Possible Throttle body issue on 2010 Aveo?

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I don't want to come off as being overly harsh, but no car is going to heal itself. Cars need maintenance. Just reading through your posts, it sounds like you loved your 2009 because you didn't have to do anything to it. But your dad did. If your coolant leak is as slow as you say it is, you should have caught it by checking fluid levels under the hood once in a while. And several part suggestions you've considered "pricey", so you haven't done them. While I don't recommend just throwing parts at a car from an internet diagnosis, the least you can do is put 4 $2 spark plugs in your car. If you're unsure of the miles on them change them anyway. That might even fix it! Go through the owner's manual to get a feel for recommended inspections, replacements, etc. Some of it you can do yourself, and it'll also give you a better idea of what might be neglected.

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If that doesn't do it, I'd bite the bullet and take it to a better mechanic (maaaaybe even a dealership). I can't speak for your area, but I have a Chevy dealership near me with a solid service department. They'll tell you if your water pump is leaking, or it may only be a hose, or maybe it's the rad and the leak will get worse and leave you stranded.. Pay the hour or so it'll take to diagnose your issue. At that point it may be something you want to tackle yourself to save on labour, or take to your own mechanic.

Again, don't take this the wrong way, I'm just trying to be honest with you. There's a reason why alot of entry-level cars get a bad wrap is it's the owner that's not maintaining them. A $100,000 Mercedes would have issues too if coolant leaks aren't fixed and spark plugs aren't changed.

Yeah, I hear you and I understand what you're saying. I still personally feel like cars should be made to last as long as possible in any way possible, but I suppose that's not possible when you have to cut costs. And I also did have to maintain the other car, I did all the basic stuff like maintaining tire pressure, because the TPMS didn't work in that car and we didn't bother replacing it because it's not hard to check. And I did oil changes, things like that. My brother had the car before me, so that's why you probably think I didn't have to do anything. Essentially, I got lucky and most of the problems got fixed while he had it. During my period of driving it, it did have some weird issue, not sure what it was, but if you drove on the highway for a while then got off the car would make a weird chugging sort of noise and the check engine light would come on, but go off after a couple more starts.

I think my problem is I shouldn't have gotten another Aveo because I'm always going to compare it to my first one, which is so different than this one. Honestly, I'm also just pissed that I had to lose that car because someone wasn't paying attention and totaled my car. I'm just trying to get as many opinions as possible before I start throwing money on this car fixing stuff if it won't work, because I'm a broke teenager haha. I do want to fix it, like I said the only reason I've been putting things off is because of money, and parts can be so expensive. I am going to change the thermostat as soon as possible, because I know that's no good. But, I did find the leak and like I said I think it may be the water pump, but I'm not 100% sure, and it's a very slow leak so I figured it would make more sense to just maintain a good coolant level and then fix the pump or whatever is leaking when it's gotten much worse. I will definitely look into spark plugs, like I was just saying I don't want to keep throwing money at this if it's not going to fix it. But spark plugs are cheap so I will change those when I get the chance. I do appreciate all of the help I've been getting, so thank you to everyone who has contributed their thoughts.

Also, while I'm posting I might as well share the codes I got when I scanned my car. I have a very cheap code reader, so it doesn't give me much info. Just wondering if maybe someone can tell me what the codes mean?

P00B6
P0116 "engine coolant temp ckt range/perf"
P00B6
P00B7
P0116
P0117 "engine coolant temp circuit low input"

I realize some are repeats but that's the way it showed on my scanner.