2007 Chevrolet Aveo

No clear pattern

13.7% of complaints about the 2007 Chevrolet Aveo arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2007 vehicle, but with only 306 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is air bags (83 complaints), typically at 6.0 yr or about 38,334 miles.

Complaints: 306
Median age at failure: 5.8 yr
Median mileage: 51,000 n=245
Crash / fire / tow: 18.3% of reports
Safety recalls: 2

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

14V261000 2014-05-19

Exterior lighting:headlights

General Motors is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 Chevrolet Aveo vehicles equipped with daytime running lights (DRL). In the affected vehicles, there may be heat generated within the DRL module located in the center console in the instrument panel, which could melt the DRL module.

If the DRL module melts due to the heat generation, it could cause a vehicle fire.

06V398000 2006-10-17

Fuel system

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 1.6L ENGINE, DURING A NCAP SEVERE FRONTAL CRASH TEST, THE FUEL LINE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DEVELOPED A FRACTURE. IN ADDITION, THE CRASH DAMAGE CAUSED FOUR SHORT CIRCUITS IN THE FUSE BLOCK, THE COMBINATION OF WHICH ALLOWED THE FUEL PUMP TO CONTINUE RUNNING AND FUEL LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND.

IF THESE CONDITIONS OCCURRED IN AN ACTUAL CRASH, A VEHICLE FIRE COULD OCCUR.

In owners’ own words

Air bags 300 mi 8 mo in service

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD REMAINED ON WHEN THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THIS WAS INTERMITTENT, BUT MORE LIKELY THE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON, RATHER THAT NOT, INDICATING THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. *AK

Air bags 543 mi 9 mo in service

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED WHEN A PASSENGER IS IN THE SEAT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ARE LOOKING INTO POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 543.

Air bags 45 mi 8 mo in service

PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR-BAG WILL NOT ACTIVATE WITH PASSENGER OVER 100 POUNDS IN SEAT. TURNING OFF AND RESTARTING THE CAR CORRECTS THE PROBLEM. DEALER CHECKED AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH SYSTEM, (NO FAULT HISTORY IN COMPUTER. *AK

Electrical system 27,000 mi 3.2 yr in service

CLOCK HAS BEGUN TO FAIL, 10 WEEKS OUT OF WARRANTY. SUSPECT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *TR

Other Aveo model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2007 Chevrolet Aveo

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Aveo model years

How to read this