Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints (2009)

900 consumer complaints on file.

#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
#10780246October 6, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, A CHIME NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO SWITCH OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME USABLE AGAIN. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,946.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10779954October 5, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I'M EMAILING YOU IN REGARDS TO PROBLEMS I HAD WITH MY CAR.. ALL THIS WAS REPAIRED AND I CALLED BACK AND FORTH TO THE MANUFACTURE AND WAS TREATED LIKE I WAS STUPID.. IT WAS A BAD TIME IN MY LIFE AND THE CAR SITUATION DIDN'T HELP.. NOW I'M READING THIS ON LINE, BECAUSE MY FUEL LINE IS LEAKING.. SEEN THIS RECALL, BUT WAS TOLD THERE WASN'T A RECALL ON IT AND THAT TIME.. MY CAR WAS AT DEALERSHIPS ON AND OFF FOR OVER A MONTH.. THEN I HAD TO PAY... . I LISTED THE VIN#. ABOVE AND THIS WAS THE CASE # 71-1160509209.. GM WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP MODULE, FREE OF CHARGE. NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS BEGAN ON ON NOVEMBER 21, 2012. OWNERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO NOT BRING THEIR VEHICLES IN FOR REPAIR UNTIL JANUARY 2013. ADDITIONAL INFO:GM'S CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 12190.THIS RECALL IS AN EXPANSION OF RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778298September 28, 2015
STEERING
POWER STEERING LIGHT FLASHES ON AND OFF ALONG WITH THE SECURITY LOCK/CAR LIGHT. I LOSE ALL POWER TO THE CAR THEN ALL OF THE PANEL GOES HAYWIRE...FLASHING NO FUEL NO POWER STEERING...ALL THE WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10777934September 27, 2015
WHEELS
THE MORNING AFTER COMING BACK FROM A TRIP I WENT DOWN TO GET IN MY COLBALT AND FOUND MY LEFT FRONT TIRE FLAT. I GOT MY MANUAL OUT TO READ HOW TO CHANGE THE TIRE AND CHANGED IT. WE NOTICED THE SIZE DIFFERENCE IN THE TIRES RIGHT AWAY, REGULAR TIRE IS P205/55R16 H, THE SPARE IS A T115/70D15 M. THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL TIRES THAT CHEVROLET PUT ON THE CAR. THE MANUAL SAID WE COULD GO NORMAL SPEED. I DROVE A BLOCK TO GET THE TIRE FIXED AND TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK HOME. THE CAR DIPPED HORRIBLE AND DRAGGED WHEN I PULLED BACK INTO MY DRIVE WAY. IT ALSO MADE RUBBING SOUNDS. IT DID NOT FILL SAFE TO DRIVE. WE TOOK THE TIRE IN AND HAD IT FIXED WITHOUT THE CAR, BROUGHT IT HOME AND PUT IT BACK ON CAR. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CHEVROLET SINCE THEN TO SEE IF IT WAS AN ERROR ON THE SPARE. THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT IT IS THE RIGHT SPARE, ALTHOUGH A COUPLE OF THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE TALKED TO THOUGHT IT WAS BAD TO HAVE A 15 INCH SPARE WITH 16 INCH TIRES. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT WHAT I NEED TO DO IS IF THE FLAT IS ON THE FRONT I'M SUPPOSE TO CHANGE TWO TIRES. THEY TOLD ME TO PUT A BACK TIRE ON THE FRONT AND THE SPARE ON THE BACK, WHICH IS NOT THE DIRECTION IN THE MANUAL. THEY TOLD ME I CAN GO 50 MPH AND GET THE TIRE FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO NOW OUT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY THEY WANT ME TO CHANGE TWO TIRES AND HAVE THE BACK OF MY CAR DIP HORRIBLY. I FEEL THIS SPARE IS UNSAFE BECAUSE IT IS SMALLER THEN THE TIRES IT IS REPLACING. IT MAKES THE CAR TILT SO YOU CAN'T DRIVE AT SAFE SPEEDS NOT TO SAY THE DAMAGE YOU CAN DO TO YOUR CAR. I LEAVE IN A RURAL AREA AND SOME OF THE ROADS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SHOULDER TO CHANGE ONE SPARE LET ALONE TWO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10777686September 25, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE CONTACT ARRIVED AT THE INTENDED DESTINATION AND UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED EXCESSIVE FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000. UPDATED 11/09/15*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. UPDATED 1/20/2016* JS SAFETY DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED UPDATED 4/16/18*JB CONSUMER STATED ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP FAILURE: DUE TO DETERIORATED PLASTIC FUEL LINES LEADING OUT OF THE PUMP & RETURN LINES? REPLACED WITH A NEW PUMP LEAKING BADLY ONTO GROUND WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HIGH VOLUME OF LOST FUEL AND A HAZARDOUS CONDITION TO DRIVER AND HIS FAMILY. IT'S A SAFETY DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. UPDATED 10/12/18*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10775981September 24, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
PLEASE NOTE THAT HYNDAI AUTP HAVE RECALLS ON THEIR CHROME DOOR HANDLES, BUT GM IS IGNORNING THE FACT THAT THEIRS CAN PEEL WITH SHARP EDGES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10767339September 22, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AUTOMATIC LOCKING DOORS STARTED UNLOCKING AND LOCKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING VEHICLE(VERY SCARY). W/65,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE AND HAVING TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL REPAIR PLACES(ONE OF WHICH DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO MAKE THE CHANGE OIL SOON LIGHT GO AWAY AFTER AN OIL CHANGE), I AM NOW QUESTIONNING THE INTEGRITY OF THE REPAIR GUYS. THIS WILL NOT MAKE ME A POPULAR CUSTOMER. SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE????
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10749141August 17, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. CONSEQUENTLY, THE CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A TREE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT WAS NOT AWARE OF THE DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING), BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000. MA 10/5 *CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745665August 2, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
EXTREMELY NOTICEABLE GAS ODOR COMING FROM CAR WHEN ENGINE RUNNING, EVEN AT IDLE. PREVIOUS RECALLS DO NOT LIST GEORGIA AS STATE FOR REGISTERED/PURCHASED VEHICLES COVERED BY RECALL. GAS LEAK EXISTS IN FUEL SYSTEM SOMEWHERE AND HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER POSTINGS STATING THE SAME FOR THE SAME 2009 CHEVY COBALT LS SEDAN MODEL. HIGHLY CONCERNED THAT CAR FIRE OR EXPLOSION MIGHT OCCUR. WAS GOING TO TAKE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744004July 27, 2015
STEERING
WHILE TEEN DRIVER WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AT LOW SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THERE WAS A NEAR-MISS ACCIDENT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER (AUTONATION GMC CHEVROLET, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX) TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THE POWER STEERING, THEY STATED THAT YES, BUT I HAD ALREADY HAD IT DONE. I HAD NOT RECALLED THAT SERVICE, BUT TURNS OUT I DID TAKE THE CAR IN THREE YEARS AGO FOR A RECALL THAT I DID NOT PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO INVOLVING A STEERING PART (TURNS OUT IT WAS THE POWER STEERING MOTOR; THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE CAR BACK THEN). I EXPLAINED TO THE FEMALE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT I THOUGHT WE HAD ANOTHER BAD POWER STEERING MOTOR AND THAT THIS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, THERE WAS NEARLY AN ACCIDENT AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPORT IT TO THE NHTSA. SHE STATED THAT WAS FINE, BUT I WAS NOT GOING TO GET ANOTHER FREE POWER STEERING MOTOR! I WAS SPEECHLESS; I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT GM REPRESENTATIVE ONLY CARED ABOUT A $150 PART - OR THOUGHT THAT I ONLY CARED ABOUT A $150 PART, AND NOT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON HUMAN LIFE. I REPLACED THE PART MYSELF WITH ANOTHER OEM POWER STEERING MOTOR AND THAT FIXED THE PROBLEM. I WOULD APPEAR TO ME THAT THE ORIGINAL STEERING MOTOR RECALL WAS NOT EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY IF THE SAME OEM MOTOR WAS USED. I WOULD RECOMMEND TO GM THAT ANOTHER RECALL BE ISSUED WITH IMPROVED PARTS. UPDATED 12/11/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10735670July 22, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, A FUEL ODOR EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10735636July 21, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
ABOUT THE THIRD TIME THAT I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKES WITH IN LESS THAN 30000 MILES. THE PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD THE CAR. THE PADS WEAR UNEVEN, ONLY THE INTERIOR PAD IS BEING WORN. GM DEALERSHIP CONTINUES TO STATE THAT THIS IS NORMAL WEAR, WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE. AND BRAKING PERFORMANCE IS COMPROMISED BY THIS UNEVEN AND PREMATURE WEAR OF THE REAR BRAKES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734726July 17, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE CONTACT NOTICED FUEL FUMES OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE ON THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734079July 14, 2015
WHEELS
WHEEL BEARINGS ON THE LEFT FRONT WENT OUT IN FEB, 2012 THEN IN JULY, 2015 THE RIGHT ONE WENT OUT. IN ALL OF OUR OTHER CARS WE HAVE OWNED WE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A WHEEL BEARING LET ALONE TWO SO WE ASSUME THERE MUST BE A DEFECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733706July 13, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ODOR EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. SHORTLY AFTER, THE CONTACT HAD TO MERGE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE WAS A FUEL LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731055June 29, 2015
TIRES
NOTICED FRONT END SHAKING. WORST AT SPEEDS 40-50 MPH BUT NOTICEABLE AT ALL SPEEDS. MECHANIC TOLD ME METAL BAND INSIDE THE TIRE IS BROKEN AND TIRE TREAD IS DAMAGED DUE TO IT. MECHANIC WOULD NOT LET ME DRIVE UNTIL TIRE IS REPLACED, AND SAID HE WAS SURPRISED IT HAD NOT BLOWN ALREADY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730717June 26, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
GAS SMELL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. GAS DRIPPING ON DRIVER SIDE UNDER REAR DOOR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL COBALT'S NOT JUST IN CERTAIN STATES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726275June 19, 2015
AIR BAGS
RECEIVED A LETTER IN MARCH 2015 FROM GENERAL MOTORS ADVISING THAT THE CLOCK SPRING COIL WIRES TO THE DRIVER AIR BAG MAY BECOME CHAFFED ON A SHARP EDGE OF THE STEERING WHEEL HORN PLATE AND THAT IF THIS DEFECT IS NOT CORRECTED AND THE CHAFED WIRE WAS TO GROUND TO THE HORN PLATE THE DRIVER AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IF THE VEHICLE WERE TO BE INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE LETTER GOES ON TO ADVISE THAT IF I BELIEVE THAT THE VEHICLE HAS THE CONDITION DESCRIBED ABOVE IS PRESENT THE CONDITION WILL BE REPAIRED FOR ME AT NO CHARGE. I CALLED TWO DEALERS AND TOLD THEM THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE CONDITION IS PRESENT IN MY VEHICLE AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT UNLESS THE AIR BAG INSTRUMENT INDICATOR LAMP CONTINUOUSLY DISPLAYS A WARNING LIGHT FOR THE AIR BAG THEY WILL NOT CONSIDER MY VEHICLE FOR REPAIR. MY SON, OF THAI DESCENT WHO DOES NOT UNDERSTAND MUCH ENGLISH HAS ADVISED ME THAT HE HAS SEEN THE LIGHT COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE LETTER STATES THAT IF THE LIGHT IS INTERMITTENT THAT IS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THIS CONDITION MAY BE PRESENT. SINCE GM IS NOT WILLING TO CONSIDER MY VEHICLE FOR REPAIR SINCE THE LIGHT IS NOT CONTINUOUSLY LIT I CONSIDER THIS LETTER A SAFETY WARNING AND WANT TO GO ON RECORD THAT I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH IS SUBJECT OF MY COMPLAINT. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS LETTER ON THE PART OF GM WILL BE USED TO DEFEAT ANY CLAIM I AM HAVE IF THE AIR BAG DOES NOT DEPLOY. WHAT AM I TO DO, WAIT UNTIL MY SON HAS AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DOES NOT DEPLOY OR ARE YOU WILING TO ASSIST ME IN GETTING MY CAR REPAIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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