2010 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

WHILE STATIONARY AFTER DRIVING A STRONG FUEL ODOR IS PRESENT AROUND THE VEHICLE AND FUEL IS DRIPPING TO THE GROUND FROM IN FRONT OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE SAME CONDITION IS COMMON ON EARLIER YEARS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL.

WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED I NOTICE STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE. CHECKED UNDER THE CAR AND NOTICED FLUID LEAKING WHAT APPEARS TO BE GASOLINE. LEAK IS LOCATED ON DRIVERS SIDE NEAR THE REAR TIRE. ALSO IT APPEARS THAT A WORN FUEL LINE IS WHAT IS CAUSING THE LEAK

ONCE CAR WARMS UP, WHILE DRIVING, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PAST SECOND (2ND) GEAR, AND WILL ALLOW RED LINING WITHOUT SHIFTING UP A GEAR. WHEN TRYING TO PARK, THE SHIFTER WILL NOT ALLOW SHIFTING INTO PARK, AND THE VEHICLE WILL PULL AWAY UNDER THE POWER OF ITS OWN IDLE IF THE PARKING BRAKE IS NOT APPLIED, MAKING LEAVING THE VEHICLE UNATTENDED VERY DANGEROUS. WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK SHIFTER WILL BECOME STUCK IN THE PARKING GEAR. THE LIGHT ILLUMINATING AND INDICATING THE GEAR IN WHICH THE SHIFTER IS IN POSITION OF GOES OUT, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW IF THE VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY IN PARK OR REVERSE ESPECIALLY COUPLED WITH THE SHIFTER NOT GOING FULLY INTO THE PARKING GEAR. WHEN THE SHIFTER DOESN'T QUITE MOVE INTO THE PARKING GEAR IT CAUSES THE DOORS TO STAY LOCKED AND SOMETIMES MAKES THE MANUAL LOCKS DIFFICULT TO USE IN ORDER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, IT MAKES THE ELECTRONIC LOCKS COMPLETELY UNUSABLE. ALSO, WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD CHEVY NOT PUT A ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IN THE DASH CLUSTER? HOW ARE DRIVERS SUPPOSED TO KNOW IF THE ENGINE IS OVERHEATING, WAIT UNTIL THE ENGINE BLOWS UP WITH THE DRIVER TRAPPED INSIDE???

AS I EXITED THE VEHICLE, I SMELLED FUEL AND NOTICED A WET SPOT ON THE GROUND. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CAR. THE FUEL LINE HAD WORN THROUGH WHERE A SHACKLE WAS HOLDING THE FUEL LINE TO THE FRAME OF THE CAR.

TAKATA RECALL MY PASSENGER AIR BAG QUIT WORKING AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS SHOWING. *AS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT EQUIPPED WITH COOPER EVOLUTION TOUR TIRES, SIZE: 195/60/R15 (NA). WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE FLATTENED AND THE CONTACT FOUND A BUBBLE NEAR THE RIM OF THE TIRE. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER REQUESTED THE CONTACT BRING THE VEHICLE TO AN UNKNOWN COOPER TIRE DEALER. THE DEALER DENIED SERVICE, STATED THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT DEFECTIVE, AND BLAMED THE CONTACT. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER DENIED THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE AND BLAMED THE CONTACT. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE REVERSING IN A PARKING LOT, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST AND AIR BAG WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER AND RPM GAUGES DROPPED LOW WHILE IN TRAFFIC. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE DROVE NORMALLY. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER A SECOND TIME. THE POWER STEERING ASSIST AND AIR BAG WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

FUEL LEAKING FROM LEFT REAR OF VEHICLE, CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST. NOTICED STRONG ODOR OF FUEL AND GAS DRIPPING WHEN PARKED.

COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY I WAS GOING THROUGH GAS SO QUICKLY. I DID REALIZE THAT THE CAR WAS LEAKING SOMETHING BUT UNABLE TO TAKE IN FOR SERVICING RIGHT AWAY. THE CAR STARTED TO LEAK APPOX. 3-4 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. I LEFT MY FIANCE IN THE RUNNING CAR WHILE I RAN INTO A STORE AND A FEW MINUTES LATER HE CAME AND GOT ME SAYING WE HAVE TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW! HE HAD ME PUT MY ITEMS DOWN, AND RUSHED ME OUT OF THE STORE! AS SOON AS WE GET OUTSIDE HE EXPLAINED SEVERAL PEOPLE STOPPED FREAKING THAT THE CAR IS LEAKING GAS EVERYWHERE! THERE WAS A HUGE PUDDLE OF GAS UNDER REAR DRIVERSIDE TIRE! ALL YOU COULD SMELL WAS GASOLINE! WE LEFT PANICKED AND ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF GAS IN TRAFFIC! THANK GOD I HAD AN EMERGENCY ALMOST FULL GAS CAN IN TRUNK. SO IN THE MIDDLE OF 6PM TRAFFIC WE ARE TRYING TO POUR EVERY LITTLE DROP OF GAS INTO THE CAR, WHILE CARS ARE HONKING AND STARING AND SWERVING AROUND US INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.THIS COULD OF BEEN A HORRIBLE AVOIDABLE PROBLEM. SEVERAL SEVERAL SEVERAL BAD OUTCOMES COULD OF HAPPENED. COME ON CHEVY THIS IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT- RECALL THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR WORSE! NOW NOT ONLY DID I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEART HORRIBLE SCARY SITUATION, BUT NOW I HAVE NO VEHICLE FOR MY FAMILY! WE ARE CLOSING ON OUR HOME AND GETTING READY TO MOVE TO ANOTHER STATE. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PART FOR A RENTAL CAR AND THESE REPAIRS! APPROXIMATELY I'M LOOKING AT $1000 OUT OF MY POCKET FOR SOMETHING THAT ONCE AGAIN SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT ON THIS CAR!!! THE WHOLE HAS LINE NEEDS REPLACED. DATE OF INCIDENT 03/26/2019 HAS APPROX. 87,000 MILES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED AND VARIOUS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. BOB PULTE CHEVROLET (909 COLUMBUS AVE, LEBANON, OH 45036, (513) 282-0079) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.