2005 Chevrolet Aveo Engine Problems

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.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW AND KEPT UP THE MAINTENANCE RELIGIOUSLY! I WAS HORRIFIED TO FIND OUT THAT MY TIMING BELT WENT OUT AT 46,000 MILES! MY MANUAL SAYS TO REPLACE TIMING BELT AT 60,000 MILES. I'VE READ THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED IN 2006, BUT IT DIDN'T GO TO OWNERS; JUST SERVICE SHOPS...I WAS NEVER ALERTED, THAT WAS DEFINITELY A MISTAKE ON GM'S PART. I FEEL AS THOUGH I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TIMING BELT, ENGINE, AND VALVES WERE MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

THE MILEAGE AND SPEED ARE APPROXIMATE. I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY ICE AND SNOW COVERED DRIVEWAY IN FEBRUARY 2015. THERE IS A SMALL DIP WHERE MY DRIVEWAY MEETS THE STREET SO I ACCELERATED SO AS NOT TO GET MY TIRES STUCK IN THE ICY DIP. AS I WAS BACKING MY CAR INTO THE STREET, AND MY CAR WAS IN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC THE CAR SHUT OFF. I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE CAR. MY NEIGHBOR, AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WHO STOPPED TO HELP, PUSHED MY CAR BACK INTO MY DRIVEWAY. I ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE CAR NEVER AGAIN STARTED. I BORROWED A VEHICLE UNTIL I HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC FOR REPAIRS. A MECHANIC LOOKED AT MY VEHICLE AND TOLD ME ON MAY 11, 2015 THAT THE CAR NEEDS A NEW ENGINE, THE PRICE OF WHICH IS $4,823.00. THE MECHANIC FURTHER TOLD ME THAT THE AFTERMARKET/REMANUFACTURED ENGINES COMPANY THEY DEAL WITH DOES NOT HAVE AN ENGINE FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL CAR BECAUSE THIS ENGINE HAS SO MANY PROBLEMS THAT THE COMPANY WILL NOT TOUCH IT. I BELIEVE THAT THE OEM ENGINE HAS SERIOUS DEFECTS THAT HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED DUE TO THE LACK OF REPORTING AND LACK OF SERIOUS INJURY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEFECT/FAILURE. MY CAR HAS SHUT OFF ON ME ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS WITHIN AN APPROXIMATE SIX MONTH PERIOD. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE CAR TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT WAS SHUTTING OFF ON ME IN TRAFFIC AND THERE WAS NO INDICATOR OF ANY ISSUE. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, EVEN AFTER THE RECENT ENGINE FAILURE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ENGINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000. UPDATED 02/24/15*LJ UPDATED 9/8/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND THE TEMPERATURE GAGE DISPLAY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING), HOWEVER THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

WE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM AUSTIN GOING 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY 290 WHEN THE CAR JUST SHUTS DOWN. CAR HAD OVER 1/2 TANK OF GAS, NO LIGHTS CAME ON, JUST SEEMED LIKE THE CAR TURNED OFF WHILE IT WAS GOING. ALMOST GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT TRYING TO PULL OVER ( NOT TO MENTION MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING, IM 6 MONTHS PREGNANT, AND WE HAD OUR 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE BACKSEAT) , CHECKED THE CAR OUT, AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. HAD TO WAIT 3 HOURS BEFORE ANYONE COULD TOW US HOME TO HOUSTON. BEEN WORKING ON THE CAR ALL DAY TODAY, NOTHING IS FOUND WRONG WITH IT. EVERYTHING WORKS, JUST DOESN'T WANT TO TURN ON?! *JS

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND CAR JUST SHUT OFF. ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE IDLE PULLEY HAD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE BEGINNING WITH IGNITION LOCKED AND UNABLE TO GET INTO DRIVE HAD TO REPLACE IGNITION SOLENOID. MY INTERIOR LIGHTS NO LONGER WORK. THE THERMOSTAT WENT OUT THEN REPLACED THE VALVE COVER GASKETS. AND FINALLY GOING DOWN I95 MY ENGINE JUST MADE A VERY LOUD NOISE AND JUST QUIT. I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THIS HAPPENS A LOT IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL FROM THE TIMING CHAIN. SO I NOW WILL NEED TO RELACE THE MOTOR. *TR

TIMING BELT FAILED. DESTROYING THE HEADS AND PISTONS. ..UPDATED 07-05-13 *BF

COMING HOME FROM WORK, DASH LIGHTS GOT BRIGHTER, AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON, CAR TRIED TO STALL AROUND A CORNER WHEN BRAKES WERE PRESSED. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE, HAD ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY REPLACED, ALSO SERPENTINE BELT. THIS WAS 4 MONTHS AGO. PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED, JUST MADE IT LESS SEVERE. SINCE THAT TIME, WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES THE HEADLIGHTS DIM. THE DASH CLOCK COMES ON AND OFF RANDOMLY, THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON ALL THE TIME. WHEN IT IS COLD (THE CAR, NOT THE WEATHER), THE TRANSMISSION HAS A HARD TIME SHIFTING. AS OF THIS MORNING IT WILL NOT START. AM GOING TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT TOMORROW MORNING, BUT DO NOT HAVE HIGH HOPES. BOUGHT CAR IN 2006 WITH 8,000 MILES ON IT, HAVE HAD SHIFT LOCK ASSEMBLY REPLACED, WHEEL BEARINGS, BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, SERPENTINE BELT. PROBABLY OTHER THINGS I CANNOT THINK OF RIGHT NOW. THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WORRIES ME THOUGH. *TR

2005 AVEO (BOUGHT NEW) WITH TIMING BELT FAILURE DESTROYING ENGINE. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MILES AN HOUR IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. FROM MY RESEARCH GMC HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE SINCE AT LEAST 2006 AND YET HAVE NOT ASSISTED CONSUMERS TO CORRECT THIS NOR RECALLED THEIR CAR. I HAVE READ REPORTS ON ALMOST ALL YEARS OF AVEO HAVING THIS PROBLEM WELL BEFORE THE 60000 RECOMMENDED TIMING BELT REPLACEMENT. TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS CONFIRMED TIMING BELT FAILURE. ALL I GET FROM GMC IS THE RUN AROUND. UPSET OVER MONEY BUT MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE CARS BEING ON THE HIGHWAYS AND CREATING SOME HORRIBLE ACCIDENT WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPS WORKING AND CONTROLLING THE CAR IS DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLANNING TO GET RID OF MINE, CAN'T AFFORD THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX NOR DO I TRUST THIS CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE LOCKED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. ONE YEAR LATER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT FREQUENTLY. IT WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

THERMOSTAT HOUSING HAS CRACKED DUE TO ITS UNRELIABLE PLASTIC COMPOSITION. AFTER FAILURE, COOLANT WAS LEAKED THROUGHOUT ENGINE COMPARTMENT CREATING A MAJOR FIRE HAZARD AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE ENGINE COMPONENTS. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WERE DISCOVERED WITH THE EXACT NATURE. *KB

2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TIMING BELT FAILURE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED RUNNING, IT FELT AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION HAD FALLEN OUT. WHILE TRYING TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY LANE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE TIMING BELT IDLE PULLEY HAD BROKEN, ALONG WITH THE SERPENTINE BELT, THERMOSTAT, WATER PUMP, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE 16 VALVES WERE BENT. THE TOTAL COST IN PARTS AND LABOR WAS $ 2,914.54. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE DOOR LOCK CYLINDER FELL INTO THE DOOR PANEL, THE VACUUM SUPPLY LINE TO THE SENSOR WAS CRACKED, WHICH CAUSED A VACUUM LEAK.

WAS ENROUTE TO WORK IN 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO WHEN THE TIMING GEAR PULLEY BROKE ON THE MOTOR. THE ENGINE WAS DESTROYED AS I FOUND OUT LATER. 5 OR 6 WEEKS EARLIER I HAD JUST HAD THE TIMING BELT REPLACED. I HAD IT REPLACED BEFORE FACTORY RECCOMENDATIONS. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THEN I NEEDED TO HAVE IT CHANGED. THE BELT DID NOT BREAK TO CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE. A CHEAP PLASTIC PULLEY BROKE INSTEAD. WHEN THE PULLEY BROKE THE TIMING BELT WENT LIMP AND THE ENGINE DECIDED TO DEPOSIT SOME VALVES THROUGH 1 PISTON. THIS TO ME IS A SAFETY CONCERN SINCE IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO GET THE CAR OFF THE INTERSTATE. CHEVROLET KNOWS ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS AND THEY DONT SEEM TO CARE. I DONT THINK THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE SOLD. *TR

THE PREVIOUS EVENING WE WERE COMING HOME FROM VISITING SOME FRIENDS ,THE CAR WAS NEVER OVER 100 MILES DAY WE BOUGHT IT UNTIL THE TIME OF THE ENGINE'S DEMISE,WE NOTICED A SLIGHT CLICKING NOISE OVER THE MUSIC OF THE RADIO, PULLING INTO A LIGHTED AREA, WE FOUND ALL FLUIDS FINE, NO DRIPPING, NO HEATING UP, NO STALLING, NO REAL INDICATIONS OF ANY TROUBLE EXCEPT A SLIGHT CLICKING.. THE NEXT MORNING I NOTICED A CLICKING AT START UP, IMMEDIATELY I DROVE OFF TO THE REPAIR SHOP THAT WAS JUST BLOCKS AWAY,WHEN I WAS WITHIN 1 BLOCK OF THE SHOP THE ENTIRE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN, WE WERE FORCED TO GET A WRECKER TO TOW US THE LAST BLOCK. THE INDEPENDENT REPAIRMAN INFORMED US THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE OF AUTO (AVEO) DUE TO A DESIGN DEFECT WITH THE TIMING BELT ,IT WOULD DESTROY THE ENGINE AND HE COULD NOT FIND A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. BECAUSE WE HAD 75 THOUSAND MILES ON THE CAR, (AND IT IS PAID OFF) HE THOUGHT HE HAD HEARD OF A RECALL IN 2006,HE SUGGESTED WE CONTACTED THE AUTO DEALER, AUTO WAY CHEVROLET, HWY 19, CLEARWATER, FLA. WHICH WE DID. WE WERE INFORMED BY THEIR SERVICE DIRECTOR THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND AN OPEN 2006 RECALL, THOUGH A REMINDER TO REPLACE BELT AT 68 K, NO ALERT NOR ADVISORY WAS EVER RECEIVED THOUGH WE DO GET ALL ADVERTISEMENTS AND SHE ADVISED AWC DID NOT HANDLE SUCH A PROBLEM, BUT, THEY WOULD GIVE US GM'S NUMBER, UPON CALLING THAT NUMBER I TALKED WITH A VERY AMIABLE YOUNG MAN IN BUENOS AIRES, WHO ALSO INFORMED ME THEY DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, HE THEN CALLED AUTO WAY CHEVROLET, CLW. FLA, USA AND MONITORED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT NOW TELLING ME IF I WOULD BRING IT TO THEM, THEY COULD EVALUATE THE CAUSE AND MAYBE WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH US.. UPON INTERNET INVESTIGATION WE HAVE FOUND A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS YEAR,OF AVEO, HAVING THE ENGINE FAIL IN ROUGHLY THE SAME MILEAGE 68-78 THOUSAND MILES. .

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED IN THE ENGINE COOLANT THAT THE PLASTIC ELBOW SHATTERED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVER HEAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. THE THERMOSTAT STARTED RUNNING HOT AND THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING. THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND AS THE HOOD OPENED THE PLASTIC PIECE ON THE THERMOSTAT BLEW APART. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE PLASTIC COMPONENT ON THE THERMOSTAT HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH A METAL PIECE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.