2010 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE IGNITION & START SWITCH RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE SON WAS DRIVING, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. ACCORDING TO AN EYE WITNESS, HER SON WAS NOT DRIVING ERRATICALLY, AND HE DID NOT MAKE ANY SUDDEN MOVES, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL, AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN SPINNING. HE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, AND HE HIT THE GUARDRAIL AGAIN. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE ACCIDENT, WAS A RESULT OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT HOME AFTER LEAVING WORK, I WAS ENTERING ONTO THE THRUWAY WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ACTIVATED, MY DASHBOARD READER SAID, "ENGINE POWER REDUCED", THE CAR THEN LOST ACCELERATION, STARTED TO BUCK AND SHAKE. I QUICKLY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LET THE CAR SIT FOR 15 MINUTES. UPON START UP, I PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE, IT BUCKED INTO GEAR AND I PROCEEDED WITH CAUTION NOT DOING MORE THAN 30-35 MPH. I WENT TO ADVANCED AUTO PARTS AND RAN THEIR FREE OBDII DIAGNOSTIC READER. THE CODE THAT CAME BACK WAS PO641 - ENGINE CONTROL MODULE - PORT #3. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CLEARED OUT AFTER 2 DAYS. THE CAR RUNS FINE NOW. VERY CONCERNED THOUGH.

2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH, POWER STEERING RECALL NOTICES AND SEAT BELT PROBLEMS. *SMD. THE CONSUMER THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT FASTENED. SHE HAD TO DRIVE HOME, WITHOUT WEARING HER SEAT BELT. *JB

POWER STEERING FAILED, STEERING WHEEL BECOMES VERY HARD TO TURN. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME NOW BUT THE DEALER SAYS MY CAR IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. HOW CAN ONLY SOME 2010 COBALTS BE COVERED, OBVIOUSLY MY CAR HAS THE ISSUE. *TR

HAVING PROBLEMS WITH POWER STEERING, BELIEVING THE FIRST IN 3/2013..THE POWER STEERING FLASHES ON DASH AND STOPS STEERING CAR MAKING IT HARD TO CONTROL. WAS HAPPENING RANDOMLY AT FIRST ,BUT NOW 6/2014, IT HAPPENS DAILY AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. ON SATURDAY,6/21/2014 IT HAPPENED 5 TIMES IN A 15 MILE STRETCH, AND ON MONDAY 6/23/2014, IT HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN A 30 MILE STRETCH. YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND TURN THE CAR OFF SO THE POWER STEERING CAN RESET ELECTRONICALLY. LUCKILY , I WAS ABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE IT IS SCARY WHEN IT GOES. THIS CAR IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, AND CHEVY SAYS THIS COBALT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE POWER STEERING RECALL. A LOT OF TIMES I'VE HAD TO DRIVE A MILE OR SO TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF...AND IT HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT BEFORE WHEN YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT! COME ON GM, FIX MY CAR, YOU BUILT IT THAT WAY. IF THIS CAR HAS THE IGNITION AND LOCK RECALL, DON'T YOU THINK IT IS RELATED TO POWER STEERING! DO YOU WANT ANOTHER DEATH ON YOUR HANDS!!!! *TR

2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED IN VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED A YEAR AGO, BECAUSE THE TUMBLER BROKE INSIDE THE IGNITION AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS UNSTABLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE ABNORMALLY AND THE REAR WOULD SWAY BACK AND FORTH WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR VIEW FAILED AND BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE, FALLING AND DAMAGING THE BRAKE PEDAL. RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14E021000. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE TO BE UNABLE TO BE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 60 MPH WHEN MY SCREEN SAID ENGINE POWER DOWN AND IT AUTOMATICALLY REDUCED SPEED AND EVENTUALLY SAID DISABLED ENGINE AND I LOST ALL POWER. I HAD MY CAR TESTED AND IT IS A FAULTY ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. I BELIEVE FOR A 2010 THIS PART SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE BAD AND WHEN MY ENGINE POWERED DOWN AND DISABLED MY ENGINE GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND EARLIER COBALT MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM AND PART. *TR

2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ISSUES WITH IGNITION SWITCH RECALL PARTS NO LONGER MANUFACTURED. *SMD