Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints

7,975 consumer complaints on file.

#11387153January 8, 2021
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL IS DRIPPING FROM UNDER VEHICLE, AHEAD FOR REAR LEFT WHEEL, FORMING A PUDDLE WHEN PARKED. FUEL STOPS DRIPPING AT SOME POINT AFTER ENGINE IS SHUT OFF PRESUMABLY WHEN FUEL LINE IS DRAINED. ENGINE IS DIFFICULT TO RESTART, REQUIRING ABOUT 10 SECONDS OF CRANKING BEFORE STARTING, PROBABLY DUE TO FUEL LINE HAVING TO BE REFILLED. HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER TO CHECK AND REPAIR THE FUEL LEAK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11386887January 6, 2021
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FIRST TIME PLASTIC FUEL LINE CRACKED AT FUEL PUMP AND WHOLE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACED. NOW THERE IS A FUEL LINE THAT HAS CORRODED. IT IS COSTING $1030 AT THE CHEVY DEALER TO FIX THIS LINE. FUEL IS LEAKING BEHIND THE DRIVER DOOR IN FRONT OF THE REAR TIRE. WHEN LIFTED FUEL APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM ABOVE FUEL TANK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385993January 1, 2021
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STRONG GAS SMELL IN VEHICLE AS I WAS DRIVING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385436December 29, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
GASOLINE LEAK ON DRIVERS SIDE JUST AHEAD OF THE REAR TIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385500December 29, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO START ISSUE. BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR GOOD. WONT START AFTER IT'S BEEN DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR. WHEN YOU TURN CAR OFF IT WON'T START UNTIL IT COOLS DOWN. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE IT WON'T START WHEN I COME OUT OF STORE ST SHOP AGAIN. NEW STARTER PUT IN AND WON'T START. THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385155December 27, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LINE LEAKING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE REAR. PROBABLY CORROSION RELATED. NOTICEABLE ODOR WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED AFTER DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11384995December 26, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LEAK FOUND BEHIND THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE RESULTING IN A PUDDLE OF FUEL ON THE FLOOR. THIS LEAK WAS FOUND WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AS WELL AS WHILE THE ENGINE WAS OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11384406December 21, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL LINE ARE CORRODED AND LEAKING FUEL NEAR THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND MUFFLER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11384095December 18, 2020
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
POWER STEERING WARNING CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AN THE SPEEDOMETER STOP WORKING NOW THE CAR WON'T START I HAVE CHECKED FUSES AN RELAYS UNHOOKED BATTERY TO RESET COMPUTER NOTHING WORKS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11382834December 10, 2020
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY, TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER RESUMING DRIVING AND AT 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PARAMUS CHEVROLET, INC. (194 NEW JERSEY 17, PARAMUS, NJ 07652, (201)261-7100) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11378626December 9, 2020
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS ODOR OF FUEL IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOT OF FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT CALLED TONY BROWN CHEVROLET (2935 BRANDENBURG RD, BRANDENBURG, KY 40108, (270) 422-2141) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,228.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11382773December 9, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VERY STRONG FUEL SMELL STARTED OCCURRING THAT WAS NOTICEABLE EVEN AFTER LONG PERIODS AFTER PARKING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION A FUEL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED ON THE OUTLET OF THE FUEL PUMP WHICH IS INTEGRAL TO THE FUEL TANK. IT APPEARS THERE IS A CRACK OR SOME SORT OF DEFECT CAUSING THE EXTERIOR PIECE ON THAT FUEL PUMP TO FAIL. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 64,300 MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11377589December 2, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE FIRST TIME I SMELLED GAS AND FOUND THE GAS LINE LEAKING FROM A BRACKET HOLDING THE GAS LINES WAS ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO (2018), COST $100 DOLLARS TO GET FIXED. NOW THERE IS ANOTHER GAS LEAK FARTHER BACK NEAR THE GAS TANK COMING FROM ANOTHER BRACKET. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANOTHER VEHICLE GIVE THIS MANY PROBLEMS WITH GAS LINE LEAKS. I DRIVE THE CAR ALMOST EVERY DAY, IT RARELY SITS FOR MORE THAN 2 DAYS IN A ROW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11376986November 29, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL PUDDLE UNDER CAR- SHOP HAD TO REPLACE FUEL PUMP AS IT WAS LEAKING ON TOP OF THE TANK. GM REFUSES TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AS THEY SAY ONLY 2006 THRU 2009 CHEVY COBALT'S HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A 2010 (LAST YEAR MADE) THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SENARIO - DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE A RECALL IS MANDATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11376946November 29, 2020
STEERING
I COULD HEAR A LITTLE SOMETHING MOVING AROUND UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL. JUST THOUGHT IT WAS THE AGE. THEN FRONT WHEELS WHERE SHAKING JUST A BIT. THIS SHAKING PROCEEDED RAPIDLY AS IF I NEED AN ALIGNMENT OR TIRE BALANCING. THEN MY STEERING WENT OUT!!!!
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11376889November 28, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THERE IS A FUEL LEAK IN FRONT OF THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THIS LEAK IS WORSE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A GM DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THEY WOULD PAY TO REPAIR (AFTER I PAID THE DIAGNOSTIC FEE).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11375911November 23, 2020
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER STEERING ASSIST WITHOUT WARNING, AND BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11375349November 19, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
GASOLINE IS LEAKING FROM THE GAS TANK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11374645November 14, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY VEHICLE, A 2006 CHEVY COBALT LT, LIKE MANY OTHER CHEVY COBALTS I'VE FOUND IN MY RESEARCH, HAS A FUEL LEAK IN THE REAR DRIVER SIDE. I HAVE NOT PINPOINTED THE EXACT LEAK LOCATION BUT I HAVE A PICTURE DISPLAYING THE FUEL LINE COVERED IN WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN ALUMINUM FOIL TO KEEP THE LINES FROM HEATING UP. CLEARLY THIS DOESN'T WORK. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND I BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11374164November 11, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
PLASTIC FUEL TANK CRACKED AND FUEL IS DRIPPING FROM VEHICLE IMPOSING A POTENTIAL FIRE AND HAZARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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