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Chevrolet Aveo Brakes Problems

59 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 8 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2007. Best year: 2010.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Brakes · 2006 4

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO STOP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. INSTEAD, THE TIRES SPUN IN PLACE AND THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF AND EVENTUALLY CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POST. THE AIR BAG...

Brakes · 2006 4

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE INVOLUNTARY ACCELERATED AND THE BRAKING ABILITY SEIZED. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLI...

Brakes · 2009 4

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT'S V...

Brakes · 2009 4

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO BRAKE WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE...

Brakes · 2005 4

FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AT RANDOM TIMES WHEN I START MY CAR, THE BRAKES WILL NOT WORK. THEY CAN NOT EVEN BE PRESSED DOWN. WHENEVER THIS HAPPENS, A CORRESPONDING WEIRD REVVING THAT CAUSES THE CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT DOES...

Brakes · 2006 4

DRIVING AND LOST STEERING AND BRAKES AND RAN INTO A TRUCK. TRIED TO STEER AND STOP AND COULD NOT. *TR

Brakes · 2011 4

NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. IT HAS BEEN IN TWICE TO BE SERVICED. WE STATED THAT THE BRAKES DIDN'T FUNCTION CORRECTLY AND THE PEDAL WAS SPONGY AND WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. THE 1ST T...

Brakes · 2006 4

BRAKE LINE RUPTURE AND RESULTING BRAKE FAILURE CAUSED MINOR REAR END COLLISION WITH VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAG ACTIVATED BUT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE MINOR UNTIL THE FIRE. FIRE ORIGINATED IN FRONT LEFT (IMPACTED) CORNER AND CONSUMED ENTIRE ENGIN...

Brakes · 2007 4

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVEO. SHE STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT SHE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. AS A CONSEQUENCE, SHE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS COM...

Brakes · 2007 4

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVEO. WHILE PARKED IN NEUTRAL, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE MOVED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR ALSO FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THE ROAD CONDI...

Brakes · 2007 4

I HAD STATED MY 2007 CHEVY AVEO, PULLED THE PARKING BRAKE VERY TIGHT. WHEN I RETURNED THE CAR HAD ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVE AND INTO A NEIGHBORS TREE. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, DUH, I DIDN'T PULL THE BRAKE. I GOT IN THE CAR, AND THE BRAKE W...

Brakes · 2005 4

I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROAD. THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED ABOUT 75 FEET AHEAD OF ME. I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP BUT THERE WAS NO PRESSURE AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. DUE TO HAVING NO BRAK...

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