2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS IN THE CAR WHEN I START THE CARE REMOTELY. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT I NOTICED THIS. IT HAPPENED IN 2007 WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR. I REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER WHOSE RESPONSE WAS THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE INCIDENT. *TR

POWER STEERING WENT OUT IN MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT WHEN I WAS COASTING IN A PARKING LOT. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTED IT. IT DROVE FINE UNTIL I SLOWED DOWN AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AGAIN. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THAT DAY. EVERY TIME IT HAPPENS, I PULL OVER, SHUT THE CAR OFF, WAIT AND THEN RESTART IT. IT USUALLY ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I AM DRIVING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD OR PARKING LOT. MY CAR HAS 35,000 MILES ON IT. I CONTACTED A GM DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FACTORY MY CAR CAME FROM HAS NOT HAD THE RECALL YET. THEY ALSO SAID IT COULD TAKE UP TO FIVE YEARS BEFORE THERE'S A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. I KNOW THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING COMPONENT FOR COBALTS YEARS 2005-2010. *TR

2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER STATES SAFETY DEFECT IN STEERING SYSTEM *TGW THE CONSUMER BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE HVAC SYSTEM WIRING AND CONNECTOR WHICH WAS REPLACED ON APRIL 20, 2007, THE SECOND TIME ON JULY 3 , 2007 THE HVAC SYSTEM RELAY HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE THIRD TIME ON JULY 6, 2007 THE BODY CONTROL MODULE HAD TO REPLACED. ALSO, THE STEERING SHAFT AND STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED, THERE WAS A BUBBLE ON THE TIRE WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE WINDOW REGULATOR AND FUEL PUMP MODULE WAS ALSO REPLACED. *JB

OK, I HAVE A 07 COBALT LS AND 2007 COBALT SS THE FIRST ONE I WRECKED ONE NIGHT GOING AROUND A TURN AT ABOUT 30 WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND I COULDN'T STOP IN TIME I POPPED THE CURB WENT THROUGH A FIRE HYDRANT AND SMASHED INTO A FENCE TOTALING MY CAR WITH WELL OVER 8500 DOLLARS IN REPAIRS THE SECOND ONES POWER STEERING JUST WENT OUT ON ME ON THE WAY HOME WITH MY PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND IN THE CAR LUCKILY WE WERE TURNING ON OUR STREET SO THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED. BOTH CARS JUST HIT 40,000 MILES AND RAN PERFECTLY INTEL THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT LEAVING ME WITH NO RIDE . *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP. THE CONTACT STATED SHE COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED IT OFF. UPON RESTART, THE POWER STEERING FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS WITHIN THE POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,413.

THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE, NO PREVIOUS ISSUE UNTIL THE POWER STEERING FAILED CAUSING MY DAUGHTER TO FLY OFF THE ROAD AND CRASH. I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED, NEW AXLE, TIE ROD ENDS, WHEEL SPINDLE, ETC BUT NOT THE POWER STEERING UNIT. THE CARS POWER STEERING UNIT HAS FAILED 4 MORE TIMES SINCE REPAIRING THE FRONT END PARTS. AS I STATED I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE POWER STEERING OR I WOULD HAVE HAD THAT FIXED ALSO. *TR

IN LATE MARCH, I STARTED NOTICING THE SMELL OF GAS WHEN I WOULD GET IN THE CAR TO GO SOMEWHERE. I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS FROM GAS BEING SPILLED WHEN REMOVING THE GAS NOZZLE AFTER FILLING THE TANK. ON APRIL 3RD, THE SMELL GOT EXTREMELY STRONG AND I HAD TO KEEP THE WINDOWS DOWN IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE CAR. ON MONDAY APRIL 5TH, I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC TO INVESTIGATE THE SOURCE OF THE SMELL. THE MECHANIC CALLED ME BACK AROUND MID-DAY TO INFORM ME THE FUEL PUMP LINE HAD BROKEN OFF AT THE TOP THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY, WHERE THE PIECE SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN. THE MECHANIC ALSO INFORMED ME, THERE WAS GAS ALL OVER THE PLACE ONCE THE TANK WAS REMOVED. HE QUOTED: "IT'S A WONDER THE CAR DID NOT EXPLODE" I HAVE SINCE CONTACTED GM VIA THE 800 #, BEING THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. I'VE READ THE RECALL INFORMATION, IT IS BASED ON STATE LOCATED IN HOT CLIMATES AREA FOR NOW, BUT THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING IN OTHER STATES NOT LISTED IN THE LETTER. *TR

CAR DRIFTED TO LEFT , STRIKING UTILITY POLE AND FLIPPING. DRIVER DID NOT SENSE ANY STEERING PROBLEM BUT COULD NOT CORRECT. DRIVER HAD EXPERIENCED PROBLEM BEFORE , CLIPPED A CURB , DRIVER STOPPED THE CAR TO EXAMINE DAMAGED TIRE. VEHICLE DROVE OK AFTERWARDS. *TR

THIS WRITTEN COMPLAINT IS IN REGARDS TO THE MECHANICAL DEFECT OF AN EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WITHIN A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE INCIDENT WERE & REMAIN AS UNNOTICEABLE BY DRIVER AND OWNER OF VEHICLE. THE DRIVER HAD VEHICLE PARKED WITH THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE IN THE UP LOCKED POSITION PRIOR TO DRIVING IT. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON AND DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES BEFORE BEING PARKED AGAIN. AS DRIVER OF VEHICLE WENT TO USE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THEY IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THAT THE EMERGENCY PARKING BREAK HAD NO RESISTANCE WHEN PULLED UPWARD AND WOULD NOT REMAIN LOCKED IN THE "UP" POSITION NEEDED IN ORDER TO SAFELY PARK THE VEHICLE. ALL OTHER BRAKES WITHIN THE VEHICLE REMAINED AS NORMAL AND FUNCTIONAL. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE DETECTED BY DRIVER. THE FAILURE OF THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE FAILED TO RETURN TO A NORMAL STATUS OF FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BY OWNER TO LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WITHIN 24 HOURS OF INCIDENT ON MAY 18, 2010 TO BE EVALUATED BY DEALERSHIP AND BE PROMPTLY FIXED. THE DEALERSHIP'S MECHANICS FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE HANDLE WOULD NOT LOCK IN PLACE WHEN PULLED UPWARD DUE TO "THE MECHANISM BEING STRIPPED." THE PARKING BREAK HANDLE WAS STATED AS BEING REPLACED AND VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO OWNER WITHIN 24 HOURS OF BEING TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. *TR

THE LEFT FRONT SPEAKER STARTED GOING OUT (COULDN'T HEAR WORDS OR MUSIC WELL). SOON AFTER IT COMPLETELY QUIT WORKING AND WHEN IT QUIT SO DID THE RIGHT SIDE. IT'S ONLY THE DOOR SPEAKERS. THE BACK ONES WORK FINE. *TR