Can not get aveo out of park

[daug1502]

Lol, that would be most people's luck hunter.

[thehunterooo]

haha, I have REALLY bad luck, I bet against myself because the odds are so bad

I just can not wait to get back to Tampa and start the new school year, and the car being fixed and timing belt service finished will be nice.

[AveoJunk]

Gee, haven't been here in a while since dumping the Aveo, but cruising thru I saw this thread. This too was one of the many problems I had with my Aveo.

If it makes you feel any better the switch is part # 96874572 and costs about 6 bucks online, maybe 12 at the dealer and takes less than 5 minutes to install. The hardest part is getting under the dash. No tools required to install.

Whoever charged 1.5 hours to install is a criminal.

[thehunterooo]

Thanks for the part number, that looks like the right part. That is one of the two parts the dealer wanted to change for that stupid amount of money o, I think I will order one and give it a shot. I do apologize for any "past" things said between us as well. Anyways, what did you end you getting?

[AveoJunk]

The switch is really simple to install. Just unclip the plug, twist the switch 90 degrees and remove it. Then same thing insert new switch, twist 90 degrees to lock it and connect the plug. done.

FWIW, I got a 2011 civic. I couldn't pass up the deep discounts and 0.9% financing.

I traded the 2008 Aveo SVM with 105K miles, CEL on, bad rear axel clunking and got $1500 for it. Other than the mechanical issues, it was super clean.

[thehunterooo]

That is not too bad really, at least they took it off you. Looks like kbb says around $2400 trade in, if you would have kept it, you would have had timing belt servicing coming up as well for $500-600 (looks like you drive a lot of miles if you bought it new).

[thehunterooo]

But yeah, I ordered the part online for $7, does look easy to change, but a bitch to get under the dash to get to it