2004 CHEVROLET AVEO — Complaint #576883
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER filed March 24, 2006
NHTSA complaint #576883 (ODI reference 10153597) concerns a 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO and was filed on March 24, 2006. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 9, 2005. The report was geocoded to Georgia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:rear/other, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET AVEO cohort independently describe similar seat belts:rear/other failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
RECALL 04069 2004 CHEVY AVEO. I CALLED SERVICE AT ANDEAN CHEVY(CUMMING GA) TO SCHEDULE THIS RECALL WORK. I DROPPED THE CAR OFF IN THE MORNING AND PICKED THE CAR UP THAT EVENING. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR AT NO TIME DID ANYONE EVER MENTION TO ME THAT THE RECALL WORK WAS NOT COMPLETE. THIS IS A SEAT BELT ISSUE. WHY WAS I ALLOWED TO BRING IN A CAR FOR A RECALL WHEN THE PART WAS NOT IN STOCK? ANDEAN KNEW EXACTLY WHY THE APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED. RATHER THAN BE UP FRONT AND TELL ME THE WORK WAS NOT DONE, THEY ALLOWED ME TO DRIVE AWAY THINKING THE WORK WAS COMPLETE, THEREBY GIVING ME THE IMPRESSION THE CAR WAS SAFE AND SEAT BELT WORKED. *JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 576883 |
| ODI Number | 10153597 |
| Date Filed | March 24, 2006 |
| Failure Date | November 9, 2005 |
| VIN | KL1TD52664B |
Similar SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER Complaints for 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO
WE PURCHASED THIS CAR FROM A USED CAR DEALERSHIP THIS YEAR. THE REAR SEAT BELTS DON'T EXTEND OR RETRACT. THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ISSUED ON OCTOBER 15, 2004 (RECALL # 04V407000). CHEVROLET'S RECALL C
NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V407000 BOTH SIDE SEAT BELTS IN BACK STILL LOCKED AND NON WORKING AFTER REPAIR. REPAIR ONLY WORKED TEMPORARILY NOW THEY DO NOT WORK AGAIN. REPAIRING DID NOT FIX PROBLEM.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WERE LOCKED IN POSITION, AND REMAINED LOCKED AT ALL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NO
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR LOCKED IN PLACE. NO PASSENGER COULD BE BUCKLED ON THE FAR LEFT OR RIGHT OF THE REAR SEAT. A NHTSA RECALL, # 04V407000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICL
WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. ALSO, REAR SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED, IT DID NOT RETRACT. *AK
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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