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2004 Chevrolet AVEO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1178340
Internal NHTSA #	10712712
Manufacurer	General Motors LLC
Brand	CHEVROLET
Model	AVEO
Model Year	2004
File date	15/02/15
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	In mid-february after one of our many blizzards, my wife was driving her sedan home. There was a pile of snow on our street that had hardened over. I guess she miscalculated its height (and hardness) and when she went over it, the car lurched up and she heard a loud grinding sound against the undercarriage. The engine started shaking immediately and within seconds died. She called me out and i took a look at the car. It was dead. I walked over to the ice and it was rock hard, so i tried to take a shovel to it and immediately emailed my neighbors to be careful of it. I am not mechanically-inclined, so when i googled what might've happened, i saw several comments that it could be as minor as a damaged oil pan that causes the engine to shut down. Figuring it might be something minor, i called aaa (had to wait a few days since their lines were down) and had the car towed down the street to a service station. I was not expecting the assessment from the mechanic: apparently during the collision, the timing belt slipped and caused the pistons to bend. This would cost several thousand to fix. Unfortunately, this car has an "interference" design which is prone to extensive damage when this happens. Many aveo owners have complained about this online. The worst part about all of this is that even though it happened during a collision, our insurance chalked this up to "wear and tear" and we were forced to junk the car. Our car had less than 60k miles on it and we kept it in good condition. This should not have happened. This should have either been handled through a manufacturer recall or my insurance should have treated it as the collision it was and covered it.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	60000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SOMERVILLE, MA
VIN pattern	KL1TD52684BXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	06/10/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
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Vehicle speed	5
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Chevrolet AVEO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Chevrolet AVEO Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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