2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

I HAVE A 2007 CHEVY COBALT. ON 01/30/10 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN I HEARD "DING DING DING" I LOOKED DOWN TO MY DASH BOARD AND SAW IT SAID "POWER STEERING" MY CAR THEN GOT REALLY HARD TO STEER. SO I PULLED OVER AND TURNED MY CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND I WAS ABLE TO STEER FINE AGAIN. SINCE THEN I HAVEN'T WANTED TO DRIVE MY CAR, IN FEAR THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STEER. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND I SAW THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE ALSO HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR COBALTS. THIS IS NOT OUR FAULT SO WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED. *TR

I AM VERY UPSET AT THE FACT THAT I JUST READ ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING IN THE CHEVROLET COBALT. THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE. I WORK AND PAY MONTHLY PAYMENTS ON A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT LS THAT IS HAVING THESE PROBLEMS. GM SHOULD DO SOMETHING, OR IS IT GOING TO BE WHEN SOMEONE DIES AS A RESULT OF THIS. STEERING IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO A VEHICLE. I REFUSE TO PAY THE LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO GET IT FIXED AND THE DEALER CAN'T PROMISE IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. PEOPLE INVEST MONEY INTO A NEWER CAR NOT TO HAVE TO PAY FOR PROBLEMS THIS EARLY ON!. MY CAR EVENS STALLS ONCE IN AWHILE WHEN I FIRST START IT AND WITHOUT EVEN MASHING THE GAS YOU'LL HEAR THE IGNITION RUN HARD FOR A FEW SECONDS LIKE IT'S STARTING ITSELF. *TR

I DRIVE A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT LS. THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING BEGAN TO CLICK OFF AND ON THEN THIS PAST MONTH HAS GONE COMPLETELY OFF. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER MY CAR WHICH CAN LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT AND/OR HARM TO MYSELF. I NEED TO GET TO AND FROM WORK AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO NOT DRIVE MY CAR. I CALLED A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HAS TO GO INTO THIS IS QUITE A BIT. I'M AM VERY UPSET DUE TO THE SIMPLE FACT THAT MY CAR IS A 2007 AND THIS IS SOMETHING I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RIGHT NOW. AND ON TOP OF THAT EVER SINCE MY POWER STEERING IS OUT MY ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. *TR

POWER STEERING COLUMN, GEARS WHEEL RATTLE, AND ARE LOOSE. FIX IS 2K. OUT OF MY POCKET TO REPLACE IT. THIS IS CRITICAL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND MAKING A TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF SO THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD RESET ITSELF. THE GM MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE PARTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THE "POWER STEERING" WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IMMEDIATELY, THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE DRIVER EXERTED HIGHER EFFORT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND DROVE INTO A SERVICE STATION. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE RESUMED OPERATION WITHOUT POWER STEERING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE I S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,900.

MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT IS HAVING INTERMITTENT FAILURE WITH THE POWER STEERING. IT RANDOMLY OCCURS, WITH NO WARNING. THE "POWER STEERING" WARNING LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DISPLAY AND I LOSE ALL POWER STEERING ABILITY. THIS CAUSES MY VEHICLE TO BECOME UNMANAGEABLE AND FEEL RATHER UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

THE POWER STEERING OF MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT WENT OUT NOV 27, 2009, LATE AT NITE ON I-95 - FREAKED ME OUT AND CAUSED ME TO BE STRANDED! NO DEALERSHIPS SERVICE DEPT. OPEN ON WEEKENDS, SO I GAVE UP AND DROVE IT BACK TO FLORIDA ON SUNDAY (TOOK 10 HOURS). ANYWAY, CALLED LOCAL DEALERSHIP, CHEVY CORPORATE AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA... UNFORTUNATELY I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE IT TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND THEN CALL CORPORATE BACK WHERE THEY SAID THEY "MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH REPAIRS BUT WOULDN'T KNOW UNTIL DIAGNOSTICS WERE DONE..." DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THEY "BELIEVE" THE PROBLEM COULD BE SOLVED BY REPLACING THE POWER STEERING MOTOR IF I WOULD ONLY PAY $350 FOR LABOR (THEY WOULD GENEROUSLY DONATE THE MOTOR...) I DECLINED (FOR NOW ANYWAY) AS WE WILL TRY TO REPAIR IT OURSELVES... I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THIS AND SHOULDN'T HAVE TO AS THE CAR ISN'T THAT OLD. THE WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT IN SEPTEMBER AS SEEMS TO BE THE CASE FOR MANY WHO'S BLOGS I HAVE READ. THEY ALSO NOTED ON THE SUMMARY THAT THE MOTOR MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM AND IF IT DIDN'T THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN FOR ANOTHER $800 PLUS LABOR !! MY CAR HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED AND IS STILL DANGEROUS SO I DON'T DRIVE IT UNLESS I JUST HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE AND HAVE NO OTHER OPTION. *TR

I OWN A 2007 CHEVY COBALT. IT IS 2 YEARS OLD AND AT APPROXIMATELY 58,000 MILES THE CAR'S POWER STEERING BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY FAIL. THE ONLY WAY TO REGAIN THE STEERING IS TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON, WHICH IS DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. THIS HAPPENS SOMEWHAT RANDOMLY, BUT OCCURS WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF STARTING THE CAR 80% OF THE TIME. ON JAN 25TH THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AS I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND HAVING TO OVERCOMPENSATE FOR THE HARD STEERING WHEEL ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT AN ONCOMING CAR. AFTER RESOLVING TO TRY AND GET THIS REPAIRED, I CHECKED INTO THE PROBLEM ONLINE AND HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE WEBSITES WITH OVER 1,000 CONSUMERS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT POWER STEERING FAILURE ON ALL MODELS OF THE CHEVY COBALT. A COUPLE OF THESE ARE HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-COBALT/T8FMSUQB7V2DTH5JH/P36 AND HTTP://GETSATISFACTION.COM/GM/TOPICS/COBALT_POWER_STEERING AND HTTP://WWW.THEPETITIONSITE.COM/1/CHEVY-COBALT-POWER-STEERING-ISSUES. A REPAIR CHARGE OF $800 - $2000 IS NEEDED TO FIX THE PROBLEM WHICH IS NOT COVERED BY THE FACTORY WARRANTY, AND IN SOME CASES IS RECURRING. GM REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A VERY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO MODIFY THEIR WARRANTY TO FIX IT. THERE IS NO INFO ON THEIR WEBSITE DESPITE THOUSANDS OF OBVIOUS COMPLAINTS AND WIDESPREAD FAILURE OF THIS PART THAT, WHEN FAILS, CREATES UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR EVERYONE ON THE ROAD. I HAVE HEARD THAT CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS ARE IN THE WORKS, AND I AM GOING TO TRY AND START ONE MYSELF, BUT WE'D ALL REALLY LIKE TO SEE GM ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM, MAKE AN EFFORT TO FIX THIS PLAGUE ON THEIR CUSTOMERS, AND ISSUE A RECALL. *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE PULL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURN THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF SO THAT IT WOULD RESET ITSELF. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CHEVROLET MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60272.