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Someone posted about electric shock... static shock. I had a Neon that zapped the crap out of anyone getting out. Blue flash shock. It has something to do with the seat material. Body movement on the seat was like rubbing your feet on carpet. ZAP.
I used spray static remover for cloths... It helped a lot...stinks..but a lot less painful.
As far as that goes I love the whole car. It is great going around the mountains where I live. The car really holds curves great. The way I see it is if it can hang in there with me driving around in it this will be a great car for anyone else.
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Check your clock and watch it's timeliness. You seem to have about a 75% chance of your clock malfunctioning. Other than that you should be fine.
BTW-that's a small price to pay for all of the great value you just bought in your Aveo. Daewoo has done theirselves proud on this one, dudes.
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Besides our '01 Sportage 4x4 I have seen two or three other Sportage's around here and even one model like mine for sale in a local lot. South Dakota, like Missouri, is definitely GM territory. Lots of big pick-em-up trucks and SUV's. Ford pick-em-ups are popular here as well.
I have considered an Aveo but am leaning towards an xA, Spectra5 or new world order Kia Sportage next. I continue to be impressed by my '01 Sportage, though. Kia was stamping them out right in that last era of Sportage's, they done it well, dudes.
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I would advise all on this forum to check UNDER the big plastic shroud on the engine for oil sludge build up. I haven't seen a gasket give out this soon since the early 80's when production quality was much lower on cars. The AC compressor issue is odd also. It started making a loud whirring noise when I ran it in 90 degree heat. Like the internal bearings got cooked. I thought that's why you had AC in your car. It's not like I ran it for 8 hours straight in stop and go, only about a half hour. Lastly, I have never owned a car that the brakes squeeked so much on in my life. Maybe it's the brake pad material itself installed at the factory. I will give updates on the repairs. I have read these forums for a while now and this is my first post. I'm starting to think that this is why GM is treating the Aveo like a "red-headed step child".
No oil is to be seen....thats good, and still no clock problem....but my compressor does roar alittle so I think I will have that checked.... Brakes are fine.
Thanks for bringing that to our attention..
Synthetic has a tendency to leak through new seals and then they will not form and seat properly. My mechanic recommends waiting until at least the third oil change at 12K before switching to synthetic.
Ask the shop about the ac compressor, and make sure a rock did not hit and cause a slow leak up front.
In the Aveo, the gaskets are made of a specific material that is designed to swell when in contact with the surfaces and oil along with the heat.
When you use synthetic, it is a much thinner oil when the engine is cold. Since the seals have not had enough time to properly seat and seal to the new surface, the oil can start to seep past the seal. Once the leak is started the seals cannot seat properly. This is not the case on all types of seals in use. My mechanic uses a high temperature o-ring sealant on all rubber type of seals used. He says it provides a good tight seal from the beginning until the seal finally seats itself tight to both surfaces. I had a Geo Metro that would constantly leak out the distributor; it used a big rubber o-ring and had been replaced several times and still leaked. Last time I liberally coated it with o-ring sealant and viola, it did not leak again.
It is also very possible that during manufacture there was some defect with the seal used on your specific engine. Hence the reason you have a warranty. There is always a small percentage of defects during manufacturing no matter who is making the car.
The a/c compressor could have been damaged by a slow leak in the system caused by an errant rock (I had a Plymouth Horizon A/C do the same thing in 1989). It is also possibly that it was just one of the random defects in the system.
Some mechanics do not even use valve cover gaskets, they use the form-a-gasket blue lube made by Permetex.
Otherwise the extra cost is usually not worth it if you still will be changing your oil every 3,000 miles or so.
The arm rest doesn't really interest me. My last three vehicles, including my current Chevy S10, don't have arm rests, and I never missed it. Keep your hands on the steering wheel.
...but I have been advertising for eight weeks now and not even a nibble. I recommend all to buy used rather than new.. let others take the depreciation hit.
I live in Rochester, NY
This is a 2004 Aveo hatchback LS with usual stull (cd/mp3 player, power locks etc) and alloy wheels and spoiler.
Is this basically the same car as the Suzuki Aerio? I've test driven one of those. I realize the Suzuki has a lot more power with the 2.3L. I will be getting an AT, so I wonder if the 1.6 will be enough (of course, the Scion hatches have the same problem).
canroc: You said your 04 Aveo has the AT? How do you find the acceleration? Is it adequate, or does it have trouble getting out of its own way? How has the car performed so far (reliability, etc.)?
Some people could think that Chevy or Suzuki or somebody else makes the new Suzuki Swift sold new in Canada.
Maybe it's only a problem for us car nuts who like to know the historicity of cars and their makes, eh? I and several other Edmunds regulars discussed online the fall of Daewoo for months and, yes, years online here at Edmunds. Therefore, I feel that the cars they made should be called Daewoo's and traced to the proper manufacturer.
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It really boils down to who is going to support and repair the car after it is sold, not who made it. That is all that really matters the the buyer. Where it breaks down is in cases like the Pontiac Lemans that was made by Daewoo. Daewoo made it using GMs specifications and plans. GM accepted the car for sale. GM did not train the dealer service network how to properly service the car initially as it used totally modern engine management and control compared to the outdated GM offerings at the time. GM also had a problem with the dealers service departments bad mouthing the car to customers early on because it was not American made. GM totally screwed the whole deal up by not ensuring proper after sale support.
Now we have the AVEO, a decent quality of several generation of quality updates Daewoo. Still a very inexpensive car in todays market. At least the dealers are trained on working on the current generation of GM engine control system used in the car. At least there has been several years of GM outsourcing for some of the bad blood with regard to non-American-union made product. GM is marketing the car as an entry level commuter car. Despite many of GM's management screw ups the last several years, bringing in the Aveo as an entry level car does not appear to be one of them.
As for the Aveo, I drove the car and if Daewoo could get its act together for shift linkage I might be interested for a second car. The Aveo is a better car than it's Kia and Hyundai competitors but that will probably change later this year when the new Accents and Rios are released. The new Chinese Kalos/Aveo looks like a big improvement for the 4-door, I hope they continue the hatch. Sorry about the lack of an Accent hatch but the new Rio5 looks nice.
It's true that cars are assembled now gathered up from lands afar and they are just put together by a manufacturer at the final stage of the process. They do, in my instance, for example, bear the Kia name, and are warranted very nicely by Kia for me. Even though the parts come from all over and are shared technology, the body design is a manufacturer's own, and, as was stated, the customer support and dealer service is also bearing that manufacturer's name, even though we all know that the manufacturer doesn't own the dealer of the product we buy. I still feel that he experience is entertwined.
The fact that it's now a shared process, though, ironically, is part of what led me to try a Kia product out instead of Ford's. I was on my second Escort in a row when I decided on a '99 Kia Sephia. Anyhoo, back to the Chevy Aveo hatchback. The view of the next-gen Aveo I saw was of an Aveo 4-door sedan. I think it's gonna be assembled in China. Somebody get back to us on this, K?
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