Bought new by me in June of 2005. She now has 270,000 miles on original clutch and engine. And STILL gets 35 MPG!
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Bought new by me in June of 2005. She now has 270,000 miles on original clutch and engine. And STILL gets 35 MPG!
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Welcome to the site. That is pretty impressive! Lots of people wouldn't believe an Aveo could live that long. Nice job with the maintenance. :) Have you had to do any major repairs?
And you're still on the original timing belt! (Kidding... I hope.)
Congrats on taking care of your Aveo so well. Could teach the energizer bunny a thing or two.
Also... great photo!
Thanks for the compliments! That picture was after an air show in Reading PA last June.
It's never broke down or failed to start. All the maintenance is pretty much up to date. I do it all myself. Timing belt was done at 100k, 170k and 250k. Original clutch, rear shoes and all components. I had to replace the water outlet/thermostat housing as the original was plastic and cracked. I routinely check things so I caught that one early. The upstream O2 sensor failed at 230k.
Replaced the tie rods, lower control arms (with ball joints) and struts with linkage and mounts at 200k. These cars can't hold alignment well... We both drive pretty much only highway.
It chews through valve cover gaskets! They seem to leak no matter how often they're replaced. I'm on my third.
My wife has an 06 with 170k on it - we bought it new also. Whatever happens to one invariably does on the other. Both cars are manual transmissions. Love them that way.
Mine has a clogged orifice valve in the A/C that is affecting performance and will need replacement in spring. Both have problems with the catalytic converter giving a MIL code occasionally. That's too much money for a part I can't justify for enough performance to make a difference for me. My instrument lights intermittently won't come on either. Can't figure that aside from a bad switch.
Maybe someone here has run into that one before?
Welcome to the forum! Feel free to send me a message if you have any questions or need any assistance. Your Aveo looks nice!
Jackie
Chevrolet Customer Care
That's impressive! And to think I'm havinh major problems at 160,000mi
I am not too far from you in the Lehigh Valley. Share what issues you're having.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geo
im barley at 73,xxx lol
Wow that's so good! Thinking about buying an Aveo (right now driving a crappy 92 Escort, sold my Cobalt SS/SC GMS2 to pay for my divorce--worth every penny), and am doing some research on average reliability, common issues, and how many miles are on Aveos.. yours is quite impressive! I found a couple here for 3800-4000 cash with approx 150-180k on them. Would have loved another SS/SC but I could really use a smaller car. My ex had an Aveo with AC and loved it (her only complaint was gutless acceleration).
xravenswingsx - you might be interested in this thread too:
http://www.aveoforum.com/forum/f81/h...miles-km-9865/
Welcome to the site!
Thanks Metro! That is very useful! Thanks for the warm welcome as well :D
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
I have a 2005 LT that timing belt went at 130,000. Looking at getting a rebuilt head to replace bent valves. You think it is worth it? Can't find an engine. The tranny only has 30k on it.
Bought my wife's Aveo new in April of 2008. 217,500 plus miles on it, manual transmission. My wife get about 29 mpg, and I get about 35 mpg with her. So far I've replaced the timing belt once, and two sets of valve covers and spark plugs. I do an oil and filter change about every three months, with an air filter every other oil change. The car is hard on tires, even though I rotate them at every oil change. Replaced one O2 sensor. I have to replace the plastic bumper that a piece broke off when a tire shredded on the highway. I've got one, just need to slow down and get the time to take the old one off and replace it. The alternator died a couple months ago and since the youngest boy is at the local vocational college for auto tech, I decided to let him have the honors of replacing it at school. I'm getting tired of working on cars... I prefer my Piper to work on when I have spare time. Anyway, the car is doing pretty good, as long as the wind isn't screaming across the hood. We are in Kansas, so, go figure...
2005 145,000 mile on car my drive is 85 miles round trip a day with 5 stop signs. I change oil every 5000 mile, timing belt every 50,000 mile, water pump every 50,000 miles(only because I am all ready in there) rotate tires every 5000 miles. Changed the plastic t stat housing to the metal one. I do all my own work and the only reason I use the 50,000 miles and 5000 miles marks is it is easy for me to remember. I do use the car to pull a teardrop trailer 550lbs and a 15' 750lbs sailboat. On problems to report at this time. no speeding never in a hurry
Your experiences sound similar to my own. The thermostat housing, tire wear and alignment troubles - all the same on both of ours. One thing I have to stress is the absolute requirement to change that timing belt on schedule.
At my mileage the engine seems to be consuming oil and I suspect the valve stem seals not the rings. The cat is clogged and I am likely to replace that at last in spring when I do the timing belt and the valve cover gasket which always seems to leak no matter what I do. At that point I will do wires and plugs, and flush the radiator since the water pump is part of the timing belt scenario.
Does anyone have trouble with throttle surging or maintaining idle RPM? My car does on occasion and requires my foot to be on both the brake and gas simultaneously to keep the engine from stalling when I come to a stop and as it idles.