Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints

7,975 consumer complaints on file.

#10305824February 4, 2010
STEERING
POWER STEERING IS OUT! I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY KIDS WHEN I LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10305862February 4, 2010
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, PARKING BRAKE
I HAVE HAD A SERIES OF PROBLEMS WITH MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS. FIRST IN NOVEMBER OF 2009 MY WHEELS WERE TOO BENT UP AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEN IN DECEMBER 2009 MY CLUTCH BURNED OUT AFTER ONLY 47,000 MILES. EVERYONE I EVER SPOKE TO NEVER HEARD OF A CLUTCH BURNING OUT SO SOON. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65MPH WHEN NO MORE POWER WAS BEING SUPPLIED TO THE VEHICLE AFTER PRESSING DOWN ON THE GAS. I ROLLED INTO A NEARBY GAS STATION AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE DIAGNOSTIC CONFIRMED MY SUSPICION. I HAD IT REPLACED TWO WEEKS LATER WHEN I HAD THE MONEY. NOW ITS FEBRUARY AND MY PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT ENGAGE. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN 2007 AND HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE DONE ON THE CAR, IE BRAKES, OIL, FILTERS. I COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED AND I FEAR DRIVING THE CAR THINKING SOMETHING ELSE WILL BREAK DOWN. NO WARNING SIGNS OF ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS WERE NOTICEABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10305897February 4, 2010
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT HAS POWER STEERING ISSUES SINCE I BOUGHT IT (11/09). THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND POWER STEERING COMES ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND I AM DRIVING IT, IT IS VERY HARD TO CONTROL MY STEERING AND JERKS WHEN I ACCELERATE AND/OR CHANGE GEARS. IT ALSO BECOMES A LITTLE HARDER TO COME TO A COMPETE STOP. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY GREASED THE WIRES THINKING THAT IT WAS A CONNECTION PROBLEM. IT WORKED ALRIGHT FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF BUT THEN THE LIGHT FLASHED ON AGAIN ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO AND HAS FLASHED ON RANDOMLY EVER SINCE. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10305888February 4, 2010
STEERING
TWICE IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, WHEN I HAVE STARTED MY CAR, THE POWER STEERING DOES NOT ENGAGE. I HAVE HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND WHEN I TURN IT BACK ON IT IS FINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10305962February 4, 2010
STEERING
WE WERE DRIVING OUR 2005 CHEVY COBALT ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND THE WORDS "POWER STEERING" CAME ON THE DASH DISPLAY. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER STEERING. LUCKILY HE WAS DRIVING BECAUSE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL IT TO GET IT BACK HOME ALMOST 2 HOURS AWAY. WE HAD TO SPEND 450-500 FOR THE NEW POWER STEERING UNIT THEN PAY SOMEONE TO PUT IT IN. WE HAD JUST BOUGHT THIS IN AUGUST 2009. THIS HAPPENED IN DECEMBER 2009. WE BOUGHT THIS FOR OUR 16 YEAR OLD SON WHO HAD JUST GOT HIS DRIVERS LICENSE AND NOW WE ARE AFRAID TO LET HIM DRIVE IT. THERE WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE WORLD TO SUE FOR IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ONE OF MY KIDS IN THIS CAR. I HOPE GM FIXES THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10305873February 4, 2010
STEERING
I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY COBALT AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AS I WAS LEAVING WORK. IT HAPPENED A FEW TIMES ON MY WAY HOME. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME MAKING TURNS. THE END RESULT WAS HAVING TO HAVE IT BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10306016February 4, 2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT WHICH WAS PURCHASED ON OCTOBER 8, 2009. WHILE STARTING HER VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE WARNING PANEL AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT RESPOND. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE SHE WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH DUE TO THE STEERING WHEEL NOT RESPONDING WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR AND THE DEALER ADVISED HER TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND STEERING COLUMN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,561. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNDER 51,682. UPDATED 3/10/10 *CN THE DEALER REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. UPDATED 06/18/10.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10306011February 4, 2010
STEERING, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING KEEPS FAILING ON MY 2006 CHEVY COBALT. THIS HAS JUST STARTED AND I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10305979February 4, 2010
STEERING
POWER STEERING IN 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT LT TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING. USUALLY WORKS AGAIN AFTER RESTARTING VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10306058February 4, 2010
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT ON MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT. YOU HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN TURN THE CAR BACK ON.. DRIVE 2 MORE MILES, THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT AGAIN. I STOPPED TO GET POWER STEERING FLUID AND FOUND OUT THAT IT IS ELECTRONIC. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME IT COSTS $2,000 TO GET FIXED. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND I WILL NOT LET HER DRIVE NOW BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO DANGEROUS...ONLY HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT...PISSED OFF IN GEORGIA! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10306054February 4, 2010
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, STEERING
I CURRENTLY OWN A 2006 CHEVY COBALT. WITHIN THE LAST 2 MONTHS I HAVE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING SHUTTING OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING. IT HAS CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN, SWITCHING LANES ON THE EXPRESSWAY, AND EVEN TURNING IN PARKING SPACES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A CHEVY DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN AND THE MOTOR THAT GOES WITH IT. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE PROBLEM KEPT OCCURRING SEVERAL TIMES IN A DAY, I FOUND THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON THEN IT WOULD RESET AND I CAN DRIVE AGAIN. BUT WHO KNOWS WHEN IT WILL CUT OFF AGAIN. IT COULD BE MINUTES OR HOURS, BUT IT OCCURS AGAIN, UNTIL I PULL OFF AND RESTART THE CAR. I HAVE HAD MANY CLOSE CALLS. IT IS A DANGER TO MYSELF AND OTHERS. ESPECIALLY RIDING WITH KIDS IN THE CAR. I HAVE REPLACED THE 2 PARTS AS SUGGESTED BY THE CHEVY DEALER WHICH COST ME $1371 TOTAL. NOW JUST LESS THAN 3 WEEKS, I HEARD THERE ARE MORE THAN 11,000 OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS. I WENT BACK TO THE CHEVY DEALER AND WAS INFORMED TO WAIT ON A LETTER FROM CHEVY BECAUSE CURRENTLY THEY ARE RECALLING CARS INDIVIDUALLY BY SERIAL NUMBER. I INFORMED THE GENTLEMAN I HAD THE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS LIKE THE OTHERS AND WAS GIVEN A 1 800 NUMBER TO CALL CHEVY. I HAVE GONE THRU THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANYWHERE. I HOPE HELP IS ON ITS WAY. I GAVE CHEVY ALL THE MONEY I HAVE PLUS BORROWED MONEY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10306112February 4, 2010
STEERING
THE STERING WHEEL WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND THE CAR STARTED SWERVING. IT HAS DONE THIS TWICE. NOTHING HAS BEING DONE YET. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10306099February 4, 2010
STEERING
POWER STEERING GOES IN AND OUT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10306149February 4, 2010
STEERING
STEERING BECOMES STIFF AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. IT SEEMS TO RESET AND BECOME NORMAL AFTER TURNING CAR OFF THEN BACK ON. HAPPENS AT SLOW SPEEDS AFTER MUCH TURNING . AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN AT HIGH SPEED ON HIGHWAY??? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10306127February 4, 2010
STEERING
THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR UNDER MY EVERYDAY COMMUTE AND THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM WENT OUT AND THE MESSAGE CENTER FLASHED POWER STEERING. SINCE THE INITIAL FAILURE THERE HAS BEEN NO POWER STEERING IN MY VEHICLE. THE SYSTEM APPEARS TO FUNCTION PROPERLY UNTIL DRIVING BEGINS AND THEN THE STEERING SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN AND LEAVES ME WITH JUST A RACK AND PINION SYSTEM TO OPERATE WITH. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10304983February 4, 2010
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
DRIVER DIED IN A SOLO CAR ACCIDENT INVOLVING A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. AFTER SWERVING FROM HIS TO THE NEXT, THE DRIVER COULD NOT SAFELY RETURN TO HIS LANE. HIS CAR JUST WENT OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED. THE STEERING ON THE CAR JUST DID NOT SEEM TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CAR BRAKING SYSTEM. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#10305000February 4, 2010
STEERING
I HAVE A 2007 CHEVY COBALT, AND AT RANDOM TIMES THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT. SOMETIMES IT WILL GO FOR MONTHS WITHOUT A PROBLEM, AND OTHER TIMES IT WILL HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10305008February 4, 2010
STEERING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY DAUGHTER'S 06 CHEVY COBALT LS STEERING LOSS POWER AND SHE BARLEY GOT HER CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC, SHE THEN WAITED TEN MINUTES AND STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE 4 MORE MILES BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN SO I HAD TO GET IT FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GOT HURT, THIS HAS COST ME SOME VERY EXPENSIVE CAR REPAIRS, SOME THING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS I'VE BEENTOLD BY THE REPAIR SHOP THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN SINCE THE PART THEY REPLACED IS THE SAME PART THEY ORDERED, WHICH IS FAULTY, I LIVE IN FEAR EVERYTIME MY CHILD GETS IN THAT CAR TO GO ANYWHERE, AND SHE NEEDS A CAR TO GET TO COLLEGE. AS I SAID BEFORE PLEASE DON'T WAIT FOR A TRAGEDY THAT COULD BE PREVENTED. THANK YOU *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10305059February 4, 2010
STEERING
I WAS DRIVING NORMALLY ON THE HIGHWAY AND POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT. STEERING BECAME VERY STIFF, AND DASH LIGHTS READ "POWER STEERING." AFTER PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING THE CAR, POWER STEERING CAME BACK FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, AND THEN WENT OUT AGAIN THE SAME WAY. I ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP SHORTLY AFTER, AND TWO COMPONENTS WERE REQUIRED TO FIX THE CAR. AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND SOMETHING ELSE I CAN'T RECALL THE NAME OF. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO CRASH. I WAS LUCKY TO BE ON A VERY STRAIGHT HIGHWAY. I HAD NO WARNING PRIOR TO POWER STEERING GOING OUT, AND HAD EVEN HAD THE CAR SERVICED EARLY LESS THAN A WEEK PREVIOUS TO THIS HAPPENING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10304090February 3, 2010
STEERING
THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ON MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO BE MORE DIFFICULT TO STEER. I HAVE A LOG OF EVERY TIME THIS OCCURRED FROM WHEN IT FIRST STARTED TO OCCUR UNTIL JUNE 5, 2009 AND AFTER THAT DATE IT IS A PERMANENT PROBLEM THAT OCCURS SECONDS AFTER START UP AND INITIAL MOVEMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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