Until now, my car's only given me minor issue/headaches that were easily handled. thank u ferman chevy of tampa and chevy for allowing me to see ur true colors because if I was dumb enough to believe that I had to have "special tires" for my car I would Still b waiting on them from 8 yrs ago when they said they were going to call me when they could ORDER them in.SO long chevy!!! thanks for being the HEART BREAK of AMErica NNNNEEEEVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEERRRRR buy a chevy AVEO. IM done this car has had other small but costly issues w the check engine light and the car hasn't ran right after the first breakdown. then went the transmission a yr later soooooooooooooo economical for who?. well after the 1st engine replaced costing a few grand after water pump replaced and other "items that need to b replaced as u do when taking an engine out". I was told that since there was a recall (funny they never sent me anything on that) that they wouldn't fix it under warranty. before 30k miles I had my timing belt break and busted the engine. I am a single mother and needed something economical (had a few chevys before but NEVER AGAIN ). I bought this car brand new w less than 20 miles on it in 2004. I am so at a lost, and not to mention I am a single parent and reside in a Maryland neighborhood with limited mass transportation. If I pay for the engine then it would be a waste because then the finance company will be picking up my car for repossession because I cannot afford to purchase a new engine and still pay car payment and insurance. My extended warranty will cover timing belt but not the engine. I am completely in rare form and do not know what to do. When I spoke to the mechanic on that Monday he stated that it is the timing belt, however, it affected the engine so I will need a whole new engine. 2-3 hours later the tow company finally came and towed my vehicle to the nearest repair shop unfortunately since it was a Sunday they were closed so I couldn't get any information until that coming Monday. In any case I had to get my car pushed out of the road and me and the guy just looked at the engine without touching and we could clearly tell while trying to start the car it had something to do with the timing belt. I purchased this vehicle 1st week of November 2013 and here it is February 2014 and of course it's a week+ after my dealer warranty expired. So that's my beef more than anything, I feel like I purchased a lemon to some degree. I was completely in rare form not only for being broke down in traffic and far from home but more than that because I only purchased/leased this car 3 months prior. My child and I was on our way to a Superbowl party driving on a busy interstate when my car just shut off. Great job Chevy, this is the kind of quality I've learned to expect from American products. The manual states that you have to change the belt at 50000 miles, sadly it doesn't seem to even make it that far. Chevrolet basically put a disposable engine (Interference engine) in this vehicle, knowing that if the timing belt went it would immediately ruin the valves and possibly the pistons. I've never heard of a vehicle experiencing this kind of problem with only 40000 miles. Who makes a car that will only last for 40000 miles. It's obvious from doing research that this is a typical problem with this model. My complaint is: why isn't this a recall issue. Now the valves, pistons, etc are so damaged that the only solution is to trade it in (at a substantial loss) for another vehicle. No indication whatsoever that there was a problem. My son put on 5000 miles when the timing belt broke. Extremely low for the year, which was one of the selling points. My son bought this car used with 35000 miles.
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