2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK IF THE AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG WOULD DEPLOY AT ANY TIME OR THAT IT WOULD NOT DEPLOY IF THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE CONTACT MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT DOES NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

REAR BRAKES MAKE A LOUD EERIE SOUND WHEN IN REVERSE, NOT ALWAYS BUT USUALLY ON A COLD START, COLD MORNING, AFTER A CAR WASH, AFTER RAIN, OR PARKED FOR A COUPLE DAYS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S STEERING FUNCTION WAS SHAKY. SHE RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN RECALL ID NUMBER: 10V073000, STEERING ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, IN MAY 2010 AND CONTACTED THE DEALER. SHE WAS TOLD THAT HER NAME WOULD BE PUT ON A LIST AND WHEN THE PART ARRIVED THEY WOULD CALL HER. SHE CALLED THE DEALER ON JULY 29,2010 AND THEY STATED THAT HER NAME WAS NOT ON THE LIST AND THEY ONLY RECEIVE TWO REPLACEMENT PARTS A WEEK. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 25,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER AND WAS ADVISED TO HAVE AN AUTHORIZED DEALER DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING AN EMAIL RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY WAS CRACKED. WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR AND FUEL SPILL LEAK IN THE VEHICLE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK DROPPED AND THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE MECHANIC AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HIM THAT SINCE HIS VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN OHIO IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 83,600. UPDATED 10/25/10 *BF UPDATED 10/27/10*JB

POWER STEERING MY WHEEL TIGHTENS UP AND IT IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO TURN AND SWITCH CURVEY LANES. *TR

VEHICLE & MODEL: 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. BUSHINGS ON RIGHT FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM FAILED AT MILEAGE 14325 AND 2 YEARS 6 MONTHS USAGE OF FAIR WEAR & TEAR REQUIRING CONTROL ARM REPLACEMENT FOR SAFETY OF USE. BUSHINGS ON LEFT FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM FAILED AT MILEAGE 15,644 AND 2 YEARS 9 MONTHS OF FAIR WEAR & TEAR REQUIRING CONTROL ARM REPLACEMENT FOR SAFETY OF USE. NO ACCIDENT, BUMPS OR POT HOLES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO FAILURE. *TR

WE WERE SIMPLY DRIVING TO THE HAIRDRESSER, AND MY MOTHER COMPLAINED THAT THE POWER STEERING SIGN CAME ON AND SHE WAS HARDLY ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE COBALT IS A 2007 AND HAS ABOUT 44,000 KILOMETERS ON IT. *TR

SINCE ABOUT 40K MILES, THE FRONT END STARTED CLUNKING OVER POTHOLES, LIKE IT WAS METAL HITTING METAL; NOW AT OVER 80K THEY BOTH CLUNK. ONE MECHANIC SAID STRUTS WERE GONE, AND ANOTHER THE BUSHINGS FAILED. A MAJOR SUSPENSION COMPONENT, WHICH I SUSPECT IS A BUSHING FROM THE SOUND, SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 40K-AND I AM SIMPLY HOPING FOR A RECALL, AS THIS ALSO INTERFERES WITH SAFE HANDLING AND CAUSES CAR TO WOBBLE ACROSS ROUGH ROADS. ONE DEALER SAID HAVE ZONE PERSON LOOK AT-BUT I BELIEVE THE DEFECT IS WIDESPREAD, AND SO THEY ARE TREATING AS A CASE-BY-CASE SITUATION. IT IS AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM IN MANUFACTURE. HAD A TOYOTA BEFORE-NO MAJOR ISSUES EVEN AT 237K!! *TR

THE CAR SHAKES AND MAKES A SCREECHING SOUND WHEN THE BRAKE IA APPLIED. I HAVE CHANGED THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM TO MY COBALT 2007 AND MY CAR STILL SEEMS TO SHAKE AND SHRIEK WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKE AT A FAST SPEED. *TR