Faults:

Overheated at 650 miles.

Dome lights blew.

Transmission shifted hard at 1500 miles.

Sprung an oil leak at around 5,000 miles.

Has worse gas mileage than my dodge stealth.

A/C quit around the time I unloaded this pile of crap.

Paint peeled about 2 months into ownership. it peeled when a bug would hit the car or it would get washed.

Crappy tire that wore out at 8,000 miles.

Started smoking at 9,000 miles.

General Comments:

Drives like an old, cheap import.

You can hear and feel everything in this car, even if you're deaf or paralyzed. It makes a car with no muffler seem quiet and a car with busted springs seem smooth.

I wouldn't even recommend this car to a new family on a budget. Buy something used, trust me, it's safer, and you won't take as bad a hit on the resale value.

Only good thing here was the dealership. The Chevy dealership in Fairbanks, AK was as helpful as they could be.

Faults:

After driving the car for 5 months, 2500 miles my service engine light began blinking. I immediately took it to the dealership and found that my injectors were bad. Thank God for warranty cause that little service call would have cost 1300 dollars in repair.

After a year some little annoying things began to spring up.

Clock resting itself twice a week.

Power fluctuating so bad I couldn't use my child's dvd player in the car.

Having to turn the key two or three times to start the car.

Repeatedly blowing the door lock fuses about once a month.

Some awful squeaks in the front end.

Nine months, 11000 miles past and I am living with the quirks. Then I saw the light blinking again. Again I took it directly to the dealer. Again the injectors were bad. They are replaced and I go on.

Now to present my light is blinking again and it's in the shop who knows what it is this time, but with 22700 miles this has not been a good ride.

General Comments:

I don't know exactly what to think about this model of car from my experience it's been a bad dream. Who could have imagined the very first brand new car I ever bought would turn out being more trouble then all the other cars I've ever had combined. Reliable is the last word I would choose to describe it.

If you do decide to purchase one I hope this process does not repeat itself to you. I HIGHLY suggest that the extended warranty will be worth every cent.

Faults:

The only thing that has gone wrong with the car is having to replace the interior light bulb and the windshield wipers.

General Comments:

I have leased my 2004 Aveo Sedan for nearly 3 years now with 30,000 kms on the clock. I have not had one minute of trouble with my car and I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba with freezing temperatures of minus 40 degrees Celsius and have had no problems starting or driving my car in those conditions. I have also driven across country to the West Coast -a journey of over 3,000 kms through the Rocky Mountains and had no problems getting up and down the mountains. The fuel consumption is great.