FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Aveo

Owners have filed 1,930 complaints about the Chevrolet Aveo with NHTSA across model years 2004 to 2012. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2007 Chevrolet Aveo

307 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2011 Chevrolet Aveo

112 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Aveo year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2012 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2011 C 112 13 1 55,000 Engine & Cooling
2010 C 105 12 0 46,500 Engine & Cooling
2009 D 278 23 8 47,761 Engine & Cooling
2008 D 251 25 24 64,000 Airbags
2007 D 307 35 24 51,000 Airbags
2006 D 280 23 24 65,000 Electrical System
2005 D 323 25 28 63,347 Engine & Cooling
2004 D 271 27 13 60,000 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Chevrolet Aveo

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 370 19.2%

Worst in 2004

Electrical System 352 18.2%

Worst in 2005

Airbags 284 14.7%

Worst in 2007

Lights 185 9.6%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2009

Brakes 76 3.9%

Worst in 2007

Suspension 74 3.8%

Worst in 2009

Worst in 2009

Steering 58 3.0%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2009

Seat Belts 38 2.0%

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2005

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Aveo

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Cooling System 38 17.2%
Frontal 36 16.3%
Engine 28 12.7%
Sensor/Control Module 27 12.2%
Automatic Transmission 26 11.8%
Body 22 10.0%
Ignition 12 5.4%
Front 12 5.4%
Headlights 11 5.0%
Rear/Other 9 4.1%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Aveo, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2004 peak 70 Mar 2026

Chevrolet Aveo problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet Aveo

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.