2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

AT LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING GOES COMPLETELY OUT AND MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STAY ON COURSE. DURING THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM, THE STEERING STARTED MAKING AN AWFUL SWISHING NOISE. NOW THE STEERING MAKES THIS NOISE AT ALL TIMES BUT IT GETS WORSE WHEN THE STEERING GOES OUT. HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE INJURED OR EVEN DIE BEFORE GENERAL MOTORS FIXES THIS PROBLEM? *TW

2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. I WAS DRIVING GOING ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN "POWER STEERING" FLASHED ACROSS THE SCREEN. ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT AND VERY DANGEROUS, AS I WAS ON A VERY CRAMPED ROAD. I THEN TURNED OFF MY CAR, AND WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON, IT BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN, ABOUT 2 MILES DOWN THE ROAD, "POWER STEERING" FLASHED ACROSS THE SCREEN ONCE AGAIN, AND IT WAS NO LONGER WORKING. I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT THIS AS OF RIGHT NOW(JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY) BUT I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF PAGES AND FORUMS REGARDING THIS TOPIC. *TW

WE BOUGHT A 2007 CHEVY COBALT ON 7-27-09. DURING THE NEXT MONTH, THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THE POWER STEERING WOULD GO OUT, THE GAUGES WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH, THE LOW FUEL LIGHT WOULD COME ON, THE SECURITY LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THE CAR WOULD JERK. IF YOU TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TRIED TO RESTART IT, SOMETIMES IT WOULD NOT START. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, THE PS AND GAUGES WOULD INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF AND DURING THE COURSE OF YOUR TRIP. MOST RECENTLY, WHILE MY SON WAS DRIVING TO MARION, THE PS WENT OFF AND ON 12 TIMES. WE TOOK THE CAR TO SCHOTT BROS. IN BUCYRUS ON 9-8-09, AND THE CODES IT WAS DISPLAYING WERE SOMEWHAT GENERIC, SO THEY DECIDED TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH WHICH DID NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE PROBLEM. IT CONTINUED TO ACT UP. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PS PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND THEN IT STARTED IT ACTING UP AGAIN. WE TOOK IT BACK TO SCHOTT BROS. AGAIN FOR SERVICE AND IT WAS STILL DISPLAYING THE SAME GENERIC CODES, AND WHEN THEY CONTACTED GM, THEY SUGGESTED CHANGING THE WIRING BETWEEN THE PS MODULE AND THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM AND IT WOULD COST ABOUT $400.00. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS PS ISSUE. ACCORDING TO GM'S RECORDS, THIS CAR HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME PRIOR TO OUR PURCHASING THE CAR AND ALTHOUGH THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD TAKEN IT IN FOR SERVICE, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM EITHER. AGAIN, I STRESS THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT AN INVESTIGATION AND RECALL IS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TW

MY 16 WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION IN HIS 2007 CHEVY COBALT. I HAVE SINCE REALIZED THEY MAY HAVE A POWER STEERING DEFECT. THE CAR IS TOTALLED AND IS AT A COPART SALVAGE AUCTION. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE TO INVESTIGATE THE CAR BEFORE THE CAR IS SOLD FOR SCRAP. *CN

MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 2007 CHEVY COBALT LTZ AND THE POWER STEERING WENT AWAY. THE DASH LIGHT CAME ON STATING POWER STEERING. SHE PULLED OVER, STOPPED THE CAR, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. SHE MANAGED TO ARRIVE AT HOME WITHOUT THE PROBLEM RECURRING. SHE TOLD ME ABOUT IT AND I WENT TO THE CAR AND STARTED IT, BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, STARTED DOWN THE STREET AND THE POWER STEERING LIT UP ON THE DASH AGAIN AND IU HAD NO POWER STEERING. I STOPPED, TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. I NEED FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS FROM GM BEFORE MY DAUGHTER, OR ANYBODY ELSES CHILD HAS AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE MAKING A HARD U-TURN IN MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT LS, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND WOULD NOT RECOVER UNTIL THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND FIRST GEAR WAS ENGAGED, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO TURN THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF SO THAT THE POWER STEERING WOULD RESET. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY TO THE POWER STEERING AND THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,918.

2007 CHEVY COBALT- SPRING 2009- POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE ON EXPRESSWAY. ALMOST CRASHED. CALLED AND REPORTED INCIDENT TO GM NATIONAL NUMBER AND ASK ABOUT A RECALL, BUT AT THE TIME THEY SAID THERE WERE NONE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PART. NO PROBLEMS SINCE. *TR

WHILE MY SON WAS DRIVING THE 2007 CHEVY COBALT THE STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY HARD TO MANEUVER. HE RETURNED HOME AND INFORMED ME OF PROBLEM. I GOT IN THE COBALT AND TRIED TO STEER IT. I COULD BARELY MOVE THE WHEELS. I TOOK IT ON THE ROAD AND SAME PROBLEM. WHEN I SLOWED TO ABOUT 20 MPH IT BECAME EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER. *TR

OUR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING A 2007 COBALT BACK TO UCF. SHE AVOIDED GETTING HIT BY A SPEEDING DRIVER. WHEN SHE TRIED TO RETURN TO HER LANE HER STEERING WAS LOCKED AND HAD NO CONTROL OF CAR. SHE SPUN AND TOTALED THE CAR. SHE DID NOT HIT ANY OTHER CAR. THE AUTO WAS TOTALED. STATE FARM HAS ALL DOCUMENTATION. THE CAR WAS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED. THREE NEW TIRES EXPLODED AS SHE TRIED TO STOP. *TR