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I helped a stranded motorist with an '05 Aveo. Coolant blew out in traffic at the upper radiator hose's connection to the thermostat housing, which is bolted to the engine on the front pass side. Inspection revealed this T-stat housing is a POS piece of molded plastic. This one was clearly defective, had sheared clean in half like cut with a big razor blade. Got the man calmed down enough to call his extended warranty carrier and have the veh towed to a Chevy dealer. True enough, Aveo's a cheap date but there's no excuse for that bad part. It's a safety issue, you won't get far w/o any coolant to that little engine. Chevrolet used to be the best car you could buy for the Dollars you could afford to spend. They could do better nowadays if GM wanted to.