no way that car overheated and seized in a little under 3 minutes and a 1/4 mile.. that might be when he stopped driving, but he sure as hell must not of shut the car off.. im pretty sure it would have warped the head and stalled even then not in that time frame..

also the complaint about the steering rack, seems like a bad dealership more than a bad car. BUT the steering rack is a wear item in our cars as we do not have replaceable inner tie rods.. you have to do the whole rack to replace it.

and as all our experience has said, he has 24000 miles on his 09 he traded in after 7 months of driving.. so how many miles did he have on the first aveo? if over 100k that part should have been replaced, and prevent all of his complaint. (maybe).