2009 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

THE VEHICLE ANTI THEFT LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE VEHICLE JERKS IN DRIVE, HARD TO STOP, WHEEL WILL LOSE POWER STEERING IN DRIVE, AND ALL NEEDLES WILL MOVE. THE RPM, MPH, AND GAS NEEDLE CONTINUES TO FLUCTUATE. THE GAS NEEDLE WILL INDICATE LOW FUEL WHEN FUEL IS PRESENT. I CAN NEVER KNOW WHAT SPEED I'M DOING. THE VEHICLE FLASHES POWER STEERING DIGITALLY. THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF IN MID DRIVE! TAKEN TO MANY MECHANICS INCLUDING DAVE GILL CHEVROLET AND NO ONE FULLY DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE!

CAR HAS TERRIBLE START FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. IT WENT FROM WASHINGTON TO GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI. STARTED ABOUT A WEEK AGO SMELLED GAS. LOOKED UNDER FUEL TANK AND FOUND A SIZEABLE PUDDLE OR FUEL WHICH I ASSUME IS PRESSURIZING AS IT SITS AND THEN HAS TO PRESSURIZE THE FUEL SYSTEM AGAIN WHEN IT STARTS. IT'S PRACTICALLY A BOMB WITH WHEELS AND MY DAUGHTER SITS IN IT. IT WILL BE FINE STARTING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES IF YOU SHUT IT OFF AND CRANK IT AFTER IT WILL DO THAT ALL OVER AGAIN

INTERIOR OF CAR STARTED TO FILL UP WITH GASOLINE FUMES,WHILE ON THE ROAD.I HAD TO OPEN ALL THE WINDOWS AND SUNROOF.I GOT OFF PARKWAY AND INSPECTED CAR FOR GAS LEAKS.THERE WERE NONE SO I TOOK LOCAL ROADS HOME.BY THE TIME I GOT HOME I WAS LIGHTHEADED .THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP TOLD ME ALL MY FUEL LINES WERE ROTTED OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

HELLO, I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY COBALT. IT WAS RUNNING OKAY. I WENT TO THE STORE FOR SOME DOG FOOD. PARKED THE CAR, CAME BACK TO GO BACK HOME AND THE KEY 🔑 IN THE IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN. IT WAS LOCKED OR JAMMED, DON'T KNOW. KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION SWITCH TO TURN THE CAR ON!!! I WENT TO THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FROM GENERAL MOTORS ON MY 2009 CHEVY COBALT. I FOUND A NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID# 14V171000 THAT SHOWS THE RECALL FOR MY CAR. IT DESCRIBES AN IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. I CALLED THE CHUCK NASH CHEVROLET WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD REPAIRED THE RECALL. APPARENTLY THEY REPAIRED IT WITH A DEFECTIVE IGNITION-SWITCH OR NOT AT ALL. THE RECALL STATES THAT SOME VEHICLES WERE REPAIRED WITH DEFECTIVE OR USED PARTS. MARY BARRA, GENERAL MOTORS CEO STATED THAT ALL AFFECTED RECALL VEHICLES WOULD BE REPAIRED UP TO CUSTOMER SAFETY STANDARDS. I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER. THIS CAR IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. THANKS. GOD BLESS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT SMELLED A FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT READ AN ARTICLE THAT MENTIONED THAT THE PLASTIC SUPPLY OR RETURN PORT ON THE FUEL PUMP COULD DETACH AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE. THE FAILURE COULD OCCUR TO THE VEHICLE IN HIGH HUMIDITY CLIMATES. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE), WHICH WAS THE SAME FAILURE THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

RUSTED AND LEAKING FUEL LINE UNDER THE CAR JUST IN FRONT OF THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. WATER AND DEBRIS WAS TRAPPED INSIDE SILVER HEAT TAPE ACCELERATING THE RUST OF THE LINES.

JUST PURCHASED 2009 CHEVY COBALT APRIL 2019 129,000 MILES, AUGUST 29, PUT 10 DOLLARS IN TANK, DID NOT GO 3MILES, CAR SHUT OFF, NEVER DID THAT BEFORE, IN MIDDLE OF STREET, IT WAS STRAINING TO START AGAIN, NEEDLE ON GAS GAGE JUST STARTED RECENDING TO LOW FUEL LIGHT, PULLED OVER ABUNDENT SMELL OF FUEL, LOOKED UNDER CAR FUEL WAS SPILLING OUT ON DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER SIDE FUEL RAN OUT COMPLETELY, HAD BEEN SMELLING GAS AFTER TURN OFF 4DAYS PRIOR, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE CAR SINCE, IF I PUT FUEL IN TANK DRIVE NORMALY GAS RUNS RIGHT OUT, CALLED DEALER SAID HE HEARD OF RECALL OF THIS PROBLEM BUT DID NOT GIVE ME ANY FURTHER ADVICE, SINCE THEIR WAS 6 RECALLS INCLUDING THIS PROBLEM PLEASE ADVISE ME ON WHAT TO DO PLEASE///////.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE STEERING ABILITY SEIZED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT A CLUNKING NOISE WAS PRESENT FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY SMELT FUEL BUT NOTICED NO LEAK HOWEVER NOTICED THAT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE CONTACT THEN STARTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FUEL SPRAYING ON THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE CONTACT STATED HE JACKED THE VEHICLE UP TO INSPECT THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL LINE WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,000.

FUEL LINE IS LEAKING IN 4 PLACES. SOME 2009 COBALTS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE. DEALER TELLS ME ENTIRE LINE NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED FRONT TO BACK.