NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Chevrolet Aveo Recalls
The 2005 Chevrolet Aveo has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on May 19, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Chevrolet Aveo. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 235
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
17 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Chevrolet Aveo, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2005 Chevrolet Aveo
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 14V261000
- Reported
- May 19, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 218,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006–2008 Aveo
2005 Chevrolet Aveo complaints by year
NHTSA has received 235 owner complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Aveo, the newest on May 9, 2023. Of these, 19 describe a crash (8%) and 17 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Aveo, the component group named most often is the electrical system (29%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (26%) and the exterior lighting (20%).
The 2005 Chevrolet Aveo's only recall also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2005 Chevrolet Aveo owners gave the mileage (195 complaints), the median was 63,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System67
- Engine And Engine Cooling62
- Exterior Lighting48
- Power Train18
- Engine17
- Air Bags16
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 14 | |
| 2008 | 26 | |
| 2009 | 26 | |
| 2010 | 33 | |
| 2011 | 24 | |
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 40 | |
| 2015 | 15 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Aveo peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 40. 23% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Chevrolet Aveo drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Aveo year in the same window: 4th highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 235 complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Aveo are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Aveo by model year
Other 2005 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: May 9, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted