2009 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE RECALL WAS NOT COMPLETED DUE TO THE DEALERS REFUSAL. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE RECALL WAS CLOSED. THE CONTACT STATED THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING. IT WILL RESET AFTER BEING STARTED AGAIN AND THEN WILL FAIL AGAIN SHORTLY AFTER RUNNING. THERE IS NO PATTERN AS TO WHEN IT WILL STOP WORKING. POWER STEERING FAILS WHILE SITTING STILL, DRIVING, OR TURNING.

BEGAN TO SMELL STRONG FUEL SMELL OUTSIDE CAR. CAN SOMETIMES SMELL IT INSIDE CAR. CAR IS A LITTLE SLOW TO START. THIS IS APPARENTLY A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL, AND ALTHOUGH THERE IS A RECALL FOR SOME VINS, MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED.

WHEN THE VEHICLE SAT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME A STRONG SMELL OF GAS WAS SMELT NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR. A SMALL PUDDLE OF GASOLINE IS VISIBLE WHILE THE CAR IS RUNNING AND AFTER IT IS SHUT OFF. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND CONTACTING MULTIPLE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IT'S WAS EVIDENT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THE FUEL RECALL ADMINISTERED BY CHEVROLET. HOWEVER THE LEAK IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF THE VEHICLES UNDER THE RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THERE WAS A STRONG FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURED FUEL LINE THAT NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000. *CN

YOU CAN SMELL GAS AFTER DRIVING THE CAR. IT IS HARD TO START WITH INDICATIONS OF A WEAK FUEL PUMP. WHILE THERE IS A RECALL FOR SOUTHWESTERN STATES GM DOES NOT APPLY THE RECALL TO OTHER STATES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER CHARGES 110$ JUST TO LOOK AT THE CAR. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. UPDATED 08/07/2017*JS *TR

WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT ON A CITY STREET, THE ENGINE OF MY 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT STALLED AND DESPITE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, WOULD NOT RESTART. THERE WAS NO WARNING, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND THE CAR HAD BEEN FULLY FUNCTIONING THE ENTIRE WEEK LEADING UP TO THE PROBLEM. IT WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, I WAS INFORMED THAT NOT ONLY HAD THE FUEL PUMP GONE OUT, BUT IT HAD ALSO BURNED ALMOST ALL THE ELECTRICAL WIRES SURROUNDING THE PUMP. THE ESTIMATED COSTS FOR THIS REPAIR ARE A REAL BURDEN CONSIDERING HOW MUCH OF THE FUEL SYSTEM HAS TO BE REPLACED. I UNDERSTAND THAT AT ONE POINT, PRIOR TO MY OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE, THIS EQUIPMENT WAS RECALLED AND I AM STILL RESEARCHING WHETHER OR NOT THE ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED FOR THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 211,000.

EPS MOTOR HAS FAILED, I SEE SOME RECALLS ON THIS WHY NOT MINE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE COBALT SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MINE IS NOT IN THE RECALL. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

BOTH FUEL LINES IS RUSTED AND CORRODED, LOCATION OF THE RUSTED LINES IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE, RIGHT BEFORE THE LINES RUN UP TO THE FUEL PUMP.