Vehicle just locked up, and I was forced to coast down a hill from my houseintyo uncoming traffic.. This has been the second time this has occurred with this vehicle, the first ime, I called triple aaa and had the car towed to arroway chevrolet dealership in mount kisco ny. This is where I purchased the vehicle. This occured with a 2005 chevrolet cavalier tht I purchased from arroway in mount kisco, it occured so frequently, that I turned it in and purchased the aveo. Unfortunately, the same thing is happening with this car.
2009 Chevrolet Aveo fuel system complaints
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Vehicle had open recall on october 13th, 2012; took the vehicle to john elway chevrolet to fix recall 11290, and was told that the check engine light was illuminating due to an oxygen intake related issue. The open recall, which is was a defective emissions component, is, in addition to the emissions system, covered under the federal emissions control system warranty and federal emissions defect warranty in accordance with the u.s federal clean air act, and backed by chevrolet's promise to "repair and/or replace defective parts in material and workmanship which cause vehicle to fail to conform with those regulations" (p20, 21), and cover "emission related defects in the genuine gm parts listed under the emissions warranty parts list, including related diagnostic costs, parts, and labor" (21). (chevrolet limited warranty and owner assistance information). The oxygen intake related issue however, was not repaired, and diagnostic costs and repairs for these parts were, according to john elway chevrolet, at the owners expense. Since october 13th, 2013 I have had several failed attempts to not only abide by the chevrolet owner's rights and responsibilities, but to maintain the vehicle I had purchased in may of 2012. It is because of chevrolet's failure to abide by their very own promise to their customers, the binding contract I myself purchased and signed with my vehicle which states in their own words warranty, was broken and as a result my 2009 chevrolet aveo was no longer considered a working or legal vehicle. On august 16th, 2013, a case was made with poison control after driving this vehicle, for the last time.
My 2009 chevrolet aveo was bought in march with 25000 miles, in april I began having problems. After taking the car to two different chevrolet dealerships, at separate times, the harmonic balancer was found to be worn which damaged the timing belt and had to be replaced at 28000 miles. Before this, the car was taken to the dealership for problems of not starting (occasionally). The issue could never be duplicated and was told the car was fine. Since then, the car will now act as though it does not want to take gas or that there is a "mis-fire" such as spark plugs. No lights come on. At 42500 miles when going 45 MPH, the car acted as though it wasn't getting gas, or trying to "miss" and the engine light flashed three times but didn't stay on. After pulling over, turning off the car for 10 secs and restarting it, as said to do in manual, the car was able to be driven home with no security lights on. Car will once again be inspected a dealership for the same problems!!! This car should be recalled. It is not safe to drive. It "lunges" at intersections or when letting off the brake, jerks or makes a hard "miss" when traveling at a constant speed. Aveos should not be on the market. My aveo gets great gas mileage, has no power options, which is what I wanted, but is still more trouble than any vehicles I have owned. My aveo is driven mostly on the interstate and no more than 30 miles in each direction. It currently has 42550 miles.
On the first incident, when driving at 40 MPH started shaking like it wanted to stall and stopped accelerating. The next day when stopped at a light it started shaking and the RPM gauge was going up and down. It didn't happen again until about a month later, which is when I took it in, but the dealership couldn't replicate the problem. It kept happening -- the car would start shaking while driving like it wanted to stall and would slow down. Once while driving it dropped the acceleration to about 20 MPH and would not go any faster, then just lost power to the engine. I took it again for one week but they couldn't replicate the problem. I got the car back and it was fine for about two weeks but now is happening regularly. Sometimes it just shakes quickly but something the acceleration completely drops and the car will just stop while I am driving, which is scary. I'll try to accelerate and nothing will happen, then finally it will go again. Sometimes I will stop and then the car will lurch forward. The RPM gauge is always moving up and down. There is no pattern as to when it happens. I've taken the car in two more times and still nothing. They just installed a data recorder and I recorded four instances and gave it back; I'm waiting to hear the results. It's very dangerous, because I will be driving in traffic and my car will just stop, and since I am not braking there is no indication to the car behind me. Also, no lights are coming on (no check engine light, etc.). I had my oil changed the first time since I was about due but that made no difference.
I bought my 2009 chevy aveo a year and a half ago. When my car was at 6,000 miles, I drove my car to school and parked it in a parking garage. When I returned to my car at the end of the day it would not start. My car was towed to a dealership and a faulty fuel pump was replaced. When my car reached 16,000 miles I began experiencing shaking at stop lights and stop signs, and very slow delayed acceleration when starting to drive after stopping. The shaking and delayed acceleration would occur randomly yet was very likely when my air conditioning was on. I brought my car to the dealership yet they said the problem could not be replicated. My car is currently around 22,000 miles. Over the last week my car has begun decelerating and then suddenly lunging forward while I am driving. The deceleration and lunging forward is happening when I am driving on local roads at about 30mph and when I am on a highway driving around 70mph (and everything in between). Today, pulling out of a parking lot, my car was very delayed in acceleration. When I stopped at a stop light, my car began shaking and then shut off. This problem is sporadic, yet increasingly worrisome and dangerous. Dealerships have not identified a problem and insist there is nothing they can do.
My experience with our 2009 chevrolet aveo. My wife has had multiple problems with our 2009 chevrolet aveo; which she has described to me but I could not make happen or duplicate when I would test drive it when she would get home, until today 10/17/2010. Here is what I experienced. My first 10 -15 miles of driving with one 30 min. Stop at store, no problems. Made 2 mile trip to another store for about 10 min. Then on my way down the road just before a major intersection light; had to stop in long line of traffic. The first thing that happened was when I slightly let off the brake to move forward, the car lunged. I hit the brake and the RPM started dropping and the car started sputtering; so I let off the brake and it lunged again. When the light turned green, I pushed on the accelerator and it was if the engine was not getting gas. I pushed the peddle to the floor and it started going normal again. Pulled into a grocery store parking lot; and it was very shaky or sputtering.; I pushed on the accelerator and it was if the engine was not getting gas again. Pulled into parking spot and once again the RPM started dropping and the car shut off on its own. Went into 1 store for 10 min. Got in the car and it showed no symptoms on the rest of the way home; which is 2 miles from the store. So now I know there is something wrong here.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet aveo. The contact stated the vehicle will begin to stall and then regain power, causing the contact to accelerate unexpectedly. The failure occurs without warning. The vehicle has been diagnosed several times by the dealer, but the problem has been corrected. The failure mileage was 20000 and the current mileage was 29000. Updated 02/09/11*lj the consumer stated the stalling problem was related to the fuel injector. Updated 05/09/11
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet aveo. Whenever the contact drove the vehicle at various speeds he smelled gasoline inside the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who replaced the computer; however, the vehicle was still experiencing the failure. The contact had experienced the failure since the vehicle was purchased. The current and failure mileages were 4000.
Loss in power and almost feels like car is lugging when I am pressing down on the gas it looses power only occurs when the AC or the heater is engaged.
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