Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints

7,975 consumer complaints on file.

#10593512May 22, 2014
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,001.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10593002May 21, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONTACTED DEALER TO ORDER PARTS FOR IGNITION RECALL AND THERE IS NO TIME FRAME WHEN PARTS WILL COME IN. INITIAL RECALL WAS IN FEBRUARY OF 2014 , PARTS STILL NOT IN AND IT IS NOW MAY 21ST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10593073May 21, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR THE REMEDY. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE REMEDY PART WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL AUGUST OF 2014. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE A CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. DR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10593082May 21, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED TO TURN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED TWO RECALL NOTIFICATIONS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE REMEDY WAS UNABLE TO BE PERFORMED DUE TO THE PART NOT BEING AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DELAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. DR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10593110May 21, 2014
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED CAUSING ANOTHER VEHICLE TO REAR END THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A MINOR BACK INJURY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10592930May 20, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
2008 COBALT LIGHTING LEVER FOR CONTUNOUS HIGH BEAMS FLICKERED LIGHTS FROM ON TO COMPLETLY OFF WHILE DRIVING THE ISSUE CAME BACK AGAIN A YEAR LATER BUT STAYED PERMANENTLY. I HAVE LOW BEAMS AND HIGH BEAMS BUT ONLY IF I HOLD LEVER BACK CAN I USE HIGH BEAMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592830May 20, 2014
STEERING
CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP DUE TO A RECALL. DAY AFTER I PICK IT UP FROM THERE I WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL IT FROM A PARKING LOT (POWER STEER LIGHT WAS ON) . I CONTACTED GM AND THEY ASKED ME TO CALL THE DEALER. DEALER PROMISED ME THAT THEY WILL CALL ME BACK, THEY ALSO SAID THAT MY CAR HAD SIMILAR ISSUE IN MAY 2010, BUT GM ONLY ASKED FOR SPECIFIC PART TO BE REPLACED AT THIS TIME (LAST RECALL) AND THIS IS THE WORK THAT THEY DID. I CALLED THEM A FEW TIMES AND NO ANSWER. ON 5/3 CONTACTED GM AND I WAS TOLD THAT A CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGER WILL TAKE CARE OF MY CAR, SO I SHOULD WAIT 24HRS FOR A PHONE CALL. I KEPT CALLING GM BECAUSE NO ONE CALLED ME BACK, LEFT MESSAGE ON 5/9, 5/16 (NO ANSWER). A PHONE CALL WAS MISSING FROM THEM ON 5/9, I CALLED BACK WITH NO ANSWER... CALLED THEM YESTERDAY AGAIN AND EXPLAINED MY CONCERN DRIVING A CAR THAT SOMETIME IS HARD TO HANDLE AND MAKE TURNS AND AT THE SAME TIME I SMELL GAS INSIDE WHILE DRIVING, I ALSO SAID THAT I DO NOT WANT TO PUT MY 11 YEARS OLD IN RISK......, I WAS TOLD THAT MY CASE IS NOW WITH A HIGHER MANAGER AND THEY WILL CONTACT ME SOON. TODAY, I CALLED GM AGAIN AND THEY HAD ME WAITING FOR 25 MINUTES TO CONNECT MY CALL WITH THE MANAGER, NOTHING HAPPENED. I FEEL THIS CAR IS NOT SAFETY .... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10589003May 19, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS
2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL AND A SECOND RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER BELIEVED GM'S ACTIONS BY NOT SHARING SUCH IMPORTANT INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC WAS NEGLIGENT AND CRIMINAL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592468May 19, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592503May 19, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), BUT THE CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL AFTER THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592311May 18, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
I WAS DRIVING AND HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THE LIGHTS KEPT ON GOING FROM DIM TO BRIGHT AND THE AUTOMATIC LIGHTS KEPT ON SWITCHING UP AND DOWN REAL FAST AND THE CAR JUST LOST ITS POWERSTEERING THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS COMING FROM THE CAR AND WHEN I PUT GAS IN IT TAKES A FEW MINUTES TO ACTUALLY CRANK BACK UP. IM AFRAID WHILE DRIVING FAST THE ELECTRIC PROBLEMS WILL CAUSE SERIOUS HARM. THERE WAS A RECENT RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND ALL THE PROBLEMS I STATED AND I NEED THEM FIXED. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592084May 17, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY, STEERING, AIR BAGS
I RENTED THIS BRAND NEW COBALT 4 MONTHS AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA FROM MOBILE ALABAMA, SO AS TO GO BACK TO MY HOME TOWN OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA. BY THE TIME I MADE IT THROUGH LOS ANGELES, AT AROUND 430 AM. I LOST CONTROL OF CAR DUE TO SEVERE STIFFNESS IN THE STEERING. WHICH LED TO THE VEHICLE RUNNING OFF OF I-5 HEADING NORTH BOUND AT A SPEED OF 60 MILES PER HOUR. VISIBILITY WAS GOOD, I VEERED OFF THE FREEWAY INTO THE MEDIAN PORTION OF I-5, AND I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN BUT NO RESPONSE WHICH LED ME TO ROLL OVER FEW TIMES, END TO END AND OVER AND OVER, LUCKILY I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT AND IT HELD VERY WELL, SUPRISINGLY, NO AIRBAGS, NONE OF THEM DEPLOYED, AND ALL THE WINDOWS BLEW OUT, AND NOT THE REINFORCED KIND INCLUDING THE FRONT WIND SHIELD. THE AMBULANCE CAME, AND SO DID THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL. THERE IS A REPORT ABOUT IT WHICH INDICATES THAT NO AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED, AND I DO HAVE PICTURES OF CAR AFTER INCIDENT. I HAD FEW BUMPS AND BRUISES AND HAD FEW CUTS FROM THE GLASS ON MY ARMS AND LEGS, AND I HAD TO ACQUIRE A FEW ROUNDS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY AND ACCUPUNCTURE.BUT LUCKILY I WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS.THE CAR WAS COVERED UNDER 3 INSURANCES, WHICH PAID FOR SOME DAMAGE, INCLUDING MY DISCOVER CARD, AND MY GRANDMA'S AARP. AND THE RENTAL CAR COMPANY. *JS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10592130May 17, 2014
AIR BAGS
MY SON WAS GOING TO WORK AND CAR LOST CONTROL IN A PUDDLE IN THE ROAD AND HE WENT UNDER A PICKUP TRUCK. POLICE REPORT FILED AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HIS SHOULDER AND ANKLE GOT HURT. *JS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10588860May 16, 2014
AIR BAGS, STEERING, STRUCTURE:BODY
DRIVING WEST APPROX. 35 MPH LADY PULLED IN FRONT OF ACROSS 4 LANES TRAFFIC HIT BROADSIDE ON HER PASSENGER SIDE. LITTLE DAMAGE TO HER CAR. OVER $6000. DAMAGE TO MY CAR. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER OF MY CAR HURT WRIST AND HIT KNEES ON DASH. ENDED UP 8 MONTHS LATER HAVING KNEE SURGERY BECAUSE OF TEAR IN KNEE FROM WRECK. PASSENGER HURT WRISTS. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10588866May 16, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED TO RELEASE THE KEY WHILE PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VEHICLE HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 900.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10588982May 16, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STEERING
I PURCHASE MY VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN 2005 AND HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING EVER SINCE. I HAD THIS CAR AT THE DEALER FOR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS FOR THE CAR SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. I HAD THE CART IN THE SHOP MONTHLY FOR THEM TO EVALUATE UNTIL THEY SAID THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THEY COULD DO THEY CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. WENT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND STILL NO SATISFACTION I EVEN CALLED GM TO COMPLAIN SEVERAL TIMES AND I CRIED THAT I WAS GOING TO GET KILLED AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. NOW 13 + PEOPLE ARE DEAD. I HAVE MY CAR AT THE DEALER AND IT WAS A FIASCO. THEY GAVE ME BACK MY CAR WITH A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND SAID I SHOULD PAY FOR DIAGNOSTICS. REALLY?? THEY HAD MY CAR I DID NOT GIVE IT TO THEM THAT WAY. I CALLED GM AND THEY TOLD ME TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSTIC MY CAR IS TO OLD SO THEY WONT MAKE THEM DO ANYTHING. NICE REAL NICE - I GUESS I AM LUCKY TO STILL BE ALIVE TODAY - I WISH I COULD SUE THEM BUT I WORK HARD AND DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO SPEND. AGAIN THEY ARE LUCKY THEY HAVE NO PENALTY. THEY DON'T CARE AND THEY WILL ONLY DO WHAT THEY ARE FORCED TO DO NOT WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BAILED OUT THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE THAT PRIVILEGE AGAIN. IN THIS WORLD ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE AND THE WEAK FAIL. LET THEM FAIL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10588989May 16, 2014
AIR BAGS, STEERING, STRUCTURE:BODY
ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 3,2013 MY SON WAS ON HIS WAY HOME FROM THE JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY TRAVELING EAST ON VIRGINIA ROUTE 66 HEADING TOWARDS THE CAPITAL BELTWAY (495). AT MILE POST 26 ON ROUTE 66 HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IN THE FAST LANE. THE CAR WAS TRAVELING AT THE SPEED LIMIT (APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH) THE CAR MOVED INTO THE MEDIAN WHERE THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES SMASHING THE FRONT BUMPER AREA, THE HOOD AND CRUSHED THE ROOF (BLOWING OUT ALL WINDOWS).LANDED UPSIDE DOWN IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE ON THE WEST BOUND SIDE OF THE DIVIDED MEDIAN. THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.THE CAR ENDED UP ON ITS ROOF. AN AMBULANCE AND POLICE BOTH ARRIVED AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE STOPPED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE MEDIAN. THE PASSENGER HAD TO CRAWL OUT OF THE PASSENGER WINDOW. THE DRIVER WAS TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE AND WAS REMOVED BY EMT PERSONAL AND FLOWN TO A TRAUMA CENTER. THE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THEY BOTH SURVIVED WITH INJURIES.WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE CAR SHOWING THE DAMAGE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10592035May 16, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
ON MAY 28, 2006, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING SOLO IN A RENTED 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT ON AN UNDIVIDED HIGHWAY LEADING FROM THE NORTH RIM OF THE GRAND CANYON. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE EXCELLENT: IT WAS 9 AM ON A SUNDAY MORNING WITH VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC, ON A STRAIGHT, DRY ROAD WITH OPEN COUNTRY ON EITHER SIDE. WITNESSES TO HIS ACCIDENT REPORT THAT AFTER HE PASSED A CAMPER AT A NORMAL SPEED FOR THAT HIGHWAY AND BEGAN TO PULL BACK IN FRONT OF IT, HIS CAR ABRUPTLY VEERED OFF THE LANE AND ONTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER, WHERE HE LOST CONTROL. THE CAR FISHTAILED, SKIDDED BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY, AND ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES. OTHER DRIVERS STOPPED IMMEDIATELY TO HELP, BUT MY HUSBAND WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND DIED A WEEK LATER WITHOUT REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS. ALL WHO SAW THE ACCIDENT WERE AT A LOSS TO EXPLAIN HOW OR WHY IT OCCURRED. MY HUSBAND WAS AN EXPERIENCED AND VERY CAREFUL DRIVER, IN GOOD HEALTH AND ALERT THAT MORNING. THE RECENT NEWS ABOUT FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES IN COBALTS OF THAT ERA FINALLY PROVIDES A PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION. HE HAD LONG LEGS AND COULD EASILY HAVE BUMPED THE STEERING COLUMN OR IGNITION KEYS DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF A CAR THAT WAS UNFAMILIAR TO HIM. IT'S FAR TOO LATE TO EXAMINE THE CAR, BUT I HOPE THIS ACCOUNT CONTRIBUTES CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT THERE WERE MORE DEATHS CAUSED BY THOSE FAULTY SWITCHES THAN WILL EVER BE PROVEN-- OR REDRESSED. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#10588789May 16, 2014
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE DRIVE CHAIN AND PISTONS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 127,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10588479May 15, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
AFTER CLIMBING A STEEP DRIVEWAY, BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO MAIN ROAD. BRAKES WOULD STOP BUT CONTINUED TO GO TO FLOOR IF 1) BRAKES WERE PUT ON PART OF THE WAY; RELEASE AND THEN PUT ON TO STOP AGAIN OR 2) FOOT STAYED ON BRAKE PEDAL UPON STOPPING. IT WAS NOT A SUDDEN DROP BUT A CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT OF THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. TOOK TO SOUTHTOWNE CHEVROLET IN NEWNAN, GA AND AFTER A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE BRAKES (REPLACING FRONT BRAKES, ETC) A FORMAN RODE WITH ME AND THEY ENDED UP HAVING TO FLUSH THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM TO GET THE BRAKES TO STOP. UPON HEARING OF THE RECALL ON THE MALIBUS THIS MORNING, I FELT LIKE MY COBALT MIGHT HAVE ALSO SUFFERED A POTENTIAL HAZARD IN ITS HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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