2006 Chevrolet Aveo from North America - Comments

After a week I bought the car, I had to take it back to dealer for vibration of steering and brake pedal. They machined the rotor and balanced the wheel. The same problem came back after a while, they machined the rotor again. I had to go back the third time for the same problem, this time I was told it's an alignment problem, and was taken care of. Now the vibration problem came back again. My friend rented a 2007 Aveo with 14,000 miles on it yesterday. I found the rented 2007 Aveo has the same problem. I wonder if it is a common occurence with other owners.

It's hard to find the real answers from the dealers. Like other owners, I also had the same problem of the key getting stuck in ignition and transmission shifter being locked in one place. When the car was towed to the dealer, they diagnosed the problem to a broken solenoid valve. The whole shifter assembly was replaced under warranty. What is surprising is that the dealer acted like they never heard of a Aveo with such a problem. I bet they are well aware of the problem from the GM databased they have access to.

Any thoughts or suggestions on my experience. Thank you for sharing with me.

Generally a finely built car. Refinement, power and roominess is good as it can get. I wouldn't say the same thing about gas consumption. It's only adequate when it comes to saving gas.

I think that your vibration problem is something permanently wrong in the assembly of the vehicle that GM has never properly addressed. It's not the brakes or rotors, it's poor assembly of more major parts. My sister owned a Blazer (PLAGUED with problems, and thankfully gone now) that chewed up brake pads and rotors about every 20,000 miles, and not from bad driving habits. Her husband has an '06 Silverado that isn't much better. I don't know exactly what the issue is, but these two vehicles are their last GM's. The engine in the Blazer sounded HORRIBLE at an idle; full of knocks, pully and belt squeaks, extremely loud fan noise, pinging, etc, and it was positively scary to listen to when it would downshift and rev up to anything over 2500 rpm's. The Silverado is slightly better, but it has it's issues too. The brakes were the worst though. I'd suggest getting rid of the Aveo now, while it's still worth something. There are much better choices in the compact/subcompact category that won't give you all the same trouble.

I have a 2006 aveo and it was locked in park, it was taken to dealer after I used the park release hole with my key, they replaced a switch in july and it was good to go,

3 weeks ago it did it once so I overlooked it, then the following thursday it locked up on me I called the dealer and took it in on Monday and at that point it was unlocked, they tried but said they had to wait til it did it again so they can work on it, the following Sat night it did it to me, I unlocked it, and did it 3 times and now its working again, taking back on Monday and hopefully they can fix it cause I am very frustrated at the whole thing . Am wondering how many times this will happen before I get stranded somewhere

OK, my 2006 Chevy Aveo had the same problem. It was stuck in park and I have to use the shift lock release button. I am pretty upset about this considering I just bought the car 3 months ago.

Now it's gotten so bad that it won't shift past second... I have read so many similar complaints and the dealer won't fix it. I am stuck with this crappy car. If anyone knows anything I can possibly do, please e mail me at jlaluvsu@yahoo.com. I need to know if I have any options, anything I could do?????