Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints (2007)

1,564 consumer complaints on file.

#10876276June 23, 2016
ENGINE
THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER I STOPPED THE CAR AT A STOPLIGHT (CITY STREET). BEFORE THAT (10 MINS OR SO) IT WAS LOOSING ITS ACCELERATION POWER AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD IT TOWED AND THE REPAIR PLACE SAID IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE WHOLE ENGINE REPLACED. THERE WAS A FAULTY TIMING CHAIN COMPONENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874963June 18, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE. LOOKS LIKE SMALL LEAK FROM TOP OF TANK. RECALL ISSUED ON CAR LONG BEFORE I PURCHASED ONE BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. WHETHER DRIVING OR SITTING STILL IT'S VERY STRONG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874325June 15, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WITHOUT STARTING THE ENGINE AND ALSO WHILE STARTING THE ENGINE, THE CONTACT SMELLED FUEL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE FUEL LEAKS. WHILE DRIVING, THE FUEL ODOR BECAME STRONGER AS IT EMITTED FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874498June 15, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
SMELLING STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE IN AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10873742June 12, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEAT BELTS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DEFECT: NO AUDIBLE WARNING CHIME WHEN THE DRIVERS DOOR IS OPENED AFTER TURNING OFF THE IGNITION AND LEAVING THE KEY IN THE CYLINDER. THERE IS ALSO NO AUDIBLE CHIME WHEN THE SEATBELT IS NOT CONNECTED WHILE DRIVING AND THE TURN SIGNALS MAKE NO AUDIBLE SOUNDS WHEN ON. ALL AUDIBLE SOUNDS ARE PLAYED USING THE VEHICLES SOUND SYSTEM. I SAW THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ISSUED FOR OTHER GM MODELS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL AND OTHER SIMILAR GM VEHICLES. MY CHIMES HAVEN'T WORKED RIGHT FOR AWHILE NOW. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A ON GOING PROBLEM WITH GM RADIOS FOR A LONG TIME. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NEWER GM VEHICLES WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS GENERAL MOTORS RECALLS CHEVROLET SONIC, TRAX AND SPARK OVER RADIO COMPLIANCE ISSUE READ MORE: HTTP://GMAUTHORITY.COM/BLOG/2016/05/CHEVROLET-SONIC-SPARK-TRAX-RADIO-COMPLIANCE-RECALL/#IXZZ4BOC2C3P3
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10872647June 6, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
HAVE A FUEL LEAK WHERE THE LINE MEETS THE FUEL TANK. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE SAME MODEL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT ONLY FOR MODELS IN CERTAIN STATES. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH MANY MORE INDIVIDUALS TOO. TAKE CARE OF YOUR MISTAKES GM! YOU THIEVES!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870373May 23, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY FUEL PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED,. THE ISSUE IS THE SAME FOR THE RECALL OF 2007 CHEVY COBALTS, BUT WAS NOT SOLD/REGISTERED IN THE STATES LISTED. MY CAR SMELLS LIKE GASOLINE AND HAS TROUBLE STARTING UP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10862517May 2, 2016
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING MOTOR , KEYS AND THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING) BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10862062April 28, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED FOR THE IGNITION KEY TO BE REMOVED FROM THE STARTER, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WAS IN DIC MODE. ALSO, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE ACCORDINGLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED WITH AN AFTERMARKET PART THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO RESOLUTION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,703.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10861926April 28, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
FIRST I EXPERIENCED FULE EXCEL RATION. CALLED MANUFACTURE TOLD ME I WAS EXPERIENCING A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT MY VIN WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. TOOK IT IN FOR IGNITION RECALL SHORTLY AFTER MY HEAD LIGHTS DIM OR ONE GOES OUT THEN IT COMES BACK ON THEN THE OTHER ONE WILL GO OUT OR DIM TOOK IT TO MACHANIC THEY FIXED IT BUT IT IS NOW DOING THE SAME THING THEN THE POWER STEERING SUNDENLY WENT OUT ALMOST HAD A COLLISON LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. RESTARTED THE CAR EVERYTHING WORKED THEN POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON TOOK IT TO MACHCANIC TURNED THE CAR OFF TO HAVE HIM CHECK IT HE PULLED IT IN TO THE SHOP AND LIGHT WAS NOT ON. SO HE TOLD ME I HAD TO BRING IT BACK WHEN LIGHT CAME ON IN ORDER TO RUN A TEST. LIGHT NEVER CAME BACK ON THEN 5 DAYS AGO LOST POWER STEERING AGAIN ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. IF I AM AT A COMPLETE STOP IN TRAFFIC OR AT A RED LIGHT THE CAR WILL EXCILERATE WITH OUT ME TOUCHING THE GAS WHEN I BREAK TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME THE REAR END WILL FISH TAIL. I AM 60 YEARS OLD THIS CAR HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. IT IS UNSAFE THE MANUFACTURER ADMITTED WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH THAT THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE PROMLEMS I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING BUT MY VIN WAS ONLY ON THE IGNITION RECALL. THEY TOLD ME THE DEALER WOULD FIX THEM AT MY EXPENCE. I GET 950. DOLLARS A. MONTH AND HAVE CANCER. I HAVE NO MEANS TO PAY FOR THE DEFECTS IN 2012 MY DAUGHTER BOUGHT ME THE CAR AND PAID 10,000.00 FOR IT. I HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO MY DOCTORS ECT. PLEASE HELP ME. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT MY HEAD LIGHT WILL DIM OR ONE WILL COMPLETELY GO OUT. CAUSING ME TO ALMOST MISS THE EXIT AND RUN OFF AN EMBANKMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860690April 21, 2016
STEERING
MY POWER STEERING IS GOING OUT. I CALLED ABOUT THE RECALL, BUT SINCE THEY CLAIM IT IS FIXED, THEY WILL NOT REDO THE RECALL WORK. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE REPAIR WORK THEY DID, DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE COMPLETELY. I WAS DRIVING AND WHEN I TURN THE WHEEL IT WILL NOT RETURN TO THE NORMAL POSITION. SO, I HAVE TO MANUALLY DO IT, WHICH MAKES THE VEHICLE SWERVE. IT IS DANGEROUS, AND A KNOWN PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860162April 18, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10854877April 11, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
POWER STEERING NOT FIXED ON OPEN RECALL IN 2010 POWER STEERING RACK FAILURE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IN MOTION 3RD PARTY DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING RACK FAILURE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIX.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10853661April 5, 2016
STEERING
I HAD JUST GOT OFF WORK ON MY WAY HOME, I SAW THAT THE DASH WAS SAYING POWER STEERING AND THEN THE STEERING WENT OUT COMPLETELY I PULLED TO THE SAID OF THE ROAD THE BEST THAT I COULD IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME TO TURN THE WHEEL IT TOOK ALL OF MY EFFORT TO TURN THE WHEEL . I COULD OF GOTTEN INTO A ACCIDENT. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR IN FEAR THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AN I WILL BE SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853414April 4, 2016
AIR BAGS
OUR CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON MARCH 29, 2016. IT WAS DECLARED TOTALED. OUR CHEVY COLBALT HAD THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY! OUR CAR WAS TURNING LEFT ON A CITY STREET WHEN IT HIT ANOTHER CAR.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851640March 25, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT COULD NOT STEER AND CRASHED INTO A TREE AND BOUNCED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE TWO FRONT TIRES WERE DESTROYED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851673March 25, 2016
AIR BAGS, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER IMPACT AND THE STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT FIRE. THE DRIVER SUFFERED LEFT KNEE, BACK, NECK, AND HAND INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10850590March 19, 2016
STEERING
LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850261March 17, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED WHICH MADE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER THE WHEEL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,272.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850279March 17, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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