general problems of the 2005 Chevrolet Aveo

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Aveo. The contact stated while driving 45 mph and making a stop, the vehicle inadvertently lost motive power. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The contact was able to push the vehicle to the nearby gas station with assistance. The contact refilled the coolant reservoir and was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the independent mechanic who diagnosed that the vehicle had overheated, and the valve cover gasket needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired however, the valve cover gasket was sealed. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.

Timing belt/chain broke. Car is below the 60,000 mile mark for scheduled replacement as stated from manufacturer. Car broke down suddenly in the middle of the road creating a hazard to the driver and others.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Aveo. The contact stated when she tried to accelerate after a stop the rpm raced to the maximum without warning. The vehicle was not taken to dealer for a diagnostic test. The manufacturer was not notified for the defect. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000. Rg.

Hi I bough a 2005 chevy Aveo with 9,000. 00 mile I had no problem. Until one day the car completely stop and wont turn on. It had almost 23,000. 00 when it happen. Luckily for me it stop in front of a mechanic shop. The shop check the car and said the engine is bad. I bough a used low mileage engine replace it and it turn on and drive except for the shifting. It didn't shift to fourth gear and also turn off while driving it. Then I was told the transmission is bad. I change the transmission with low mileage and still I have the same problem I had warranty change it again and still it doesn't shift fourth gear and it still turns off. I change the computer, I did a tune up, engine oil change, I've change the coils and some seal in top of the engine, and I still have the same problem. The car been sitting since then I wanted to wait to have money to fix it, thinking that maybe the shop was lying to me by asking me to replace all this things. I save I few dollars and wanted to get it fix I had another shop looked at it and it seems that is the same diagnostic was detected. I friend told me to google it and I found out that am not the only one with that problem. I just wish I google it before I spend all the money on it. Lesson learn I hope they do a recall because I too was afraid to drive and get in to an accident because it turn off on me .

Cracked thermostat housing- cheaply made (plastic) thermostat housing which can easily crack and it has in several Aveo between the years 2004-2006. I have a 2005 chevy Aveo and it cracked costing me entirely too much money on a tow, rental car etc.

Tl- the contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Aveo. The contact stated that the vehicle would hesitate when changing gears and in addition, the heater was inoperable. The contact would also smell smoke coming from the vents sporadically. The dealer and a local mechanic were unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 93,000 and the current mileage was 105,000. The VIN was unavailable. Kmj.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Aveo. The contact was driving approximately 40-45 mph when a knocking was heard from the engine. The contact removed the vehicle from the roadway and shut the vehicle off but the vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle was then towed to a local repair shop where she was advised that there were damages to the engine valves and that the head would need to be removed. The mechanic also recommended taking the vehicle to an authorized dealer. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. She contacted the manufacturer and they advised her that they could not provide any assistance until the vehicle was inspected by an authorized dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.

I was running errands when steam came gushing out on my passenger side in the hood area. I pulled over to discover that my thermostat housing was broken and my thermostat laying elsewhere in the car. I searched the internet and discovered that this is a well-known problem. The current thermostat housing is made of plastic. The design is such that the only thing that was holding the thermostat in was a sound welded plastic seam. I have ordered a new metal housing with an improved design. To me, this indicates chevy knew about this problem. Called chevy consumer line and they gave the old line of your car is not under warranty and claimed they had no history of complaints.

We were driving along in the dead of winter and noticed there was no heat. We hooked it up to a code reader and it came up p0128 a thermostat housing fault. Brought it in to get checked and it is the thermostat housing and the service center employees all knew this a known failure on this vehicle. The out of pocket cost 160. 00 for part only from chevy not including labor. The new one is metal not plastic like the one that rolled out of the factory, so this must be a consumer paid recall. Which should be against the law. If you make a faulty part that fails you should pay for it. Just ask Toyota, they are.

Took the car to a repair shop and he said that the idler was out of control, melted and ruined my engine.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Aveo. While driving 25 mph, the vehicle accelerated without warning and was difficult to slow down. She was forced to turn the engine off and restart it. The first failure occurred in April of 2006 at 6,000 miles. In July 2007, the dealer was unable to diagnose the failure or obtain a reading in the computer. On one occasion the failure occurred 4 times in a day. The dealer also offered to purchase the vehicle for $7,000. The failure mileage was 6,000 and current mileage was 15,000.