Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints (2006)

2,330 consumer complaints on file.

#11302088January 26, 2020
STEERING
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT A STORE I WENT TO GET IN IT AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON IT WOULD NOT LET ME TURN THE WHEEL AT ALL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE POWER STEERING HAS BEEN RECALLED IN MY CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297548January 7, 2020
AIR BAGS, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
THE CAR SAYS SERVICE AIRBAG THE STEERING IS HARD TO TURN AND IT MAKES A GOOD KNOCKING NOISE WHEN YOU GO OUT LOW-SPEED A HIGH-SPEED MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO LEAVE ON THE ROAD AND MAKE YOU SWEAR IT PULLS TO THE LEFT AND IT'S HORRIBLE AND GAS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297713January 7, 2020
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING BECAME FIRM WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. DAVIDSON CHEVROLET CADILLAC BUICK GMC OF ROME 5871 ROME-TABERG RD, ROME, NY 13440, (315)371-4152, WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING) AND THEREFORE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A SECOND FREE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,956.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11292082December 30, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ODOR OF FUEL WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE CABIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK AND THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND JK CHEVROLET (1451 S HWY 69, NEDERLAND, TX 77627) WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11288971December 13, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL SMELL AROUND REAR OF CAR. CHEVROLET REFUSED TO REPAIR DESPITE A KNOWN ISSUE AND RECALL. PAID $1100. AT NON DEALER TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR. LEAKING FUEL LINES ON TOP OF GAS TANK FROM IN TANK FUEL PUMP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11287959December 9, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING MAKING IT HARD TO STOP OR STEER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11279856November 13, 2019
ENGINE, STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2006 CHEVY COBALT. AFTER COMING TO A STOP ,AT A STOP SIGN, FOR EXAMPLE, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, ENGINE SHUTS OFF, KEY SOMETIMES STICKS IN THE IGNITION LOCK, OCCURS RANDOMLY AND WITH OUT WARNING. CAR WILL RESTART AND BEHAVE NORMALLY. DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH UNDER RECALL IN LATE 2014. WENT TO DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR HELP WITH STICKING IGNITION SWITCH. CURRENTLY DEALER REFUSES TO REINSPECT IGNITION SWITCH WITH OUT AGREEMENT TO DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE. CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE. GM ADMITS THERE IS A EXTENDED WARRANTY UNTIL 2020 FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH {WARRANTY LETTER 14632) CUSTOMER SERVICE REP FURTHER INDICATED THAT ANY PARTS REPLACED HAVE A 1 YEAR WARRANTY ONLY. AND MY IGNITION SWITCH IS PAST PARTS WARRANTY. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE STATED THAT THE DEALER IS WITHIN THERE RIGHTS TO DEMAND A DIAGNOSTIC FEE IF THE DEALER DETERMINES THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE IGNITION SWITCH. WE INDICATED TO THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH IS LOCKING UP AGAIN. ITS WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT GM FEELS THAT THE RECALL REPAIR IS A ONE TIME EVENT. GM REFUSES TO LOOK AT THE IGNITION SWITCH AGAIN UNLESS I AGREE TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSTICS REGARDLESS OF ANY SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11279703November 12, 2019
STEERING
THE POWER STEERING ON MY 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT CUTS OUT WITHOUT WARNING. IT WORKS WITHOUT A PROBLEM AND THEN WITHOUT WARNING THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMS TO LOCK, OR IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THIS IS HAPPENING NOW EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE SHOWS ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE AS NOT HAVING ANY OUTSTANDING RECALLS. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET, WHILE TURNING IN AN INTERSECTION ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON 11/11/2019. FORTUNATELY NO COLLISIONS OCCURRED, BUT THIS COULD HAVE ENDED IN CATASTROPHE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11278472November 6, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING TODAY DOOR LOCKS UNLOCK AND LOCK AGAIN RANDOMLY. IT WAS SCARY. I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN. ALSO TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND LUNGING. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY OWN CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11278210November 5, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
T/C LIGHT CAME ON WHILE IN MOTION TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE, DRIVER BRAKED AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN 3 CAR ACCIDENT.THE CAR WAS TOTALED
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11271272October 27, 2019
STEERING
STEERING COLOUM EXPLODED UNABLE TO STEER WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED HIT BRAKES WHEN NOTICED IT WASN'T STEERING AND I HAD NO CONTROL OF WHERE I WAS GOING HIT BRAKES AND CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL ALMOST BEING STROKE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING IN A HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65 MPH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11268231October 14, 2019
STEERING
I WAS WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS. I CONTINUED DRIVING TO THE STORE AT AROUND 25MPH AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND BACK SEVERAL TIMES. I SLOWED DOWN TO TURN AROUND AND THE STEERING WENT OUT I WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO TURN PROPERLY RAN OVER THE CURB AND ALMOST HIT THE MINIMART GAS PUMPS SCARED THE CRAP OUTTA ME!! CALLED MY SON-IN-LAW AND HE CAME AND DROVE IT HOME FOR ME AS HE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO HANDLE IT WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11266815October 7, 2019
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CALLED THE MECHANIC, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE STEERING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 280,194. THE VIN WAS INVALID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257275September 23, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
2006 CHEVY COBALT LT LEAKS GAS PROFUSELY. WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL BECAUSE THIS IS TYPICAL OF THE COBALT. TOOK MY CAR TO CHEVY DEALER BUT DID NOT FIX ISSUE AND NOW IS WORSE THEN WHEN I TOOK IT IN. WHILE SITTING, LEAKS MORE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244379August 16, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
"TAKATA RECALL" THE CAR CUTS OFF AS I'M DRIVING, OR SLOWING DOWN, THE IGNITION SWITCH DOESN'T WORK TOO WELL, IT ALSO STALLS, GOES LONG PERIODS OF TIME WHERE IT WON'T START OR EVEN TURN OVER. MY POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT COMES NEARLY EVERYTIME I DRIVE BUT ALL MY FLUIDS IN THE CAR ARE FULL, SO IT MAKES DRIVING KINDA SCARY. IT JUST FEELS UNSAFE AND I WASN'T AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND SITUATIONS WHEN I HAD GOTTEN THE 2006 COBALT. PLEASE HELP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11244311August 15, 2019
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
AIR BAG LIGHTS COME ON CAR IS HARD TO STEER AIR CONDITIONING DOES NOT WORK ANY MORE AND I GET AN ENGINE REDUCE POWER LIGHT COMES ON
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11243562August 13, 2019
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
"TAKATA RECALL" ON 3/30/18 I WAS INVOLVED IN A WRECK. I WAS TRAVELING ON A BUSY CITY STREET WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED RED. I STOPPED AND THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME WAS DRIVING A LARGE SUV. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND TRAFFIC BEGAN TO MOVE I STARTED DRIVING. OUT OF NOWHERE WITH NO WARNING, THE DRIVER JUST STOPPED AND MY CAR RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. WE BOTH STAYED IN OUR VEHICLES I CALLED 911. OFFICERS ARRIVED AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. EVEN THOUGH HARDLY ANY DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE SUV, MY CAR SUSTAINED A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE HOOD AND BUMPER OF MY CAR. THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. I THOUGHT MY CAR WAS TOTALED BY LOOKING AT IT. I WAS ABLE TO HAVE MOST OF MY CAR REPAIRED OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE I HAD LIABILITY ONLY AT THE TIME. THE PASSENGER IN FRONT OF ME AFTER GIVING INFORMATION TO THE RESPONDERS WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY, I WAS NOT. I'VE ALSO HAD ANOTHER ACCIDENT WHERE THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY IN 2014. I AM CONCERNED THAT I MIGHT BE IN ANOTHER ACCIDENT THAT COULD BE LIFE-THREATENING AND THE AIRBAGS WON'T WORK. I CONTACTED GM ABOUT MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE AIRBAGS AND NOTHING WAS DONE TO HAVE MY AIRBAGS CHECKED. I WAS ABLE TO HAVE THE SWITCH CHANGED WHEN THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THAT. I HOPE BY SHARING MY EXPERIENCE WITH YOU SOMETHING CAN BE DONE TO HAVE MY AIRBAGS CHECKED AND GIVE ME A SENSE OF SECURITY WHEN DRIVING MY VEHICLE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11242472August 8, 2019
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR EMERGING FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER DECLINED REIMBURSEMENT OF THE REPAIR FEES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000. *BF*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11228537June 30, 2019
STEERING
LOSS OF STEERING CAPABILITIES. CAR WILL NOT STEER WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11217009May 31, 2019
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
EVERY TIME IT GETS TOO HOT OUTSIDE MY POWER STEERING COMES ON IN MY CAR SWITCH MAKES IT JERK THE CAR AND MY ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON...THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING AND WHEN IT'S STATIONARY. WHEN IT'S STATIONARY IT LOCKS MY STEERING WHEEL AND IT'S MOVING IT MAKES THE CAR JERK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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