2005 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING OUT AS IT GETS TO LOWER SPEEDS AND SHIFTING VERY HARD. THERE IS A CLICKING IN THE DASH SOMEWHERE AND THE SPEED ODOMETER WAS FLUCTUATING. IT HESITATES AND TRIES TO SHUT OFF AT EVERY STOP. LOOSING POWER AND SPEED EVEN DOWN HILL. THE POWER STEERING READING HAS BEEN COMING ON. AND THE DISPLAY FOR GAS MILEAGE WILL NOW GO TO ALL LINES NO NUMBERS. I AM STARTING TO BE AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR. THAT ITS GOING TO GET ME REAR ENDED WHEN I AM TURNING AND IT SHUTS OFF. I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN. I WENT SO FAR AS TO THIS MORNING RECORDING THE DASH AS IT WAS ACTING UP SO I CAN SHOW MY HUSBAND. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESUME NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN AND CAUSED INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION SHIFTER RECALL ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM AS STATED IN THE RECALL. HOWEVER, THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION AND SHE HAD TO JIGGLE THE KEY TO RELEASE IT. *JB

THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF MY TRIP HOME THE CAR DASH KEPT FLASHING A POWER STEERING ERROR MESSAGE AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD KEPT GETTING DIM. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS GETTING REALLY TIGHT, THE CAR ALMOST STALLED OUT SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE DIALS FLUCTUATED. THE CAR ALSO BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND I BECAME AFRAID THAT I WOULD NOT MAKE IT HOME. I HAVE CONTACTED THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND THEY REFUSE TO EVEN LOOK AT THE CAR WITHOUT CHARGING ME. THE CAR HAS ALREADY BEEN RECALLED TWICE AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE HAD BOTH RECALL REPAIRS DONE I AM STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS CAR I FEAR FOR THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 10V073000 (STEERING), THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY COBALT THE TC LIGHT AND POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND THE STEERING LOCKS ALSO WHEN YOU TURN IT OFF TWO OR THREE TIMES THE CAR WILL BE OK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THE TACK GAUGES GOES CRAZY WHILE IN PARK PUTTING IT IN GEAR THERE IS A CLICKING IN THE GEAR SHIFTER I FEEL THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER I BROUGHT THE CAR AT AND THE TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AND SEND ME ON MY WAY I HAVE HAD IT THREE TIMES IM SCARED TO DRIVE IT ITS SAD YOU PAY ALOT OF MONEY FOR A CAR AND THEY ACT LIKE THERE DON'T CARE. THIS HAS BEEN SINCE THE RECALL ON THE IGNITION WITCH RECALL I FEEL THAT GM NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT. *TR

[XXX]. WAS FRONT PASSENGER IN A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT DRIVEN BY HIS COUSIN [XXX]. ON APRIL 19TH, 2009. [XXX] LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SEVERELY WRECKED THE VEHICLE. [XXX] WAS STUCK UNDER THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS AND HAD TO BE AIR LIFTED TO RICHLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHEN EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARRIVED. [XXX] WAS SEVERELY INJURED AND SUFFERED LIFE TIME INJURIES. [XXX] AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH CAUSED HIM TO SUFFER MORE EXTENSIVE INJURIES THAN HE WOULD HAVE IF THE AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY. [XXX]. LATER FOUND OUT THAT GM HAD KNOWN OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM IN THE 2005-2006 CHEVROLET COBALT VEHICLES BUT NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL AFTER [XXX] WAS SEVERELY INJURED ON APRIL 19TH, 2009. [XXX] SUFFERED A BROKEN NECK, BROKEN BONE IN HIS RIGHT FOOT, HIS RIGHT HIP WAS KNOCKED OUT OF JOINT, ALSO SEVERE BACK AND SPINE PAIN. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CAR WAS RECALLED IN 2010 FOR POWER STEERING. PREVIOUS OWNER HAD IT FIXED. I INITIALLY REPORTED BACK IN JANUARY 2014 OF RECURRING PROBLEM OF LOSING POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. I WAS TOLD IT WAS ALREADY FIXED SO I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO FIX SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL. HERE IT IS A YEAR LATER AND I'M STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING. THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED FLICKERING BACK AND FORTH GOING HAYWIRE AND THERE WAS A WEIRD TICKING NOISE IN THE AREA NEAR THE GEARSHIFT. I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY A TRACTOR TRAILER BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP ON ME AND I HAD MY 3 KIDS IN THE CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW COIL PACK, IT WAS REPLACED AND IT'S STILL DOING THE SAME THING. IT SHAKES AT RED LIGHTS AND OCCASIONALLY CUTS OFF. I HAVE TO PRESS THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR TO GET IT TO ACCELERATE WHICH IT DOES BUT VERY SLOWLY, AND THEN IT JUST TAKES OFF LIKE A ROCKET AND I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!! ALSO MY CAR CAN SWITCH GEARS WITHOUT HAVING TO PRESS THE BRAKE OR THE BUTTON IN THE GEARSHIFT. I CAN JUST SIMPLY PUSH THE GEARSHIFT BACK AND FORTH WITHOUT BEING IN THE CAR. WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY MY KNEECAP BUMPED MY KEYS AND MY CAR TURNED OFF. THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER RECALL OF THE POWER STEERING BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE FAULTY AS WELL. OR IT COULD BE THE FAULTY WIRING ALTOGETHER IN THE SYSTEM. THESE CHEVY COBALTS NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF OF THE STREETS AND OWNERS REIMBURSED FOR THE CAR PLUS ALL OF THE TROUBLE AND NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE ON GMS BEHALF. I HAVE READ SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE POWER STEERING BEING FIXED AND STILL HAVE THE SAME RESULTS AS MYSELF. HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO DIE OR ANOTHER LAWSUIT PRESENTED BEFORE THERE'S ANOTHER RECALL TO HAVE THESE CARS REMOVED PERMANENTLY OFF THE ROADS? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE TAIL LIGHTS AND HEAD LAMPS RANDOMLY ILLUMINATED. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

PAINT HAS BEEN FADING FOR THE LAST 5 YEAR FROM DEFECTS IN PANT JOB. PART OF THE FRAME ABOVE THE REAR PASSENGER SAID DOOR IS BARE METAL AND CHIPPING AWAY. ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR IS $5,500.00. I HAVE SEEN OTHER 2005 CHEST COBALT WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR