Highest Mileage Aveo (how many miles / km on yours now?)

[hiveman]

It LIVES again... 132000+ now.

I ordered a rebuilt head from odessa cylinder heads on ebay with a complete gasket set and new head bolts for $600... Ordered a new timing belt w/pulleys kit from Amazon for $112... Ordered a new water pump from Amazon for $37... Ordered a new serpentine belt on Amazon for about $16... And ended up needing a new Alternator as well (from Amazon for $116). I put it all together, torqued the bolts appropriately and I'm on the road again! The engine is running smooth but I need to get an oil change.
I ended up bending all 16 valves once I looked at the original head so don't let anyone fool you... if anything in that timing belt line goes it is going to cook your valves. And for those debating whether or not to replace the pulleys and the belt at the same time... don't think twice... get the pulleys. They're cheap with the kit.
So... $8500 when the car was new in 2005, about $600 in wheel bearings and another $1k for this recent parts extravaganza and, all-in-all... still less than every other new car out there and 6 years of pretty dependable service.

[hiveman]

If you are mechanically inclined you may want to do the repair yourself. Plenty of instructions online about how to do it and the parts will run about $160 (belt/pulleys/water pump). Just be sure to line up those timing marks and spin the engine 10 times or more to make sure they continue to line up. The marks will line up on every other full crank turn.

[tacomafitch]

Just hit 50K miles on my 2009

[Donnyd21]

Just hit 50K miles on my 2009

Change the timing belt asap

[thehunterooo]

Change the timing belt asap

It should last at least 60k miles and longer, though a very small number of them have gone out sooner than the 60k mark

[Donnyd21]

It should last at least 60k miles and longer, though a very small number of them have gone out sooner than the 60k mark

Most of the reviews I have read on the Aveo's online say they have been going out around the 50k mile mark BUT that was on the 04-05 models, I think GM switched belt Co. in 2008.

[tacomafitch]

I think the owners manual says 100K

[petrified.rabbit]

the 09 and up have a different engine, it is rated at 100k miles. we will see if it lasts that long for everyone.

[tacomafitch]

I may run it to about 80k and let everyone know. Better to be safe. At my current rate that shoud be in about 10 months.

[petrified.rabbit]

Covered for 100,000 Miles/5 years*
Chevrolet will warrant each 2007 through 2011 model year Chevrolet passenger car, light-duty truck, crossover or van for 100,000 miles/160,000 kilometers or 5 years (whichever comes first; see dealer for details) with no deductible, from the original in-service date of the vehicle, for warrantable repairs that are required as a result of defects due to material and/or workmanship to the powertrain components as listed below:
Engine
Cylinder head, block, timing gears, timing chain, timing cover, oil pump/oil pump housing, OHC carriers valve covers, oil pan, seals, gaskets, turbocharger, supercharger and all internal lubricated parts as well as manifolds, flywheel, water pump, harmonic balancer and engine mount. Timing belts are covered until the first scheduled maintenance interval.

run it to 100k your covered.