2011 Chevrolet Aveo Air Bags & Restraints Problems

THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE CAUSING THE PASSENGER AIR BAG TO TURN OFF MAKING IT DANGEROUS FOR A PASSENGER IN CASE OF ACCIDENT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS STILL DRIVEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY A PARENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,512.

ON/ABOUT 07-24-2015 THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I CONTACTED GM/CHEVROLET AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE CAR TO AUTHORIZED CHEVY MECHANIC TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. MODERN CHEVROLET MECHANIC DIAGNOSED TWO DEFECTIVE AIRBAG SENSORS IN PASSENGER AIRBAG. COST TO REPLACE THE SENSORS $1697.48. CONTACTED GM/CHEVY AND WAS INFORMED BY GM/CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT NO ONE WOULD AUTHORIZE REPAIR BECAUSE NO RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED BY CHEVY. THE NHTSA'S DATABASE HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN # SB-12-09-41-001 STATING THAT GM LLC HAD NOTIFIED IT OF "COUNTERFEIT VEHICLE AIRBAG MODULES FOR CHEVY AVEO MODELS 2011-2015! THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY VIOLATION! I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY TO REPLACE THESE 2 AIRBAG MODULES. CHEVROLET/GM NEEDS TO RECALL THE 2011-2015 CHEVROLET AVEO'S AND REPLACE BOTH PASSENGER AIRBAG MODULES.

I BOUGHT MY CHEVY AVEO LT IN 2013 WITH A LITTLE OVER 39,000 AND WITHIN 6 MONTHS I NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ONLY STAYING ON SOMETIMES; AND THEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I NOTICED THAT IT WAS STAYING OFF. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AS I BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE SENSOR IN THE SET AND THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $1600 AS IT IS NOT COVERED BY MY WARRANTY AS IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT. I DID A LOT OF LOOKING ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE AVEO SINCE AT LEAST 2006. THE ONE PERSON THAT FINALLY GOT GM TO FIX THEIRS AFTER A LOT OF WORDS BACK AND FORTH SAYS IT WENT OUT AGAIN 6 MONTHS LATER. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER AS THE PASSENGER IS AT RISK AND IN MY CASE IT IS MY 13 YR OLD GRANDSON I'M RAISING THAT I TAKE BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY MUCH LESS EVERYWHERE ELSE. I'M 68 AND DO NOT HAVE THE KIND OF MONEY THAT IS NEEDED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SO I HOPE G M WILL PLACE THESE CARS ON RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM IN THE AVEOS BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR DEAD. *TR

MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WAS THE ONLY ONE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT FRIDAY, JULY 25 2014. . SHE WAS CRITICALLY INJURY, AND IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. IT LOOKS LIKE THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND FOR UNKNOWN REASON THE VEHICLE LEFT THE ROAD AND HIT A UTILITY POLE. AS EVERYONE REPORTED A SIMILAR PROBLEM/ACCIDENT. *TR

I WAS PULLING S ONTO HWY 515 FROM HWY 382 IN ELLIJAY, GA WHEN A CAR HIT MY DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER DOOR. ON IMPACT, MY SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE RELEASING ME INTO THE VEHICLE CAUSING MULTIPLE INJURY. I WAS TAKEN TO PIEDMONT MOUNTAINSIDE HOSPITAL. I HAD RIB FRACTURES; CHEST WALL CONTUSION; SEVERE CERVICAL AND LUMBAR SPINE SPRAIN;SEVERE WHIPLASH; AND LEFT HAND LACERATION. I WAS PRESCRIBED NARCOTIC PAIN MED; MUSCLE SPASM MED; MED FOR INFLAMMATION. NEXT WENT TO KAISER URGENT CARE FOR SEVERE BACK SPASMS. MUSCLE SPASM MED CHANGED TO STRONGER MED; AGAIN NEXT WEEK CHANGED AGAIN. MOM HAD TO COME FROM TN; TO STAY WITH ME SO MY HUSBAND COULD WORK; I COULDN'T GET UP AND DOWN MYSELF & HAD TO SLEEP IN RECLINER DOWNSTAIRS IN MY LIVING ROOM FOR 3 MONTHS. WHEN SWELLING FINALLY REDUCED MRI SHOWED NO SPINAL FLUID FROM C5-C7 DISCS; SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR MAY 28 FOR FUSION. MAY 1, MY HUSBAND WAS FIRED FROM HIS JOB; SEPARATION NOTICE STATED 'RELEASED WITHOUT PREJUDICE' WE NO LONGER HAD MEDICAL INSURANCE; BUT GOT IT FROM MARRIOTT AT COST IMMEDIATELY AND HAD DISC FUSION ON MAY 28; STILL IN PHYSICAL THERAPY. ON MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE MAR 3-JULY 28; MY POSITION AT MARRIOTT HAD TO BE FILLED I HAD TO AWAIT ANOTHER POSITION, APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. GM WOULD NOT DISCUSS THIS DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT ISSUE BECAUSE THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND I NO LONGER HAD IT. I TRIED CONTACTING AN ATTORNEY, BUT THEY DID NOT TAKE MY INJURIES SERIOUSLY AND EVEN THOUGH I GAVE THEM THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE VEHICLE AND THEY AGREED TO DO AN INVESTIGATION THEY DID NOTHING AND MY CAR WAS SOLD FROM CO-PART. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT ANYONE WHO STILL HAS A CHEVROLET AVEO KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED. ALLSTATE AND I HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGED SEAT BELT. I HAVE FINALLY RECOVERED ENOUGH TO GO BACK TO WORK. MY GREATEST FEAR IS THAT ANOTHER SEAT BELT BUCKLE IN ANOTHER CHEVROLET AVEO COULD BREAK AND SOMEONE COULD GET KILLED. *TR

I WAS PULLING S ONTO HWY 515 FROM HWY 382 IN ELLIJAY, GA WHEN A CAR HIT MY DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER DOOR. ON IMPACT, MY SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE RELEASING ME INTO THE VEHICLE CAUSING MULTIPLE INJURIES. I WAS TAKEN TO PIEDMONT MOUNTAINSIDE HOSPITAL. I HAD RIB FRACTURES; CHEST WALL CONTUSION; SEVERE CERVICAL AND LUMBAR SPINE SPRAIN;SEVERE WHIPLASH; AND LEFT HAND LACERATION. I WAS PRESCRIBED NARCOTIC PAIN MED; MUSCLE SPASM MED; MED FOR INFLAMMATION. NEXT WENT TO KAISER URGENT CARE FOR SEVERE BACK SPASMS. MUSCLE SPASM MED CHANGED TO STRONGER MED; AGAIN NEXT WEEK CHANGED AGAIN. MOM HAD TO COME FROM TN; TO STAY WITH ME SO MY HUSBAND COULD WORK; I COULDN'T GET UP AND DOWN MYSELF & HAD TO SLEEP IN RECLINER DOWNSTAIRS IN MY LIVING ROOM FOR 3 MONTHS. WHEN SWELLING FINALLY REDUCED MRI SHOWED NO SPINAL FLUID FROM C5-C7 DISCS; SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR MAY 28 FOR FUSION. MAY 1, MY HUSBAND WAS FIRED FROM HIS JOB; SEPARATION NOTICE STATED 'RELEASED WITHOUT PREJUDICE' WE NO LONGER HAD MEDICAL INSURANCE; BUT GOT IT FROM MARRIOTT AT COST IMMEDIATELY AND HAD DISC FUSION ON MAY 28; STILL IN PHYSICAL THERAPY. ON MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE MAR 3-JULY 28; MY POSITION AT MARRIOTT HAD TO BE FILLED I HAD TO AWAIT ANOTHER POSITION, APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. GM WOULD NOT DISCUSS THIS DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT ISSUE BECAUSE THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND I NO LONGER HAD IT. I TRIED CONTACTING AN ATTORNEY, BUT THEY DID NOT TAKE MY INJURIES SERIOUSLY AND EVEN THOUGH I GAVE THEM THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE VEHICLE AND THEY AGREED TO DO AN INVESTIGATION THEY DID NOTHING AND MY CAR WAS SOLD FROM CO-PART. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT ANYONE WHO STILL HAS A CHEVROLET AVEO KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED. ALLSTATE AND I HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGED SEAT BELT. I HAVE FINALLY RECOVERED ENOUGH TO GO BACK TO WORK. MY GREATEST FEAR IS THAT ANOTHER SEAT BELT BUCKLE IN ANOTHER CHEVROLET AVEO COULD BREAK AND SOMEONE COULD GET KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY AN ACTIVATED CELL PHONE THAT WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE DEFECT RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THAT THE DEALER REPLACED THE AIR BAG ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000