Can anyone inform me if its true this car has a belt which would normally be a chain and that it is suppose to be changed so many thousand miles? What can anyone tell me about this? Thinking of buying one of these cars but this issue worries me. Any other issues anyone has found out on these cars?
Thanks
Timing chain/belt on a Chevy Aveo?
Either it's designed to have a timing belt or a timing chain. Timing belt--BAD. Timing chain--GOOD. It's not that belts are evil, just that they do break after about 50 or 60k miles where a chain would last longer.
The difference could be the model and using a different engine. You'll need to check what engine you have and call a parts store or look it up online as to whether that model and engine requires a belt or a chain.
If it's a belt, it needs to be changed at the recommended times otherwise you'll be replacing a lot more in the engine than the belt.
Timing chain/belt on a Chevy Aveo?
yes you will void the warreny if you do not have the belt change at 60000 miles if you have a extended warrenty.
Normally a belt needs to be change at that time frame.
Some motors can take a belt breakage, others will cause a lot of damage if you lose a belt.
In the case of the aveo, you do not want to break a belt, and the motor will be damaged.
I have a aveo, all I have had to do it change the oil and rototate the tires.
I plan on changing the belt at 60000.
Good luck.
Don't forget......you can't get parts for a Daewoo car, now. Everything is discontinued. We couldn't even get a flasher for one of our customers.
If you must drive GM, stick with something that does not have a new name, and has been use for at least 5 yrs. (the name, that is)
I recommend Honda, Toyota or Subaru. And if you say you are buying american......just look on the valve covers of alot of GM vehicles (the SUV engines say %26quot;china%26quot; on them). So the %26quot;buy american%26quot; arguement is moot. Someday, american CEOs will learn their lesson......but not today.
Yeah, it's a belt. The car is made by Daewoo which had millions of cars with failing belts when Daewoos were sold in the US. The belts were breaking around 80-90k miles. So there's the track record, you like replacing T belts?
