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
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING 66 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED. WHILE GOING UPHILL, THE GEAR MOVED TO SECOND GEAR AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO LOWER THE SPEED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER THE LAST TIME THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THE OIL LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.
2007
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
"PASSENGER AIRBAG IS OFF" LIGHT COMES ON WHEN ADULT IS SEATED INDICATING AIRBAG IS DISABLED. HAVE HAD IT IN FOR SERVICE FOUR TIMES. HAVE BEEN TOLD WE WERE NOT SITTING IN THE SEAT PROPERLY. GM REPLACED SEAT AND SENSOR, BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. LAST SERVICE DATE IS 12/24/2008. WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE FIXED. REPORTED AT 8297 MILES; CURRENT MILEAGE IS 53783. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT INCREASING CHANCE OF INJURY. *TR