2004 Chevrolet Aveo LS review from North America
"The entire design is aLEMON!!!"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
Heads up!!! I was driving my Aveo up to Vernon. I had to stop at the side of the road and was alarmed to hear that my coolant was boiling rapidly.
My car was overheating!!I had a cracked in my cam head. Although my temperature gauge hadn't even budged from the center of the gauge. About a month later, I was going up a hill and all of a sudden a loud noise came from my engine and the engine died. I had roadside assistance tow my vehicle to the dealership, where Preston's mechanics and service managers proceeded to tell me that the loud noise was my battery and starter!! And yet when my car died it was RUNNING, I was driving up a hill and after I had my 4 way flashers on for the tow truck.
BUT, I took my car elsewhere and my timing belt had snapped, due to the wear and damage from it overheating. And 4 out of 8 valve stems had been crushed when my timing belt snapped. My 4 exhaust valve stems. THE CAR HAD 80 000 KM on it!!!
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| What a value |
| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| Model year | 2004 |
| Year of manufacture | 2004 |
| First year of ownership | 2004 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2007 |
| Engine and transmission | Automatic |
| Performance marks | 2 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 2 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 2 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 0 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 1 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 0 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 86773 kilometres |
| Previous car | Nissan 240SX |
| Date of Entry | 23rd February, 2007 |