I know Im still very low, only 7,500.......I wonder how many miles some of you have racked up on our trusty Aveo's......

Tell us.......

A little over 33k.

I've had mine for exactly 1 year with 21k.

I know Im still very low, only 7,500.......I wonder how many miles some of you have racked up on our trusty Aveo's......

Tell us.......
53000 and counting. I will be putting 800 miles on it over the weekend driving back home to see the in-laws

76,000 and had to replace the motor because timing belt broke and was supose to be replaced at 60,000 so I sujest you change you belt at 50,000 or 60,000 but dont wait longer because the aveo has an interference enigine wich means when the belt breaks your motor keeps going and the valves stop and when the pistons come up they bend the valves and then you have to either find a new motor or fork out the $900 for a new head.

76,000 and had to replace the motor because timing belt broke and was supose to be replaced at 60,000 so I sujest you change you belt at 50,000 or 60,000 but dont wait longer because the aveo has an interference enigine wich means when the belt breaks your motor keeps going and the valves stop and when the pistons come up they bend the valves and then you have to either find a new motor or fork out the $900 for a new head.

I was just gonna mention that. I don't own an Aveo, but I'm an apprentice at a GM dealer. We've had a few of those aveo's come in with 120,000km (75,000mi) on them with busted timing belts, reccommended 100,000km (62,000mi). Just wanted to give ya's the heads up that they will break shortly after reccommended time!

not reccomended, maintenance lol

damn pos, you'd think that with a motor that allows its pistons to slam into the valves if not in sync would atleast produce decent power with the increased compression, like my VG30DE. but i guess they dont know what they are doing.

If i wanted to waste my money and time into producing 30 more HP than factory while maintaining its milage or exceeding it. Then i would because with some tuning that motor would run alot better and it wouldnt have cost GM any extra cash to do a little homework.
Im not talking bolt on mods here, im just speaking from a ECU perspective.

1 month.... 1100


and right now everymile hurts me... dont want her getting on up there

Try 54,000, on a 04 going back and forth between NY and CT while dating my wife.

Try 54,000 on an 04.

justanotherbluedog WROTE: "Try 54,000, on a 04 going back and forth between NY and CT while dating my wife."

I would drive 54000 miles to get rid of mine!

I had almost 6,000 miles on it in the first 5 weeks. I'm currently at 17K+ and will probably break 19K by the end of next week. It's an '05 that I got in late July of last year, just about 9 months old.

I win, I win!!! This morning before leaving for work I had 74 miles!!! LOL Might break 100 this week.

I win, I win!!! This morning before leaving for work I had 74 miles!!! LOL Might break 100 this week.

I am very interested in what kind of things go wrong if any, as you reach the 100k milestone. I like the car allot, but dont really trust it to run for say 150 or around there.......Let us know how the car is doing. Thanks

Mike

tune1552, you misunderstand. It was a joke. I have just passed 74 miles NOT 74,000. I've had the car less than a week brand spanking new off the new car dealer lot.

had my 05 for about 9 months 21k miles

my 04 aveo has 67 000km
on it and its making a sound like the timing bearing or teh ohc bearing is on its way out dose taht sound right to you it sounds like a lawn mower when it is cold and it somewhat correctifies its self when it warms up makes me think its a bearing and its coming from the timing housing...and iv had a considerable amount of decreased hp since this noise started if any insite you can either leave it here or email it to me at daddy2oz@hotmail.com

i have also had my ecu fine tuned and it did a considerable amount of difference

where or how did u get ur ecu tuned? did u do it for gas mileage or more power? did u buy a chip or did a mechanic do it for u? just curious.

my 04 aveo has 67 000km
on it and its making a sound like the timing bearing or teh ohc bearing is on its way out dose taht sound right to you it sounds like a lawn mower when it is cold and it somewhat correctifies its self when it warms up makes me think its a bearing and its coming from the timing housing...and iv had a considerable amount of decreased hp since this noise started if any insite you can either leave it here or email it to me at daddy2oz@hotmail.com

Definitely get it looked at! Had similar noises at 38K miles and it was the timing belt failing. It was replaced under warranty.

Follow the advice of another poster here -- DO NOT exceed 60K miles with this car without replacing the timing belt -- it seems to be a problem area and you could seriously damage the valves/pistons.

Well my '04 aveo just cost me 1600 dollars. The timing belt went and the values bent. Got a value job done and asked my mechanic when the maintenance on the belt was required. The owner's manual says 60,000. My car has 93,000.I did some research and California law requires timing belts to last up to 105,000 miles. It looks like GM went cheap and did not upgrade the belts. My car was checked the last time I bought it in for service and my mechanic said all my belts were fine. I am thinking about filing a class action lawsuit against GM. This could be a huge problem for aveo owners. I commute over 100 miles per day that's the reason for the high mileage.

Well my '04 aveo just cost me 1600 dollars. The timing belt went and the values bent. Got a value job done and asked my mechanic when the maintenance on the belt was required. The owner's manual says 60,000. My car has 93,000.I did some research and California law requires timing belts to last up to 105,000 miles. It looks like GM went cheap and did not upgrade the belts. My car was checked the last time I bought it in for service and my mechanic said all my belts were fine. I am thinking about filing a class action lawsuit against GM. This could be a huge problem for aveo owners. I commute over 100 miles per day that's the reason for the high mileage.

I think you're lucky you made it that far! Have gone back into Daewoo forums and one of the major problems they had (including the 1.6L Ecotec engine) was timing belt/tensioner failure, many times before 60K miles.

Seems that issue wasn't corrected for the Aveo -- have heard of many failures already. 60K miles should be seen as the maximum between changes, not a mere suggestion.

I think you're lucky you made it that far! Have gone back into Daewoo forums and one of the major problems they had (including the 1.6L Ecotec engine) was timing belt/tensioner failure, many times before 60K miles.
Actually the Aveo has an E-TEC II. It has nothing to do the 1.6L Ecotec you would fined in Opels.

Also the Ecotecs 2.0L 2.2L and 2.4L in the Cobalts and GM’s other American cars don’t use timing belts, they have timing chains.

Some of the Mitsubishi engines must have the timing belt replaced or the same disaster can happen busting pistons and bending connecting rods and valve stems. You have to take the radiator and water pump off to get to the timing belt and you best go ahead and replace the water pump while you're at it. It's an eight hour job for a skilled Mitsubishi technician and runs around $800. and has to be done every 60K miles. I was on the verge of buying a Mitsi SUV but when I found it had 80K and the timing belt had not been replaced I backed out of the deal.

Actually the Aveo has an E-TEC II. It has nothing to do the 1.6L Ecotec you would fined in Opels.

Also the Ecotecs 2.0L 2.2L and 2.4L in the Cobalts and GM’s other American cars don’t use timing belts, they have timing chains.
Correct - I meant E-TEC II, which was virtually the same engine used in the Daewoo Lanos. Owners had a lot of problems with timing belts failing due to the water pump leaking and affecting the belt tensioners. From what I've heard from owners with 50,000+ miles (and my own experience), it would be EXTREMELY wise to follow the belt replacement schedule rigorously on the Aveo.

I'm not planning on exceeding 50K between replacements since the first one was shot well before that.

From Wikipedia:

D-TEC

D-TEC was an older variant if Family 1 SOHC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOHC) engine licensed by Daewoo Motors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Daewoo) for their range of Opel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel)-derived cars such as Daewoo Espero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Espero) and Daewoo Nexia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Nexia). These engines are built exclusively at Bupyeong engine plant. They feature valvetrain driven by toothed belt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothed_belt), in a DOHC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOHC) configuration for most versions, and aluminum cylinder head (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_head).
1.3 L SOHC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOHC) - Daewoo Lanos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Lanos)
1.5 L SOHC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOHC) - Daewoo Lanos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Lanos), Daewoo Nexia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Nexia)
1.6 L SOHC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOHC) - Daewoo Nexia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Nexia)
1.6 L DOHC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOHC) - Daewoo Nexia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Nexia), Daewoo Espero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Espero), Daewoo Lanos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Lanos)[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GM_Family_1_engine&action=edit&section=5)]

E-TEC II

Updated version of D-TEC. Most models feature Euro III (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_III)-compliancy, and 1.4 L and 1.6 L DOHC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOHC) versions employ variable intake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLIM) geometry.
1.4 L SOHC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOHC) - European (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe) Chevrolet Kalos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Kalos)/Chevrolet Aveo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Aveo)
1.5 L SOHC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOHC), Euro II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_II) - Asian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia), Middle Eastern (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East) and South African (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa) versions Chevrolet Lacetti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Lacetti), Chevrolet Nubira (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Nubira) and Chevrolet Aveo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Aveo), CKD kits of Aveo assembled by ZAZ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZAZ)
1.4 L DOHC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOHC) - European (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe) Chevrolet Kalos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Kalos)/Chevrolet Aveo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Aveo), Chevrolet Lacetti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Lacetti) and Chevrolet Nubira (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Nubira)
L91, 1.6 L - 103 hp and 107 ft.lbf of torque - U.S. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) version of Chevrolet Aveo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Aveo), European (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European) Chevrolet Lacetti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Lacetti) and Chevrolet Nubira (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Nubira)Higher-displacement versions of D-TEC and E-TEC II are indeed Family II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Family_II_engine#D-TEC.2FE-TEC_II) engines built by Holden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden).

Correct - I meant E-TEC II,
Ok I just wanted to make sure that everybody knew that the Aveo is the only GM vehicle that has these problems.

Well my '04 aveo just cost me 1600 dollars. The timing belt went and the values bent. Got a value job done and asked my mechanic when the maintenance on the belt was required. The owner's manual says 60,000. My car has 93,000.I did some research and California law requires timing belts to last up to 105,000 miles. It looks like GM went cheap and did not upgrade the belts. My car was checked the last time I bought it in for service and my mechanic said all my belts were fine. I am thinking about filing a class action lawsuit against GM. This could be a huge problem for aveo owners. I commute over 100 miles per day that's the reason for the high mileage.


you should try to find more people who have had similar timing belt related issues and go in on gm. the more people you have the better your chances would be of accomplishing anything. but i do think for the time being everyone should really be cautious with the belts and check 'em periodically.

hi everyone, i have 04 hatch aveo, (yellow :) ) i have 105K Miles, still running!!

"mickha2 hi everyone, i have 04 hatch aveo, (yellow :smile: ) i have 105K Miles, still running!!" That's nice, but you're living on borrowed time and when the timing belt breaks and bends push rods and valves and busts a piston your smile will quickly turn to a big frown. :wtf: Notice I didn't say "IF" it will break, . .. I said "WHEN" it breaks and if you don't have it changed you can bet your sweet pippy it WILL break.

My neighbors daughter has a KIA and the timing belt wasn't replaced, it broke and total engine disaster and repair would have been so expensive they got a rebuilt engine and put in it.

1 month.... 1100


and right now everymile hurts me... dont want her getting on up there

Yeah I JUST got mine last night and I broke 100 miles today... Actually it's almost to 200. lol hurting me...

2004 Aveo sedan... 87,000 miles. Mostly highway. This thing has been in and out of the shop for just about everything I've read about the Aveo. Water pump seized which broke the timing belt. This car is a piece of junk.

Just passed 150 miles today, I have only had it for a week though. I drove the car off the lot, with 23 miles on it, but they had to replace the instroment cluster, so it had 0 miles on it when i drove it off the lot.

TTFN
Kris

I was considering buying a used Mitsubishi Montero loaded, nice ride, clean and 75K mi and the price was definitely right. I test drove it a few miles to the Mitsi shop and asked if they had anything in their data base about maintenance. Not a thing but the service writer said the timing belt should be changed at 60K mi requires taking the radiator off major job takes an experienced mechanic 6 to 8 hours. Said while you have the water pump off best to go ahead and replace it also and the whole jobs runs around 7 to $800. bucks. :uhoh: Say what? Needless to say I took it back and asked if it had ever been changed and the guy turned white and said yes, I asked for the repair order and they couldn't produce one so I said awwww shucks. I gave him two thumbs up and said thanks, but no thanks. :flipa: <Two thumbs up.

I never understood why GM bought Daewoo and didn't make major changes to the engine so the car in general wouldn't be so problematic. If they had made changes to make it a better vehicle I could understand that. But all they did was put the GM name on a vehicle with a long history of problems so much so that Daewoo got such a bad name they went out of business. I looked at one for mu busines vehicle and fortunately the sales mgr was an old friend and explained why I didn't want one. I was shocked and ultimately bought a used 03 Taurus had it a year and very happy with it.

You GEO people definitely get those belts changed at 60K miles and don't get caught with over 60K with a broke belt that bends connecting rods, busts pistons and bends valve stems because if you do you better have some real deep pockets. :slap: I told you to have that belt changed!