Other Engine Info: PT-JV Variable Camshaft Phasing
Other Restraint System Info: Airbags: Roof Side (all seating rows)
Plant City: Bupyung
Plant Company Name: GMDAT
Plant Country: South Korea
Plant State: Incheon
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 2LT
TPMS: Direct
Trim: Book 2T
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Windows: 4
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2004 CHEVY AVEO TIMING BELT FAILURE AT 47,000 MILES, AND AT 102,000 MILES APPROX. 53,000 MILES AFTER THE PREVIOUS FAILURE. BOTH FAILURES HAVE CAUSED SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE MOST RECENT FAILURE COULD RESULT IN AN ENTIRE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. *TR
2010
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A BRIDGE ABUTMENT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING YARD, WHERE IT WAS DESTROYED. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED SEAT BELT BURNS TO THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN. THE CONTACT, WHO WAS A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, SUSTAINED HEMATOMA ON HIS RIGHT CALF. THE POLICE APPEARED ON THE SCENE AND FILED A REPORT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000. UPDATED 09/15/11*LJ UPDATED 2/23/12 *CN