2008 Chevrolet Aveo

IT STARTED OUT AS A DIM HEADLIGHT ON MY 08 CHEVY AVEO, SO I WENT AND BOUGHT A NEW HEADLIGHT FOR IT THINKING THAT IS WAS BURNT OUT OR GETTING CLOSE TO IT. AT TIMES THE DIMMED LIGHT WAS STUCK ON HIGHBEAM AND THEN THE HIGHBEAM WOULD STAY ON, OTHER TIMES IT JUST LOOKED DIMMER/BURNT OUT FROM THE OTHER ONE. I TOOK THE THREE BOLTS OFF OF THE LEFT HEADLAMP AND DISCONNECTED THE POWER PLUG, I FOUND OUT THAT THE CONNECTOR THAT PLUGS INTO THE LIGHT BULB WAS MELTED/BURNT LOOKING. IT ALSO HAD A STRONG ODOR OR WHAT TO ME SMELLED LIKE BURNT RUBBER. I HAD DECIDED TO TAKE THE MELTED BULB OUT AND DISCARD IT. THE NEW ONE I DID NOT PUT IN, BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT IT TO HAVE THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO IT. SO FOR THE TIME BEING IT IS DISCONNECTED AND LAYING BY THE BATTERY AREA. I DID LOOK ONLINE AND MY VEHICLE IS ON A RECALL FOR SOMETHING DEALING WITH THE LIGHTING AREA. AS OF NOW OCTOBER 14TH IT IS STILL DISCONNECTED FROM THE MAIN HEADLIGHT IN FEAR OF IT MELTING AND PERHAPS CAUSING A FIRE TO THE CAR. I HAVE CONTACTED MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM AND NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT IT, BUT YET ITS RECALLED AS OF MAY 2014 FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE AGAIN. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRES, MODULES, AND HEADLIGHT CONNECTIONS WERE MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON CONSTANTLY. ACCORDING TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL, THIS COULD INDICATE A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG NOT DEPLOYING WHEN IT SHOULD, OR POSSIBLY DEPLOYING WHEN NOT NEEDED. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN OCCURRING PROBLEMS ON SEVERAL MAKES AND MODELS I HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS, ALL WITH RECALLS ISSUED, AND YET, CHEVY AND GM HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS. SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ON MY VEHICLE, AS WELL AS OTHERS. WHAT WILL IT TAKE BEFORE CHEVY AND GM DECIDE TO RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAGS, AS THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS, AND POTENTIALLY HARMFUL, IF NOT FATAL, POTENTIAL PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 AVEO THAT I PURCHASED FROM A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN RUSSELLVILLE, KY. SINCE THE 2ND DAY I OWNED IT, IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. AIR BAG SENSORS NOT WORKING, HAVE HAD THIS REPAIRED THREE TIMES. YESTERDAY THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. MY BIGGEST TROUBLE HAS BEEN WITH THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. GET A P2135 CODE THAT TELLS YOU TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE THROTTLE BODY. I DID THIS ($300 PART) DID NO GOOD. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 7 MONTHS IN THE 15 MONTHS I'VE OWNED THE CAR. COMPUTER HAS BEEN "FLASHED" NUMEROUS TIMES. DIDN'T WORK. GM CUSTOMER CARE ASKED ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO AND AUTHORIZED CHEVROLET REPAIR SHOP. I DID. AFTER 2 TRIPS THERE AND A TOTAL OF 6 WEEKS IN THE SHOP, THEY TELL ME THEY THINK THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE ECM ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. THIS PART HAS AN 8 YEAR, 80,000 MILE WARRANTY. I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 76,000 MILE ON IT. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED BY THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM FOR MANY THOUSANDS OF MILES PRIOR TO ME PURCHASING THE CAR. GM REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRANTY BECAUSE THE CAR NOW HAS 82,000 MILES. THIS IS THE THING THAT GETS ME. WHEN I BOUGHT THIS CAR, THEY KNEW I WAS BUYING IT FOR A DAUGHTER IN COLLEGE. THEY KNEW THE CAR HAD THESE PROBLEMS AND SOLD IT TO ME ANYWAYS. I HAD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER CAR FOR MY DAUGHTER. I AM CURRENTLY DRIVING THE AVEO TO AND FROM WORK. THE LIGHTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY "ON" ARE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE AIR BAG LIGHT, AND I CAN NOT ALLOW A PASSENGER IN THE CAR BECAUSE, WHEN THEY SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT THAT INDICATES THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS NOW ENGAGED DOES NOT GO OFF. *TR

ON JULY 21, 2014 AT ABOUT 7:45 IN THE MORNING, MY WIFE WHO WAS GOING TO CHURCH WENT TO THE GARAGE TO USE THE AVEO. WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOOR, SHE WAS MET WITH DARK SMOKE AND SMELL OF BURNED PLASTIC. THEN SHE SAW THE MIDDLE OF THE DASHBOARD BURNED CREATING A BIG HOLE. THEN I HAD THE AVEO TOWED TO THE CHARLES CLARK CHEVROLET WHERE I BOUGHT THE AVEO FOR THEM TO SEE. THEN I WENT HOME AND PASSING BY THE MAILBOX I GOT THE MAIL AND SAW AN ENVELOPE FROM GENERAL MOTORS. WHEN I OPENED THE ENVELOPE, I SAW THE LETTER OF THE RECALL OF THE AVEO DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE HEADLAMP SWITCH OR DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP WHICH GENERATE HEAT WHICH COULD MELT HEADLAMP SWITCH AND DRL MODULE CAUSING FIRE. THAT WAS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AVEO. SO I CALLED GM AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED. THEN AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF CALLS AND AN INSPECTION BY THEIR ENGINEERS, I WAS TOLD THAT THE DAMAGE WAS BEYOND REPAIR AND THEY WILL PAY A LITTLE OVER $4,000 BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT REPAIR THE AVEO. I TOLD THEM I DO NOT AGREE BECAUSE THE AVEO WAS IN GOOD CONDITION AT SEVEN YEARS OLD, LESS THAN 16,000 MILEAGE, THE TIRES WERE STILL THE ORIGINAL TIRES WHEN BOUGHT AND HAD NEVER BEEN BROUGHT TO A REPAIR SHOP. SO I TOLD THEM TO REPAIR THE AVEO TO ITS CONDITION BEFORE THE FIRE. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THEY CANNOT REPAIR WHEN THEY CAN CREATE A NEW CAR. THE RECALL WAS A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT AND MY WIFE WAS LUCKY SHE WAS NOT IN THE CAR WHEN THE FIRE HAPPENED. IF THE CAR WAS NOT BURNED, IT WOULD STILL BE GOOD FOR ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS. WITH GM'S PROPOSAL, MY WIFE AND I WILL INCUR A DEBT TO GET ANOTHER CAR AND WHEN SHE RETIRES AS A NURSE SUPERVISOR AT TEXAS STATE VETERANS HOME IN TWO OR THREE YEARS, WE WILL BE BURDENED WITH A LOAN PAST OUR RETIREMENT. MY WIFE IS 72 YEARS OLD NOW. WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED, THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 09/24/14. UPDATED 03/04/15. *JB

MY CAR STARTED TO SHAKE, SQUEAK, AND JERK. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR A FEW DAYS NOW, AFTER TAKING IT TO TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS. I THEN LEARNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RECALLS FOR THE WHEEL BEARING, DRIVE TRAIN, AND PULLEY SYSTEM FOR THE ENGINE. I CALLED MY DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE USED CAR AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T HELP ME WITH RECALLS. I THEN CALLED GM DIRECTLY AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO OPEN RECALL ON MY CAR. I FURTHER RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT TO BE A LIE, YOUR DATA BASE ALONE STATES THERE IS ONE THAT MAY CAUSE THE CAR TO CATCH FIRE. THIS IS MY FIRST CAR TO PURCHASE AND WITH IT HAVING MAJOR SAFETY RECALLS AND NO ONE WANTING TO HELP, I DIDN'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO CONTACT. *TR