2006 Chevrolet Aveo
How do I access my shifter panel in order to see what is wrong with the shifter light? I can't tell what gear I am in at night.
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There was no problem like this before I took it in for a new timing belt. Could they have messed up something that has caused all of this extra problems, and how can I make them responsible for it?
Any advice would be great.
Logic would suggest that the belt was installed improperly, probably affecting the timing by being off a tooth or so on a pulley.
By the way, a leaking valve cover gasket cannot cause oil to leak into the spark plugs. A leaking oil cover gasket will cause a loss of oil, and a real mess, but it will not cause oil leaks into the cylinders or internal engine parts. Is it possible that you mis-unerstood what he said?
My suggestion, after so many repeat trips to the same guy, is to take it somewhere else for a 2nd opinion. Looks like these guys may have done enough by now to cover their tracks, and the list of "bad"items is likely to continue to grow as long as you continue to return there.
By the way, if I remember correctly, many folks do have the water pump replaced on the Aveo at the same time they replace the timing belt, as a precaution against later water pump failure, but it isn't required, and it definately would NOT cause the issues you are having.
Good Luck !!!
Todays problem is I went to leave work put my key in, started my car & the damm thing would not shift out of park. So I turned my car off and my key wont come out. It will only go down to ACC position.
In order to drive my car right now I have to use the shift release lock and to get the key out of the ignition I have to disconect the car battery.
Im taking it in to the dealer tomorrow but just wondered if by chance anyone else has had this problem and if so what is it.
Also anyone reading this who is even thinking of buying an Aveo DONT!!!!!!
Now the part cost about $47.00. My boyfriend fixed mine for me only took about an hour. Dealer was going to charge me about $560 to fix it.
Hope this helps anyone whos having the same issue!
Today it lost power and could not accelerate, stopped turned it back on and it ran smoothly, but the light is still on. It goes off but comes back when I accelerate to quickly. Could it be a problem with voltage, or the fuel filter. I have no idea when the fuel filter was changed, had the car two years and it is reaching 60,000 miles.
Any advice would be appreciated, as I can't afford another mechanic over charging to tell me something is not wrong or fixing something I can fix myself.
Good Luck. I hope it helps.
Ron
The switches don't usually go bad but the tabs that hold them in usually snap off because they are cheap and chinsy. What it does is instead of staying in place it moves out of place when you put the vehicle in park. So instead of flipping the switch and telling it its in park. The switch housing slide instead of the switch and the car still thinks it's in gear.
In other words if you can just find a way to secure the switch and keep it from moving you won't have to buy one.
The temperature gauge stopped moving on my 2006 Aveo, and the heat has stopped working as well...I checked the coolant level and it looks fine, no sign of a leak anywhere....engine isn't overheating. Anyone have any ideas for what might cause this or where to start looking?
I am from GM Customer Service. Have you had a service tech look at the vehicle and diagnose the problem? Can you please email me more information about your situation so I can look into the concern further? You can get my email by clicking on my name. Thank you,
Mariah GM Customer Service
Now, here's where the real fun begins..... my car will not engage when I put it in drive. It actually will start to roll backwards when you let off of the gas. Now I know I don't know a whole lot about cars, but I do know that the drivetrain should hold the car on level ground.
Any help with this would be appreciated. I know that I'm going to have to take it in for service, but I'm just trying to see what the magnitude of this is before I have someone try to take me.
thanks
I would encourage you to take your vehicle to your local GM dealership. Please keep us posted when the issue has been taken care of.
Thank you,
Caron, GM Customer Service
A) How come your boyfriend over filled the oil by 2 qt to begin with?
C) You claim no oil was coming out when he tried to drain the oil? After over filling it by 2 qts. This is simply not real or possible.
D) I really wonder what the actual problem is or what is causing what you claim because based on your description what you state is simply not possible from changing the oil.
Anyhow. I couldn't believe the owener's manual doesnt even indicate where the oil filter is or where the oil drain plug is. Now, oil changes and the occasional spark plugs are the max of my auto working abilities. However, I've probably done 200 oil changes and have never seen an owners manual that didn't clearly indicate the filter and drain plug locationi. I spent almost half an hour climbing under, over, and all around the engine compartment. The oil filter houseing seemed fairly obvious but it was cranged on so hard, I was even using a breaker-bar, and I was just plain afraid of samaging something. Finally I finessed it off. I did't pre lube the filter but there was a little old oil in there so I put in in and GINGERLY tightened the cap (which BTW looks like a cheap plumbing item from the HD) I forgot to mention that before changing the filter I put the car on ramps and again looked up, down, over here and over there for a drain plug. The ONLY SINGLE bolt/nut whatever I could find didn't seem right. In the back of my head I thought, I'm no mechanic but this pan looks a little small for the supposed 4.5 quarts of oil the car holds. But, again, it was THE ONLY bolt there. This is how the original poster's boyfriend managed to accomplish what he did. Indeed the plug I found, I finally realized, was to drain the tranny fluid. An interesting side note is the fluid looked a lot better then before I took it in so in my eyes it looked almost like new oil. I started the car and let it idle a bit and of course found my motor oil level was way too high. The highest off I'd ever seen after first inspection after a change. So I went back to the only plug that I could see. I spent 3 solid hourse searching the net. Most info was for older cars... I probably read the diagrams wrong but it actually looks like in the 06' you have to remove the tranny pan, to get the the oil drain plug. No pictures or how-tos whatsoever which indicated the drain plug location. The most useful piece of information I found after three hours searching, "2011 chevy aveo oil change," and, "2011 chevy aveo oil drain plug.' - the only useful tidbit I got was this "The transmission drain plug is on the drivers side underneath where the gas and brake pedals would be. The oil drain plug is centered under the engine - duh" Well guess what? I still can't find ANY KIND OF BOLT other than the tranny drain plug and the bolts holding the belt pullies on. Now I had totally drained the tranny all whilst I thought I was bleeding off excess oil. So now I can't even get the car back up on the ramps to get a decent look - even though I really did examine it thoroughly the first time. I even reached up and felt anything that looked like some kind of bold or plug. Of course the local hardware shop wasn't positive they had the right tranny fluid and it was too late to make it to town to a real auto store. So what I'm dying to know, and creaming myself to SEE.... is WHERE THE HECK THE OIL DRAIN PLUG IS. I don't need someone to say it's centered under the engine. I've already put my hands on anything and everything down their that could possible come out... nothing. I'd like to say beause I'm so smart the first area I searched was, "centered under the engine," but that was probably more subconcious habit than anything else. I can't take it to the dealer (especially after my recent issues with them,) they'd instantly declare, "welp, you just voided your warranty." Taking it to s shop, even leaving out the details, but admitting I am incabable of finding the oil drain plug I would be laughed out of the place - or charged a fortune for someone to take 2 minutes and show me.
What I especially cannot understand is why would owner's manual even bother listing fluid capacities and types, if they don't even show you where the filters and drain plugs are? I read that stupid manual 6 times. Like I said I searched for three hours on the internet. Nothing. Apparently everyone excluding myself and the original poster are just that smart they can find the mystery items easily, or what I think is more likely is that so many people can't even figure out how to change the oil on their aveo, I mean Daewoo, that they're all to embarrassed to discuss it and this is the cause for the lack of information available on the net. Anyhow. The girl who posted is not stupid. Neither is her boyfriend ( my overall ACT score was 96th percentile with 98 percentile in reading comprehension and writing. I'm not a genious, mainly because I don't have the motivation, but I hold four college degrees and even skipped a grade in elementary school. I know now at least one other person made the exact same mistake, for the exact same reasons, that I did. WTF? I know dealers have always wanted you to bring your car in for the tiniest mainenance issue - need new wipers? Better bring it in... but is GM so hard up (probably yes) they they purposefully leave out the locations of their oil filters and oil drain plugs just to drum up more business? Anytime the manual remotely started to sound specific, the next line was always, "you can take your Aveo to the dealership to have this service performed. Now, I'd never try to change a cam shaft or change a water pump or timing belt. But I KNOW you don't have to be ASE certified to do a freakin' oil and filter change. Heck I did my first one in auto shop at 13 and have done all my own changes, all the time, no matter what vehicle I was driving at the time. NEVER has a simple oil change eaten up so much wasted time, caused so much frustation, and it also seems misleading enough that a bet a lot more than two people drained their tranny thinking it was the oil. I promise GM, now that I stuck with one of your crappy American, I mean Korean cars I will always let you perform all major mainenance while this worthless extended warranty is in effect. Would you, GM, in return, at least let us do our own oil changes? I mean, other than draining the wrong fluid and overflowing the engine with oil, what could you really screw up doing an oil change? Oh wait, those were the days when owner's manuals informed the owner where the filter and drain plugs were located. That top the oil filter is a flimsy piece of plastic and again it was cranked down so hard on there I had to use a breaker bar and I seriously thought I was going to ruin