Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints

7,975 consumer complaints on file.

#10780599October 7, 2015
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE ENHANCE TRACTION SYSTEM, CHECK ENGINE, AND POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SWITCHED INTO THE REVERSE POSITION, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE GEAR SHIFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,377. UPDATED 03/11/16*LJ *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780661October 7, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A TRANSMISSION MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.
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
#10780002October 6, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2007 CHEVY COBALT. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING STRONG GAS ODOR FROM OUTSIDE THE CAR AFTER DRIVING AND INSIDE MY CAR WHILE DRIVING.NO HUGE LEAK BUT THE ODOR IS MAKING ME SICK :( I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL BUT I LIVE IN MARYLAND....CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP. I HAVE 2 YOUNG KIDS AND HAVING TO PAY TO FIX THIS WILL BE EXTREMELY HARD. ESPECIALLY WHEN LOTS OF THESE CARS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. PLEASE MAKE MARYLAND A PART OF THIS RECALL BETTER YET ALL STATES.....SINCE THESE CARS ARE IN ALL STATES THANK YOU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780069October 6, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THIS IS GM RECALL #14632-TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WHICH LOCKS THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION CYLINDER. I WAS PARKED AND COULDN'T GET THE KEY OUT, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH THE RECALLS UNDER 14V047 & 14V171. STEWART CHEVROLET REFUSED TO DO MY KEY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS THE PROBLEM. ON 9/25/2015 I FILED A COMPLIANT WITH GM ASKING WHERE ELSE I COULD GO AND IF IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE COBALT WITH THIS KEY AND WITH THIS NEW PROBLEM. I'VE NEVER RECEIVED AN ANSWER FROM GM NOR HAS STEWART STEPPED UP TO REMEDY THIS EVEN NOW THAT THEY KNOW THE PROBLEM. IS THIS VEHICLE SAFE TO DRIVE, AS ONLY THE FIRST RECALL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN FIXED. *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780098October 6, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
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
#10779601October 4, 2015
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS GOING UP A INCLINE (HILL) WHEN MY CAR CHIMED AND A MESSAGE READ (ENGINE POWER REDUCED) WAS IN THE OUTSIDE PASSING LANE WITH A SEMI BEHIND ME PASSING A SLOWER MOVING CAR. CAR POWER REDUCED TO 30MPH AND LUNGED LIKE NOT GETTING ENOUGH FUEL. I BARELY MISSED A NARROW ESCAPE OF GETTING REAR ENDED. GOT OVER IN THE SLOW LANE THE HIGHWAY BECOME NARROW WITH NO SHOULDER TO PULL OVER SO I WAS GOING TO DRIVE TILL I COULD PULL OVER BUT THEM ANOTHER CHIME AND MY DASH READ (ENGINE DISABLED) AND MOTOR SHUT OFF. COAST TO SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY AND SET THERE SHAKING FROM BEING SCARED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. DECIDED TO TRY IGNITION AND THE CAR RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO LIMP TO A PULL OFF AND CALL FOR A TOW HOME. I REALIZE MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND HAS 119K MILES ON IT BUT NOBODY SHOULD BE FACED WITH A SITUATION LIKE I WAS PUT IN. ALSO I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER MONTHS AGO ABOUT MY IGNITION RECALL AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD ORDER THE PARTS THEN CALL ME TO BRING MY CAR IN AND LIKE I SAID THAT WAS ALMOST 3 MONTHS AGO AND I HAVE HEARD NOTHING NO PHONE CALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10779537October 3, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY KEY HAS BEEN GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION FOR NOT REASON, I HAVE TO TAKE EXTRA TIME TO START MY CAR ABOUT 5 TIMES AND PUT IT IN ALL THE GEARS BEFORE IT WILL ALLOW ME TO REMOVE MY KEY FROM THE IGNITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10779417October 2, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY 2006 COBALT HAS MANUAL DOOR LOCKS AND THE TOP KNOB OF THE LOCK IN THE INTERIOR TO UNLOCK THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE HAS BROKEN OFF FLUSH WITH THE TOP OF THE DOOR SO WHEN THEY ARE LOCKED THERE IS NOTHING TO GRAB MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO UNLOCK. THE TOP PART OF THE KNOB SIMPLY BROKE OFF WHEN TRYING TO UNLOCK THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. IF THE DOOR IS ACCIDENTLY LOCKED WHILE INSIDE I HAVE TO REACH THROUGH THE WINDOW AND USE THE KEY TO UNLOCK IT FROM THE OUTSIDE. THIS IA A HUGE SAFETY HAZZARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778987October 1, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE ENG PWR REDUCED NOTIFICATION CAME ON. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THERE WAS A THUMP SOUND, THE CAR HESITATED AND LOST ACCELERATION FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND THE CAR HAD OBVIOUS PERFORMANCE ISSUES AFTER THAT. AT THE TIME THAT THIS OCCURRED, I WAS MERGING INTO MOVING TRAFFIC AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY THE CAR BEHIND ME, SINCE THE CAR HESITATED FOR A MOMENT, REDUCING MY MERGING SPEED AT A TIME THAT I NEEDED TO BE ACCELERATING. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD SITUATION!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778606September 30, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AFTER PUTTING MY CAR INTO PARK AND TURNING THE CAR OFF I WAS UNABLE TO GET MY KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH, WHICH WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR. I HAD TO JIGGLE THE GEAR SHIFT (AUTOMATIC) AND STILL HAD TO FORCEFULLY REMOVE THE KEY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778772September 30, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778909September 30, 2015
STEERING
I BOUGHT THIS 2006 CHECY COBALT 2 MONTHS AGO AT CLEAR CHOICE AUTO SALES DEALERSHIP IN CARLISLE AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE STEERING WAS ROUGH WHEN I WAS TURNING TO THE RIGHT BUT EASIER TO TURN TO THE LEFT WHEN I TOOK IF FOR A TEST DRIVE. THEY TOOK IT IN THERE SHOP AND SAID IT WAS THE TIRE PRESSURE. THEY THEN ADDED AIR TO THE PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT TIRE THEN AND I NOTICED THAT IT STILL WAS THE SAME WHEN I DRIVE IT HOME. I THEN FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE THE 2 RECALLS FOR THE KEY AND IGNITION SWITCH SO I TOOK IT TO LAWERANCE CHEVROLET AND HAD THEM REPLACE THEM AND I ALSO HAD THEM CHECK ON THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE POWER STEERING MODULE COLUMN THAT WAS THE ISSUE BUT IT WAS GOING TO COST A HOLE LOY OF MONEY TO REPLACE IT. I DIDNT HAVE THE MONEY TO GET IT REPLACE BUT I KNEW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE COBALTS STEERING. I ASK THEM IF IT WAS STILL COVERED UNDER RECALL AND THEY SAID IT WAS ALREADY CANCELED. IDK WHAT TO DO I REALLY DONT WANT TO SPEND MONEY FOR THIS ISSUE WHEN ITS A RECALL ALREADY AND I JUST BOUGHT THE CALL FOR $5,500. I MY STEERING WHEEL ALSO SHAKES WHEN IM DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778333September 29, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO WARNING CHIMES AND NO TURN SINGLE CHIME. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I LOST ALL WARNING CHIMES ON MY CAR. SO AT THIS TIME I HAVE NO CHIMES FOR 1. SEAT BELTS NOT BUCKLED. DOOR AJAR. 3. LOW OR FLAT TIRE. 4. NO TURN SINGLE CHIME. IN FACT NON OF THE CHIMES ARE NOW WORKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778398September 29, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LINE LEAKING GAS AT FUEL TANK. DEALER SAID NOT COVERED BY ANY RECALLS OR CAMPAIGNS, ALTHOUGH THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. QUOTED $950 TO REPAIR. APPEARS CAMPAIGN COVERS COBALTS FROM SOUTHERN STATES, BUT NOT OTHERS. VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS CAR COULD CATCH FIRE. CAR HAS 150,000 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778211September 28, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD INDEPENDENTLY UNLOCK AND LOCK IN A LOOP WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE ALARM TO ACTIVATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10778235September 28, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DROVE HOME FROM WORK AND ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER I GOT INTO MY CAR TO LEAVE, CRANKED MY CAR AND I HAD A MESSAGE ON MY DIGITAL READING "POWER STEERING" AND I COULD NOT TURN MY STEERING WHEEL AT ALL!! I LOOKED ON YOUTUBE AND SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR COBALT'S, BUT YET THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE AND WAS TOLD TO CONTACT YOU GUYS. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL?? I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR!!
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
#10778048September 28, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE FUEL FUMES EMITTING INTERMITTENTLY IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP MODULE AND THE FUEL LINES WERE CORRODED WHICH WERE CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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