NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Chevrolet Aveo Recalls
The 2004 Chevrolet Aveo has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 19, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Chevrolet Aveo. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 206
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Chevrolet Aveo, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2004 Chevrolet Aveo
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 14V261000
- Reported
- May 19, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 218,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2008 Aveo
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 04V407000
- Reported
- August 17, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 32,301
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2004 Chevrolet Aveo
2004 Chevrolet Aveo complaints by year
NHTSA has received 206 owner complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Aveo, the newest on July 24, 2019. Of these, 23 describe a crash (11%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Aveo, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (30%), followed by the electrical system (18%) and the air bags (11%).
None of the 2004 Chevrolet Aveo's 2 recalls concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2004 Chevrolet Aveo owners gave the mileage (160 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling62
- Electrical System37
- Air Bags23
- Engine21
- Power Train18
- Seat Belts18
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 23 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12 | |
| 2006 | 19 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 16 | |
| 2009 | 16 | |
| 2010 | 30 | |
| 2011 | 15 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 17 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Aveo peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 30. 33% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Chevrolet Aveo drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Aveo year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 206 complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Aveo are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Aveo by model year
Other 2004 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: July 24, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted