NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Chevrolet Aveo Recalls
The 2006 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 2006 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
- 189
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
16 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 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 2006 Chevrolet Aveo
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 14V261000
- Reported
- May 19, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 218,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005, 2007–2008 Aveo
2006 Chevrolet Aveo complaints by year
NHTSA has received 189 owner complaints about the 2006 Chevrolet Aveo, the newest on August 25, 2025. Of these, 13 describe a crash (7%) and 16 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Chevrolet Aveo, the component group named most often is the electrical system (35%), followed by the air bags (31%) and the exterior lighting (20%).
The 2006 Chevrolet Aveo's only recall also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2006 Chevrolet Aveo owners gave the mileage (148 complaints), the median was 58,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System67
- Air Bags58
- Exterior Lighting38
- Power Train16
- Engine And Engine Cooling13
- Suspension11
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2009 | 12 | |
| 2010 | 17 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 48 | |
| 2015 | 15 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Chevrolet Aveo peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 48. 27% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Chevrolet Aveo drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Aveo year in the same window: 5th highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 189 complaints about the 2006 Chevrolet Aveo are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Aveo by model year
Other 2006 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 25, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted