2004 Chevrolet Aveo LS from Singapore - Comments

"We have a 2004 Aveo... timing belt went at 60,075 miles, 75 miles off warranty. GM refused to offer any sort of good will partial payment, told us it was our problem. Our dealer never told us to have the timing belt replaced before 60,000 miles"

Your dealer isn't your babysitter. It's not their responsibility to tell you when ANYTHING is due for replacement. That is all in that little book in the glove compartment that no one ever reads. It's called an Owner's Manual. Look in it sometime. It could have saved you $2500.

"Your dealer isn't your babysitter. It's not their responsibility to tell you when ANYTHING is due for replacement. That is all in that little book in the glove compartment that no one ever reads. It's called an Owner's Manual. Look in it sometime. It could have saved you $2500."

While I agree that it's not the dealer's responsibility to remind you to service your vehicle, you should never have to worry about a timing belt going at 65,000 miles. But it's what they get for buying a Chevy. The entire engine blew in my Lumina at 60,000 miles. And I do regularly service my car.

"It will save enough to buy you a new car over a period of 5 or 6 years, especially if you own a high-maintenance import."

It's the other way around. All of my imports have lasted twice if not 3 times as long as my domestics. My last domestic, a Ford, died at just over 105,000 miles. Which isn't that much for me. My Honda I owned before that, I sold in perfect running condition at 200,000 miles. I never should have bought that Ford.

We have a 2004 Chevy Aveo LS that we bought used with low miles. It still had the factory warranty. 1 yr later, and the car has had problems like the automatic window not working, a leak in the valve gasket, and now the key won't come out and it won't come out of park unless the battery is dead, which happened overnight with nothing left on or open. It has been serviced regularly since we have had it.

Great gas mileage and ride, but not a very dependable car.

How about our timing belt went out at 40k on our 2004 Aveo that had been WELL maintained? The manual says you should replace it at 60k not 40k and it failed 2 months out of warranty.

That is not exactly some thing you can pop the hood and check out.

I agree if they are going to put their brand on it they have to stand by it. It's crap and if they are willing to sell me that crappy car they don't deserve my business. We drove my husbands first Honda Civic around for 13 years and didn't have the kind of problems with that car that we do with this 5 year old clunker.