Electrical problem of all kinds, seatbelt light wont shut off, air bag warning light comes on won't go off,overhead light wont work, oil light comes on. Take it to the dealer and they just reset it, then it happens again, and again, and again..started at 500 miles and continues thru today at 45000 miles...just a real pain, had to by one of the reset tool cause the garage started charging me $50.00 to check and reset it..
2004 Chevrolet Aveo airbags complaints
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I was in a semi v car accident wednesday november 19th, on a 4 lane major highway (I-294). I was driving a 2004 chevy aveo. I was cut off by the semi and my car was hit, spun out of control through 3 lanes of traffic and hit the center median of the highway. The car is totaled. The entire engine block was smashedinward. My airbag didn't deploy. I'm angry. This car has had nothing but defect after defect, but I paid for a safety feature that was faulty. I walked away from this accident, by the grace of god, and now am suffering horrific pain that is directly influenced by my airbag not deploying. I have no recourse to take against chevy. I want documentation of this major failure. I'm lucky I didn't die. The semi was ticketed in the accident.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet aveo. While driving 25 MPH, another vehicle crashed into the contact's vehicle head on. The air bags failed to deploy. The fire department arrived and deactivated the air bag switch, so that the air bags would not deploy while removing her from the vehicle. The contact sustained major injuries by striking the steering wheel. The vehicle was destroyed and towed from the scene. The failure and current mileages were 66,322.
Air bag indicator light came on in mid january 2008 and has remained on. The car just went out of warranty in aug 2007. Since I have been deployed for 15 months, I was not able to discover this problem while it was still under standard warranty. After contacting chevrolet about several issues with the brakes and air bag light, they instructed me to get it diagnosed. The diagnosis revealed an ecw failure but nothing could be found wrong with the brakes. Recommendation from chevrolet servco is to have ecw fixed. After the occurrence with the brakes, my husband began driving the vehicle.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet aveo. The contact had the vehicle's air bag sensor replaced three times. The air bag warning light illuminated at 17,000 miles. The dealer replaced the sensor. At 20,000 miles, the light illuminated again. The dealer does not know why the air bag light continues to illuminate, but stated that if the sensor does not get replaced, the air bag will deploy. At 29,000 miles, the sensor was replaced again. After parking the vehicle, the contact attempted to apply the emergency brake but it felt lose. The brake was released and the vehicle was towed because the wheels would not move. The dealer stated that the brake assembly fell apart. The failure recurred at 40,000 miles. The engine size was unknown. The current mileage is 42,000 and failure mileage was 17,000.
My daughter lost control of her 2004 aveo. The state police officer said that the front of the car hit the tree a high speed and that the air bags did not deploy.
Air bag~sdm internal sensor keeps shorting out.
While stopped at red light, our 2004 chevy aveo was struck from behind by a vehicle traveling about 25-45 MPH, which propelled the aveo into the car in front of it. During the crash, the driver's seat moved backward into about a 45 degree angle and locked in that position and providing my daughter no protection against whiplash. She received injuries to her neck and abdomen, which would have been much worse if she had not been holding on tightly to the steering wheel. She was wearing her seat belt at the time of the crash, and the aveo airbags did not deploy.
Dt*: the contact stated while traveling 55 MPH the vehicle went in a ditch, causing damage to the front end. When this occurred the airbags did not deploy. The seat belt was worn, but the contact sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and has not been seen by a mechanic. Updated 05/03/06.
Intro: make chevrolet model kalos 2004 [xxx]. Airbag warning indicator was on for several times (more than 10 times). A check was performed on 13 august 2005 and the only repair was to reset the signal from scan tool. The signal remain on continuously being a dangerous situation, service shop refused initially to repair the faulty SRS initiating the corrective actions were delayed for 4 (four) months so on 07 december 2005 were replaced on my vehicle both side airbags module and the sdm (sensing diagnostic module). 2. At 10000 km oil spot appear on top of the engine (engine distribution cover) and even reported to service shop mechanics no action was taken in order to investigate and to correct the failure till 40603 km when the spot extended and contaminate with lubricant timing belt area and following parts had to be replaced: hose, breather; timing belt timing belt expander oil seal ring 3. Brake, power steering, coolant and clutch fluids and spark plugs were replaced later than normal maintenance schedule, and only after I submitted a written complain to the service shop manager. It supposed to be replaced at 30 000 km and it were replaced at 38070 km. This also it happened with the fuel filter, which had to be replaced at 45000 km, and it was replaced at 49200 km. 4.it was reported by the owner that AC is out of service at 49200 km (evap condenser found with a large crack and refrigerant fluid lost completely). According to maintenance schedule at 45000 km service shop had to inspect evap condenser from the conditioning system and the pipelines. Ac periodical maintenance never had been performed to the vehicle as it was stated in the technical specifications. 5.engine oil was not the respecting api specifications so instead 5w 30 synthetic oil was used 10w 40 mineral oil. It took almost 18 months and 40603 km to convince them to use the proper oil for the engine. This thing affected engine life. *jb updated 07/17/2012
Dt: had an accident ; head on collision and her air bags did not deploy and the seat belt did not lock. Gm was notified.
During a 60 MPH collision vehicle rolled over, and the front air bags did not deploy. Consumer sustained injuries, and was hospitalized. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
I was in a car wreck where a woman shot across in front of me and I hit her in the passenger side of her vehicle and it was a solid impact for my vehicle at about 25-35 MPH. And my airbags, both driver and passenger failed to deploy which resulted in my brother b myself and my sister. Being injured.
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