Four problems related to side/window air bag have been reported for the 2007 Chevrolet Aveo. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2007 Chevrolet Aveo based on all problems reported for the 2007 Aveo.
Lost control while braking/steering on black ice after a curve to avoid wrecked vehicles and motorists in lanes. Car spun 180 and rolled 360 off road (rolled over the left side of the vehicle, shattering the left rear pass window, coming to rest on wheels). Believe the Aveo5 svm should come standard with side airbags. No airbags deployed. Was wearing seatbelt, shaken but able to exit vehicle safely. No passengers. Vehicle has a history of sir light coming on several times and had been serviced by 2 separate Chevrolet/gm goodwrench dealerships multiple times to replace airbag control module, wire harness, and service connectors. Sir light was not on at the time of incident. Exact vehicle speed at time of rollover is unknown, 25 mph is a rough guess of speed after braking.
Driving down the interstate the driver side air bag deployed causing the driver to lose control and hit the center wall. Driver sustained multiple injuries including 5 broken ribs and a broken back in 7 places. Gm says if I cannot prove the air bag went off (video of the incident) then they have no reason to believe the center was was not hit first causing the air bags to deploy, therefore functioning properly.
My mother was killed in a 1 car accident outside tallahassee, FL on i10 on 8 may 2007. She went into the median and hit trees head-on. The posted speed limit is 70 mph and the fhp on the scene indicated she applied her brakes from the time she left the pavement until she hit the trees. She died 6 days later of a broken neck and multiple internal injuries. She was driving a 6 week old 2007 chev Aveo with front and side air bags. None of these air bags deployed. I truly believe she would have surviived this accident if the front air bags had deployed. From everything I have read, this is the perfect scenario for front air bag deployment. Are there similair complaints against gm for the 2007 chev Aveo?.
: the consumer stated that after purchasing a new vehicle, the passenger side airbag intermittently went into lock mode. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who performed a diagnostic test the vehicle was currently at the dealer and was not being serviced. The vehicle was a 2007 Chevrolet Aveo. Updated 10/25/2006 - the air bag locked in the off mode although an adult passenger (155 lbs) was in the passenger seat. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and tested. The dealer stated that their test indicated there was nothing wrong with the system. The dealer claimed that the passenger was sitting in the seat incorrectly.