Owner-reported complaints naming the visibility system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2005 Chevrolet Aveo submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUSE BURNED AND CAUSED ALL OF THE WINDOWS TO MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FUSE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE WHEN CHANGING GEARS AND IN ADDITION, THE HEATER WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT WOULD ALSO SMELL SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS SPORADICALLY. THE DEALER AND A LOCAL MECHANIC WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
2005 CHEVY AVEO HATCHBACK/ALL ELECTRICAL. ELECTRICAL WINDOWS WILL ROLL DOWN AND THEN COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAS NEVER HAD ANY DAMAGE. BOUGHT CAR BRAND NEW. *TR
CRACK DEVELOPED IN THE UPPER LEFT OF WINDSHIELD WAS NOT CAUSED BY A STONE OR ANYTHING ELSE. DEALERSHIP IS SAYING IT WAS CAUSED BY THE WINDSHIELD WIPER. IT STARTED BEYOND THE WIPER RANGE. *TR
I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES TO SEE WHY THERE IS SUCH A BAD SHAKING WHEN I REACH SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REASON AFTER BALANCING MY TIRES, ON TOP OF HAVING ALL REPLACED AND ALLINING THE TIRES THERE IS A HORRIBLE SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND A VERY LOUD NOISE LIKE A ROARING OISE IN THE BACK OF MY CAR. ALSO I HAVE A HUGE CRACK IN THE WINDSHILED THAT I THOUGHT CAME FROM A PEPPLE OR SOMETHING HITTING THE WINDSHIELD HOWEVER THERE IS NOT A DENT SO TO SPEAK OR ANY MARKS THAT WOULD INDICATE A ROCK HIT IT, THE CRACK STARTS UDER TEH RUBBER LINING AND GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN THE WINDSHIELD FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. FB
SUMMER 2005 THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING DURING A RAINSTORM WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE LEAVING MY VISIBILITY EXTREMELY IMPAIRED. UPON SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION, I NOTICED THAT THE NUT HOLDING THE WIPER TO THE POST HAD LOOSENED AND BACKED OFF. THIS STRIPPED THE MATING GROVES OFF BOTH THE WIPER ARM (CAST ALUMINUM) AND POST (SOFT METAL). EVEN AFTER RE-TIGHTENING THE NUT, THE WIPER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE BECAUSE THE WIPER ARM AND POST WERE TOO BADLY DAMAGED; ALL OF THE GROVES WERE ENTIRELY REMOVED FOR THE CAST ALUMINUM WIPER ARM. I WAS UNABLE TO GO TO A DEALER TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED. I DRILLED A KEYWAY INTO BOTH THE WIPER ARM AND POST. I FILLED THE KEYWAY WITH A PORTION OF A LARGE PAPER CLIP. THE DAMAGE REMAINS THIS WAY CURRENTLY. SUMMER 2005 HAVING EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM WITH THE AVEO 2004 (ABOVE) I TIGHTENED THE NUTS ON BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S WIPERS ON MY AVEO 2005. JANUARY 2007 THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING DURING A SNOWSTORM WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE LEAVING MY WIFE'S VISIBILITY EXTREMELY IMPAIRED. UPON SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION, I NOTICED THAT THE NUT HOLDING THE WIPER TO THE POST HAD LOOSENED AND BACKED OFF EVEN WITH RE-TIGHTENING THIS NUT IN THE SUMMER OF 2005. THIS STRIPPED THE MATING GROVES OFF BOTH THE WIPER ARM (CAST ALUMINUM) AND POST (SOFT METAL). I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR TO THE DEALER TO HAVE BOTH THE WIPER ARM AND POST REPLACED. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING ON PARTS TO HAVE TO REPAIR MADE.--AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB I DISCOVERED THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEIR DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER ARM NUT COMING LOOSE. HTTP://WWW.EPINIONS.COM/CONTENT_160219565700. *JB
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP. THIS OCCURRED WITH THE DEFROSTER ON. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO MAKE A DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER STATED WITHOUT A DIAGNOSIS THEY WERE UNABLE TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. *AK
MY 2005 CHEVY AVEO HAS 2500 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT WIPERS ALREADY AND HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR LESS THAN 1 MONTH. THE FRONT WIPERS ALSO HAVE A BAD TIME WITH MAKING A CLICKING SOUND TO WHICH I HAVE SMELT A BURNING SMELL UNDER THE DASH ONLY WHEN THE WIPERS ARE ON. THIS HAS MADE IT HARD TO SEE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK WHEN I SMELT A SMOKE SMELL.*JB
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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