2005 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

I HAVE AN 05 CHEVROLET COBALT I BOUGHT OFF AN INDIVIDUAL AUGUST 2016 AT FIRST THE CAR DROVE PERFECTLY NO MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT COULDNT BE FIXED. AS OF MAY 2017 WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH OR 60 MPH MY GUAGES JUMP FOR EXAMPLE WILL BE DRIVING 55 MPH ON A CITY STREET AND THE GUAGE WILL JUMP DOWN TO 20 MPH. AS I AM TURNING MY STEERING LOCKS HAVE ALMOST CRASHED MULTIPLE TIMES (NEEDS RECALL FIXED) BUT TO BE CLEAR IT DOES NOT JUMP AT ALL WHILE STATIONARY. HAVING TO FEEL UNSAFE IN ANY VEHICLE SHOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE BY ANY MEANS. THIS IS MY FIRST GM CAR AND HAVING WORKED FOR GM IM HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED

I SIMPLY LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER MY CAR, ALL IT DOES IS CLICK WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL, LUCKILY I WAS CLOSE TO HOME AND SLOWLY EDGED TO THE FRONT OF MY HOME.

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN A MASSAGE APPEARED ON THE BOARD POWER STEERING AND I LOST POWER IN THE CAR I WAS DRIVING VERY SLOWLY I WAS SCARED THE STEERING DON'T RESPOND BUT I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT TO MY HOUSE AND THEN 25 MIN LATER THE STEERING WORK.

CAR FLASHES POWER STEERING AND THEN THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COME ON. THEY CAR SHIFTS REALLY HARD AND LUNGES FORWARD WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING ON THE BRAKES AND THE SPEED NEEDLE JUMPS UP AND DOWN. WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT STOPS DOING IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND (STEERING). WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HEDRICKS CHEVROLET (961 W SHAW AVE, CLOVIS, CA 93612) WHERE IT WAS TENTATIVELY DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED FOR THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,690.

2005 CHEVY, COBALT, HAD 2 RECALLS 2010, 2014 BOTH FOR STEERING ISSUES. RECENTLY TOLD BY A MECHANIC PROBLEM STILL IN RACK AND PION IN STEERING MECHANISM. DEALER WILL NOT PROMISE TO FIX AS PART OF ORIGNAL RECALL OR CAN'T QUARANTEE FIXING. WITH ALL THE FATALITIES OF THIS ISSUE MY FEELING IT SHOULD BE A LIFETIME WARRANTEE. ON HIGHWAY DRIVING I FEEL IT STILL IS AN ISSUE AND DON'T FEEL SAFE. DEALER WAS NOT HELPFUL AT ALL. I HAVE SPENT MUCH MONEY ON FRONT END ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE AND FEEL IT HAS BEEN RELATED TO SOME OF THE STEERING ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND EXCESSIVE FORCE ON THE STEERING WHEEL WAS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

4/14/17 VEHICLE SVC-IGNITION RECALL 14113 LOCK CYLINDER & KEY 13454 IGNITION SWITCH THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING WELL PRIOR TO THE RECALL SERVICE BUT NOW IT APPEARED THAT THE IGNITION WAS "STIFF' TO OPERATE FOLLOWING THE REPAIR & THE KEY SEEMED TO PERIODICALLY HANG UP WHEN INSERTED. THERE WAS A RANDOM HESITATION WHEN MAKING A U TURN-AS IF THE CAR BRIEFLY STALLED OUT- NO POWER, UPON TURNING THE WHEEL. EVE OF 4/21/17, AFTER BEING DRIVEN & PARKED ON A CITY STREET FOR ABOUT AN HR, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ALTHOUGH THERE WAS FULL BATTERY POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS SECURED & LEFT TO SIT. MORN OF 4/22/17 SVC CTR WAS NOTIFIED. VEHICLE STILL WOULDN'T START, BUT, UPON INSERTION OF THE KEY & INITIAL CRANK, THE CAR BEGAN EXPERIENCING SUDDEN RANDOM CLICKS OF THE IGNITION SWITCH, DOOR LOCKS ENGAGING, DASHBOARD PANEL FLASHING. UPON REMOVING THE KEY & REINSERTING IT, THE KEY APPEARED TO HAVE DEPROGRAMMED & THE ANTI THEFT LIGHT WAS ACTIVATED. THE KEY WAS REMOVED & THE CAR SECURED. LATER, ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE THE IGNITION USING THE SECOND NEW KEY & WAS UNSUCCESSFUL-THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN TO OFF POSITION BUT LOCKED IN ACC MODE POSITION. LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED PER DEALER AUTH. THE TOW TRUCK OPERATOR NOTED THAT THE CAR BATTERY APPEARED TO HAVE DRAINED BY THEIR ARRIVAL, THE KEY WOULD NOT DISENGAGE FROM THE IGNITION & THE CAR WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK. 4/24/17 SERVICE FOUND CODES P0604 & P0606 CONTROL MODULE RAM FAILURE + INTERNAL CONTROLLER FAILURE- DEALER COURTESY PERFORMED REPROGRAMMING, THEFT RELEARN & CRANK VARIATION LEARN. THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE OPERATING NORMAL AFTER REPROGRAMMING & WAS SET FOR CUSTOMER PICKUP. THE DEALER SVC CTR RECOMMENDS REPLACEMENT OF THE ECM IF IT REOCCURS. THERE APPEARS TO BE OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ECM FAILURE AFTER HAVING RECALL SVC. CONTACTED CHEVY CUST ASSIST CTR & INITIATED A CASE RECORD. CASE PENDING.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ICON ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE STEERING LOST POWER. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL AND STEERING WARNING INDICATORS RANDOMLY ILLUMINATED SEVERAL TIMES, AND THEN THE ENGINE STALLED. THE POWER STEERING ALSO RANDOMLY SHORTED OUT EACH TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE FAILURE INTERMITTENTLY PROGRESSED FOR OVER TWO YEARS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE CONTACT HAD NOT YET APPROVED WHAT THE DEALER MENTIONED WOULD BE AN EXTENSIVE DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 10V073000 (STEERING), 14V047000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), AND 14E021000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. ..UPDATED 06/08/17 *BF