2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL MALFUNCTIONED. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,185.

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING TO WORK AROUND 7:30 A.M., ON THE HIGHWAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, SO WAS ONLY TRAVELING AROUND 30 -35 MPH AT THE MOST. SHE SOMEHOW LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE, VEERED OFF THE ROAD, HIT THE GUARD RAILING AND TOOK OUT ABOUT 15 - 20 FT. OF IT, AND LANDED DOWN A SMALL EMBANKMENT. NO OTHER CARS WERE INVOLVED. SHE HAD NO IDEA HOW THIS HAPPENED, NOBODY HAD HIT HER, THE ROADS WERE CLEAR, NO BAD WEATHER, NO TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, JUST SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC. HER CAR WAS TOTALED!!! AFTER HEARING OF THE STEERING RELATED PROBLEMS WITH THE COBALT, THIS WOULD CERTAINLY EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. SHE DID HURT HER NECK AND BACK AND WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE ER, SCARED TO DEATH!. LUCKILY SHE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT, BUT BRUISED AND SORE MUSCLES, WITH MUSCLE SPASMS FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER ACCIDENT. SHE HAD OWNED THIS CAR LESS THAN 1 YEAR. CHEVY AND THE NHTSA DEFINITELY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS AND RECALL THE COBALTS SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO OTHERS! *TR

I HAVE A 2007 CHEVY COBALT, AND AT AROUND 45,000 MILES THE POWER STEERING SIMPLY WENT OUT WHILE I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD. THE CAB WAS FILLED WITH A BURNING SMELL, AND THE VEHICLE BECAME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I WAITED ABOUT 3 MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE POWER STEERING WAS WORKING AGAIN. I BEGAN DRIVING AGAIN, AND MADE IT ABOUT TWO OR THREE MORE BLOCKS WHEN IT WENT OUT AGAIN, AND AGAIN THE CAR WAS FILLED WITH A BURNING SMELL. I CONTACTED A CHEVY DEALER WHO TOLD ME THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT SAYING THAT THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A FAULTY POWER ASSIST MOTOR. THIS STARTS AT AROUND $2500. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT HUNDREDS.. MAYBE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME CAR. MANY HAD PAID THE $2,000-$2,500 TO HAVE THIS MOTOR REPLACED ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM REOCCUR WEEKS LATER. SO, I HAVE YET TO HAVE IT FIXED. TODAY I GOT A RECALL NOTICE FOR A FUEL PUMP ON THIS CAR, BUT CHEVY STILL REFUSES TO CORRECT THE FAULTY POWER ASSIST MOTOR WHICH ACTS AS THE POWER STEERING. ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE LOSING STEERING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND DEATHS OCCUR. AS FOR MY CHEVY COBALT.. ITS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY UNTIL I CAN FINISH PAYING IT OFF, AND THEN I'LL BE CALLING A JUNKYARD TO COME GET IT. JUST A THOUGHT... BUT ITS AMAZING HOW FOR ANY OTHER PRODUCT.. A DISHWASHER... A CHILD'S TOY.. IF A COMPANY SELLS A FAULTY PRODUCT, YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK TO THE STORE AND GET YOUR MONEY BACK LEGALLY... IF ITS A CAR, YOU'RE STUCK. *TR

POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT WHILE DRIVING. TOOK TO DEALER SHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP. I HAD TO PAY DEDUCTIBLE. *CN

LOUD CLUNKING COULD BE HEARD DURING TIP-IN/ TIP-OUT OF THROTTLE. RETURNED WAS CAR TO DEALER FOR INVESTIGATION AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 39,672 MILES, IS PRIMARLIY HIGHWAY DRIVEN, AND HAS SEEN VERY LITTLE USE OVER THE LAST 16 MONTHS. STEERING CONTROL HAS DIMINSHED OVER TIME WHILE EFFORTS HAVE INCREASED. FAILURE OF CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS SEEMS PREMATURE FOR NUMBER OF MILES DRIVEN. *CN

I PURCHASED A USED 2007 CHEVY COBALT ON DECEMBER 30, 2009. SINCE THE PURCHASE, IT HAS HAD INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING FAILURE. LAST WEEK, DURING A 7 MILE TRIP, THE POWER STEERING FAILED ON FOUR OCCASIONS. PREVIOUSLY, TURNING CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON RESOLVED THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, SINCE THIS ISSUE WAS GETTING WORSE, WE TOOK THE CAR INTO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND REPORTED THAT IT NEEDED A NEW POWER STEERING MOTOR. THIS WAS REPLACED FOR A TOTAL OF $371 PLUS DIAGNOSTICS FOR $95. THIS CAR HAS LESS THAN 45,000 MILES ON IT. APPARENTLY THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH COBALTS - RECALL MIGHT BE A GOOD SOLUTION!! THIS CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN BY A 16 YEAR-OLD DRIVER. THANKFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND NO ACCIDENTS OCCURED.

I HAVE AN 07 COBALT I BOUGHT BRAND NEW AND THE POWER STEERING HAS STARTED GOING OUT WHILE I AM DRIVING. IF I TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY BUT THE POWER STEERING GOES BACK OUT ABOUT 45 SECONDS LATER. *TW

THE POWER STEERING FUNCTION WOULD RANDOMLY GO OUT ON THE 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THIS OCCURRED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND AT VARIOUS TIMES OF DRIVING. THIS STARTED WITH AN APPROXIMATE MILEAGE OF 43K AND BEGAN OCCURRING EARLY IN 2009. THE POWER STEERING MECHANISM WAS REPLACED IN EARLY MARCH 2009. I DO NOT HAVE THE OLD PART. THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE WAS A 16 YEAR OLD AND I FELT I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO GET THIS REPAIR. I DID SOME RESEARCH OF MY OWN AND FOUND A TECHNICAL BULLETIN (BULLETIN 07-02-32-007) ISSUED REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. I BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM I THOUGHT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE BY CHEVROLET. I ALSO WROTE A LETTER TO GENERAL MOTORS EXPRESSING MY CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHER DRIVERS OUT THERE AND THE FACT THAT HIS POWER STEERING FAILURE HAPPENED SO EARLY IN THE VEHICLES LIFE. LUCKILY, MY DAUGHTER WAS NEITHER INJURED OR ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY VEHICLE OR OTHERS BUT IT WAS VERY SCARY TO HER TO HAVE THE POWER STEERING FAIL WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. *TW

POWER STEERING GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING, CAR FEELS LIKE IT IS SKIDDING ON ICE AND IS NEARLY UNCONTROLLABLE. THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. CALLED DEALER, TOLD NOTHING TO DO ABOUT EITHER ONE, THEY DON'T KNOW OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. SUGGESTED I REPLACE TIRES AND GET A FRONT END-ALIGNMENT, WHICH I DID. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. CALLED DEALER AGAIN AND WAS GIVEN ABSOLUTELY NO INFORMATION OR OFFER TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, EVEN AT MY EXPENSE. *TW

AFTER OWNING MY 2007 CHEVY COLBALT FOR NEARLY 3 YEARS, THE POWER STEERING RANDOMLY STARTED GOING OUT ON IT. THE FREQUENCY IN WHICH THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT HAS INCREASED AND IT GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING. *TW