GM has issued a safety recall for certain units of the 2013 Chevy Aveo that may have been built with a defective front driver airbag inflator that can potentially rupture when it is activated during a collision.
The recall also applies to a number of other 2013 model-year GM vehicles, including the Buick Verano, Chevy Camaro, Chevy Sonic, Chevy Trax, and Chevy Volt, as previously covered by GM Authority.
Defective airbag inflators present in certain 2013 Chevy Aveo units can fail catastrophically when the vehicle’s safety systems command the inflator to activate during a crash. If the inflator module explodes, it may throw high-speed metal shrapnel through the airbag and into the interior of the Aveo, potentially wounding or killing vehicle occupants.
Unsold used 2013 Chevy Aveo sedans on dealer lots cannot be sold until the fix offered by GM has been applied to them. The official repair must be carried out and correctly entered in the system before dealership units can be sold, delivered, traded to other dealers, or used for demonstration purposes.
Only a partial fix for the exploding inflator is available at this point in time. The repair consists of replacing the front driver airbag inflator module with a newly manufactured, non-defective part, which completely remedies the problem.
However, replacement modules are currently only available for 2013 Chevy Aveo units equipped with the Jet Black airbag color. These vehicles are marked “Open” on the Investigate Vehicle History screen of the GM Global Warranty Management system. All other airbag colors have no fix available yet and are marked “Incomplete – Remedy Not Available.”
GM says it expects new modules to become available “for the remaining airbag colors in the very near future.”
As usual, owners of potentially affected 2013 Chevy Aveo sedans can contact Chevrolet customer service for additional information or to ask questions related to the recall. The toll-free number listed below provides the means of contact, while the safety recall number can be referenced as needed to identify the specific issue:
Contacts:
- GM recall number: N232413120
- Chevy customer service number: 1-800-222-1020
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Comments
Those pictures are all Sonics, not the Aveo.
Correct George. However the Sonic was only sold with this specific nameplate in the entire American continent, from Canada to Argentina. Other countries like Korea kept the Aveo nameplate as well as all European and Middle East countries that sold the vehicle. Even South Africa sold the Aveo (Sonic) for a few years.
Surprisingly do not know why the title of the article refers only to the Aveo and also why the Holden Barina, for Australia and New Zealand are not mentioned here.