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Re: California owners timing belt [photogrant]
by shelbyf
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Oct 17, 2007 (8:02 pm)
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Replying to: photogrant (Aug 30, 2006 4:57 pm)
Did you have a law suit against them yet? My car did the same as yours!! Please reply I really would like to know.
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- #827 of 885
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Re: Possible new Aveo owner? [jeep_cj8]
by tabbycat22
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Oct 19, 2007 (12:19 pm)
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Replying to: jeep_cj8 (Aug 12, 2007 6:08 pm)
Please do not buy this car for it almost got me killed in traffic, when the engine misfired shutting my car down. I was very lucky that another car did not crash in the back of my car. I had to get someone to help me push my car to the side of the road. My Aveo is a 2005 with 41,000 miles on it and has never had any problems or troubles until now. I had my car towed to the local Chevrolet Dealer in Gainesville Florida. I had been advised by a friend that there was a tecchincal service bulletin by General Motors for all 2004,2005,2006& 2007 Chevy Aveos for a intermittent Misfire. The misfire may ocur under any operating condition and may or may not be noticed. We a asked about this problem and the service guy denied any thing about the problem. The following are some of the various driveability problems- extended crank time, hard to start, mil/ses illuminated with DTCs,lack of power and surge or chuggle, rough idle, intermitting misfire. Yet the cheverolet service technician told me that I needed new Platinum spark pluge, which generally last up to 60 thousand miles and a new coil along with having the fuel injector cleaned, because the fuel injuctor was very cloged and every thing was so badly corroded. How could things be this bad on a car with 41,000 miles, that has regular maintance done on it. The pluges are platinum, which should last up 60 thousand miles and I have had no problems until my car misfired shutting down on me. The Cheverolet dealer refused to acknowledge that there was this problem with Aveos Misfiring along with other problems such as the belt on these cars. When all was said and done, I ened up paying to have the car fixed, because the dealership refused to do any thing about these defects. My husband has since emailed my concerns to Cheverolet main corporate office. I would not buy another Cheverolet car after reading all the reviews on this car for safety. (What a nightmare)
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- #828 of 885
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Re: Possible new Aveo owner? [tabbycat22]
by ilaveo
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Oct 19, 2007 (6:10 pm)
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Replying to: tabbycat22 (Oct 19, 2007 12:19 pm)
Sorry you had car trouble tabbycat, but clogged injectors are usually caused by bad gas and can happen in any car. The problem is pretty common. It is not unusual for a car to have a TSB concerning best practices for cleaning clogged injectors. Similarly, intermittent misfire is a fault caused by a number of possible conditions in any car (bad plugs, loose plug wires, clogged injectors,....). Again, many (most?) cars have a TSB that outlines best practice diagnostics for misfires. It sounds like your tech probably was going down the standard troubleshooting list and replacing everything until something worked. He may have replaced some parts that were still good. Most likely you need to blame the bad fuel that someone sold you rather than the fuel injectors.
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- #829 of 885
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Re: Possible new Aveo owner? [tabbycat22]
by poncho167
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Oct 20, 2007 (4:08 am)
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Replying to: tabbycat22 (Oct 19, 2007 12:19 pm)
I agree with the other poster in that it is likely the gas that caused the problem. I have watched the forums for a couple years now and I have never seen the hesitation misfiring issue here before. The spark plugs will foul out with bad gas.
If you get a Toyota and you keep going to the same gas station you will have the same issues but will you keep buying Toyota's after that?
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- #830 of 885
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Re: California owners timing belt [photogrant]
by hobo1940
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Oct 29, 2007 (7:46 am)
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Replying to: photogrant (Aug 30, 2006 4:57 pm)
can you specify where you found calif.law on timing belts,statue no.etc.
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- #831 of 885
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defect needs recall on 2006 chevrolet aveo
by dsm_97gst_t3t4
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Nov 12, 2007 (11:28 pm)
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my girflfriend bought her Chevy aveo brand new and has had her 2006 Chevrolet aveo for a good while now almost has 49,000 miles ok.... we were leaving from target and this new light comes on in the car of course me being the male noticed it right away by my girlfriend didnt ..... im thinking what the hell is this shit so im like put your seat belt on so she does and then i do cause i mean airbags are made to help save lives but can take lives ..... so im like lets just go and park at walmart so we do ..... so i get her owners guide out and i find out what this disturbing light means ....are you aveo readers ready for this ..... THE AIRBAGS READINESS LIGHT WHICH MEANS......THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION, DIAGNOSTICS MALFUNCTION, ETC.... WHICH ALSO I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT CHEVROLET AVEO CARS HAVE BAD AIRBAG PROBLEMS AND PEOPLE HAVE DIED BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS DIDNT DEPLOY EVEN AT 70 MPH AND THAT TO ME DESERVES A RECALL ON ALL AVEOS THATS A REALLY BIG DEFECT AS FAR AS YOUR SAFETY THATS LIKE SEAT BELTS THAT WILL COME LOOSE WHEN HIT BY ANOTHER CAR YOU CAN GET SLUNG OUT THE WINDOW BUT IN THIS CASE WITH NO AIRBAGS YOU CAN BREAK YOUR NECK AND ETC I DONT WANT TO GET INTO THE FINER DETAILS .... so if anyone knows what the warranty or anything about the chevrolet aveo airbags or gm's policy on the airbags like mile/year warrenty on the airbags please let me know by contacting me at ..........shark_zombie yahoo.com.............think of it like this if it was your loved one driving a car like this wouldnt you want chevrolet to do something about it please go to http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/index.cfm and make a complaint onlineif you have the same problem theres gonna be more people with this problem i would bet money on it because its korean made with a bow tie on it
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Re: Possible new Aveo owner? [jeep_cj8]
by dsm_97gst_t3t4
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Nov 12, 2007 (11:46 pm)
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Replying to: jeep_cj8 (Aug 12, 2007 6:08 pm)
dont buy an aveo my girlfriend has had hers a little over a year and half and it has 46,000 miles on it and the car just yesterday put a light up and i looked in the owners manuel and it says the airbags , electrical, and diagnostics system has a malfunction so my friend i dont know you but i weight 255 and im 6'0" its a comfortable and roomey car but the downfall is it doesnt have any upgrades for it your stuck with slowness and everything will have to be custom made and now the second bad thing about it chevrolet puts sorry tires on them my girlfriend had the car 2 monthes and the tire on my side blew out costing her 125 dollars because the tire to fit her rim is pretty much a special order item we went to about 9 places like tire kingdom ,tires plus, walmart etc finally we found 1 place a family owned store that just happened to have 1 and now this with the airbags i just dont know what to think about this car and my friend the 100,000mile 10 year warrenty is bs i have proof http://www.carbuyingtips.com/warranty.htm i mean i dont know what else to tell you but dont buy a chevrolet buy a mitsubishi man ive had a mitsubishi that i have had for a long time and only thing that went wrong is because of me not a defect and my friend switched the boost controller to high and drove it for 7 hrs in high boost and the turbo blew but the turbo was from 1990 and this was 2004 so if i was you go with a japanese car and mitsubishi will deal with you better believe me by the way my girlfriends aveo is a LT which means it was top of the line aveo and its still not on my list for buying looks i give it a 6 out of 10, engine performance i give it 4 out of 10, durability 0 out of 10 its not gonna last
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- #833 of 885
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Serpentine Belt Routing Diagram
by almostwalking
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Nov 14, 2007 (12:21 pm)
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Does anyone have a belt routing diagram for an 04 Aveo. I thought most all cars had the diagram shown somewhere in the engine compartment, but I don't see one. Thanks.
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- #834 of 885
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Re: Possible new Aveo owner? [dsm_97gst_t3t4]
by poncho167
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Nov 17, 2007 (4:14 am)
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Replying to: dsm_97gst_t3t4 (Nov 12, 2007 11:46 pm)
I would rather take a chance with an Aveo than any Mitsu. Mitsubishi probably will not even be around in the U.S. within 5-years. They are the worse of the worst.
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- #835 of 885
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Re: Possible new Aveo owner? [dsm_97gst_t3t4]
by ilaveo
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Nov 18, 2007 (3:25 pm)
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Replying to: dsm_97gst_t3t4 (Nov 12, 2007 11:46 pm)
Personally, I try to find out what the source of a warning light is before I conclude a car is junk. For all you know a mouse chewed a wire or something like that. The Dodge badged Mitsubishi I owned had a ton of AT problems.
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