Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints (2006)

2,330 consumer complaints on file.

#10323485April 2, 2010
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED A SPORADIC LOSS OF THE POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. HE NOTICED A CHIMING SOUND ALONG WITH THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT BEFORE THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. HE STATED THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM). HE HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,807. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,600.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323503April 2, 2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS MAKING A TURN. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHEN IT CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE BASE. ONE PASSENGER WAS INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP; THE CONTACT HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10323341April 1, 2010
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER STEERING. HE NOTED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IT. HE CALLED BOTH THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER TO INQUIRE ABOUT RECALL 10V073000 AND WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,121. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,050.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323366April 1, 2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND IT BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION ON A DAILY BASIS. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILURE WAS ELECTRICAL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 88,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323013March 31, 2010
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND SUDDENLY, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH DIFFICULTY IN STEERING. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT BEING ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL NUMBER 10V073000 (STEERING: ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 46,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323217March 31, 2010
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH IN A PARKING LOT. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. A LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURRED WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE CONTACT FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 10V073000 (STEERING: ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM) ON THE WEBSITE AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT HIS VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 44,741.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322760March 30, 2010
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY COBALT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON IN THE CAR AND THE CAR WILL JUST STOP OR SOMETIMES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOESN'T COME ON AND THE CAR WILL STOP. I WAS CROSSING A BUSY INTERSECTION AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED, I TRIED TO START IT BACK UP BUT IT JUST STALLED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WERE YOU COULD BE DRIVING AND THE CAR WILL JUST STOP. I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR JUST STOP. IT'S BECOMING A DRIVING HAZARD, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHEN THE CAR WILL JUST STOP ON ME. I HAVE HAD A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK ON THE CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG AND I HAD THEM CHECK IT AGAIN THEY SAID IT WAS A SENSOR. THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED MY CAR THE CAR STOPPED AGAIN IN TRAFFIC. NOW THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME I WILL HAVE TAKE IT FOR REPAIRS TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG. I'M AFRAID I'LL GET HURT OR MY TEENAGER DAUGHTER WILL GET HURT, BECAUSE THE CAR JUST STOPS. THE CAR ALSO STOPPPED ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHILE DRIVING, I WAS IN THE SLOW LANE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322850March 30, 2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS FOR HER VIN AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000. UPDATED 6/1/10 *CN UPDATED 06/04/10.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322900March 30, 2010
STEERING
ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WENT OUT TODAY ON MY 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. IT WAS WORKING FINE THIS MORNING, AND I GOT OFF OF WORK, WENT TO START MY CAR, ONCE I STARTED MOVING, I NOTICED THAT MY POWER STEERING DIDN'T WORK ANYMORE. DOES GM HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS YET? I AM NOT PAYING MONEY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND THEY NEED TO RECALL IT SO I CAN GET IT FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322616March 29, 2010
STEERING
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING 25MPH TO 35MPH THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. AS THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT THE VEHICLE IS BEING PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TURNED OFF AND ON AND THEN THE STEERING WOULD RESET ITSELF. THE GM MANUFACTURE WAS CALL AND INFORM CONTACT HIS VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO IN REGARDS TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000....MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322684March 29, 2010
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ,THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER AND TURN SIGNALING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND HE WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 36,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322688March 29, 2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING WHICH MADE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED ABOUT 300 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 67,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322725March 29, 2010
STEERING
MY 2006 CHEVY COBALT AT TIME IS HARD TO TURN A LOW SPEED. I TALKED TO THE DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HE SAID HE COULD NOT TELL ME IF MY CAR WAS PART OF THE RECALL OR NOT. HE ALSO TOLD ME I SHOULD BE BE GETTING A WARING LIGHTON MY DASH *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322437March 27, 2010
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WE BOUGHT A 2,006 CHEVY COBALT WITH 16.769MILES ON IT. WAS NOT TOLD IT WAS USED AS A LEASE VEHICLE AND WAS NOT TOLD THAT IT WAS BOUGHT AT AN AUCTION.SO YOU CAN SEE WE CERTAINLY ARE NOT VERY HAPPY TO BEGIN WITH. HIDDEN TRUTHS.WE WAS CALLED ON MARCH 26,2010 AT 10;30 TO GO AND PICK UPOUR VEHICLE. "THEY HAD JUST FINISHED PUTTING THE STERRING COLUMN IN-RECALL BUT SAID IT WAS NOT FOR OUR VEHICLE....WE TURNED THE VEHICLE ON AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON UNTIL WE ARRIVED HOME SOME 30 MILES AWAY. WAS TOLD IT WAS IN THE SENSOR AND PERSONS WEIGHT-O.K. THEN JUST LEANING ON IT KEPT IT ON AGAIN. THIS IS DANGEROUS. ANY RECALLS AND HOW CAN THIS BE FIXED?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322463March 27, 2010
AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I OWN A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WELL TO BEGIN, I INITIALLY HAD AN ISSUE WITH MY SHIFT COLUMN, WHICH I RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT IT WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT WOULD CAUSE MY KEY TO GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION. I TOOK IT TO THE DELEARSHIP AND THEY REPLACE THE WHOLE COLUMN. THEN A A COUPLE OF WEEK LATER, MY VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING REALLY FUN, I JUST BLEW IT OFF FOR A MOMENT, UNTIL I THEN TRIED TO PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE ONE DAY, AND IT WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE. I TOOK IT TO THE DELEARSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, AT 86,000 MILES. THE DEALEARSHIP HAS MY CAR, AND IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT'S EVEN WORTH FIXING. IM ALSO WONDERING IF THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT THE INTIAL TIME THEY FIXED THE VEHICLE, AND FIGURED IT WAS MY SHIFTING COLUMN, BECAUSE EVEN WITH MY TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, IT ALSO AFFECTED THE SHIFTING COLUMN. ONE OTHER PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THE VEHICLE IS THE AIR BAG SENSOR, I HAVE NOT GOT THIS FIXED YET, BECAUSE THE DEALEARSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE $99 JUST TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S CAUSING MY AIRBAG SENSOR TO NOT COME ON, WHEN I HAVE PASSENGERS WITH ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322474March 27, 2010
STEERING
MY SON OWNS A 2006 CHEVY COBALT. GM HAS ELECTED NOT TO RECALL HIS CAR AT THIS TIME EVEN THOUGH HE HAS EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. HIS CAR HAS AROUND 60000+ MILES. IF HE SHUTS THE CAR OFF AND WAITS A FEW MINUTES HE REGAINS POWER STEERING. I AM NOT SURE HOW OFTEN THIS OCCURS BE CAUSE HE IS AT SCHOOL. GM GAVE HIM A CASE NUMBER AND SAID HE COULD HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PREFORMED. WHY SHOULD HE HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS AND WHY ARE THEY BEING SELECTIVE ON CARS. DO NOT HAVE SPECIFIC DATE ON FAILURES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322477March 27, 2010
STEERING
MY 2006 CHEVROLET COLBALT'S POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322500March 27, 2010
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY 2006 CHEVY COBALT WILL SOMETIMES LOOSE POWER WHEN YOU TURN A CORNER OR FROM TAKE OFF. IT WILL HESITATE FOR A FEW SECONDS A THEN START TO TAKE OFF GRADUALLY. THERE HAS BEEN NO ENGINE LIGHT ON BUT ONE TIME. THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON (MAKING A DINGING NOISE) THEN WENT OFF WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO RUN BETTER. SEEMS TO HAVE MORE PROBLEMS DURING THE COLDER WEATHER. I CALLED GM DEALERSHIPS AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. IT A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU TAKE OFF AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR CAR STARTS TO ACT LIKE IT HAS NO POWER AND I ALMOST BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. AMCO TRANSMISSON PLACE TOLD ME IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WITH THE TRANSMISSION TRYING TO TAKE OFF IN SECOND GEAR. GM DEALERSHIPS SAID THEY DOUBT IT AND WOULD NOT LOOK AT IT. I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD PROBLEMS. GM IN TULSA, CLAREMORE OKLAHOMA SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF IT BUT I DO NOT BELIVE THEM. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322425March 26, 2010
STEERING
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). I WAS DRIVING HOME THIS EVENING FROM WORK WHEN I GOT THE "POWER STEERING" WARNING ON MY DASH. SOON AFTER, I NOTICED MY CAR WOULD BUCK AND JERK QUITE VIOLENTLY. IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE SO I PULLED OVER. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, GEORGE WEBER, REMEMBERING THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2006 CHEVY COBALTS, TO MY DISMAY, MY CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SO CALLED RECALL THAT WAS ANNOUNCED IN MARCH. HOWEVER, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE, MARSHA, DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SYMPTOMS I HAD EXPERIENCED COINCIDED WITH THE SYMPTOMS OF TWO VEHICLES THAT WERE FIXED AT HER SHOP. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THOSE TWO VEHICLES WERE UNDER THE RECALL, BUT MY CAR IS NOT. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THIS RECALL EXTEND TO ALL COBALTS THAT STAND A CHANCE OF HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I WAS VERY SCARED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE OTHER ON THE ROAD AS I FELT I HAD NO CONTROL OVER MY VEHICLE. THE SCARIEST FEELING IS THAT IT CAME OUT OF NO WHERE. [XXX] *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321781March 24, 2010
STEERING
I WAS JUST PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE AND IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER THE CAR AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND I HAVE NOT HAD THE PROBLEM SINCE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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