Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints (2010)

583 consumer complaints on file.

#10513797May 28, 2013
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, I HEARD A CHIME AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON MY DASHBOARD. IMMEDIATELY AFTER, MY POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING & I HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER. AFTER LIFTING THE HOOD TO CHECK MY FLUIDS, I REALIZED THAT I HAVE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. I GOT BACK INTO THE CAR AND TURNED IT ON. THE POWER STEERING WORKED FOR ANOTHER 5 MILES THEN SHUT OFF AGAIN. LUCKILY, I WAS ALMOST HOME WHEN IT TURNED OFF AND WAS ABLE TO MANUALLY STEER IT INTO MY PARKING SPACE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512233May 15, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO POWER THE VEHICLE OFF BUT THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE IGNITION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10510256May 1, 2013
TIRES, TIRES:SIDEWALL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT EQUIPPED WITH NEGOTIATOR HP TOURING TIRES (N/A), SIZE 205/55R/16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXHIBITED A BULGE ON THE SIDEWALL. NEITHER THE TIRE NOR THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE OF THE TIRE AND THE VEHICLE WAS 45,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10510167April 30, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND WILL NOT SHUT OFF. CALLED CHEVY AND THEY WILL NOT STAND BEHIND IT. ALL OF THE 2009'S GOT RECALLED BECAUSE OF THAT INCIDENT, BUT THEY WILL DO NOTHING FOR ME ABOUT MY 2010!! WE DID HOWEVER, DISCONNECT THE BATTERY SO IT WOULDN'T GO DEAD! I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW CAR AND NOW I AM HAVING ISSUES, DIDN'T BUY A NEW CAR TO HAVE ISSUES!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509731April 26, 2013
STEERING
I OWN A 2010 COBALT LT, ON APRIL 11, 2013 I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE CLOSED, I THEN WENT TO AN AUTO STORE FOR HELP. DISCOVERED I HAD ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINS IT WAS FINE. CAR WAS FINE UNTIL APRIL 18, 2013, IT HAPPENED AGAIN, I WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AND NO POWER STEERING,I SHUT OFF THE CAR FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS IT WAS OK. THEN ON APRIL 24, 2013 IT DID IT AGAIN AS I WAS DRIVING, AGAIN TURNED OFF THE CAR IT WAS OK FOR A SHORT TIME AND WENT OUT AGAIN. HAPPENED AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES WHEN DRIVING ON APRIL 25 & 26.EACH TIME I SHUT OFF THE CAR IT WOULD BE OK FOR A FEW MINS THEN SHUT OFF AGAIN. I CALLED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE ON APRIL 11, 2013 AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON MY SPECIFIC CAR YET I'VE READ SEVERAL ARTICLES ABOUT 2007-2010 COBALTS. I ALSO CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE REFUSING TO TAKE CARE OF EVEN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR VERY MUCH BECAUSE OF THIS.THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT THE RECALL IS CLOSED, YET THE ARTICLE I READ SAYS THAT IT TAKES SOME TIME FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. I BOUGHT MY CAR USED IN 2011 AND IF I HAD KNOWN THERE WAS A RECALL I NEVER WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP PEOPLE WERE VERY RUDE AS I WAS VERY UPSET AT TRYING TO GET THIS RECTIFIED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509235April 23, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AS THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE STEERING WHEEL RETURNED TO NORMAL FUNCTION WHEN THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10507465April 8, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE THEN FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10507121April 4, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
UPON ARRIVING HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL , I CLOSED AND LOCKED THE DRIVERS DOOR TO SECURE THE VEHICLE FOR THE NIGHT AND DISCOVERED THE NEXT MORNING THAT THE DOOR WAS NOT LATCHED OR LOCKED . LUCKILY NOTHING WAS MISSING FROM THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505482April 3, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING WAS LOST AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND FREQUENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE BY RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHO STATED THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY AN EMISSION PROBLEM. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THERE WAS A RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:10V073000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504827March 28, 2013
STEERING
DRIVING ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD WITH MANY CURVES. I WENT TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE. AUDIBLE AND DASH LIGHT WENT ON AT THE SAME TIME AS POWER STEERING FAILED. DASH SAID "POWER STEERING". STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN (OBVIOUSLY NO LONGER "POWER STEERING"). I WAS BARELY ABLE TO STEER CAR BACK INTO LANE. I HAD TO DRIVE THE REMAINDER OF THE HIGHWAY, ANOTHER 26 MILES, BARELY ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL ON THIS MOUNTAIN ROAD. ABSOLUTELY FRIGHTENING! AFTER CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND ON AGAIN, WARNING LIGHT CLEARED AND POWER STEERING WAS OPERATIONAL AGAIN. PREVIOUS TO THIS INCIDENT, I ALSO HAD INTERMITTENT AIR BAG FAILURE WARNINGS AND FALSE FLAT TIRE WARNINGS ON DASH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504204March 22, 2013
STEERING
I PURCHASED MY CAR IN FEB.2012 AND I HAVE HAD IT MAINTENANCED AT MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER EACH AND EVERY TIME WERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO A 27 POINT INSPECTION WHILE CHANGING THE OIL HOWEVER THEY HAVE SEEM TO MISS A PROBLEM WITH MY POWER STEERING. WHILE DRIVING MY CAR I AM EXPERIENCING A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER MY CAR. I DRIVE MY CAR ONLY TO WORK TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY HOWEVER WITH THIS SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND DIFFICULTIES IN DRIVING MY CAR I AM TERRIFIED OF HAVING A ACCIDENT AND HURTING MYSELF OR OTHERS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS HARD TO CONTROL THE CAR DURING THESE TIMES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503841March 20, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, STEERING, WHEELS
DRIVING DOWN A GRAVEL ROAD WHEN I HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID AN ON COMING CAR THAT WAS IN MY LANE. THE STEERING SEEMED TO LOCK UP AND AS A RESULT I HIT THE GUARD RAIL. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503568March 19, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST SYSTEM FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V073000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503639March 19, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FAILURE, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT WOULD DRIVE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 51,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 51,154. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502250March 10, 2013
WHEELS
I HAD NOTICE TROUBLE NOT TOO LONG AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR IN JAN 2012 DUE THE CARS SHIMMY. I NOTICED THE TIRES GOING LOW & THOUGHT THAT WAS IT. THEN KEPT NOTICING THE TREAD WEARING AWAY MORE QUICKLY THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THE TIRES LOOKED PRETTY NEW WHEN CAR WAS PURCHASED. IT WASN'T UNTIL MY FATHER TOLD ME I BETTER GET NEW TIRES BECAUSE THE TREADS WERE ABOUT SHOT & THE TIRES WERE BULGING. I TOOK IT TO A VERY REPUTABLE TIRE BUSINESS WHERE THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD PUT TIRES BACK ON THE RIMS AS 3 OF THEM WERE BENT TO HELL. THIS IS WHY THE TIRES WERE WEARING QUICKLY. HE SAID HE HAD BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 30 YEARS & YOU DON'T NORMALLY SEE 3 RIMS BENT UP LIKE THAT & THEY HAD TO BE DEFECTIVE & I SHOULD GO BACK TO WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR. I HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED FROM PA TO OH WHERE I LIVE!!. I MADE AN APPT WITH THE SERVICE DEPT AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE & THE MANAGER STATED HE CANNOT HELP ME SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY!!! DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT!! I CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY 3 NEW RIMS & TIRES!!! YOU CANNOT FIND USED ONE AS I'M SURE THEY ARE ALL SHOT TO HELL TOO!!! I HAVE RESEARCHED THE INTERNET & AM FINDING THERE HAVE BEEN RIM BENDING PROBLEMS FOR YEARS ON THE CHEVY COBALT!!! THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD & COULD CAUSE A ACCIDENT!! I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE STILL PUTTING THESE CHEAP BENDABLE RIMS ON THESE CARS!!! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!!!! I BOUGHT A NEWER CAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO BE DUMPING MONEY INTO IT ALL THE TIME!! I BOUGHT A $2000 EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT DOESN'T COVER MY PROBLEM EITHER!!! ALL 3 OF THESE TIRES LOOK LIKE THEY COULD BLOW AT ANY SECOND, BUT I'M ALMOST FORCED TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY THESE NEW RIMS WHICH I FEEL ARE DEFECTIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500877February 28, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
STARTED CAR NORMALLY. WENT TO TURN IT OFF. THE KEY WOULDN'T TURN OFF. OR COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. I HAD TO STALL ENGINE TO TURN IT OFF. AND DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. I SEE,ON THE INTERNET, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS ON ME TO PAY FOR IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10496641February 6, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TURNING OFF AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, IT RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,033.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10493318January 17, 2013
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN! IT APPEARS THAT THE HANDLE IS NOT "ATTACHED" TO ANYTHING. YET ON LOOKING INTO THE INCIDENT ONLINE THERE ARE REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING, AND THE "SOLUTION" IS TO BAND YOUR HAND ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR TO RELEASE IT. THE FIRST TIME THIS WORKED, HOWEVER IT IS ONLY AFTER CLIMBING OUT OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE TO DO THIS. BEING SOMEONE IS IN AN ACCIDENT OR UNABLE TO CRAWL ACROSS THE CAR AND OUT AN OPPOSITE DOOR, THEY WILL MOST LIKELY PERISH OR BECOME WOUNDED FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO EXIT THEIR CAR. FATALAITIES. IS THIS WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR THEM TO ACKNOWLEGE THERE IS A PROBLEM?? THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10491837January 8, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND A LOUD CHIME SOUNDED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES UNTIL THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED IN 2010 UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,450.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10491634January 7, 2013
STEERING
THE STEERING GOT EXTREMELY HARD AND A WARNING CAME ON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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