Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints

7,975 consumer complaints on file.

#10959514March 8, 2017
STEERING
TAKATA RECALL !!! I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT. I CALLED GM THEY STATED THE POWER STEERING HAS BEEN REPLACE JUNE 26,2012. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR THAT REASON SO HOW HAS IT BEEN REPLACE. AND IF SO WHY I AM I HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT AGAIN. THEN THEY TOLD ME THE POWER STEERING WAS REPLACE UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. WHICH MEANS THE DIDN'T PAY FOR IT MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DID. THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO HELP. THE JUST STATED. I WAS A RECALL AND IT HAS BEEN REPLACE. I ASKED FOR A SIGNED DOCUMENT TO SHOW ME PROOF THAT IT HAD BEEN REPLACE AND I NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING AS OF TODAY 3/8/2017. FROM THE LOOKS OF ALL THE ARTICLES ON LINE I WILL NOT BE GETTING ANY ASSISTANCE FROM GM. LIVES MATTER
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#10959549March 8, 2017
AIR BAGS, SEATS
THE ACTIVATING SWITCH FOR THE PASSENGER-SIDE AIR BAG FAILED AROUND 78,000 MILES. THIS SEAT SWITCH ACTIVATES THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SAFETY SYSTEM WHEN AN OCCUPANT SITS DOWN IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. I WAS TOLD AT THE TIME WE HAD THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL REPAIR DONE TO THE CAR THAT THE ONLY WAY TO REPLACE THE BROKEN SEAT SWITCH WAS TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SEAT COVER. TO DO THIS REQUIRES AN INITIAL OUTLAY OF $150.00 DOLLARS FOR THE PART( THE SWITCH IS WOVEN INTO THE SEAT FABRIC)PLUS LABOR TO INSTALL(PRICE UNKNOWN)AT THE DEALERSHIP. WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE,WEIGHT OR GENDER ANY FRONT SEAT PASSENGER MAY BELIEVE THEY ARE PROTECTED UPON READING THE DASHBOARD 'AIRBAG' SIGN WHEN SITTING IN THE CAR. THE PANEL-MOUNTED INDICATOR FOR THAT AIRBAG IS A LIGHTED DISPLAY WHICH, IN DAYLIGHT, IS HARD TO SEE WITHOUT CUPPING YOUR HAND OVER THE ANNUNCIATOR-OR WAIT UNTIL NIGHTFALL , GET SOMEBODY TO SIT IN THE SEAT, AND THEN CHECK OUT THE DASH LIGHT.
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#10958692March 5, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON THEN MY POWER STEERING FLASHED ON AS WELL. MY CAR JERSEY LIKE IT WAS GONNA CUT OFF. I CUTHINK IT OFF AND IT STARTED BACK UP. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH COBALTS.
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0
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#10958584March 4, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
A FEW DAYS AGO, WE WERE IN THE GARAGE AND A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE WAS COMING FROM OUR CAR, A 2006 CHEVY COBALT. WE CHECKED ONLINE TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED AND NOTICED THAT ONLY COBALTS MANUFACTURED IN ARIZONA AND NEVADA WERE COVERED. REALLY GM. SINCE WE LIVE IN OHIO, OUR SAFETY IS NOT HIGH ON THE LIST AS THOSE WHO LIVE IN ARIZONA AND NEVADA. I REALLY HOPE THAT NHTSA CAN ENFORCE A RECALL SO THIS ISSUE CAN BE FIXED. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS SURROUNDING THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET.
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#10958338March 3, 2017
SEAT BELTS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NONE OF THE WARNING CHIMES WORK - SEAT BELT NOT ON- LIGHTS LEFT ON -KEY IN IGNITION- LOW ON FUEL-ALSO THE CLICKING SOUND MADE BY THE TURN SIGNALS. ALL OF THESE SOUNDS ARE ROUTED THRU THE RADIO DOOR SPEAKERS , MANY OF THESE SPEAKERS DON'T WORK , THE AUTO BLOGS ARE FULL OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE SPEAKERS GM KNOWS IT BUT WON'T REPLACE THE SPEAKERS.
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#10958392March 3, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
SMELLED GAS OUTSIDE AND INSIDE CAR WHILE DRIVING AND PARKED. LOOKED UNDER CAR AND GAS WAS LEAKING FROM FUEL LINE IN FRONT OF DRIVER REAR TIRE. FUEL LINE IN CLOSE QUARTERS WITH EXHAUST AND WAS SPRAYING ONTO EXHAUST PIPE. CONTACTED DEALER TO CHECK ON PRICE OF REPAIR OR RECALL AND DEALER STATED THEY HAVE HAD MANY COBALTS SIMILAR YEAR WITH LEAKING FUEL LINE IN SAME LOCATION. STATED GM USED AN ABSORBENT HEAT WRAP ON THAT SECTION OF FUEL LINE AND THAT IS CORRODING THE LINE. COST FOR REPLACING LINES WAS OVER $800. I AM DECIDING ON REPAIR ROUTE DUE TO EXCESSIVE COST OF REPAIR. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FAILURE IN GM'S END AND NEEDS THE FUEL LINE RECALLED. APPEARS BOTH LINES ARE LEAKING RIGHT BY EACH OTHER. THIS IS A FIRE/EXPLOSION HAZARD AND IS VERY COMMON. GM RECALLED THE FUEL PUMPS FOR POSSIBLE LEAKS BUT NOT THESE FAILING LINES? MY GARAGE KEPT LOW MILEAGE (97000) CAR SHOULD NOT NEED IT'S FUEL LINES REPLACED ALREADY, ESPECIALLY AT $800 PLUS.
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#10958479March 3, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR HAS A HORRIBLE GAS LEAKING SMELL. IT IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. PLEASE HELP ME IT WILL COST 3000$ TO REPAIR THE CAR AND DEALER IS NOT ACCEPTING MY CAR FOR REPAIR
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0
#10958526March 3, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE DID NO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PLACED IN NEUTRAL TO SLOW THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.
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0
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#10957867March 1, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THERE IS A FUEL PUMP LEAK. ALSO THERE IS A RECALL ON OTHER COBALTS FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE MY CAR IS NOT COVERED.
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#10957525February 28, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
GAS TANK FELL OFF THE CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY AFTER BACKING OUT OVER CRUSTY SNOW.... ... GAS TANK BRACKET BROKE........ BRACKET HAD RUSTED AWAY ....GAS TANK WAS DRAGGED ON DRIVEWAY 10 FEET W/O LEAKING IF I WAS GOING 65 MILES HOUR THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A DESASTER
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#10957170February 27, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE, GAS LEAKING OUT. MANY OTHER PEOPLE THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO WITH THE CHEVY COBALT AND THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS BY NOW.
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#10957230February 27, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
BEGAN TO SMELL STRONG FUEL SMELL OUTSIDE CAR. CAN SOMETIMES SMELL IT INSIDE CAR. CAR IS A LITTLE SLOW TO START. THIS IS APPARENTLY A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL, AND ALTHOUGH THERE IS A RECALL FOR SOME VINS, MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED.
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0
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#10957283February 27, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. I WENT TO MY DEALERSHIP FOR THE REPAIR. THE CAR WAS NEVER DAMAGED, AS I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW FROM THAT SAME DEALERSHIP. WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER THIS REPAIR, THE DRIVER'S DOOR DID NOT CLOSE. I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I AM AFRAID TO OPEN THE BACK DOORS, IN CASE THEY DO NOT CLOSE. BESIDES THE HUGE AMOUNT OF STRESS AND FEAR, I WAS CHARGED APPROXIMATELY $330.00 FOR EACH DOOR. I FEEL THIS WAS A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE OTHER VEHICLES HAVE HAD WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL.
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#10957330February 27, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
GAS IS LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND ON THE DRIVERS SIDE UNDER THE CAR. LEAKS WHEN CAR IS ON AND FOR A MINUTES OR TWO WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF.
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0
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0
#10957337February 27, 2017
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,932.
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0
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0
#10957122February 26, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN THE VEHICLE SAT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME A STRONG SMELL OF GAS WAS SMELT NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR. A SMALL PUDDLE OF GASOLINE IS VISIBLE WHILE THE CAR IS RUNNING AND AFTER IT IS SHUT OFF. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND CONTACTING MULTIPLE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IT'S WAS EVIDENT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THE FUEL RECALL ADMINISTERED BY CHEVROLET. HOWEVER THE LEAK IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF THE VEHICLES UNDER THE RECALL.
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#10956599February 23, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
CAN'T OPEN DRIVERS DOOR FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE HANDLES. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE, IF ACCIDENT OCCURS HOW DOES THE EMERGENCY PERSONAL GET YOU OUT?
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#10956255February 22, 2017
STEERING
POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT WITHOUT EXPECTING MAKING IT VERY DANGEROUS. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I HAD TO STEER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT AND ALMOST CAUSE ONE BECAUSE STEERING WAS HARD IT WHENT IN AND OUT WORK THEN DONT WORK. VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE DO SOMETHING
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0
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#10956192February 21, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
MY CAR WILL NOT GO AND REVERSE I GET MY OIL CHANGE FAITHFUL AND NOW I HAVE TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION! THIS IS A 2010 THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS. WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR SPEED IS REALLY LOW THEN IT PICKS UP. IT WILL NOT REVERSE
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#10955018February 16, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEED, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE SHIFTED GEARS AUTOMATICALLY, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK RAPIDLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE STARTER FUSE BLEW OUT WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SHAKE THE FUSE BOX PRIOR TO INSERTING A NEW FUSE TO TEMPORARILY PREVENT THE FUSES FROM IMMEDIATELY BLOWING OUT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE NEW GROUND WIRE WAS ADDED TO CONNECT TO THE TRANS CONTROL MODULE, BUT THE FAILURES RECURRED AFTER A FEW HOURS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.
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Deaths:
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