2009 Chevrolet Aveo: ball joint or control arm failure

Filed Nov 7, 2017 · Airbags, Suspension · 50,000 miles · IL

I have had to replace the suspension rods, (tie rods, struts, and brakes and now the ball bearrings in the tires. I bought this car in 2010 which from my understanding it was supposed to be new at the time of purchase from baum chevrolet in clinton, illinois. I have bought three sets of tires (new) what is up with this car? Drive daily. I have reported it to general motors who insist it is not on recall. It should be.

Filed Jun 24, 2016 · Electrical, Suspension · 57,000 miles · IL

Had to replace suspension tie rods, po171 struts, tires 3 times and now a vacuum leak. Bought car in 2010. Car hesitates when driving and take off.

Filed May 8, 2013 · Suspension · 21,700 miles · SC

Update on problems with chevy aveo 2009. After control arm, bearings,strut ,tires replaced in april,the car still has major creaking in the front end. Customer assistance and local dealer are both backing away from further help trying to get car fixed.customer assistance says gm doesn't "owe" me a car to drive during repairs and his advice is to go to dealer and get repairs done," your warranty has expired". I now have a car with 21700 miles on it,that hasn't been fixed,and I am thinking probably can't be,due to mfg.,design problems.what to do with a car like this,if it isn't recalled.

Filed Apr 24, 2013 · Suspension · 20,550 miles · SC

This is the third entry made trying to get the front end creaking noises from my car fixed by gm. Last week the dealer had my car from tuesday until friday and thought the noise had been fixed.of course,when driven home,it was still there. The noise can only be heard at slow speeds,as in parking the car,or going over speed bumps.strut and both bearings have been changed,also a control arm. I am afraid this is a design flaw that is unfixable,I have been trying since last summer,and the warranty is gone. Is it ever admitted that a car has been sold,new,that should not have been. This car has worn out a set of tires at 20000 miles,and they had been rotated regularly.although,so far,gm has cooperated,I don't know how this is going to be resolved.

Filed Jul 23, 2012 · Engine, Steering · 65,000 miles · WV

During annual inspection, mechanic noticed slight looseness in the tie rod connection; passed inspection and asked me to have him check during next oil change. We discussed replacing the tie rod in any case with a brand with a lifetime warranty in two months when I was off from work. In the meantime, I had to have recall work done at the dealership to replace all spark plug boots and plugs. (chevrolet 5-door aveo). Asked the dealer for an opinion on the tie rod. Dealer mechanics looked at it and said it was of no concern. Went back to the local mechanic and arranged for the replacement of the left inner tie rod anyway. During the work, the mechanic discovered that the threads on the outer tie rod were completely stripped down to shiny metal. The nut slid off when pulled gently with his fingers. Replaced both parts and then had to have a front end alignment. Other than the looseness noted during annual state inspection, there were no warning signs. The vehicle was used for commuting in well-maintained state and us highways only. I am the second owner and purchased the car used in march 2011. I tried to report to gm using their website, but there is no part dedicated to the reporting of safety issues.

Filed Mar 18, 2011 · Body, Suspension · 15,000 miles · CA

I have a 2009 aveo 4 door with hatchback I bought brand new in april 2010. We have had tons of issues with it. It had a battery leak due to a bad weld job that cracked the battery and acid went throught the engine area (and all over our new home's garage and drive) all the front end has been replaced from the axle, cv boots, lower control arms (just replaced yesterday). This has been an ongoing issue with mulitple trips to the dealer and stays in the shop. Now--new issue---hubby was driving home in stop and go traffic and the car just stopped moving. It was revving up but the car was out of gear so he and his car pool buddy pushed it off the road, shut it off, and then tried to restart it but it did not want to start back up. They walked around it to see if they could see if anything was leaking and looked under the hood and seen nothing out of the ordinary. They got back in and it finally started up after 10 minutes or so and all was fine. Took it to the dealer and when I checked in the guy popped the hood and pulled out the transmission fluid dip stick. He said "no freaking way" over and over again as he put drops of the fluid on his paper and smelled it. He said that the fluid was way dark and smelled burnt and there is no way a car with less the 15,000 miles on it should have that kind of transmission fluid. Well they kept the car overnight called me today to tell me to come and get it that there is nothing wrong with it. That " the tech is unable to verify concern, scanned for codes and bulletins and found none" so therefore there is nothing wrong with it. Next time it jumps out of gear to push the onstar button and have it towed to them and they will see if they can figure it out next time. I have a handicap son and we use that car since it gets great gas mileage to get to the doctor appointments farther away and I do not want to break down on the freeway with him. After reading that our lemon chevy is not alone with this issue you would think gm would.