2009 Chevrolet Aveo

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12000. UPDATED 09/30/14

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND WENT INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THREE OF THE TIRES BECAME DETACHED FROM THE WHEELS AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, FOREHEAD, AND BACK AND THE CONTACT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AN AMBULANCE. THE POLICE WAS AT THE SCENE AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000 UPDATED 9/11/14*CN UPDATED 1/20/2015 *JS

I WAS DRIVING UP HWY 31 IN COLUMBUS AND MY CAR WAS LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING GAS. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR AND IT MADE A CONNECTION AGAIN IN APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE. THIS HAPPENED TWICE AND I TOOK IT TO POYNTER CHEVROLET IN SEYMOUR. NOTHING SHOWED UP ON THE COMPUTER AND THEY KEPT MY CAR 3 DAYS AND COULD NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. MY CAR WAS ONLY DOING THIS ONCE A WEEK, NOW IT IS DOING IT MOST OF THE TIME. YOU HAVE NO WARNING THAT IT IS GOING TO SLOW UP, ONLY MOVING FROM THE MOMENTUM OF THE PREVIOUS SPEED. I LOOKED ON THE COMPUTER AT "PROBLEMS WITH CHEVY AVEOS" AND THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED CHEVROLET AND THEY SAID THEY ONLY DO RECALLS FROM CALLS FROM MECHANICS WHO HAVE FIXED THE SAME PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES. HOW CAN I GET THIS FIXED IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM? THIS COULD CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT SEVERAL WAYS SO I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. IF I AM ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 70 MPH AND THE CAR DECIDES TO JUST QUIT, I COULD GET HIT. IF I'M MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND THERE IS ON COMING TRAFFIC I COULD GET HIT. I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY AVEO AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. PLEASE LOOK AT THE INTERNET AT ALL THE OTHER OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

HAD DRIVEN MY CAR EARLIER THAT DAY WITH NO PROBLEMS. MID-AFTERNOON I GOT IN MY CAR TO GO RUN ERRANDS AND IT WOULDN'T START. WHEN I WOULD TURN THE KEY NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN, NO LIGHTS CAME ON, NO ATTEMPT FOR ENGINE TO TURN OVER. NOTHING. QUICK CHECK CONFIRMED BATTERY WAS CHARGED, FUSES GOOD, AND POWER GETTING TO FUSES. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. INSPECTION BY GM TECHNICIAN FOUND THE INSTRUMENT MODULE HAD OVERHEATED AND BEEN DAMAGED, WHICH DISABLED THE IGNITION AND WOULDN'T ALLOW CAR TO START. ISSUE SOUNDS SIMILAR TO THE RECENT RECALLS ON THE 2004-2008 AVEO'S, WHERE "THE PROBLEM CONCERNS THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT MODULE IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IT COULD OVERHEAT, MELT AND CAUSE A FIRE." GM TECHNICIAN NOTED THAT HE COULD TELL THE INSTRUMENT MODULE WAS MELTED CAUSE HE COULD SMELL THE BURNING WHEN HE OPEN UP THE DASH. *TR

I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT SOUTHBOUND TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 P.M. THE AVEO MALFUNCTIONED ON TURNING. I ENDED UP GOING SOUTHBOUND IN THE NORTHBOUND TURNING LANE AND WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED. I WAS UNABLE TO START THE CAR, CHANGE GEARS, TURN ON HEADLIGHTS, OR TURN ON FLASHERS TO WARN OTHER DRIVERS OF IMPENDING DANGER. THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY STALLED WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WORKING - CONFIRMED BY POLICE, A FRIEND, AND WRECKER OPERATOR. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO EVEN PUSH THE CAR TO A SAFE LOCATION AS THE WHEELS WOULD NOT MOVE/TURN. A MANUAL OVERRIDE WAS REQUIRED BY THE WRECKER OPERATOR TO EVEN LOAD THE CAR ONTO THE WRECKER. I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE A GOOD SAMARITAN PULL UP BEHIND ME AND PUT ON FLASHERS AND WAIT UNTIL THE POLICE ARRIVED AS WITHOUT LIGHTS OR FLASHERS, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE THE CAR STALLED IN THE WRONG LANE OF TRAFFIC - CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT. IN THE WEEKS PRECEDING THIS COMPLETE MALFUNCTION, I HAD REPLACED BOTH FRONT HUB BEARINGS, BRAKES, TIMING BELT AND WATER PUMP. SHORTLY AFTER THE LAST REPAIR - REPLACING THE TIMING BELT AND WATER PUMP - THE AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING AND RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE OF APPROX ANOTHER $1,400 FOR THIS REPAIR FROM A CHEVROLET DEALER IN MY AREA. *TR

JUST WANTED TO LET SOMEONE KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN I TAKE MY KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION IT IS VERY HOT TO THE TOUCH AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY OTHER CAR DO THIS IT DOES NOT DO IT EVERY TIME BUT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THIS HAS HAPPENED AND WAS WONDERING IF THERE HAS BEEN OTHERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS I JUST DON'T WANT A FIRE TO START OR SOMETHING HAPPEN WHILE I AM DRIVING IT. *TR

WHILE WAITING IN DRIVE-THRU FOR MY ORDER, MY CAR BEGAN TO SHUDDER VIOLENTLY. I WAS IDLING AT 1 RPM ON THE METER. SUDDENLY, MY CAR ACCELERATED ITSELF UP TO 4 RPM. HAD I NOT HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, I WOULD HAVE REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THIS PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE DRIVE-THRU AND ONTO THE ROADWAY. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR, BUT THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND THEN WOULD REV UP TO 35MPH WITHOUT WARNING. NOT ONCE DID MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY INFORMATION CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT CHEVY DOESN'T COVER THAT PART OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. I JUST PAID MY CAR OFF AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY JUST EXPIRED. I'M LOOKING AT PAYING $700 AND THEY'RE NOT DONE LOOKING AT MY CAR. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE FROM WHAT I'VE READ, MY CAR ISN'T THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THIS. *TR