2005 Chevrolet Aveo

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING FAILED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CENTER CONSOLE AND THE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHT MODULE WAS MELTED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) REMEDY WAS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WERE ALL INOPERABLE. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE RIGHT SIGNAL LIGHT FAILED TO FUNCTION WHILE THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE ON. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

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

1. MULTIPLE TIMES, MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK HAS COMPLETELY FALLEN INTO THE DOOR. I HAVE PROBABLY HAD THIS ISSUE "REPAIRED" FIVE TO SIX TIMES, BY BOTH THE CHEVROLET DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR, AS WELL AS MY OWN MECHANIC. 2. THINGS THAT WERE WRONG WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS IN EARLY APRIL 2014. THIS IS THE LIST WE GAVE THEM, MODIFIED FOR SPACE: *CLOCK A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE CLOCK IN MY CAR STOPPED WORKING. OFTEN, THE CLOCK WOULD READ 1:00 WHEN I TURNED THE CAR ON, NO MATTER WHAT TIME IT WAS. SOMETIMES, IT WOULD RANDOMLY DISPLAY ANOTHER TIME. EVENTUALLY, IT JUST STOPPED TURNING ON ALTOGETHER. *CD PLAYER THREE TIMES, THE RADIO AND/OR CD PLAYER HAVE TURNED ON AND OFF BY THEMSELVES. THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED RECENTLY. THE CD PLAYER SOMETIMES WORKS JUST FINE. OTHER TIMES, IT DOES NOT. WHEN IT DOES NOT WORK, IT DOES ONE OF TWO THINGS. IT WILL EITHER SPIN AND SPIN AND SPIN AND THEN SPIT THE CD OUT, OR, MORE OFTEN, IT WILL READ ?ERROR 7.? I DO NOT KNOW IF THE LATTER IS CONNECTED TO THE OTHER ISSUES DESCRIBED HERE, BUT THE FORMER (THE TURNING ON AND OFF) PROBABLY IS. DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS NO LONGER WORK. MY REGULAR MECHANIC TRIED REPLACING THE BULBS, BUT NEW BULBS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I MUST MANUALLY TURN THE LIGHTS ON. REVERSE LIGHTS SOMETIMES THE REVERSE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE. SOMETIMES, THEY DO NOT TURN ON WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE. INTERIOR LIGHTS/GAUGES ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO, ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS AND GAUGE LIGHTS STOPPED TURNING ON, EVEN WHEN I MANUALLY TURN THE HEADLIGHTS ON. THE CAR INTERIOR IS COMPLETELY DARK. FOG LIGHTS I BELIEVE THESE MIGHT NOT BE WORKING EITHER. INTERIOR DOME LIGHT THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHT BURNED OUT. MY REGULAR MECHANIC REPLACED THE BULB, AND THAT FIXED THE PROBLEM. RIGHT TAIL LIGHT THE RIGHT TAIL LIGHT IS OUT. *TR

IN ADDITION TO THE DAYTIME HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY SHUTTING OFF, THE CLOCK IN THE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD WILL DISAPPEAR UNTIL I TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS THEN IT REAPPEARS. ~ JUST BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLS JUST AFTER STARTING IN THE MORNING HERE IN THE FLA. SUN, ALL THE GAUGES GO UP THEN BACK DOWN. ~ THIS 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO LT HATCHBACK, IS HAVING MORE AND MORE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS BUT THE DEALER, ROSNER CHEVROLET, REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITHOUT A CHARGE, SINCE THE VEHICLE IS NOT A FIRE HAZARD OR ON A RECALL LIST. ~ I FEEL AS THOUGH GM AND THE DEALER, ARE HIDING SERIOUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES FROM THE BUYER EITHER DUE THE COST OF REPAIRING THE PROBLEM OR DUE TO SOME OF THE MANUFACTURING BEING DONE IN SOUTH KOREA. OR UNTIL PEOPLE START DYING FROM THESE PROBLEMS. ( OR UNTIL WE START GETTING LAWYERS ). *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM PICKING MY KIDS UP FROM SCHOOL WHEN MY ALL MY GAUGES STOPPED WORKING. THEN MY BRAKE LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING AND THEN MY CAR DIED WHILE I WAS TURNING LEFT ACROSS A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. MY WIFE AND 3 KIDS WERE NEARLY T BONED BY A SEMI. TWO DAYS PRIOR I HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION REPLACED. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK GM SHOULD HAVE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEBODY IS KILLED OVER THEIR FAULTY WIRING. *TR

2005 AVEO LT ~ DAY OR NIGHT THE SAFETY HEADLIGHTS (HEADLIGHTS / OTHER) WILL JUST SHUT OFF FOR NO REASON AFTER BEING ON FOR LESS THAN AN HOUR. ~ IT'S NOT FUN DRIVING ON I-95 HERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLA. AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN YOUR HEADLIGHTS DISAPPEAR ! ! ! ~ ONE MONTH AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR (USED) FROM ROSNER CHEVROLET (MELBOURNE, FLA.) THE FRONT END SUSPENSION STARTED SQUEAKING, ~ AND THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING CAME APART. *TR

FIRST, THE INTERIOR DASH LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2005 CHEVY AVEO. THEN ON MY WAY BACK TO MY COLLEGE THE TAIL LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. I HAD NOT KNOWN THIS UNTIL I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY AN 18-WHEELER WHO COULD NOT TELL THAT I WAS HITTING MY BRAKES! FINALLY AFTER BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GRAY AND WHITE SPLICER AT THE TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF MY FUSE BOX, WHICH CONNECTS THE WIRES IN THE FUSE BOX TO THE ENGINE WIRE HARNESS, WAS SO BADLY BURNT FROM THE WIRES SHORTING EACH OUT SPONTANEOUSLY. THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $1,290.00 TO REPLACE THE PART, AND THAT IS NOT INCLUDING LABOR FEES! IN HOPE TO FIND A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE, I CALLED EVERY JUNKYARD AND U-PULL IT LOCATION AND NONE OF THEM HAD THE CONNECTOR BECAUSE THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN PULLED OUT AND SOLD SINCE THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM. AS A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO IS PAYING HER OWN WAY, I CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE CARE OF A PROBLEM LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT! I HEAVILY RELY ON MY CAR TO GET TO SCHOOL AND WORK, AND IT IS TERRIBLE TO BE IN SUCH A PREDICAMENT. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. IT IS ABSURD THAT WE PUT OUR TRUST INTO 2005 CHEVY AVEOS ONLY TO HAVE OUR LIVES PUT IN DANGER WHEN USING THEM AND THEN HAVE TO PAY SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FIX AN ISSUE THAT THE MANUFACTURE IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THESE ISSUES! ESPECIALLY SINCE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUTTING COMPLAINTS IN ABOUT IT AS EARLY AS 2007, ONLY TWO YEARS AFTER THE CAR WAS MADE! HOW MANY LIVES HAVE TO BE PUT INTO DANGER BEFORE THE RIGHT PARTY IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?! SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR! *TR

DASHBOARD CLUSTER LIGHTS BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY THEN AFTER TWO DAYS THEY WOULDN'T ILLUMINATE AT ALL. THE GEAR SHIFTER LIGHTS AND ONE TAIL LIGHT WERE ALSO AFFECTED. AFTER REPAIR IT WAS DETERMINED A WIRE HARNESS THAT LEADS TO THE UNDERWOOD FUSE BOX HAD MELTED SHORTING THE ELECTRICAL WIRES. HAVING SPONTANEOUSLY BURNED, THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WOULDN'T WORK. THIS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, ENGINE FLUID MONITORING GAUGES, ETCETERA. ALSO, THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS AFFECTED MADE FOR A DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION AS WELL AS A TRAFFIC OFFENSE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS I LEARNED THERE ARE MANY, MANY CASES OF EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM WITH EXACTLY THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. *TR