Other Restraint System Info: Has Automatic Occupant Sensor
Plant City: Bupyung
Plant Company Name: GMDAT
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Base/LS
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Windows: 4
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS
REAR BRAKES LOCKED ON APPLICATION, LUCKILY RIGHT IN MY DRIVEWAY. RELEASED BY ROCKING BACK AND FORTH, ONLY TO LOCK AGAIN....PULLED DRUMS MYSELF TO FIND ALL FOUR LININGS DELAMINATED FROM SHOES! PHONED GM CANADA AND GOT ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE UNTIL I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT I CAREFULLY TOOK PICTURES AND IT WAS LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS KILLED! HAVING A SUDDEN CHANGE OF HEART, THEY PHONED MY DEALERSHIP AND ARRANGED FOR A FREE SET OF SHOES, WHICH I INSTALLED, SINCE I LIVE THREE HOURS FROM A DEALERSHIP. I'M SATISFIED WITH THE PROCESS, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THIS COULD CONCEIVABLY HAPPEN TO ANY AVEO AT ANY TIME! MINE HAD 70000 KMS. (45,000 MILES) ON IT AT THE TIME, 85% LININGS! HAVE YOURS CHECKED!! NO DUST IN THE DRUMS, EITHER. SCARY!! *TR
2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS HEADLIGHTS BURNED OUT EVERY TWO MONTHS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS ELECTRICAL. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VIN NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.