Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints (2005)

1,649 consumer complaints on file.

#10260779March 5, 2009
STEERING
POWERSTEERING ON MY CAR KEEPS COMING ON. AND MAKES ALOT OF NOISE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10260887March 5, 2009
STEERING
POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND POWER STEERING FAILS WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70MPH. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, MY CARS POWER WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND MY CAR WOULD GO FROM 70MPH TO 10 MPH IN ABOUT HALF A SECOND WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. I WILL NEVER BUY A COBALT AGAIN. I HAD THE ISSUE FIXED, OR SO I THOUGHT LAST YEAR, BUT BECAUSE IT HAPPENED AGAIN TONIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS NOT RESOLVED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10260691March 4, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FOR THE PAST MONTH, MY COBALT HAS BEEN HAVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON WHILE I AM DRIVING, HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY. CONCURRENTLY WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON, THE RPM NEEDLE DROPS AND YOU CAN FEEL MUCH LESS POWER. SOMETIMES STALLING ALSO OCCURS, (MOST LIKELY AT STOPLIGHTS/STOP SIGNS) AND ALSO OCCURRING IN GROUPS. ON DAYS WHEN THE CAR IS RUNNING WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON, THERE WILL BE NO STALLING. THE CAR WILL GO FOR A DAY OR TWO WITH NO PROBLEMS, BUT ALWAYS REVERTS BACK TO THE CHECK ENGINE/STALL PROBLEM. AND THERE WAS ONE TIME WHEN I WENT OUT TO GET PIZZA. I PARKED THE CAR, WENT TO THE PIZZA PLACE, AND WHEN I CAME BACK TO START THE CAR, NOT A LIGHT NOR A SOUND WAS MADE WHEN I TURNED THE KEY. I TRIED THIS SEVERAL TIMES OVER A 20 MINUTE PERIOD. THE CAR WAS UTTERLY DEAD. THAT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE, AND LUCKILY, AFTER WAITING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, IT DID START UP AGAIN. I HAVE BEGUN TAKING BACK ROADS ONLY AS IF THIS WOULD HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY, THE RESULTS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE DISASTROUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10260467March 2, 2009
STEERING
2005 CHEVROLET COBALT NEAR 50,000 ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILED. DEALER DENIES EVEN KNOWING SUCH A PROBLEM EXISTS DESPITE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOUND BY OTHER DRIVERS OF THE SAME MAKE/MODEL ON THE INTERNET. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE ON A VERY CURVY AND DANGEROUS ROAD. LUCKILY, NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10260037February 26, 2009
STEERING
PICKED UP CHILD FROM DAYCARE AND WHILE TURNING TO GET OUT OF FACILITY POWER STEERING INDICATOR SHOWED ON DIGITAL READ-OUT. WHEEL LOCKED AND TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER PARENT AND CHILD, TURNED WHEEL AS HARD AS POSSIBLE ( VERY DIFFICULT ) TO AVOID COLLISION AND HIT CURB. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO RIM. VEHICLE PURCHASED FROM LICENSED CHEVY DEALER IN MAY OF 07 WITH 50 THOUSAND MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10259726February 23, 2009
STEERING
PROBLEM, WHILE DRIVING 2005 CHEVY COBALT, POWER STEERING LIGHT APPEARS ON DASH WARNING, AND POWER STEERING TURNS OFF MAKING WHEEL DIFFICULT TO MOVE. THIS HAS HAPPEN A FEW TIME WHILE I WAS DRIVING, AND I PULLED OFF THE ROAD, PUT MY HAZARDS ON, TURNED OFF THE CAR, THEN RESTARTED IT AGAIN, AND THE POWERING STEERING WAS BACK. THIS IS OCCURRING MY FREQUENTLY, AND SINCE I DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY DAILY, IT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, MY CAR IS UNSAFE. I WILL HAVE TO PICK TO MECHANIC TO HAVE FIXED SOMEHOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10259304February 19, 2009
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FIRST EXPERIENCED WARNING ON DISPLAY PANEL FOR POWER STEERING FAILURE AUGUST 08. HAVE HAD THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES SINCE THAT TIME. 2ND TIME DEALER REPLACED SOME WIRES. 3RD TIME STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. HAVE LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF STEERING 3 TIMES SINCE FIRST OCCURRENCE. YESTERDAY DEALER STATED CAR WAS NOT FIXABLE. BEING ADVISED BY GM TO CLEAR ERROR CODES AND RETURN CAR TO OWNER. ADVISED I CONTACT BBB TO PURSUE A CLAIM. CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258792February 16, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
I WOULD BE DRIVING 35 MPH AND MY CAR WOULD REV UP AND DOWN BETWEEN 500 AND 4000RPM I WOULD BE SITTING AT A LIGHT AND IT WOULD ALSO. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND MY CAR STALLED OUT I HAD TO TURN MY CAR BACK ON AND PULL INTO A GAS STATION AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT. APPARENTLY THE BODY CONTROL MODULE WENT OUT IN MY CAR AND IN MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS! IT'S A MIRACLE I DIDN'T GET HURT OR CAUSE AN ACCIDENT JUST DRIVING ALONG AND YOUR CALL STALLS OUT IN A RELATIVELY NEW CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258814February 16, 2009
STEERING
EPS GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING. CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE SENT ME TO DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC COMPLETED FOR 85.00 + TAX. DECLINED DIAGNOSTIC AS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. ASKED WHY THE MALIBU AND G6 HAD AND EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE ESP BUT THE SAME WAS NOT EXTENDED FOR THE COBALT AS IT IS THE SAME UNIT. DEALER ADVISED HE COULD NOT ANSWER MY QUESTION. SPOKE WITH CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT CHARGES AND DEFECTIVE ESP. THEY STATED THEY WOULD SEND THE INFORMATION TO A DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE WHO WOULD DETERMINE WHAT ACTION TO TAKE AS FAR A REIMBURSEMENT. CHEVY CASE NUMBER 71-702497036. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ODI -NHTSA WILL NOT TAKE ACTION, IF THE CONSUMERS NEED TO BRING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST GM AND THE MANUFACTURER OF THE EPS UNIT BEFORE OF AFTER LIVES ARE LOST? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258701February 15, 2009
STEERING
RE:2005 CHEVY COBALT- POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND REVERTS TO MANUAL STEERING AT RANDOM INTERVALS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS STEERING PROBLEM COULD HAPPEN ON AN ICY TURN OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY,ETC. THERE IS NO ADVANCED WARNING THAT THE STEERING WILL FAIL MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER UNEXPECTEDLY.THE DEALER SUGGESTS A NEW STEERING COLUMN REPLACEMENT AT $800.00 . WE HAVE FOUND TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS (TSB)REGARDING THIS ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE '05 COBALTS ALTHOUGH NO OFFICIAL RECALL HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED TBS REFERENCE NO 070232007 AND 070235004. DEALER MAINTAINS THERE IS NO RECALL. THIS IS , IN MY OPINION, AN "ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN". *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258718February 15, 2009
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ELECTRIC POWER STEERING PROBLEM. INDICATOR LIGHT TURNS ON AND CAR LOSES POWER STEERING CONTROL.....VERY DANGEROUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258721February 15, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, INTERIOR LIGHTING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (~65 MPH) THE CAR HAS SHUT OFF 4 TIMES. EACH TIME CAR BEHAVED THE SAME WAY, AS IF THE KEY HAD BEEN REMOVED: THE ENGINE STOPPED, INSTRUMENT PANEL DIALS WENT TO 0, LIGHTS TURNED OFF. RADIO STAYED ON (AS IT WOULD IF THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF). THE SHUT OFFS WERE SUDDEN: THERE WERE NO WARNINGS (LIGHTS, SOUNDS, VIBRATIONS) BEFORE SHUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO COAST/BRAKE AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHIFT TO PARK AND RESTART THE CAR EACH TIME. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS IN JULY 2008 APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES INTO A TRIP. THE SECOND THREE INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN ABOUT A 30 MINUTE TIME SPAN ON THE SAME TRIP IN MID OCTOBER. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP AFTER THE OCTOBER INCIDENTS AND THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THEY PERFORMED A COMPUTER UPDATE. I HAD THEM CHECK THE WIRING IN JANUARY 2009 AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. THE CLOCK RADIO RESETS TO 12:00 (WHEN I TURN ON THE CAR, NOT DURING DRIVING) ABOUT ONCE EVERY 3 MONTHS SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2005 - I'M NOT SURE IF THIS PROBLEM IS RELATED. THE CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC 2005 COBALT, 4 DOORS WITH ABOUT 35000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258728February 15, 2009
STEERING, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL, EQUIPMENT, VISIBILITY
ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN MY POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. I SHUT THE CAR OFF, AND IT WENT BACK TO WORKING. ABOUT A MONTH AGO IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN, NO I HAVE NO POWER STEERING. I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE ISSUE. MY BACK DRIVER SIDE WINDOW HAS NOW STOP WORKING AND MY AC IS LEAKING ONTO MY FLOOR BOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CAR ONLY HAS 55,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAD ABOUT 48,000 ON IT WHEN EVERYTHING STARTED TO HAPPEN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258612February 13, 2009
STEERING
THERE WERE NO DEATHS, NO ACCIDENT, BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN IF I WAS MAKING A FAST TURN. AND WE SHOULDN'T WAIT TILL SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE RECALLED. DRIVING ALONG, MAKING A TURN ON A QUITE STREET AND POWER STEERING JUST SHUT DOWN, I HEARD A WARNING BEEP AT THE SAME TIME I LOST MY POWER STEERING AND QUICKLY HAD TO FIGHT WITH THE CAR TO FINISH MAKING MY TURN. THE WARNING BEEP WAS WHEN THE WORDS "POWER STEERING" APPEARED IN THE DISPLAY WHERE IT SHOULD TEMP, AND MILEAGE. IT HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE WARNING BEEP. THE WHOLE ELECTRIC STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED. WAS ALSO TOLD, THERE WAS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT NO NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258120February 9, 2009
STEERING
THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ON MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT CEASES TO FUNCTION IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC OR WHILE MAKING TURNS. THIS CAUSES ME TO TEMPORARILY LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENT OR SERIOUS INJURY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257477February 4, 2009
STEERING
2005 CHEVY COBALT WITH APPROX 45000 MILES. POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT APPEARS AND THEN STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO MANEUVER. DID GOOGLE SEARCH AND FOUND HUGE NUMBERS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME MODEL CAR. AFTER WARNING LIGHT APPEARS, IF THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE LIGHT DISAPPEARS AND THE STEERING IS OK AGAIN FOR A WHILE. TOOK CAR TO CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY SAID THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $800+. HOW CAN SUCH A MAJOR PROBLEM OCCUR ON A RELATIVELY NEW CAR AND THERE IS NO RE-CALL? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257170February 2, 2009
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. IMMEDIATELY, THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND REMAINED LIT UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE DRIVER EXPERIENCED EXTREME DIFFICULTY STEERING THE VEHICLE, WHICH RESULTED IN GREATER EFFORT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE POWER STEERING UNIT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256949January 30, 2009
STEERING
A CLUNK IN MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE, WHEN GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS WHILE TURNING. ALSO LOOSE STEERING, RATTLING SOUND FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. GM REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, IT DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. IM NOW BEING TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN AT 50,000 MILES! THIS WILL COST ABOUT 2 THOUSAND DOLLARS..... PROBLEM NOT CAUSED BY DRIVER. INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN THERE IS A "BACKLASH" FORM THE GEARS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256701January 29, 2009
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING MY CAR THE POWER STEERING JUST TURNED OFF MAKING THE CAR EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. WHEN I TURN MY CAR OFF THEN TURN IT BACK ON THE STEERING COMES BACK FOR ABOUT A MIN THEN TURNS OFF AGAIN. I AM TOLD THAT THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WHICH WILL BE OVER $800. MY CAR IS NOT EVEN 4 YEARS OLD. I'VE ALREADY HAD TO HAVE THE COMPUTER UPDATED TWICE DUE TO SAFETY LIGHTS GOING OFF WITH NO REASON. ALONG WITH REPLACING BOTH CONTROL ARMS AT THE REAR OF THE CAR DUE TO BAD BEARINGS. I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE A MOTOR FOR THE HEATING THAT WAS BROKEN. FOR A CAR THAT ONLY HAS ABOUT 41,000 MILES ON IT THIS SEEMS LIKE TOO MUCH TO GO WRONG WITH A "QUALITY" CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256861January 29, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MORE THAN SIX MONTHS AGO I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 55MPH WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO "JUMP". REMINDED ME OF SOMEONE LEARNING TO DRIVE A STANDARD. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, NO CODES, DID TRANS SERVICE, 1 QT LOW (APPROX $500 W/TOW). PROBLEM CONT RANDOMLY, COULD NOT AFFORD TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO PLAY GUESSING GAME. FINALLY TOOK IN BEGIN OF JAN FOR CK ENGINE LIGHT, NO CODE, SENT HOME. FEW DAYS LATER STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN. LET ME ELABORATE...IT WILL "JUMP" WHEN SHIFTING ESPECIALLY INTO 2ND, CK ENGINE LIGHT ON, T/C LIGHT ON, SPEEDOMETER GAGE GOES GOOFY AND "POWER STEERING" APPEARS, OH AND TICKING IN SHIFTER. WE HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT. ON 1/15 IT STARTED ACTING UP WHILE ON FREEWAY TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER. THEY PULLED CODE P0742 AND DECIDED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY (APPROX$2000). PICKED UP CAR ON 1/19, NEXT DAY ENG LIGHT BACK ON. HUSBAND TOOK TO DEALER TOLD IT WOULD GO OFF. CAME BACK ON BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK. LAST NIGHT ON WAY TO SCHOOL & BACK EXPERIENCED WORSE CASE YET. "JUMPING", CK ENGINE, T/C AN AUTO-THEFT LIGHTS ON, TICKING IN SHIFTER ESPECIALLY WHEN BREAKING. WHEN LEAVING SCHOOL POWER STEERING WOULDN'T WORK, TURNED CAR OFF N ON 3 TIMES TO GET IT TO KICK IN. I DO NOT FEEL THAT MY CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE ANYMORE. AND WITH AS MANY COMPLAINTS AS I HAVE READ TODAY I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY CHEVY/GM HAS NOT FOUND A RESOLUTION FOR THIS YET OR DONE A RECALL. WILL IT TAKE A FATALITY TO GET THEM TO REACT???? (1/29/09 SK). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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