanic, looked at the engine and said the timing belt was broken. The vehicle would not restart and had to be towed. Now I am finding out that this is a known problem in this particular 4 cylinder gm vehicle. This engine is an interference engine. This means that the only thing preventing the valves from striking the pistons during vehicle operation is the timing belt. If/ when it breaks, it causes catastrophic engine damage, often requiring engine replacement. One or more of the timing belt pulleys are made of plastic. When the timing belt pulley breaks, shards of plastic snap off and become lodged inside of the engine, rendering the engine useless. Also, at high rate of speed, the valves become bent when the belt/ pulley(s) malfunctions. This is both costly and dangerous to the consumer, and the manufacturer should have made all pulleys and moving parts on the engine out of metal instead of plastic.

It's the 3rd time it has happened. It occurred twice with my daughter and her baby in the car, today when I picked my kid up from school; the car cut off while in motion. I have changed throttle position sensor, crank sensor, cooling temperature sensor, 15 amp fuse twice, replaced the head gasket, sealant, egr valve and egr gasket. Cleaned off all oil residue on engine, on head gaskets, on spark plugs. Recently replaced thermostat, radiator, timing belt and have also did a transmission oil change. The car is not working appropriately.

I was driving and the car just stopped . . If I was driving any faster or if there was a car behind me I would have been killed!!!!result was the timing belt. The car only had 52000 miles. I contacted chevy and all they could offer me was a loyalty discount on a new car. . . Which I probably would be entitled to anyway . . I just found a letter from gm indicated that the required replacement of the timing belt was at 60k miles. . . Well my car didn't make it to 60k . . . . . So they know that there is a problem and continue to deny it!!.

I have a 2004 chevy Aveo that was purchased brand new. Since it was first purchased the clock has changed time by itself and the gear shift gets stuck in park.