2007 Chevrolet Aveo problems
Owners have filed 307 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Chevrolet Aveo. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 27% of complaints. After that come electrical system (17%) and lighting (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 307 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 35 and 24
- Injuries and deaths
- 35 and 3
- Typical mileage
- 51,000 miles 245 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 71 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 39 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 25 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 33 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 39 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 17 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 6 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 245 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 51,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 38,000 miles (65 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 35 complaints mention a crash; 24 complaints mention a fire; 35 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 88% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Chevrolet Aveo with enough data (160 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My mother was killed in a 1 car accident outside tallahassee, fl on I10 on 8 may 2007. She went into the median and hit trees head-on. The posted speed limit is 70 MPH and the fhp on the scene indicated she applied her brakes from the time she left the pavement until she hit the trees. She died 6 days later of a broken neck and multiple internal injuries. She was driving a 6 week old 2007 chev aveo with front and side air bags. None of these air bags deployed.
After buying my car brand new the air bag light went on and stayed on till this day. At the beginning I thought it was only the passenger air bag and went and asked about it at the dealership where they actually informed me that it wasn't only the passenger airbag thats not working, rather none of the airbags work. That was made clear a month later when my dad, grandmother, and brother were driving it and got t-boned by a truck and of course non of the airbags went off.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet aveo. While driving approximately 65 MPH, the contact stated that the vehicle would continue to maintain speed for miles as pressure was removed from the accelerator pedal. The contact stated that the failure would recur at any speed. The vehicle also stalled approximately fifty times without warning. In addition, the vehicle would decelerate independently, the rpms would fluctuate and the vehicle would jerks forward erratically without warning.
1. Airbag readiness light remains on for duration of vehicle's operation. 2. Driver side inside door latch is cracked and will not open door.