Hi all,
I just have to say you guys are so lucky to be able to get an aveo for such a cheap price.
Where I come from it costs ~$23k ++ for a new one.
Yes where else but in Malaysia can such american cars be sold at a high price...
So my wife and I had to opt for a 2nd hand one, which cost immediately $14k USD after 1.5 yrs.
Had driven it for about 1.5 yrs now...so 3 yrs manufacture's warranty almost over....

Had a few troubles with it, but lucky manage to claim warranty for it still...

Below are my list of issues:
  1. Air con freezing after few hours of continuous driving causing the blower to be blocked... - dealers replaced the compressor for me under warranty claim but not solving the issue and was told to just live with it and to switch off my aircon manually each time the freezing happens...
  2. Engine die off intermittently, replaced throttle body after 5visits to finally confirmed it's worn off, solved the issue this one....
  3. Rear defogger not working, replaced after 3 visits to confirm it's not working to claim warranty parts. so whole rear mirror was replaced...
  4. (lost my car keys, this one is not covered of course, had to replace one which cost about ~$170 USD if converted....)
  5. engine or air con giving burning smell on up hill climb, but dealers says problem was not reproducable and keeps ignoring it....
besides that also I feel the car is definitely under powered with the 1.4L engine variant they sell in this region.
with a 4 gear auto trans, it really felt heavy and under powered.

MPG was like 25.5 on average, best ever was 34(highway/freeway/motorway whatever way you call it...), city driving was like 22.

question to the experts:
Does any of you used the X1R fuel saver ****?
Could it have caused my throttle body to worn off so quickly?


My story to owning an aveo:
We were searching for a non-local made car, because our streets are simply filled with them...we wanted something which looks different in our city....the ONLY options available for our budget however is ONLY a new proton saga, perodua myvi, (all local cars).
2nd hand options was chevy aveo1.4 sedan 1.5yrs, and a 5yrs peugeot 206

test driven peugeot 206 felt small and a bit unstable with a bit of noise here and there since it's already 5 yrs old.
test driven the aveo, felt sturdy and quite comfy...
went to proton dealer to request to test drive a saga BLM, was rejected because we did not make an appointment... -_-"
looked on its display unit, and my wife stepped into it, hold the steering for like 5 secs, came down of the car, and said let's get the chevy! I immediately agreed seeing how light the doors are on that proton and the smaller size it is and its known reputation for giving random quality built in their new cars...some engine caught fires after few days of driving I heard.....and proton will replace the whole car to compensate you to keep it low profile... LOL

so what da heck, $14k USD for a 1.5yrs chevy aveo in Malaysia it's still quite a good deal....only later on I find out how much fuel it consumes and the problems that comes with it....

But nonetheless it's still a comfy car, and as mentioned there was simply no other options for me to choose....so the aveo being low in 2nd hand resale value is the MAIN reason I got the car in the first place....