Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints

7,975 consumer complaints on file.

#11151226November 13, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
LEAKING GASOLINE. CHEVROLET WILL NOT COVER GAS LINES UNDER THE EMISSIONS WARRANTY, HOWEVER THE DEALERSHIPS WANT $650+ TO REPLACE THE LINES. CHEVROLET WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WARNINGS, AND WOULD RATHER EXPLAIN HOW UNSAFE IT IS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE FUEL LINES ARE NOT COVERED AND LEAKING PROFUSELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11151128November 13, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
"TAKATA RECALL", GAS TANK, FUEL PUMP WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT FUEL LINE BETWEEN ENGINE AND GAS TANK WAS NOT. SEVERAL REPORTS ON INTERNET AND YOU TUBE SHOW ISSUES UNDER THE VEHICLE JUST PAST DRIVERS DOOR MID SECTION. OVER 400 TO FIX ON FIXED INCOME, WITH THUS BEING A GAS LEAK AND THE LINES NOT HAVING A COVERING WAS A HAZARD IN AN ACCIDENT AND SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11150089November 8, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR STARTED TO LEAK FUEL FAIRLY QUICKLY, PRESUMABLY FOR NO REAL REASON. ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR A FEW MONTHS, HAD THE OIL CHANGED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND I NOTICED A VERY STRONG GAS SMELL SOON AFTER, CHECKED UNDER AND CAR WAS DRIPPING GAS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11149983November 7, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LINE CORRODED AND LEAKING FROM HEAT SHIELD COVERING IN FRONT OF REAR AXLE. CAR SMELLS LIKE GAS AND DRIPS ON GROUND. HAVE HAD FELLOW MOTORISTS STOP AND SAY THEY SMELL GAS WHEN DRIVING BEHIND CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11149864November 7, 2018
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE CAME ON THE DASH, AFTERWARDS THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO MALFUNCTION AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AS IF IT WANTED TO GO OFF. WITH SOME DIFFICULTY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY SAFELY BUT HAD TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND THEN RESTART THE CAR IN ORDER FOR THE MESSAGE TO GO OFF AND THE CAR TO DRIVE NORMAL ONCE AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11149761November 6, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I NOTICED A GAS LEAK UNDER MY REAR PASSENGER SEAT AND CAN SMELL GAS OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND THEY SAID THE FUEL LINES ARE LEAKING WHERE THEY CONNECT TO THE FUEL PUMP, BUT THEY HAVE SEEN MANY COBALTS COME IN WITH THIS ISSUE AND IT'S COVERED UNDER RECALL. I CHECKED WITH GM, MY VIN HAS NO RECALL FOR THAT ISSUE. THERE IS NO RUST UNDER THE CAR SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURING ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11145028November 2, 2018
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT REGISTERING THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 187,254.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144612November 1, 2018
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAKATA RECALL MY FIANCEAND MY SON WAS INVOLED IN A CRASH HIT ON DRIVERS SIDE NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED NOT FRONT OR CURTAIN THE BOTH LOST THEIR LIVES MY 29 YR OLD SOON TO BE WIFE AND MY 7YR. OLD SON WAS KILLED ON AUGEST 3RD 2018 WHEN HIT BY A TRI AXEL TRUCK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AFTER THE CAR WENT INTO A SLIDE FOR AN UNKNOW REASON BUT THE AIRBAGS FAILED MY SON WOULD STILL BE ALIVE IF THE SIDE BAG WOULD OF WENT OFF HE WAS IN A RESTRAINT SEAT IN THE BACK HE WAS STILL STRAPPED IN HE DIED FROM BLUNT FROCE TRAUMA TO HIS HEAD WHICH IF THE AIRBAG WOULD OF WENT OFF IT WOULD OF SOFTENED THE BLOW CHEVY SUCKS THE AIRBAG PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE CHEVY NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONISABLE I LOST MY FAMILY I LOST MY ONLY CAR I AM BROKEN I WANT SOMEONE TO TAKE RESPONSAB;ILTY AND FACE WHAT THEY MAY WE BUY YOUR CARS WITH THE AIRBAGS THINKING THEY R SAFE WELL WRONG MY SON SHOULD BE HERE WITH ME TODAY NOT LAYING IN THE GROUND I WANT TO SAVE SOMEONES CHILD STOP SUPPORTING CHEVY AND TAKATA THEY MAKE JUNK SELL JUNK THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YOU OR YOUR FAMILY ALL THEY R AFTER IS YOUR MONEYOH YEAH SHE WAS ESTAMATIED SPEED OF 35 IN A 45 ZONE SO DONT TRY TO SAY IT WAS SPEED SOMETHING CAUSED THE CAR TO GO INTO A SLIDE BUT THE AIRBAGS FAILED SLEEP WITH THAT ON YOUR MINDS MY 7 YR OLD SON IS GONE SHE WAS NEGOGINGATING A LEFT HAND TURN IN THE ROAD SHE WAS ON STATE ROUT 53 IN MADERA PENNSYLVANIA
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
2
#11144570October 31, 2018
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AS I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND I NOTICED THE ODOR OF GASOLINE. I PULLED OVER TO CHECK FOR THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR AND FOUND FUEL LEAKING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR AND ONTO THE ROAD. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION, AS I COULD NOT STOP THE FUEL FROM CONTINUING TO LEAK. I FOUND THAT THE FUEL SUPPLY LINE BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND ENGINE RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE REAR FENDER WELL, CAUSING THE LEAK. THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSION VAPOR LINE WAS RUSTED AND LEAKING AS WELL, RESULTING IN FLAMMABLE FUEL VAPORS ESCAPING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144042October 30, 2018
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING BECAME INOPERATIVE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING) WAS CLOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144165October 30, 2018
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, FOR TWENTY MINUTES GAS WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE TANK AND THE FUEL METER DECREASED TO EMPTY. HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO VISUAL SIGN OF FUEL ON THE GROUND. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ODOR OF GAS EMERGING IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE TO CONTACT THE LOCAL DEALER AS WELL AS THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,875.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144163October 30, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SUDDENLY WILL NOT START. WENT INSIDE THE STORE AND WHEN I CAME BACK OUT IT WOULDNT START.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11143938October 29, 2018
STEERING
AS I BACKED OUT OF MY GARAGE, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT I HAD LOST MY POWER STEERING. I COULD BARELY MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP MY CAR FROM HITTING THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE AS I BACKED OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11143041October 26, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TAMARA RECALL I HAVE A FUEL LEAK AND IT IS SPILLING OUT AT MY RESIDENCE WHEN I STARTED SMELLING GAS.W HEN I DROVE IT TO WORK GAS WAS SPILLING OUT LIKE WATER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142671October 25, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT LEAKED FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC CONNECTION OVER THE FUEL PUMP WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE CAUSED A FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL AND REFERRED HIM TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142443October 24, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY
DOOR HANDLES BROKE AND DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE. I WILL SAVE THE HANDLE FOR EVIDENCE IF YOU NEED THEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142209October 23, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND MY CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN CUT OFF, I COULDN'T ACCELERATE THE STREARING WHEEL GOT STIFF AND IT JUST SO HAPPEN I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND NOT CRASH MY CAR OR EVEN HURT MYSELF..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142288October 23, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL SMELL AND FOUND THE BOTTOM OF THE GAS TANK WET AND DRIPPING, FORMING A PUDDLE OF FUEL UNDERNEATH THE CAR. THE LEAK ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED AND RUNNING. OVERNIGHT THE FUEL HAS EVAPORATED FROM THE FLOOR AND DOESN'T BEGIN LEAKING AGAIN UNTIL CAR IS STARTED AND RUNNING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141793October 22, 2018
STEERING
TWICE (10/6/18 AND 10/21/18) WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR HAS SUDDENLY AND COMPLETELY LOST POWER STEERING. I TOOK IT TO A NON-DEALER WHO SAYS THERE IS A POSSIBLE RECALL (10V073000), BUT WHEN I CALLED CHEVROLET THEY SAID MY CAR DOES NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS. I DON'T KNOW IF MY SPECIFIC CAR WASN'T PART OF THE RECALL OR IF IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED BEFORE I BOUGHT IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141722October 21, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE CAR HAS A SMELL OF GASOLINE. LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A LEAK. THE SMELL IS STRONGER WHILE RUNNING THE CAR WITH AIR ON BUT CIRCULATION BUTTON OFF. NOTICED THIS SMELL WHILE AUTO IN MOTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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