Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints (2006)

2,330 consumer complaints on file.

#10953791February 10, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A CEMENT ROAD DIVIDER. DURING THE CRASH, THE FRONT END WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED AN INJURED LEG. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10950177February 7, 2017
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH WOULD NOT WORK CORRECTLY. IF THE DOOR WAS CLOSED AND LATCHED, IT WOULD NOT UNLATCH. IF THE DOOR WAS OPEN, IT WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947821January 26, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE ACCELERATING TO 5 MPH FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. HE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947827January 26, 2017
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG WARNING INDICATOR HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10947488January 24, 2017
STEERING
POWER STEERING NOT WORKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10946332January 19, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE FUEL LINES IN MY 2006 CHEVY COBALT BEGAN LEAKING YESTERDAY. A FUEL SMELL WAS NOTICED IN THE CABIN OF THE CAR. I ALSO NOTICED SOME DRIPPING FUEL IN THE REAR OF THE CAR. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE PREVIOUS RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THE PLASTIC LINE THAT WENT INTO THE FUEL PUMP. WHILE OFF THE CAR JUST DRIPPED FUEL ABOUT 1 DROP EVERY 10 SECONDS. WHILE RUNNING AND STATIONARY IT WAS A STEADY STREAM OF FUEL POURING OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10945411January 15, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
DRIVER SIDE DOOR WONT OPEN, STUCK SHUT. HANDLE FEELS LIKE NOTHING IS THERE . CANT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IF WAS IN A WRECK OR FIRE. VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AS THESE ARE POWER LOCKS AND YOU CAN HEAR THE UNLOCKING SOUND HOWEVER DOOR DOESNT OPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10945226January 14, 2017
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
JUST BOUGHT 2006 CHEVY COBALT SS I KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE RECALLS I GAVE THEM THE VIN AND OVER THE PHONE THEY SAID THERE IS STILL 3 RECALLS FOR THE CAR I WENT THERE TODAY AND THEY SAID THERE WAS ONLY ONE THEY FIXED IT BUT IT WASN'T THE POWER STEERING HE SAID IT WAS ALREADY FIXED BUT THERE BEEN TIMES THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT ON ITS OWN AND I'M CURIOUS IF THEY ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THAT RECAL. ANOTHER THING WAS THE AIRBAGS WHICH I BELIEVE WAS ANOTHER RECALL FOR THE CAR THE AIRBAG LIGHTS IS ON AND ONCE AGAIN THEY REFUSED TO COVER IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10940111January 6, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. UPON MERGING TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO SWITCH LANES, PLACE THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 249,900.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10940104January 6, 2017
STEERING
STEERING COMPLETELY FAILED. COULD NOT TURN STEERING IN ANY DIRECTION. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING INTO MY DRIVEWAY. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN AT THE VERY BUSY INTERSECTION THAT I JUST CAME FROM. I WENT TO MY CHEVY DEALER AND THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT ANY RECALL. THIS THING IS GOING TO KILL PEOPLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10939192January 3, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I AM COPY/PASTING THE RECALL NOTICE. THIS IS HAPPENING IN A VEHICLE IN MISSISSIPPI. GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN 2006'2007 CHEVROLET COBALT, SATURN ION, AND PONTIAC G5 VEHICLES REGISTERED IN ARIZONA, NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, AND TEXAS BECAUSE OF A CRACK THAT COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP ON THE PLASTIC SUPPLY OR RETURN PORT OF THE FUEL MODULAR RESERVOIR ASSEMBLY. THIS CRACK COULD CAUSE A FUEL LEAK THAT COULD BE OBSERVED DRIPPING ONTO THE GROUND IN SOME CASES, CAUSING A POSSIBLE VEHICLE PERFORMANCE ISSUE AND A FIRE HAZARD. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP MODULE FREE OF CHARGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10937781December 28, 2016
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2016 I BOUGHT A NEW TWO PACK OF SYLVANIA 3157 LL LONG LIFE LAMPS FROM WAL-MART AND USED ONE TO REPLACE MY OLD LEFT REAR BLINKER LIGHT WHICH HAD BURNED OUT. THE LIGHTS ARE SPECIFIED AS VALID REPLACEMENT LIGHTS FOR THE 2006 CHEVY COBALT. ON DECEMBER 26TH, 2016 I NOTICED THAT THE SAME LEFT REAR BLINKER LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING AGAIN. ON DECEMBER 27TH, 2016 I AGAIN ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE BLINKER LIGHT UNSUCCESSFULLY. ON THIS DAY I NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC ON THE BULB HAD BURNT AND MELTED AT THE BULB'S CONNECTION POINT ONTO THE METAL CONTACTS OF THE BLINKER ASSEMBLY (SEE ATTACHED PHOTOS). THIS SEEMS TO BE A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD FOR THE VEHICLE. UPON RESEARCHING, I FOUND OTHER FOLKS COMPLAINING ABOUT SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THEIR RUNNING LIGHTS ON THE CHEVY COBALT AS EVIDENCED HERE: HTTP://WWW.YOURCOBALT.COM/FORUMS/PROBLEMS-SERVICE/18928-BURNING-OUT-TURN-SIGNAL-LIGHT-BULBS.HTML. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE BULB MELTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10937358December 24, 2016
STEERING
POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MY DAUGHTERS CAR. SHE ALMOST CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR. APPARENTLY THIS IS ELECTRIC AND DOES NOT USE TRANSMISSION FLUID
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10933945December 8, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AN ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE LOT AND THE STEERING ABILITY SEIZED WHILE DRIVING AROUND A CURVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,293.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929464December 1, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE FAILED. IN ADDITION, THE DOORS UNLOCKED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED. THE REARVIEW MIRROR DOME LIGHT WAS THE ONLY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESUME DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10928393November 28, 2016
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING) EVEN THOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10927600November 23, 2016
STEERING
WHILE PARALLEL PARKING VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF A CITY STREET, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, MAKING IT NEARLY PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE CAR STEERING WHEEL. IT FELT LIKE THE WHEELS WERE FROZEN OR STUCK, ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY, TURNING, OR BACKING UP. GM RECALL NUMBER N100023
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10926661November 17, 2016
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; HOWEVER, THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE DIAGNOSIS WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10926329November 16, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME 5 TIMES ALL AT DIFFERENT TIMES. ONE TIME I WAS STATIONARY IN A PARKING LOT. THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN DRIVING DOWN CITY STREETS, TURNING CORNERS AND ON THE HIGHWAY. I WILL BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR JUST START MY CAR AND THE GAUGES JUST GO NUTS. MY SECURITY LIGHT WILL COME ON MY FUEL GAUGE, RPM GAUGE. AND MPH GAUGE WILL JUST GO TO ZERO. THE RPM GAUGE BOUNCES UP TO 900-1000 THEN BACK TO ZERO. THE WORDS ON THE DASH WILL READ LOW FUEL (EVEN IF I ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL TANK) AND THEN IT'LL CUT MY POWER STEERING AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO TURN AT ALL OR BARELY. I ALSO HAVE A VIDEO OF IT DOING IT WHILE I WAS STATIONARY. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND HAS MADE ME ALMOST CRASH MULTIPLE TIMES. AND ONCE I ACTUALLY HIT A CURB IN A PARKING LOT WHEN IT DECIDED TO HAPPEN.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10926425November 16, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC SUPPLY OR RETURN PORT ON THE MODULAR RESERVOIR ASSEMBLY WAS CRACKED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW FUEL MODULE UNIT. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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