2009 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

LEAKING FUEL RIGHT UNDER THE DRIVERSIDE BY THE BACK DRIVERSIDE TIRE. BIG NOTICEABLE PUDDLE OF FUEL. CAN'T BE GOOD FOR GAS BY HEAT

CAR STARTED TO LEAK FUEL FAIRLY QUICKLY, PRESUMABLY FOR NO REAL REASON. ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR A FEW MONTHS, HAD THE OIL CHANGED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND I NOTICED A VERY STRONG GAS SMELL SOON AFTER, CHECKED UNDER AND CAR WAS DRIPPING GAS.

TAKATA RECALL MY FIANCEAND MY SON WAS INVOLED IN A CRASH HIT ON DRIVERS SIDE NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED NOT FRONT OR CURTAIN THE BOTH LOST THEIR LIVES MY 29 YR OLD SOON TO BE WIFE AND MY 7YR. OLD SON WAS KILLED ON AUGEST 3RD 2018 WHEN HIT BY A TRI AXEL TRUCK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AFTER THE CAR WENT INTO A SLIDE FOR AN UNKNOW REASON BUT THE AIRBAGS FAILED MY SON WOULD STILL BE ALIVE IF THE SIDE BAG WOULD OF WENT OFF HE WAS IN A RESTRAINT SEAT IN THE BACK HE WAS STILL STRAPPED IN HE DIED FROM BLUNT FROCE TRAUMA TO HIS HEAD WHICH IF THE AIRBAG WOULD OF WENT OFF IT WOULD OF SOFTENED THE BLOW CHEVY SUCKS THE AIRBAG PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE CHEVY NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONISABLE I LOST MY FAMILY I LOST MY ONLY CAR I AM BROKEN I WANT SOMEONE TO TAKE RESPONSAB;ILTY AND FACE WHAT THEY MAY WE BUY YOUR CARS WITH THE AIRBAGS THINKING THEY R SAFE WELL WRONG MY SON SHOULD BE HERE WITH ME TODAY NOT LAYING IN THE GROUND I WANT TO SAVE SOMEONES CHILD STOP SUPPORTING CHEVY AND TAKATA THEY MAKE JUNK SELL JUNK THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YOU OR YOUR FAMILY ALL THEY R AFTER IS YOUR MONEYOH YEAH SHE WAS ESTAMATIED SPEED OF 35 IN A 45 ZONE SO DONT TRY TO SAY IT WAS SPEED SOMETHING CAUSED THE CAR TO GO INTO A SLIDE BUT THE AIRBAGS FAILED SLEEP WITH THAT ON YOUR MINDS MY 7 YR OLD SON IS GONE SHE WAS NEGOGINGATING A LEFT HAND TURN IN THE ROAD SHE WAS ON STATE ROUT 53 IN MADERA PENNSYLVANIA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING BECAME INOPERATIVE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING) WAS CLOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

AS I BACKED OUT OF MY GARAGE, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT I HAD LOST MY POWER STEERING. I COULD BARELY MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP MY CAR FROM HITTING THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE AS I BACKED OUT.

FUEL SMELL AND FOUND THE BOTTOM OF THE GAS TANK WET AND DRIPPING, FORMING A PUDDLE OF FUEL UNDERNEATH THE CAR. THE LEAK ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED AND RUNNING. OVERNIGHT THE FUEL HAS EVAPORATED FROM THE FLOOR AND DOESN'T BEGIN LEAKING AGAIN UNTIL CAR IS STARTED AND RUNNING.

THE COBALT IS LEAKING GAS FROM A LINE NEAR THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CAR IS LOSING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GAS WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN PARKED WHILE NOT IN USE. GAS POOLS UNDER THE CAR, THE SMELL IS VERY STRONG AND EASILY RECOGNIZED AS GAS. SINCE I NOTICED THE SMELL, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS MODEL/YEAR OF COBALT FOR THE ISSUE I AM EXPERIENCING, HOWEVER MY CAR DOES NOT HAVE THE RECALL. I WANTED TO REACH OUT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS RECALL COULD HAVE AFFECTED MY CAR ALONG WITH THE OTHERS MADE IN THE SAME PLANT.

WHEN ACCELERATING HARD TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY FROM EXIT OR GOING UP A HILL THE ACCELERATOR GETS SUCK. THE CAR WILL NOT SLOW DOWN WITH OUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS POSSIBLE. WE JUST PRAY WE CAN GET OVER TO BREAK DOWN LANE WITHOUT HITTING ANYONE. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP CAR IS TO PUT IN NEUTRAL, KEEPING YOUR FOOT ON BRAKE AND PULLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. ONCE THE CARE IS IN PARK YOU MUST SHUT OFF CAR AND RESTART. IT YOU PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE WITHOUT SHUTTING CAR OFF IT WILLL START RUNNING BY ITSELF AGAIN GOING 65MP IN THE BREAK DOWN LANE. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED IT WAS IN 2009 WITH ONLY 700 MILES ON THE CAR. THE SECOND TIME WAS IN 2014 AND AGAIN SEPTEMBER 2018. TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THEREFORE IT DIDN'T HAPPENED. TOLD ME IT WAS A FREAK OCCURRENCE.PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. THE CAR IS A 2009 MODEL WITH ONLY 23,000 MILES ON IT BECAUSE, I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. MY HUSBAND DROVE MY CAR THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. HE WAS ON THE MASS PIKE AND ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK BEFORE I COULD GET THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL. WE CALLED GM HEADQUARTERS BECAUSE WE GOT NO WHERE WITH OUR DEALERSHIP IN THE PAST. WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF PROBLEM UNLESS WE PAID FOR THE ALL TESTS FIRST WHICH WE DID TWICE BEFORE. ALL THREE INCIDENTS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC AND A HIGHER POWER WAS WATCHING OVER US. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE. TRAVELING 65MP IN THE BREAK DOWN LANE IS NO JOKE. THE CAR HAS ALSO HAD 2 RECALLS ON IT THAT WERE FIXED.

STRONG FUEL SMELL, TROUBLE STARTING CAR, NO VISIBLE LEAK. NOT COVERED UNDER COBALT FUEL RECALL. THE PROBLEMS INDICATE THE ISSUE IS EXACTLY WHAT THE RECALL IS FOR. CHEVROLET NEEDS TO EXPAND THE RECALL TO GET THESE UNSAFE CARS FIXED.

2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FUEL LEAKAGE AND RECALL FOR MODEL. REPAIRS TO CAR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY DUE TO RUST AN CORROSION. *AS *TR