Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints (2007)

1,564 consumer complaints on file.

#10670717January 7, 2015
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
I PURCHASE THE CAR FROM SCHOFIELD IN 2008 IT HAS HAD TWO RECALLS ONE ON THE GAS TANK AND ANOTHER ON THE STEERING COLUMN NOW IT IS ACTING UP EVERYDAY I THINK IT IS DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER AND IT HAS TO BE A MANUFACTURING ISSUE THE WARNING LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLASH ON COME ON THE GAUGES GO UP AND DOWN LIKE CRAZY THE GAS HAND GOES UP AND THEN BELOW EMPTY THE CAR LOSES POWER THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON IT BEGINS TO MAKE A CLICKING NOISE AND IT JERKS AS IT DRIVES I AM SO AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE OF THESE DEFECTS, I TOOK THE CAR INTO SCOFIELD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT IT IS OBVIOUS THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WHEN I TRIED TO TURN A CORNER ITS LIKE THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT I HAVE THE PAPERS FROM SCHOFIELD I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME PLEASE I DON'T WANT TO BE ANOTHER VICTIM OF THIS CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10669701January 2, 2015
STEERING
I PURCHASED THE CAR BRAND NEW IN 2007. THE FRONT SUSPENSION STARTED TO MAKE LOTS OF CLUNKING NOISES AND RATTLING WHENEVER I WENT OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD. IT CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. TOOK THE CAR INTO THE CHEVY DEALER AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND HE REPLACED L FRONT CONTROL ARM TWICE. THE MECHANIC SAID THE CAR SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THOSE PROBLEMS WITH THE CARS CURRENT MILEAGE. I ALSO HAVE VERY DANGEROUS SOUND IN STEERING COLUMN EVERY TIME I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS TO DEALERSHIP. OF COURSE, THEY INITIALLY DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING. I HAD MY STEERING LOCK ON ME AND COULDN'T GET THE KEY OUT, THUS I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN APRIL 2011. THEY FIXED THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN HAS ONLY GOT WORSE SINCE THAT TIME. DECEMBER 16, 2014, I TOOK CAR IN FOR THE RECALL ON THE IGNITION. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WAS FALLING APART AND WANTED TO CHARGE ME $1100.00 TO FIX. THEY INSISTED THAT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE CAR SOUNDS LIKE IT IS BARELY HOLDING TOGETHER LIKE ON SQUEAKY HINGES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10669748January 2, 2015
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY 2007 COBALT FIRST SHOWED SIGNS OF LEAKING FUEL IN THE SUMMER OF 2014. I TOOK IT TO GET INSPECTED AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED MY FUEL LINE PURGE SOLENOID REPLACED. I DID SO, BUT THE LEAKING DID NOT STOP. THEN, ON 30 DECEMBER 2014 I GOT IT REINSPECTED AND WAS TOLD THERE IS ACTUALLY A CRACK IN MY FUEL TANK AND THAT THE TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL FOR MY MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE, BUT IT IS ONLY FOR VEHICLES MANUFACTURED IN CERTAIN STATES. I LOOKED UP MY VIN AND MY VEHICLE WAS NOT MADE IN ANY OF THE STATES LISTED, BUT THE CONDITIONS MATCH THE RECALL DETAILS EXACTLY. I BELIEVE MY TANK SHOULD BE REPLACED AS PART OF THE EXISTING RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10668486December 27, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEAT BELTS
ON THE 2007 CHEVY COBALT, THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION AND CANNOT BE REMOVED. YOU MUST EITHER JUMP THE CAR OR PUSH THE SWITCH UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN TO REMOVE THE KEY. WITH THE KEY IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION, THE BATTERY DRAINS AND RENDERS THE RADIO INACTIVE. THIS ADDS TO AN ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THE SEATBELT CHIME AND BLINKER SOUND GO THROUGH THE RADIO AND CANNOT BE HEARD WHEN THE RADIO IS INACTIVE. CHEVY STATED THAT YOU MUST BRING IN THE CAR TO HAVE THE RADIO REPROGRAMMED FOR $130 EACH TIME THE BATTERY GOES DEAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10667664December 22, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10664475December 16, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AT 8:30AM ON DEC 15TH WITH THE TEMP OUTSIDE OF 40 DEG. I TURNED LEFT ONTO AN ACCELERATION RAMP AND PUT THE ACCELERATOR ALMOST ALL THE WAY DOWN. I LET UP OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO YIELD TO ANOTHER CAR ON THE RAMP. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND WOULD NOT SLOW UPON BRAKING HARD. I STOMPED THE PEDAL TWICE AS IF IT WERE STUCK. THIS HAD NO IMPACT UPON MY UNCONTROLLED RUNAWAY ACCELERATION. I SHUT THE KEY OFF AND LUCKILY THE OTHER CAR YIELDED TO ME UPON HEARING MY MOTOR REV UP. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOP SAFELY. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND DID NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER DIFFICULT MAKING TO MORE 10 MILE ROUND TRIPS. THE IGNITION KEY HAS BEEN CHANGED PER RECALL AND THE POWER STEERING HAS BEEN DONE ALSO ON RECALL. HOWEVER THE POWER STEERING DID FAIL ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT ALSO HAD BEEN RECALLED. AT THAT TIME I REPLACED THE BATTERY BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST 9 YEARS OLD. NO FURTHER POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. I HAVE ALSO HAD DIFFICULTY WITH THE FLOOR SHIFT STICKING AFTER PARKING.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10664723December 16, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
AFTER DRIVING MY CAR IT HAD A STRONG SMELL OF GAS SO I PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND FOUND A PUDDLE OF GAS IN FRONT OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND SAW THAT THE GAS LINE COMING FROM THE FUEL FILTER WAS CORRODED AND LEAKING FROM A STRAP. I WAS VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE EXHAUST IS ABOUT 2 INCHES AWAY FROM THIS FUEL LEAK. MY FUEL EFFICIENCY WENT FROM 34MPG HIGHWAY TO 26MPG HIGHWAY SO I KNOW I WAS LEAKING FUEL WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK MY COBALT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT IT WILL COST 750.00 TO FIX THE GAS LINE. MY FLEX TUBE ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM ALSO BROKE AROUND 130000 MILES. IT'S THE PART IN BETWEEN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND THE CAT CONVERTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10664112December 13, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS
I HAD MY IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED BY A GM DEALER, NOW THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. I NOTICED ON THE IGNITION RECALL IT MENTIONED THE AIRBAG. SO I'M WONDERING IF THIS AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON DUE TO SOMETHING WITH THE SWITCH REPLACEMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10663632December 11, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO GOT NOTICE THAT IGNITION LOCK WAS "RECALLED" BY GM. SHORTLY AFTER THAT I NOTED THE "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT WAS ON PERIODICALLY. STOPPED AT GM DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL OCT 2014. GOT ANOTHER NOTICE THAT IT WAS TIME TO GET RECALL FIXED. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR REPLACEMENT OF IGNITION LOCK, WHICH WAS DONE ON 12/10/2014, GOT HOME AND SAW "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT WAS ON. CALLED DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT "AIR BAG" LIGHT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT FOR 17TH TO GET IT CHECKED. RECALL 14V047000 IS "AIRBAG AND ELECTRICAL" BUT IT DOESN'T COVER AIRBAG ??? I HAD TROUBLE WITH THIS DEALER YEARS AGO BUT HE IS THE CLOSEST (WITHIN 30 MILES) TO ME SO I USE HIM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10663694December 11, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
DAUGHTER DRIVES VEHICLE TO COLLEGE. SMELLING GAS AND NOTICED DROPS UNDERNEATH CAR. PER MECHANIC IT LOOKED LIKE COMING FROM FUEL PUMP AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE TO DEALER FOR EXTENDED SAFETY BULLETIN 09226, CRACKED PLASTIC SUPPLY PORT FUEL PUMP. DEALER STATES THAT IS NOT IT AND IT IS THE FILLER NECK OF FUEL TANK. NEEDS TO BE REPLACE )ITS PLASTIC???!!!) $1500. THIS CAR IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL EXPENSIVE AND THIS PROBLEMS IS ALSO A WELL KNOWN ISSUE THAT IS NOT ADDRESSED BY GM. ONLINE THERE ARE SCORES OF PEOPLE WITH SAME ISSUE. A FUEL TANK SHOULD NOT BREAK, PERIOD. CAR IS WORTHLESS TO SELL AFTER IGNITION RECALL ANYWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10655431December 4, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2007 CHEVROLET COBALT SAFETY RECALL IGNITION SWITCH *CN THE CONSUMER WAS ONLY GIVEN ONE SET OF KEYS, WHEN THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER STATED THEY WOULD ISSUE THE SECOND SET IN OCTOBER. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER IN OCTOBER, AND WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF KEYS AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE KEYS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10661035November 26, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
GAUGES GOING HAYWIRE MESSAGE FLASH OF LOW FUEL AND POWER STEERING CLICKING IN THE GEAR SHIFT HEAD LIGHT FLASHING SNATCHING WHILE SHIFTING GEARS UP OR DOWN WITH ACCELERATED OR DECREASED SPEED. AT A TURN TO PULL OFF THE ROAD POWER STEERING IS LOST AND HARD TO TURN. WHEN I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN EVERY THING CLEARED UNTIL I REACHED 5 MILES FROM START OVER POINT. EVERY TIME I START THE CAR EVERYTHING IS FINE UNTIL I DRIVE IT A LITTLE. I HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM 2 YEAR AGO AND HAD IT REPAIRED @ JUPITER CHEVROLET. THEY SAID IT WAS TCM, ECM MODULE. I HAVE IT NOW @ RELIABLE CHEVROLET WAITING FOR DIAGNOSTICS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10660360November 23, 2014
AIR BAGS
I WAS GETTING IN MY CAR TO GO HOME, AND THE SERVICE AIR BAG SOON APPEARED ON THE SCREEN WHERE THE ODOMETER IS. IT WENT OFF FOR ABOUT 5 TO 7 DAYS, THEN CAME ON AGAIN. I WENT TO JON HALL CHEVROLET IN DAYTONA BEACH TO LOOK UP RECALLS. I WAS TOLD ALL WERE TAKEN CARE OF. IN AND AROUND NOVEMBER 12TH, 2014, IT CAME ON, AND ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2014, IT HAS COME ON AGAIN. I AM LEASING THIS CAR FROM DRIVE TIME. I HAVE CONTACTED THEIR LEASE WARRANTY DEPARTMENT, AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO, CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE I'M GOING TO THE RIGHT RESOURCES, BUT GIVEN THE RUN AROUND ABOUT WHAT TO DO. IS THERE ANY HELP FOR ME IN MY SITUATION? THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10660105November 21, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LINE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE IS LEAKING AND APPEARS TO BE RUSTED OUT. THIS FUEL LINE RUNS PARALLEL TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND WITH FUEL LEAKING IS A POTENTIAL FIRE/EXPLOSION HAZARD. LOCAL DEALER TELSL ME IT WILL COST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $700 TO $1,000 TO REPAIR. MY ONLINE RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND I BELIEVE THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE SHOULD BE OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10660179November 21, 2014
STEERING, AIR BAGS
CAR WAS TOTALED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF STEERING AND POWER BRAKES- CRASHING INTO A GUARDRAIL THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10659427November 19, 2014
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10659600November 19, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY SPEAKERS ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR GO ON AND OFF AS WELL AS MY INSIDE TURN SIGNALS. NOW IT HAS PROGRESSED TO THE CHECK AIR BAG INDICATOR GOING ON AND OFF WHILE STARTING AND DURING DRIVING. I HAVE INFORMED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS SEVERAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE AIRBAG PORTION OF IT SCARES ME AS I AM ONLY 5 FT TALL AND SIT CLOSE TO THE WHEEL. I DON'T WANT TO FORK OVER MORE MONEY THAN THE CAR IS WORTH ESPECIALLY SINCE I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY NOT HAVE A RECALL ON AT LEAST THE AIRBAG PART OF THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10659220November 19, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY CAR HAS A LOT OF ELECTRICAL SHORTAGES OR JUST DON'T WORK. THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON THE DRIVER SIDE WILL NOT UNLOCK THE REST OF THE DOORS AND THE LOCK BUTTON YOU HAVE TO HIT MULTIPLE TIMES FOR IT TO WORK. I HAVE NO SOUND OUT OF THE SPEAKER IN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND I HAVE REPLACED IT TWICE AND IT JUST CONTINUES TO BLOW. I HAVE NO SOUND WHILE MY TURN SINGLE IS ON. MY PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS DISABLED AND I HAVE A WARNING THAT SAYS SERVICE AIR BAG AND THE ICON FOR THE AIRBAG ON MY PANEL. I HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT AND NOBODY CAN SEEM TO DETERMINE WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. THE SOUND ON MY RADIO FADES IN AND OUT AND THE BUTTON TO TURN THE HEAT ON FOR REAR DEFROST, AIR CONDITIONER AND THE ONE TO CIRCULATE THE CAR ONLY WORKED WHEN THEY WANT TO. AND EVERY SINCE I HAD THE IGNITION AND THOSE RECALLS FIXED THE BUTTONS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY STEERING WHEEL (INFO, RESET BUTTONS) ONLY WORK OCCASIONALLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10658853November 18, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS
SEAT BELT ICON AND LIGHT GO OFF AND ON PANEL ON DRIVERS SIDE. CANNOT TELL IF THIS IS JUST AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM OR SOMETHING SERIOUS. NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT TO CHECK IT OUT. ONE REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT EMPLOY IF IN ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10659141November 18, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEAKERS ON THE FRONT LEFT OF THE CAR HAD STOPPED WORKING. THERE WHERE NO RADIO OR TURN SIGNAL SOUNDS. I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE OF THE DATE OF ANY OF THE INCIDENCES BUT ONE OF THE TIMES I HAD 1OF THE SPEAKERS THEY ORDERED FACTORY SPEAKERS AND THEY ALSO STOPPED WORKING. I BROUGHT IT TO THERE ATTENTION AGAIN AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT AND GET BACK TO ME. I NEVER GOT AN ANSWER AND I GOT BUSY WITH WORK ANDNLIFE IN GENERAL. THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP. WHEN I MENTIONED IT AGAIN THE ANSWER I GOT WAS THAT THEY COULD ORDER NEW (STOCK) SPEAKERS AND I WAS TOLD THE COST. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A SECOND REPLACEMENT AND MAY HAVE WORKED BUT I DIDN'T FEEL I SHOULD BE THE PERSON PAYING FOR THEM. I FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE FIXED THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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