Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints

7,975 consumer complaints on file.

#10783465October 19, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,782.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783510October 19, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE SERVICE TRACTION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAITED THIRTY MINUTES AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,497.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783127October 18, 2015
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE OFF A USED CAR LOT FEB/2015 WITHIN A MONTH OF USE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LINES BROKE. GOT BACK ON THE ROAD, SEVERAL MONTHS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE POWER STEERING SENSOR AS WELL. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO BECOME HARDER TO HANDLE. I'M SCARED THAT IT WILL CUT OUT ON MY WIFE AND INFANT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782931October 16, 2015
STEERING
THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT HAS GONE OUT. THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ON ALL COBALTS HAVE HAD NUMEROUS RECALL ISSUES. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF CHEVROLET UTILIZING INFERIOR PRODUCTS ON THEIR VEHICLE RESULTING IN EXPENSIVE REPAIRS IN ADDITION TO STEERING PROBLEMS WHEREBY THE STEERING BECOMES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT INTERMITTENTLY AND ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN STEERING FAILURE SHOULD THE PROBLEM NOT BE RESOLVED. THE SAME STEERING SYMPTOMS FROM THE RECALL REGARDING THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782551October 15, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
RAN OVER A ROCK WHICH DID SOME DAMAGE TO THE UNDERNEATH OF MY CAR....TOOK IT TO GOODYEAR BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSEST.THEY "WORKED ON IT TO THE TUNE OF OVER $7,000 AND THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS CONTINUED TO COME ON SINCE THE DAY I DRIVE IT HOME, WHICH I POINTED OUT TO THEM BEFORE DRIVING AWAY I HAVE GONE BACK NUMEROUS TIMES ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THINGS WILL BE OKAY, BUT IF THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTS BLINKING TO GET IT TO THEM ASAP. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DOWNLOAD PHOTOS OR DOCUMENTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781881October 14, 2015
ENGINE
I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY COBALT AND SINCE I PURCHASED IT IT HAS BEEN PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM FIRST THE KEY GOT STUCK IN THE IGNITION BEFORE THE RECALL. I HAD TO SPEND ALL DAY AT THE DEALERSHIP, THEN I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. NEXT IT WAS TAKEN BACK FOR SUSPENSION PROBLEMS AND A CRACKED STEERING COLUMN, NOW I KEPT HEARING A NOISE WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS TO SPEED UP TOOK IT TO TWO PLACES AND IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH COST ME $1,548 OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE THE WARRANTY I HAD DIDN'T COVER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER THIS CAR ONLY HAS 89414 MILES ON IT I KEEP UP THE MAINTENANCE BUT THIS CAR IS BEGINNING TO MAKE ME NOT WANT TO BUY ANY AMERICAN CAR EVER. I INITIALLY PURCHASED THE CAR BECAUSE IT WAS ECONOMY CAR,GOOD ON GAS WHICH IS STILL GOOD ON GAS. I SEEN IN THE EARLIER MODELS THERE WERE RECALLS ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER SO I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE ANY ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL? WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CAR I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THE THE CAR BUT PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM IS BEGINNING TO BE MORE THAN I CAN HANDLE AND THE LAST THING IS THIS CATALYTIC CONVERTER, THANK GOD I HAD THE MONEY. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS CRACKED AND GASKETS HAD TO BE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781957October 14, 2015
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FROM THE IGNITION. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A CURB. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782131October 14, 2015
AIR BAGS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE MERGING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE FRONT AND REAR EXTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE WALL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,048. ...UPDATED 01/20/16 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *JS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10782246October 14, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
A PLASTIC COMPONENT IN THE FUEL RETURN CRACKED CAUSING A GAS LEAK THAT WAS UNRECOGNIZABLE AT FIRST. FIRST NOTICED THE SCENT A WEEK AFTER ADOPTING A CAT AND ASSUMED IT MUST HAVE PEED IN THE CAR OR SOMETHING. AT FIRST, ONLY NOTICED IT AFTER DRIVING MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES AND PARKING THE CAR. WHEN THE CAR WAS LEFT IN PARK OVERNIGHT, IT WOULD NOT SMELL IN THE MORNING, HOWEVER ONCE IT WAS DRIVEN ANY DISTANCE, THE SMELL WOULD BECOME APPARENT BY THE TIME THE TRIP WAS DONE. THE SMELL WAS FAINT AND SEEMED TO COME FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR, BUT WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO BE NARROWED DOWN MORE THAN THAT. EVENTUALLY THE SCENT WAS STRONG ENOUGH THAT IT COULD BE RECOGNIZED AS GASOLINE AND BY THAT TIME IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT WAS COMING FROM BEHIND THE PASSENGER SEAT. UPON LIFTING THE BACK END TO LOOK AT THE CAR, THE UNDERSIDE WAS WET WITH GASOLINE AND THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK COULD BE ISOLATED TO THE TOP OF THE TANK. TOOK IT IN TO BE CHECKED AND FIXED TO FIND OUT IT WAS A CRACK IN A PLASTIC COMPONENT OF THE FUEL RETURN AND THE WAY THE COMPONENT IS DESIGNED, THE ENTIRE FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM GM ABOUT POTENTIAL FUEL LEAKS AND SUBMITTED MY INFORMATION ONLY TO LEARN THAT THE CURRENT BULLETIN PERTAINS TO THE FUEL TANK ITSELF AND ALL OTHER SERVICE BULLETINS RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE ARE FOR DIFFERENT CAR BATCHES SOLD MOSTLY TO WARMER CLIMATE STATES SO GM WILL NOT REIMBURSE FOR THE REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782257October 14, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN THE CAR WAS IN PARK, WE NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF GAS. WHEN WE LOOKED UNDER THE CAR IT WAS LEAKING FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE GAS TANK. I TOOK IT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL PUMP. THE REPAIR IS GOING TO COST ME AROUND $600. THE MECHANIC WAS NICE ENOUGH TO REMIND ME ABOUT CERTAIN RECALLS ON THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL FROM CHEVY. WHEN I LOOK AT THE RECALLS, THE PARTICULAR PROBLEM IS LISTED, BUT FOR SOME REASON, CHEVY MADE IT REAL CONVENIENT TO SAY THAT ONLY CERTAIN CHEVY COBALTS 2006 WERE GOING TO BE FIXED. AS I ENTERED THE VIN NUMBER TO CHECK IT, MINE STATES THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR MY CAR. MY CAR FITS ALL THE CRITERIA, WHY IS IT THAT MINE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IF MY CAR DID NOT "QUALIFY" FOR THE RECALL, THEN WHAT 2006 CHEVY COBALTS QUALIFIED FOR THE GAS LEAK REPAIR? IT SEEMS AS THOUGH, WE THE CONSUMERS, HAVE TO PAY FOR A PROBLEM CHEVY CREATED BY USING CHEAP PARTS. VERY UPSET. WE ARE NOT PURCHASING ANOTHER CHEVY CAR AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781399October 12, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LINES ARE CORRODED TO THE POINT THAT THEY ARE LEAKING. FUEL/GAS ODOR CAN BE DETECTED AROUND VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781295October 11, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LEAK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781309October 11, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
SMELT FUEL NEAR THE CAR WHEN LEAVING WORK ABOUT 6:30 PM ON 10/3/15. CAR DID NOT INITIALLY START. TOOK CAR TO AUTO ZONE TO HAVE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR AND STARTED CHECKED, WHICH WERE ALL IN PROPER WORKING CONDITION. THE AUTO ZONE WORKER COULD SMELL FUEL ALSO AND INSPECTED FOR A LEAK. HE FOUND THE LEAK NEAR THE LEFT REAR TIRE. THE NEXT DAY FIRESTONE INSPECTED THE CAR AND PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING: "FOUND HARD FUEL LINES ROTTED OUT ABOVE THE LR TIRE. RECOMMEND TAKING TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE NEW LINE ASSEMBLY INSTALLED." A LOCAL AUTO MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE PART LEAKING ON MY CAR IS THE SAME PART RECALLED ON OTHER GM VINS. HE TOLD ME TO STOP DRIVING THE CAR IMMEDIATELY. HE TOLD ME THE ONLY REASON MY CAR DIDN'T CATCH ON FIRE IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE RECENT RAIN WE HAVE HAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781209October 10, 2015
AIR BAGS
MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON FOR MY PASSENGER SEAT. I HAVE TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE SPECIFIC CODE IS NOT COVERED BY A RECALL. THEY SAID MY PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE NEEDS REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780728October 8, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE PARKED, THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10805728October 7, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ELECTRICAL ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL AND CLUTCH NOT WORKING UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP 2-3 TIMES. IN JULY 2015, THE VEHICLE STALLED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780492October 7, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ODOR OF FUEL PRESENT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT TWO FUEL LINES WERE DAMAGED DUE TO RUSTING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000. ....UPDATED 12/02/15 *BF *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780526October 7, 2015
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT A SULPHUR ODOR EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER AN HOUR. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND RESET AND THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,113.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780579October 7, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
BOUGHT IN NOV 2015 FROM CARMAX. IMMEDIATELY HAD TO FLUSH ALL FLUIDS, REPLACE BREAKS, AND ROTORS. THE CAR SHUTS OFF. GAUGES GO HAYWIRE, ALL WARNING LIGHTS COME ON AND THEN THE POWER STEERING CUTS OUT. THE CAR THEN SHUTS DOWN. THIS SERIES OF EVENTS HAPPENS WHENEVER IT WANTS TO. WHEN I'VE JUST PUT GAS IN IT, ON THE INTERSTATE, IN AN INTERSECTION, IN THE RAIN, OR IN 85 DEGREE WEATHER FOR EXAMPLE. SO FAR GMC HAS REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP OR SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FUEL PUMP (I'M NO MECHANIC, SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS) BUT I WAS TOLD IT WAS FIXED. OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOW HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK. I EVEN HAVE VIDEO GRAPHIC PROOF. HONESTLY, I'M TERRIFIED OF THE CAR AND I JUST WANT RID OF IT WITH MY MONEY BACK. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS CAR KILLS ME AND OR OTHER PEOPLE WHILE I'M DRIVING IT? I'VE SET UP AN APT WITH CARMAX TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT, BUT IF THEY CAN'T RECREATE THE PROBLEM WHAT THEN? I'VE GOT AN APPRAISER COMING OUT FROM CHEVY ON THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH. I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780595October 7, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE WALKING PAST THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. FUEL COULD BE SEEN DRIPPING FROM THE TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD BECOME INOPERABLE, ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE SEAL OF THE FUEL TANK. THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,916.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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