2005 Chevrolet Aveo
This year drew an ordinary 235 complaints for a Chevrolet Aveo — the model's median is 163. What they were about is the unusual part: 18.3% of them mention panel, against 7% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 235 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 163 |
| Involving a crash | 19 |
| Involving a fire | 17 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 26.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- panel — 18.3% of this year's complaints, against 7% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: panel, instrument, instrument panel, tail lights.
- interior — 11.9% of this year's complaints, against 3.6% across the model's other years (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: interior, tail light, interior lights, console.
- tail — 8.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.6% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: tail, bulbs.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
ALL INTERIOR LIGHTS AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO READ THE GAUGES AND THE DRIVER SIDE TAIL LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE F…
THE HAZARD LIGHTS, THE TAIL LIGHTS, THE MARKER LIGHTS AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V261000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) HOWEVER, THE FAILURES PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC,…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V261000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Aveo was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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