10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
16 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
22 / 2
Average Mileage:
47,492 miles

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problem #1

Oct 232006

Aveo 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 4,000 miles
: the contact stated while driving 70 mph on a highway, the vehicle had lost all power on three separate occasions. The warning lights illuminated on and off and the engine idled as the vehicle coasted to a stop. The vehicle restarted, and then stalled after a few minutes. The vehicle was towed to the sales/service dealer, where the problem could not be recreated. The second time, the electronic ignition switch was replaced and the third time, the alternator was replaced. Also, while traveling 45 mph, the vehicle avoided the tire tread thrown off the tire of a tractor trailer, and struck a median divider. The frontal air bags failed to deploy. The 18 year old driver sustained chest bruises from the seat belts and the 42 year old female sustained bruising due to the seat belt and skinned the left shin. Neither occupant went to the hospital. There was a police report taken. The contact had received a NHTSA recall letter # 06V398000 for the fuel system: Gasoline. The manufacturer was notified and paperwork was submitted for lemon law procedures to replace or buy back the vehicle.

- Vidor, TX, USA