Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints (2010)

583 consumer complaints on file.

#10427621September 27, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF BUT THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION AND BECAME STUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,442.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10418022August 8, 2011
STEERING
I HAVE A NEW 2010 COBALT AND I NOW FIND THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING , MY COBALT IS NOT PART OF THE POWER STEERING ASSIST RECALL . I STARTED NOTICING THE PROBLEM WHILE TURNING , I SEEM TO LOOSE POWER STEERING FROM TIME TO TIME AND I DON'T GET A WARNING LIGHT . THIS HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS AS WELL AS AT HIGH SPEEDS AND WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT IS HARDER AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMS STIFF LIKE I SAY SEEMS LIKE I LOOSE POWER STEERING . I HAD IT INTO THE DEALER TO CONFIRM THAT IT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND THEY SAY THERE MECHANICS WHERE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE ISSUE SO THEY SAY THERE IS NO PROBLEM AND THEY CHECKED THE POWER STEERING ASSIST AND THEY DID NOT SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT . THE TIGHT STEERING HAPPENS ON AND OFF AND DOES NOT SEEM TO FOLLOW ANY PATTERN . I STARTED NOTICING THIS PROBLEM AT ABOUT 15K KM . THERE WAS A NOISE IN THE FRONT END AND THE GM MECHANICS SAYS THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH SOMETHING IN THE STEERING COLUMN HOWEVER IT DID FIX THE NOISE BUT THE LOSS OR WHAT SEEMS TO BE A LOSS OF POWER STEERING CONTROL STILL THERE . *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10416222July 29, 2011
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE PARKED THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BECAME FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN INFLATER KIT FOR THE TIRE INSTEAD OF A SPARE TIRE. THE CONTACTS SPOUSE INSTALLED THE INFLATER KIT AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE IT THE INFLATER EXPLODED CAUSING HIM SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS RIGHT AND LEFT ARMS, FEET, AND LEGS. THE CONTACT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE DOCTORS WERE UNABLE TO NEUTRALIZE THE SUBSTANCE AND STATED THEY NEEDED THE REPAIR KIT FOR EXAMINATION IN ORDER TO TREAT THE BURNS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE INFLATER KIT HAD TO BE SURRENDERED IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10415490July 28, 2011
STEERING
I WAS TURNING ONTO WEBSTER ST WHEN I SUDDENLY LOST MY POWER STEERING CAUSING ME TO HIT A CURB. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE DONE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO BE INOPERABLE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10415501July 28, 2011
STEERING
I WAS TAKING THE BAY AREA BLVD EXIT TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN I LOST CONTROL OF MY POWER STEERING. I COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO TURN RIGHT CAUSING ME TO RUN OVER THE CURB WITH THE LEFT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10412328July 14, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
DRIVING A RENTED 2010 CHEVY COBALT LT, 4 DOOR. HAD RENTED THE VEHICLE FROM ALAMO RENTAL CARS ON 7/2/11 THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON 7/6/11. MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING ON I-4 EAST JUST OUTSIDE ORLANDO, FLA. WHEN THE DRIVER IN FRONT OF ME PUT ON HIS BRAKES, I APPLIED THE BRAKES ON THE COBALT AND IMMEDIATELY THE CAR WAS VIOLENTLY OUT OF CONTROL. THE CAR GOING OUT OF CONTROL WAS SO VIOLENT I THOUGHT WE HAD BEEN HIT FROM THE REAR. ONCE THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL I COULD NOT CONTROL IT AT ALL. WE CROSSED ALL 3 LANES OF FREEWAY AND HIT THE LEFT REAR TANDEM WHEELS OF AN 18 WHEELER. THE CAR FINALLY CAME TO A STOP IN THE CENTER LANE FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC FLOW. JUST A FEW MORE INCHES TOWARD THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHEN CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE 18 WHEELER AND THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN BEATING MYSELF UP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY JUST APPLYING THE BRAKES WOULD CAUSE SUCH A VIOLENT AND UNCONTROLLABLE TURN OF EVENTS. THEN I STARTED RESEARCH ON THE WEB AND FOUND THAT BRAKE ISSUES WITH THE COBALT IS NOT A NEW ISSUE. THERE IS DATA ON BRAKE PROBLEMS AND INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTS OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM WHEN THEIR COBALTS WENT OUT OF CONTROL JUST FROM APPLYING THE BRAKES. MANY OF THESE ACCOUNTS STATED THAT DEALERS FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES FOLLOWING THESE INSTANCES OF GOING OUT OF CONTROL AND IN MANY CASES BEING INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS. THIS WAS THE MOST HORRIFIC INCIDENT MY WIFE AND I HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN AND THE REALITY IS THAT WE WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT SIMPLY BECAUSE I APPLIED THE BRAKES ON THE 2010 CHEVY COBALT RENTAL. WE WERE NOT HIT FROM BEHIND AND THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 18 WHEELER. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10407237June 17, 2011
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT RENTED A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT LOCKED. THE CONTACT PROCEEDED TO LOOSEN THE WHEEL AND THE AXLE BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RENTAL FACILITY. THE CONTACT WAS NOT NOTIFIED WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED OR NOT. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM) RELATED TO THE FAILURE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10407260June 17, 2011
STEERING
2010 CHEVROLET COBALT ELECTRIC POWER STEERING HAS FAILED, MY VIN# IS NOT PART OF RECALL. PART HAS FAILED AT LESS THAN 7,000MI OF SERVICE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10405600June 8, 2011
SUSPENSION, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 13,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000. UPDATED 8/29/11 *CN UPDATED 09/21/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10405328June 6, 2011
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG SERVICE INDICATOR COMES ON AND AIR BAGS BECOME INOPERABLE. THIS HAS OCCURED MULTIPLE TIMES IN BETWEEN 3 TRIPS TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. FIRST TIME AT DEALER: DEALER CLAIMED TO ORDER PARTS BUT NEVER DID. SECOND TIME AT DEALER: DEALER CLAIMED TO HAVE REPLACED PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR AND MODULE. THIRD TIME AT DEALER: DEALER CLAIMED ELECTRONIC DEVICES SUCH AS CELL PHONES PLACED ON SEAT WILL TRIGGER THE SERVICE AIR BAG NOTIFICATION. THE DEALER CLAIMED NHTSA REFERENCE #10030788 AND TSB REFERENCE #SB-08-09-41-007A COVERED THE INCIDENT AND NO FURTHER DIAGNOSE NEEDED. HOWEVER, THE REFERENCED ITEMS DOES NOT MENTION A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. FYI, ANY FAILURE IN THE SYSTEM DISABLES THE COMPLETE AIR BAG SYSTEM AND WOULD RESULT IN ONE OR MORE FATAL INJURIES IF NOT FIXED PROPERLY. IT WOULD ALSO PROHIBIT OBTAINING A VEHICLE INSPECTION UNLESS FIXED. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE FOR ALL VEHICLES MENTIONED. RECOMMEND RELOCATION OF SENSOR AND/OR PROPER SHIELDING OF SENSOR FROM SURROUNDING ELECTRONIC DEVICES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10402941May 27, 2011
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER SIX TIMES WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY TORQUE STEER AND THERE WAS NO SOLUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND MADE THEM AWARE OF THE FAILURE. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED BUT NO OTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,400 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10396336April 12, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
I WAS DRIVING A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT ON THURSDAY MORNING APRIL 17TH AROUND 4 AM. I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 170 GOING SOUTH. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN IN THE LEFT LANE GOING 65 MPH. I WAS APPROACHING THE SPLIT-OFF WHERE YOU CAN GO ONTO 64 EAST OR WEST. THE COBALT STARTED TO VEER TOWARDS THE RIGHT. I CORRECTED IT BACK TO THE LEFT AND THAT'S WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT COMPLETELY TO THE RIGHT AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND I HIT THE MIDDLE DIVIDER THAT DIVIDES THE RAMPS EXIT. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED AND WE ARE CURRENTLY AWAITING INSPECTION.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10396337April 12, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 20TH, I WAS DRIVING BACK TO MY BOYFRIENDS HOUSE FROM WORK. I GOT OFF AROUND 7:30 AM SO IT WAS AROUND 8 AM WHEN I REACHED THE EXIT FOR HIS HOUSE. I SLOWED THE CAR TO TAKE THE EXIT RAMP TO 40 MPH WITH MY FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE. THE CAR THEN VEERED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND I TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE WHEEL AS I LET OFF THE BRAKES. INSTEAD THE CAR VEERED TO THE LEFT AND I STARTED TO HYDROPLANE. I LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND BEGAN TO SPIN. MY STEERING WHEEL THEN LOCKED UP. AS I WAS SPINNING, THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR STRUCK A LIGHT REFLECTOR POLE AND SHATTERED MY BACK PASSENGER WINDOW IN THE PAIN AND DENTED THE CAR AND REMOVED PAINT. IT ALSO MESSED UP MY BACK ALIGNMENT. FOR THE FIRST FEW MINUTES MY CAR WOULD NOT EVEN START BACK UP AND THE BRAKES WERE LOCKED IN PLACE. I THEN HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY HOME DEALERSHIP TO BE INSPECTED. AFTER INSPECTING THE CAR, THEY SAID THAT NO CODES FOR POWER STEERING HAD POPPED UP, YET THEY DID NOT ACTUALLY DRIVE THE CAR TO SEE HOW IT DROVE. THEREFORE, I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET AT A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MY CAR FIXED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10395452April 11, 2011
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO MOVE INDEPENDENTLY TO THE LEFT CAUSING THE CONTACT TO MOMENTARILY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC STEERING MOTOR. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO WEEKS AFTER THE REPAIR AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED A SECOND TIME TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM) BUT THE CONTACT HAD NOT CONFIRMED WITH THE MANUFACTURER IF THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10395225April 8, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
SQUEKING BRAKE PADS IN THE REAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10381444February 10, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION KEY BECAME STUCK ON NUMEROUS OCCASION AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF AFTER IT WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER TODAY BECAUSE THE FAILURE RECURRED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,121.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10380493January 31, 2011
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED 15-20 MPH, WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL, SEEMS LIKE IT LOCKED UP. I COULD NOT PULL THE CAR AWAY FROM VEERING INTO A CONCRETE PLANTER USED TO KEEP THE TRAFFIC PATTERN IN THE PARKING LOT. VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE IN THE WHEEL, STEERING, RADIATOR AND BODY OF THE CAR. WHEN THE CAR WAS TOWED OVER TO THE DEALER WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE CHECKING THE VIN FOR THE RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED FOR MANY OF THESE CARS. AFTER CHECKING WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL UP TO MARCH OF 2010, OURS WE ARE TOLD WAS BUILT IN APRIL OF 2010. OBVIOUSLY, THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2010 COBALT SINCE THIS WAS THE LAST YEAR THEY HAD PRODUCTION ON THIS VEHICLE, WE WERE NOT AWARE THEY HAD STOPPED THE PRODUCTION OF THIS MODEL AT THE TIME WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. WE BELIEVE THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE WHICH MAY HAVE LEAD TO THE STEERING ISSUES WE HAD ON JANUARY 13. 2011. UPDATED 8/22/12 *CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10375355January 10, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
BACK PASS SIDE DOOR LOCK[2X], STEERING LOCKUP,[FACTORY RECALL] FUEL GUAGUE/TACOMENTOR BOUNCEING,DEALER REPLACED BODY CONTROL SENSOR,NOW CRUIZE CONTROL QUIT WORKING. STILL NOT FIXED,[CC]GUAGUES STILL BOUNCING. GM TECH FROM CORP,INVOLVED,TO TRY TO FIX. IN 3X'S. TOTAL IN 6X'S,3 DIRR REPAIRS.NO CAR LOANER/OR RENTAL,KEPT 2-DAYS.HAD EYE SURGERY AT VETERANS HOSP,HAD TO FIND ANOTHER RIDE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10373647December 31, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY 2010 AND I DIDN'T START NOTICING PROBLEMS TILL AROUND SUMMER BUT THEY WERE NOT THAT BAD TILL SEPTEMBER WERE THE CAR STARTED SHOWING STRANGE ELECTRICAL AND STEERING ISSUE. I RECEIVED THE RECALL LETTER IN OCTOBER AND HAD THE POWER STEERING ISSUE FIXED BUT ITS STILL HAVE ISSUES WERE THE VEHICLE WILL SWERVE BACK AND FORTH IN RETURN I WILL HAVE TO KEEP MY HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO TRY TO KEEP IT FROM HITTING OTHER VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY. THEN THE BLOWER MOTOR THAT BLOWS THE HOT AND COLD AIR SOMETIMES ISTATICALLY REVS UP HIGH AND I HAVE TO TURN OF THE HEATER. ALSO I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES SQUEAL AND I ONLY HAVE 10,300 MILES. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE NEEDLES ON THE GAUGES IN THE DASH TEND TO TWITCH RADICALLY WHEN I TURN THE VEHICLE OFF SOMETIMES. THEN AT TIMES THE CAR WHEN TURNED ON WILL START TO ACT AS IF IT WAS TO SHUT OFF AND THE LIGHTS WOULD ALL DIM AND THEN IT WOULD STABILIZE. IT HAS DONE THAT ON THE HIGHWAY MAKING STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. THE ENGINE AS WELL HAD MADE KNOCKING NOISES TO ITS BEEN AN OFF AND ON THING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10370650December 14, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
FRONT BRAKES SQUEAL SQUALL AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN COMING TO A STOP, REAR BRAKE PAD LIFE IS VERY POOR...ONLY 13,000 MILES ON CAR AND ALREADY LOOKING AT PADS IN 6,000-10,000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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