2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

2007 CHEVY COBALT, POWER STEERING GOES OUT, BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME. WAS GOING TO GET REPAIRS, BUT I'M FINDING OUT BY RESEARCH I CAN'T AFFORD THIS. IT'S A PAIN WHEN TRYING TO PARK. WORKS FINE AT START UP, BUT WHILE DRIVING IT WILL GO OUT. TENDS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN WHEN IT'S WARMER OUTSIDE AND I HAVE TO USE THE A/C. LESS OFTEN WHEN IT'S COLD AND I USE THE HEATER. I'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT I'VE BEEN SMELLING FUEL SINCE THIS STARTED, MAY BE UNRELATED. I HAVE IT BEING LOOKED AT LATER. BUT IF IT COSTS MORE THAN 500 TO REPAIR I WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING BUT DRIVE AN UNSAFE CAR. *TR

IT IS VERY HARD TO TURN AT ESPECIALLY AT CORNERS AT LOWER SPEED. IT ALSO MAKE A NOISE AT TIMES. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME THAT I TRY TO TURN THE VEHICLE IN ANY DIRECTION. IT HAS HAPPENED FOR OVER A YEAR. THE FOLLOWING DATE IS AN APPROXIMATE DATE OF WHEN I FIRST NOTICED IT. *TR

THE POWERSTEERING ON MY 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT WENT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE POWERSTEERING IS NOW MALFUNCTIONING AGAIN. *TR

I HAVE OWNED A 2007 COBALT WITH POWER STEERING PROBLEMS FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. WHILE DRIVING YOU COULD HEAR THE STEERING COLUMN VIBRATING REALLY LOUD, EVENTUALLY THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON THE CAR WOULD LOOSE POWER STEERING AND IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. IF I COULD STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF THEN BACK ON IT WOULD DISAPPEAR. BUT EVENTUALLY IT CAME ON SO OFTEN THAT I HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED AT MY OWN EXPENSE. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 CHEVY COBALT, AND AT RANDOM TIMES THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT. SOMETIMES IT WILL GO FOR MONTHS WITHOUT A PROBLEM, AND OTHER TIMES IT WILL HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. *TR

POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MY 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT AS I WAS DRIVING IT AT ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR DOWN MY STREET. IT WAS ON FOR LESS THAN 2 MINUTES. CAR IS WELL MAINTAINED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. FROM WHAT I HEAR, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE COBALT, AND ONE THAT I FEEL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

POWER STEERING SYSTEM GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING FOR NO REASON. UPON TURNING OFF THE CAR AND TURNING IT BACK ON, IT RESETS FOR A BIT, AND THEN GOES OUT AGAIN. MAKES IT HARD TO STEER, STAY ON THE ROAD, AND AVOID ACCIDENTS WITH OTHER DRIVERS OR ANYTHING ON OR NEAR THE LANE YOU'RE DRIVING IN. *TR

I OWN A 2007 COBALT, THERE WAS NO WARNING LEADING UP TO THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT, I WAS JUST DRIVING ALONG WHEN SUDDENLY I COULD HARDLY TURN THE WHEEL. GOOD THING I WASN'T GOING VERY FAST AND I WAS CLOSE TO HOME. IT WAS VERY HARD TO TURN INTO MY DRIVEWAY. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO FIX THIS DEFECT GM SHOULD FIX THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWNHILL AT ABOUT 35 MPH, BRAKING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN THROUGH AND INTERSECTION WITH A LIGHT. THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT, RESULTING IN MY ONLY BEING ABLE TO MAKE SUCH A WIDE TURN THAT I ALMOST COLLIDED WITH THE STOP LIGHT POLE. I THEN TURNED THE CAR ON AND OFF AND COULD STILL BARELY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. AFTER TAKING MY COBALT TO MY NEAREST DEALER THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED AND I CALLED CHEVROLET HEADQUARTERS TO MAKE A COMPLAINT. THEY SAID THEY WOULD REIMBURSE THE $900 REPAIR COSTS AS MY EXTENDED WARRANTY ENDED A WEEK BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. AFTER MANY CALLS BACK AND FORTH THEY DECIDED TO NOT REIMBURSE ME AT ALL. *TR

2007 CHEVY COBALT WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM GOES HAYWIRE. THE DOORS BEGIN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING ON THEIR OWN, LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY SPORADICALLY, AND THE DASHBOARD INDICATOR READS A MESSAGE REGARDING THE POWER STEERING. THE POWER STEERING IS THEN HARD TO CONTROL AND IT SEEMS THE VEHICLE HAS TROUBLE ACCELERATING. PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING SINCE DECEMBER 2009 AND CAN OCCUR SEVERAL TIMES A DAY TO SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM SHORT TERM SEEMS TO BE TO TURN THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES. DOING SO IS NOT ALWAYS CONVENIENT, SUCH AS DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING. I FEEL THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND AS A WOMEN WHO IS 8 MONTHS PREGNANT, WITH A DAILY LONG HIGHWAY COMMUTE-SOMETHING MUST BE DONE RIGHT AWAY! *TR