1 recall and 235 owner complaints on record for this model year.
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General Motors is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 Chevrolet Aveo vehicles equipped with daytime running lights (DRL). In the affected vehicles, there may be heat generated within the DRL module located in the center console in the instrument panel, which could melt the DRL module.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will install a revised DRL module, inspect the wiring connector for heat damage, and clean the DRL circuit grounds. Owners were sent interim notices on August 14, 2014. The recall began on February 6, 2015. Owners may contact General Motors customer service at 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet). General Motors recall number for this campaign is 14236.
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The propellant in the driver airbag may deteriorate over time. If the airbags deploy, it can result in fragments from the inflator injuring the vehicle's occupants. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
The propellant in the inflator of the driver airbag may deteriorate over time. If the airbags deploy, it could result in fragments of the inflator injuring the vehicle's occupants. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
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THIS IS NOT MY VEHICLE. I AM REPORTING FRAUD BY GM. PLEASE REVIEW THE INFORMATION I AM SUPPLYING BECAUSE THE NEW GM FAILED TO DO SO.*DT *JS
MY DAUGHTER CAME TO A STOP IN TRAFFIC AT A RED LIGHT 50 FEET FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER AND WAS HIT IN THE REAR TRAVELING AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR KNOCKING HER IN TO THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND GM'S INVESTIGATION SAYS SHE WASN'T HIT HARD ENOUGH. SHE WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL VIA EMS WITH BACK AND NECK INJURY'S THIS WHOLE ACCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON THE CAR WASH VIDEO CAM .
ENCLOSED ARE SOME PICTURE OF A RECENT ACCIDENT WERE MY SON ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIRBAGS WERE NOT DEPLOYED, AS FAR AS HE CAN RECALL AND THE IMPACT INJURIES. *NM
ENCLOSED ARE SOME PICTURE OF A RECENT ACCIDENT WERE MY SON ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AS FAR AS HE CAN RECALL AND THE IMPACT INJURIES. *JB
SON GOING TO WORK AND STEERING LOCKED UP GOING INTO A TURN CAUSING THE CAR TO GO STRAIGHT INTO A POWER POLE. SON HAD TO BE EXTRACTED OUT OF CAR AND LIFE-BIRD INTO HOSPITAL WITH FACIAL LACERATION, BROKEN AN DISPLACED ELBOW AN SLIGHT CONCUSSION. ACCIDENT WAS IN THE MORNING AND THAT AFTERNOON WAS A RECALL NOTICE ON THE CAR. SON WAS LUCKY, VERY LUCKY JUST TO HAVE THESE INJURIES. CAR TOTALED. *JS
I WAS TRAVELING NORTH UNDER AN OVERPASS WHEN MY LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND A CAR COMING OFF THE HWY HEADING WEST RAN THE STOP LIGHT. I HIT THE BRAKES WHEN I SAW HER BUT IT WAS TOO LATE AND SHE WAS GOING TOO FAST. THE FRONT BUMPER ON THE 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO I WAS DRIVING HIT HER CAR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AFT QUARTER PANEL. THE IMPACT SPUN HER CAR ALL THE WAY AROUND AND I JUST ROLLED TO A STOP. I GOT OUT TO GO TALK TO HER AND SHE DROVE OFF. I GOT BACK IN MY CAR AND FOLLOWED HER. WHEN I CAUGHT UP TO HER, SHE WAS A NERVOUS WRECK. I TALKED HER INTO FOLLOWING ME ACROSS THE STREET TO A CIRCLE K GAS STATION AND WAITED FOR POLICE. SHE WAS DRIVING A 2005, I THINK, LEXUS 330, AGAIN I THINK. THE BAD THING WAS NEITHER ONE OF OUR CARS AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. HER CAR MIGHT BE CORRECT BUT ALL MY DAMAGE WAS STRAIGHT IN THE FRONT ON THE BUMPER AND THE HOOD HAS SOME MINOR DAMAGE BUT THE FRONT BUMPER IS TRASHED. I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT BUT I DID INJURE MY BACK AND MY STOMACH AREA. I HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE DOCTOR YET AS I AM WAITING TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT JUST SORE FROM THE IMPACT. *TR
I WAS PASSING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION IN A 2005 CHEVY AVEO, I WAS HIT HEAD ON BY A FORD RANGER PICKUP TRUCK, BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALED. THE OTHER DRIVERS AIRBAG HAD GONE OFF BUT MINE DID NOT. AS A RESULT HE WAS FINE, BUT I WAS KNOCKED TEMPORARILY UNCONSCIOUS. I SPENT THE REST OF THAT DAY IN A HOSPITAL GETTING X-RAYS DONE AND WAS LAID UP IN BED FOR THE NEXT WEEK ON PAIN KILLERS AND MUSCLE RELAXERS. THE PAIN (PRIMARILY IN MY NECK, UPPER BACK, AND MY HEAD WHICH HIT THE STEERING WHEEL) HAS STILL YET TO GO AWAY NOW ALMOST 3 WEEKS LATER. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS SHE WAS DRIVING 5 MPH INTO A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A FENCE, A DRIVEWAY AND THEN STOPPED ON A PORCH. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.
WHILE TRAVELING TO A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM ON 11/18/09, I HYDROPLANED ON THE WET INTERSTATE I 40 EAST, NEAR EXIT 37, SLID SIDEWAYS AT A 90' ANGLE TO OUTSIDE LANE OF I 40 EAST, ATTEMPTED TO COUNTERSTEER INTO THE SLIDE, WHICH CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO SPIN 360' AND STRIKE THE CONCRETE LANE DIVIDER HEAD ON AT 40 OR 45 MPH. THE VEHICLES AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND I PROBABLY SUSTAINED A GREATER CHEST CONTUSION TO MY STERNUM DUE TO SEAT BELT RESTRAINT IMPACT TO MY CHEST. THIS HAS ALSO CAUSED AN INCREASE TO BACK PAIN DUE TO A PRIOR PROBLEM OF 3 FUSED VERTEBRAE IN MY UPPER SPINE AND PROBABLY A FRACTURED STERNUM, BUT X-RAYS ARE NOT CONCLUSIVE. I CAN NOT HELP BUT THINK HAD THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED I WOULD NOT HAVE SUSTAINED SUCH A SEVERE BLOW TO MY CHEST AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INJURED NEARLY AS BAD AS I HAVE BEEN. I BELIEVE THE AIR BAG SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AS THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS, AND THE IMPACT KNOCKED ME UNCONSCIOUS FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS. I REMEMBER THE BACK WHEELS OF THE VEHICLE FLYING UP INTO THE AIR, AND THE REAR END BOUNCING BACK TO THE GROUND. *TR
LANE CHANGE RESULTED IN STEERING FAILURE AND ROLL-OVER OF VEHICLE. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT AFTER THE ACCIDENT. WAS THE ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE STEERING OR THE TIRE? DRIVER ESCAPED WITH BRUISING ONLY. SEAT BELT HELD. GENERAL MOTORS HAS BEEN NOTIFIED & IS INVESTIGATING. *TR
ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2007, MY DAUGHTER WAS STRUCK BY A DRUNK DRIVER. SHE WAS DRIVING A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. SHE LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK A CONCRETE RETAINING WALL VIRTUALLY HEAD ON AT 55 MPH. THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE CAR, DUE TO HEAVY FRONT END DAMAGE. HER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH THEM. I CALLED CHEVROLET ON SEPT 21, 2007, TO REQUEST THAT THEY LOOK INTO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SAFETY FEATURES ON THE CAR, AND WHY THEY DID NOT WORK. IN RETURN, THE REPORT IS BOGGED DOWN IN RED TAPE, AN INSPECTOR CALLED US LAST WEEK (OCT. 11, 2007), AND SAID HE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE CAR. SO FAR, WE CANNOT LOCATE A REPORT AND CHEVY IS DENYING THE INSPECTION TOOK PLACE. I AM SURE THEY ARE STALLING FOR TIME SO THE CAR IS SOLD FOR SALVAGE. THIS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKED INTO IMMEDIATELY, WHICH IS ALL THAT ASKED OF THEM. IN RETURN, NOTHING BUT STALLING TACTICS HAVE OCCURRED. CHEVROLET REFUSES TO GIVE PHONE NUMBERS FOR CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE, AND KEEPS REFERRING ME BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT I CANNOT GET INFORMATION FROM. *TR
LTR FM REQUEST THE INVESTIGATION OF HIS 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO HIS SEATBELT FAILED AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED IN ACCIDENT**CC THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS REAR ENDED ON JULY 30, 2007 WHICH RENDERED HIM UNCONSCIOUS AND HE WOKE UP IN AN AMBULANCE. THE CONSUMER WAS THROWN FROM THE DRIVERS SEAT, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD ON HIS SEAT BELT, THROUGH THE PASSENGER DOOR WINDOW, BREAKING IT IN THE PROCESS, THE DOOR DID NOT OPEN. THE CONSUMER WAS SEEN BEING EJECTED OUT THE WINDOW. THE CONSUMER THEN HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THE REAR. THE CONSUMER FURTHER STATED EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WOULD LIKE AN INVESTIGATION AS TO WHY HIS SEAT BELTS FAILED AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING SUCH A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER SPEAKING WITH OTHER WITNESSES HE WAS APPARENTLY HIT IN FRONT AND SPUN AROUND AND THEN HIT ONCE AGAIN IN THE REAR. COMMONWEALTH OF VA POLICE REPORT ATTACHED. UPDATED 10/03/07 *TR
TRAVELING ON 695 DRIVING ON AN OVERPASS FROM WORK, 05 AVEO PULLED TO THE RIGHT. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE DIRECTION OF THE CAR BY TURNING SLIGHTLY LEFT, THE CAR COULD NOT BE CORRECTED WITH STEERING OR BRAKE, IT WENT LEFT ACROSS THE OTHER LANE AND HIT A JERSEY WALL. CAR ROLLED OVER. SPEED WAS ABOUT 50-55. I WAS LUCKY I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON AND WAS NOT HIT BY ANOTHER AUTO OR TRUCK. WHETHER WAS CLEAR BUT WINDY. TIME WAS 1:30PM. *TR
I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROAD. THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED ABOUT 75 FEET AHEAD OF ME. I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP BUT THERE WAS NO PRESSURE AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. DUE TO HAVING NO BRAKES, I HIT THE BACK OF THE OTHER CAR. THE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY AND I HIT MY HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN I REVERSED THE CAR AND PRESSED ON THE BRAKES AGAIN THEY WORKED. THE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS SMASHED IN DAMAGING THE HEADLIGHTS, RADIATOR, HOOD, BUMPER, AND UNKNOWN OTHER PARTS AT THIS TIME. *TR
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE IN A FRONT END COLLISION THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH AND WENT UNDER A TRUCK. MOST OF THE IMPACT WAS TO THE HOOD, ROOF TOP, AND WINDSHIELD. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGED. THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE , AND HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE NOSE WAS FRACTURED, LEFT EYEBALL WENT OUT OF ORBIT, AND THE CHEEK BONE WAS CRUSHED. HE HAD TO HAVE RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY TO HIS FACE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED ALL THREE SENSORS HAVE TO BE HIT SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. *AK UPDATED 01/25/06. *JB
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