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I have an 04 Aveo, I've had it for over 3 years, the only problem that I have had is that my brake lights quit working today,..besides that, it has been a great car.
I have Aveo LT 2007 with 6k miles (all freeway) and the only problem I've had is that it does pull to the right, and between 40mph-45mph and 55 it shakes... very odd.
The horsepower from this is strange from time to time. Sometimes it feels like it has the power, and other times it does not.
Gas - I get between 240 - 300 miles per tank and always the same gas; 87 from Shell. To me it seems that it does waste a lot of gas.
Hope this helps.
I have a 2004 Chevy Aveo with about 60,000 miles on it. For some reason my gear will not shift out of Park! I have to use the 'shift lock gear' slot to unlock the gears. Is this a common problem?
I have a 2004 Chev Aveo; bought it new in 2004. I have roughly 120,000km (75,000 miles) and it has been an "OK" car. Many things went wrong with the car during the warranty period; thank goodness, as it was covered. Front left and right control arms were replaced (loud "creeky" noise which came from them). Clock in hot weather resets itself. Two sets of tires later, (they seem to wear quickly) even when rotating your tires. I just had the timing belt and timing belt spring replaced, which was a nice $1000.00 job. Now I seem to have the front end "creeking" noise again. Seems like after 100,000km (60,000 miles) things seem to start to go on this car. A very economical car on gas, but with all these repairs that I seem to be running into, my savings on the gas are going to be spent quickly.
2004 Chevy Aveo purchased three months ago with 80,000 miles on it. Recently we replaced the timing belt which failed causing bent push rods etc. The timing belt broke causing the idler gear and timing gear to strip out. The components have plastic teeth on them not all metal. The result of that it was cheaper to replace the entire engine with a used one that had 40,000 miles on it. We put a new timing belt idler and timing gear on it to prevent the same scenario again. The trans pump went out during this repair and had to have the transmission rebuilt. I did not take it to a dealership because I didn't want the run around as is typically the case with any brand located in any state. Dealerships are not reliable places that want to resolve your mechanical problems they just want your money at the highest hourly rate possible. I know this from driving for 25 years having owned several new vehicles and brands and they are all the same! Back to the Aveo the $5,000 that it cost me for the above mentioned repairs was nearly the used purchase price initially. We have had other problems such as opening the manual door locks on the pasenger and driver side last night and now the doors don't shut. We have to let it defrost in the garage now and treat this new problem. Over all had I done my homework I would have bought any other car rather than this one. The amount of information on the same power train and mechanical issues on the internet proves this car is not designed well nor is is worth any amount of money it is lemon in every aspect! Don't, buy it and get rid of it if you own it unless you like throwing your money away and insisting it is still a good car!
We have a 2004 Aveo Hatchback (5-door) with E-Tech II 1.6L DOHC 103 HP engine and 4-speed Automatic Transmission. The car has 45,000 miles.
Only minor issues so far, fixed by dealer after about three visits.
I am interested in learning if others have had problems with the original equipment tire rims?
Lately we purchased a set of 4 tires (Bridge-stone Potenza G009, P-185/60, R-14 82h) to replace the worn original equipment tires. We have had no problems with the tires or tire rims to this point and wear was normal with 45,000 miles.
However, within days of replacing the tires we had a series of front tires blowouts as a result of the sidewall coming off the rim at low speeds. We purchased two new tire rims, thinking that the new tires would not seal properly on the old rims on the front.
The problem occurred twice within a few days each with a new driver side front tire on an old rim, in good weather, at low speed (less than 30 MPH). I looked at the rims and to the eye, they looked slightly out of round. Mind you, they worked fine with the old tires. Also, the new tires and old rims seem to work fine on the rear.
I have placed the new tires and the new rims on the front wheels. My current thinking is that the problem is with the rims furnished as original equipment on the Aveo (poor, under-strength steel rims going out of round), as the new tires seem to get very good reviews.
I will let you know how the two new rims (at $220.00 each) on the front perform with the new tires in the next few weeks.
Anyone with similar tire – rim issues?
Alright everybody, I'm posted the original review. The 1.4L Aveo is still alive. Many things have happened. Here are the details.
1. In mid-2006, I ran over a drain by accident, but at a pretty low speed. The car broke the concrete reinforcements. Thank goodness it was going pretty slow. I was attempting to park the car, but didn't see that they damn management removed the drain covers. The undercarriage and suspension was unscathed. However, I suspected that the ABS sensor wires took damage. As a result, the ABS warning light was always on.
2. In Mar-2007, the car was fitted with a CNG kit. Yay! Cheap natural gas to run this car. On the day I collected it from the fitting, I crashed into the rear of a taxi. A Toyota Crown taxi. Radiator was damaged and it leaked. So was the right headlight. Bonnet was crumpled. I can't feel the impact so the crumple zone definitely worked. My children were in the car and my daughter wanted me to do it again! The damage on the taxi was just a dent.
It was fixed in a week. Was happy using natural gas after that.
3. In Aug-2007, was driving along minding my own business when some biker fell off his bike in front of me. Well, I managed to stop in time even w/o the ABS working and the guy have to thank me for not killing him, but a Proton Saga crashed into my rear. Damage wasn't great, but the damage on the Saga was. His steering column broke.
With that said, I don't think the car is a tank or something. It is the energy; A stationary car with brakes on needs a lot of kinetic energy just to dent or move it. Usually the impacting car has more damage. I still can drive the car around for a week before bringing it for repair. Got the bumper replaced and some body work in 2 days.
4. Jan-2008. I was overzealous, driving in Malaysia. I went through a yump in pretty much high speed. This time the brake sensor wires are screwed. The brake warning light together with the ABS warning light is always on. Brakes still work though. The rear brake lights don't come on unless the brakes are used. It is very much the damaged sensor wires. It's gonna cost me a lot to replace them all. Will be doing this in Mar-2008.
All in all, this car serves its purpose; a people mover fit for an abuser.
Oh yes I forgot to add:
The ignition coils and the flywheel pickup sensor burned itself to a crisp at roughly 100k km mileage.
If you have gotten an Aveo that is close to that mileage or have exceeded it, make sure you change everything on the ignition. Namely, the ignition wire set, the coil pack and the flywheel pickup sensor.
The main symptom is difficulty starting the car. There cranking, but there is no ignition.
I have a 2006 Aveo LS hatchback. It is really not a very nice car; it goes down the road well enough, but reliability has been much worse than I anticipated. At 30,000 miles it needed a new throttle body, there are mysterious squealing sounds whenever you turn the steering wheel all the way to left or right (but the dealership said that apparently that's just a really cool feature and nothing is wrong), and now the airbag light is on and will not turn off despite multiple service visits. I have never, ever regretted a purchase quite this much. I wish that I had a time machine so I could go back and convince myself to purchase a Toyota Yaris or Honda Fit. The ONLY "good" thing about the car is that I got a 0.00% APR loan, so hopefully I can pay it off ASAP and go buy something better. The Aveo is not a good car IMHO. I will say, however, that its small size does make parking in Chicago easier than a large sedan would be, but really there are many more reliable small cars that would give you the same benefit and fewer headaches. I also really don't like that the dealership is always saying nasty things about the car when I bring it in; happily for them, it's the last GM car that I will ever purchase. In case you can't tell, I hate this car and if you are reading this site's reviews trying to make up your mind whether or not to get an Aveo, I will tell you right now that my opinion is DON'T.
I have a 2005 Aveo LT. It as 34,000 miles. I am having problems with it. 3 months after I paid almost 8,000 for the car the wheel cylinders had to be replaced and the crankshaft blew out. Chevrolet fixed that; then the day after I picked it up from the shop, it broke down in my driveway. This car is a piece of crap. I wish I had never bought it. I had to pay $600 to rent a car for 2-3 weeks while I was waiting for parts; now I have to go through that again.
Please never buy this car. The aveo model was made for chevrolet in Korea, and it has a Daewoo engine. We all know Korean cars are not built to last.
To the poster of 29 Feb, the engines for these little POS cars are actually made by GM's Australian subsidiary, Holden.
Looks like GM has an almost exclusive monopoly on crap.
"23rd Nov 2007, 11:21
2004 Chevy Aveo purchased three months ago with 80,000 miles on it. Recently we replaced the timing belt which failed causing bent push rods etc."???
I could be wrong, but I didn't think these engines had push rods. I thought they were overhead cams with the shim and bucket type valve adjustments.
I have a 2004 Aveo, I deliver lost luggage from the airport. Needless to say I put on a lot of miles, I have 265.000 miles on the car. Of course I have changed the timing belt faithfuly every 65.ooo miles I never run over 3000 miles on a oil change. I installed a cruise control on it that works great! My only probablem is my DRL driving lights quit working. I also run two size bigger tires as it handles much better. I get anywhere from 30 to 37mpg I drive it hard 80mph day in day out. It has quite a few gravel road miles but most are on the oil. I am going to buy a new one and hope it is as good.
Just to clear up who makes the engine on this car, I just did an engine replacement on a 2004 aveo and there are multiple places on the engine and electronics that say "Daewoo". It seems quite rare that you fine anyone that has had one of these cars last 100K miles without major drivetrain repair. And I can tell you from experience, those guys charging lots of money to work on these things are earning every penny.
I purchased my used 2004 Aveo used last year, it had 40,000 miles on it at the time. I have since put 15,000 miles on it in a year and a half and my timing belt just went. I was told it does more damage if your driving it at the time.. well ya think!!! It bent the valves and caused massive engine damage. I had a trusted garage look at it first, estimated at least $2000 for repairs, I purchased an extended warranty at the time. Come to find out, the factory warranty was good until 60,000 miles... i only have 55,000...so 3 toe's later (at my expense) its at the local Chevy dealership for about 1-2 weeks; all repairs covered. I've already been without a vehicle for 5 days... soooo not happy with the whole situation.
I'm thankful that the repair expenses are covered, but I'm concerned about what will happen next.
Reading about all the other problems really makes me consider getting rid of it... if I didn't owe another 3.5 years on my loan, I wouldn't even have to think about it!!
Certainly won't ever purchase another one and wouldn't recommend to anyone! I read a comment earlier on here... someone said they should have bought a Toyota. Well I should have done the same thing!!!