2008 Chevrolet Aveo Exterior lighting Problems

“Was driving smelling smoke like something burning, every other day I didn't known what it was until the front driver headlight not out but dim my son was about to remove it the bulb and found that the wires going to the socket is burned it wasn't the bulb it could have caught fire and burn the hold car a fire!”

“I received NHTSA campaign number 14v26 in my email messages. I registered to receive them. I am not sure if the message was for an individual car or all cars involved. The message stated that 218,000 cars were involved. I gave the customer service representative the last 8 digits of my VIN. I am confused. My car is one of the cars involved. Why wasn't recalled? I have enclosed a copy of notice 14236. …”

“My dash board lights, my passenger rear blinker light, passenger read break light, and front passenger running light all went out. Fuses were checked and the recall relay switch was replaced but the lights are still out. I smell hot electrical when they went out. The lights were acting weird for a couple weeks. They wouldn't turn on then would when I was driving or they would shut off while I was driving. Now I have nothing.”

“Chief deficiency: headliughts have spontaneously stopped illuminating. No high or low beam function of the driver or passenger headlamps. Bulbs were just replaced because lights were dimming. Upon replacement it was noted that the passenger plug in/socket was partially melted. Worked fine for 20 days; now no headlights at all. This occurred while I was driving after dark. I found there is a GM recall campaign 14236, dated 19may2014: recall # 14v261000 for exterior headlights. …”

“On july 21, 2014 at about 7:45 in the morning, my wife who was going to church went to the garage to use the AVEO. When she opened the door, she was met with dark smoke and smell of burned plastic. Then she saw the middle of the dashboard burned creating a big hole. Then I had the AVEO towed to the charles clark Chevrolet where I bought the AVEO for them to see. Then I went home and passing by the mailbox I got the mail and saw an envelope from general motors. …”