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
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
2008
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE POPPED OPEN BUT DID NOT DISCONNECT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE BUT THE CONTACTS INSURANCE COMPANY REPLACED THE HOOD. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN IN TO BE EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000.