There are 13 owner-reported powertrain & transmission complaints for the 2005 Chevrolet Aveoin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO REVERSE, THE LEVER WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,321.
WAS DRIVING ON I-94 FROM MILWAUKEE TO CHICAGO, ONCE IN KENOSHA AREA THE CAR CHOKED, HEARD A BIG NOISE AND DIED COMPLETELY WOULD NOT TURN ON AGAIN. PUSHED IT TO THE SHOULDER AND CALLED 911. THE DOT TOWED THE CAR TO SAFETY AND THEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE SHOP. THE MECHANIC DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM AS THE IDLER PULLEY AND THE TIMING BELT ARE BROKEN DOWN AND THIS CAUSE THE VALVES AND PISTON TO BE COMPLETELY DAMAGED. THE CAR WAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO GM RECOMMENDATION, TIMING BELT PERFORMED BY HALL CHEVROLET DEALER AT 67000 AND OIL CHANGE WAS REGULARLY DONE AT 3000MILES. ALSO THE CAR HAS A COMPLETE 92000 MILES REVIEW WITH HEISER CHEVROLET BACK IN MARCH WITH ALL THE MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDED BY GM (TRANSMISSION, COOLANT, BELTS, HOSES...ETC). THE CAR IS STILL IN GREAT SHAPE. THE TIMING BELT AND THE IDLER PART MUST BE DEFECTIVE. *TR
HI I BOUGH A 2005 CHEVY AVEO WITH 9,000.00 MILE I HAD NO PROBLEM. UNTIL ONE DAY THE CAR COMPLETELY STOP AND WONT TURN ON. IT HAD ALMOST 23,000.00 WHEN IT HAPPEN. LUCKILY FOR ME IT STOP IN FRONT OF A MECHANIC SHOP. THE SHOP CHECK THE CAR AND SAID THE ENGINE IS BAD. I BOUGH A USED LOW MILEAGE ENGINE REPLACE IT AND IT TURN ON AND DRIVE EXCEPT FOR THE SHIFTING. IT DIDN'T SHIFT TO FOURTH GEAR AND ALSO TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING IT. THEN I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD. I CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION WITH LOW MILEAGE AND STILL I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD WARRANTY CHANGE IT AGAIN AND STILL IT DOESN'T SHIFT FOURTH GEAR AND IT STILL TURNS OFF. I CHANGE THE COMPUTER, I DID A TUNE UP, ENGINE OIL CHANGE, I'VE CHANGE THE COILS AND SOME SEAL IN TOP OF THE ENGINE, AND I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR BEEN SITTING SINCE THEN I WANTED TO WAIT TO HAVE MONEY TO FIX IT, THINKING THAT MAYBE THE SHOP WAS LYING TO ME BY ASKING ME TO REPLACE ALL THIS THINGS. I SAVE I FEW DOLLARS AND WANTED TO GET IT FIX I HAD ANOTHER SHOP LOOKED AT IT AND IT SEEMS THAT IS THE SAME DIAGNOSTIC WAS DETECTED. I FRIEND TOLD ME TO GOOGLE IT AND I FOUND OUT THAT AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THAT PROBLEM. I JUST WISH I GOOGLE IT BEFORE I SPEND ALL THE MONEY ON IT. LESSON LEARN I HOPE THEY DO A RECALL BECAUSE I TOO WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE AND GET IN TO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT TURN OFF ON ME . *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE WHEN CHANGING GEARS AND IN ADDITION, THE HEATER WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT WOULD ALSO SMELL SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS SPORADICALLY. THE DEALER AND A LOCAL MECHANIC WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
ON SUNDAY EVENING I ATTEMPTED TO PUT MY 2005 CHEVY AVEO INTO DRIVE AFTER PUTTING MY KEY IN THE IGNITION AND STARTING THE VEHICLE BUT THE SHIFTER WAS STUCK IN PARK. THE AVEO HAS A FEATURE CALLED THE "SHIFT LOCK RELEASE" WHICH IS A HOLE ON THE SHIFTER CONSOLE YOU CAN PUT A SCREWDRIVER OR OTHER TOOL INTO TO RELEASE THE SHIFTER INTO DRIVE IN THESE SITUATIONS. I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND MAKE IT HOME SAFELY AFTER USING THE SHIFT LOCK RELEASE BUT WHEN I GOT HOME I REALIZED MY KEY WAS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. MY CAR SAT UNLOCKED OVERNIGHT BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET THE KEY OUT. ON MONDAY I CALLED MY LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP IN SALEM, OH AND THEY STATED THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY CAR UNTIL TUESDAY. I SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY RESEARCHING ONLINE AND FOUND MANY CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THE AVEO. LATER ON IN THE EVENING I REALIZED MY BRAKE LIGHTS WEREN'T WORKING BUT THERE WAS NOT A BLOWN FUSE OR SWITCH. I TESTED BOTH OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND THEY WERE STILL GOOD. ON TUESDAY I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT COST ME $80 FOR THE MECHANIC TO TELL ME THE SHIFTER IS BAD, WHICH I ALREADY KNEW. THEY ALSO STATED IT WOULD BE $300 TO REPAIR THE SHIFTER. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THE FAILURE OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS, THE SHIFTER AND THE IGNITION ARE TIED TOGETHER AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BY GM AT NO COST TO ME. MY VEHICLE IS SITTING UNATTENDED WITH THE KEY IN IT, WHICH RUNS THE RISK OF IT BEING STOLEN. NOT TO MENTION WHEN I AM DRIVING I HAVE NO BRAKE LIGHTS TO ALERT THE OTHER DRIVERS I AM SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPING WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. EACH TIME I ATTEMPT TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE I HAVE TO INSERT SOMETHING INTO THE SHIFT LOCK RELEASE TO SHIFT THE CAR AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE SUNDAY. *TR
2005 CHEVY AVEO WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING FOUR YEARS LATER. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP ON HIS VEHICLE. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, HE STATED THAT THE FRONT HALF OF HIS VEHICLE STOPPED, BUT THE REAR CONTINUED TO MOVE. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS AND THEY STATED THAT THE COMPUTER CONTROL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FAILED. THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS AND LOCKS INTO GEAR BY ITSELF. THE FAILURE BEGAN AFTER A RECALL WAS ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT IN THE VEHICLE AND WAS NOT INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. GM DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.
I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY AVEO THAT HAS REPEAT PROBLEMS WITH THE CLUTCH GETTING HOT AND SEIZING THE TRANSMISSION, I HAD THIS FIXED ONE IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR AND TODAY THE CLUTCH IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN, THIS TIME I ALMOST GOT IN 2 ACCIDENTS, COULDN'T SHIFT RIGHT AND WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR
MY CLUTCH LET GO IN MY CAR, I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE CLUTCH GOT TOO HOT AND CRACKED THE PLATE AND THE FLYWHEEL, IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT, THE CAR WAS HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING AND I COULD OF BEEN HURT. *TR
2005 CHEVY AVEO CLUTCH DEFECT. *TR
THE SHIFT GEAR DOES NOT WORK MY BACK LIGHTS ARE ALL OUT I DID NOT KNOW THIS MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAY ON I HAVE HAD NEW SENSORS PUT IN ONE WEEK AND THE NEXT WEEK CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES BACK ON WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS CAR WHY WONT THEY RECALL IT I HAVE TO DRIVE THIS CAR CLOCK WONT KEEP RIGHT TIME GEAR SHIFT LIGHT GOES ON AN DOFF AND MY LOW BEAM AND HAVE HAD THIS CAR RIGHT OUT OF THE SHOW ROOM ONLY 13 MILES ON IT WHEN I GOT IT AND KNOW IT IS ALL MESS UP I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT! *TR
2005 AVEO 3RD TIME WITH THIS PROBLEM IT WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK IT STICKS .2 TIMES THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS THE SHIFTER. 3RD TIME THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A BAD CONNECTION TO THE BRAKES. KNOW SENSE THEY STATED IT'S FIXED WHEN YOU PRESS THE BRAKE THE SHIFT CLICKS LOUD ALSO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUSH THE SHIFTER DOWN IT JUST SLIDES UP AND DOWN.. NOT SAFE I NEED A GOOD CAR THAT I FEEL SAFE IN. *TR
DT: WENT TO ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR, AND RENTED A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT A STORE. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. IT SEEMED TO JUST LOCK. THE CONSUMER HAD TO USE HER STRENGTH TO PUSH IT INTO REVERSE. THEN, TOOK VEHICLE HOME, PARKED IT, AND TRIED IT LATER. IT DID THE SAME THING. THE CONSUMER REFUSED TO DRIVE IT. *AK *NM
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
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