2006 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

MY POWER STEERING FAILED AT 80K MILES. I TRIED TO FIX IT MYSELF BUT NOTICED IT'S ELECTRONIC AND CAN'T BE FIXED UNLESS YOU BRING IT TO A DEALER. I CHECK ONLINE AND LO AND BEHOLD, THERE'S A RECALL! EXCUSE ME IF I WASN'T THE LEAST BIT SURPRISED. AND GUESS WHAT, JUST LIKE MY FORMER RECALL FOR THE FAULTY FUEL PUMP, MY CAR'S YEAR WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL! I'M TRYING TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THIS BUT IT'S LIKE PULLING TEETH TALKING TO SOME FOREIGN PERSON WITH A THICK HEAVY ACCENT WHO DOESN'T WANT TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE REPAIR. I'M SO SICK OF GM! WHY DON'T THEY JUST STOP SELLING CARS BECAUSE THEY'RE NO GOOD AT IT. HOW MANY LIVES MUST THEY TOY WITH BEFORE THEY REALIZE THIS!? NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WILL KEEP PURSUING THEM UNTIL I GET REIMBURSED!

FUEL STARTED LEAKING FROM TOP OF FUEL TANK ONLY WHEN RUNNING. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS RECALL ON OTHER MODELS REGISTERED IN FLORIDA AND NEVADA WHY NOT NEW JERSEY?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND TURNING LEFT, THE CONTACT HEARD TWO WARNING BEEPS AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

VEHICLE GAVE OFF 3 CHIMES WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND THE T/C LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. VARIOUS OTHER LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD STARTED FLASHING AND THE CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER. "POWER STEERING" READ ACROSS THE LED READOUT AND THE VEHICLE BECAME HARD TO TURN. THE VEHICLE ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. A HEAD-ON COLLISION ENSUED WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR

EMAIL FROM CONGRESSMAN VAN HOLLEN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE RECALL ON 2006 CHEVY COBALT (SEND REPLY TO MS. AUSTIN MORRIS). *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN 2007 AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAULTY IGNITION WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER STATED GM STATED THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE TIME, THEY WERE FILING FOR RE-ORGANIZATIONS AND WAS NOT GOING TO HONOR THE RECALL. *JB

DRIVER DOOR WONT OPEN FORM IN OR OUTSIDE SOMETIMES AND IF IT DOES IT WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY AND OPEN WHILE DRIVING. *TR

CPSC: I1540015A. 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER STATED THE RUSTED FUEL LINE LEAKED AND CAUSED AN EXPLOSION HAZARD. *LN

THE ELECTRIC STEERING ASSIST FAILED AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR 16 MONTHS AND HAVE HAD TWO FAILURES OF THE ELECTRIC ASSIST STEERING SYSTEM. I HAVE INQUIRED AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP ABOUT ANY UPDATE BULLETINS OR REPAIRS THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD NONE EXISTED YET AT THAT TIME BUT THERE MAY BE A RECALL. THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED. *TR

MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND COMPLETELY TURNED OFF BY ITSELF, WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A VERY BUSY, DANGEROUS HIGHWAY. NOTE- I ALREADY HAD THE IGNITION SWITCH REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL, AND I HAVE NOTHING ON MY KEY RING!!! I CONTACTED THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER (1-800-222-1020) AND IT FELT LIKE NO ONE IS TAKING THIS COMPLAINT VERY SERIOUSLY. THEY PUT ME IN CONTACT WITH THE DEALER THAT DID THE RECALL REPAIR, AND I NOW HAVE AN APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED IN 12 DAYS, WHICH I HAVE TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AT $104/HOUR!!! WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY CAR NOW IS THE SAME THING THAT WAS HAPPENING TO INITIATE THIS RECALL (AND LAWSUITS) IN THE FIRST PLACE. HOW CAN THEY BE SO NONCHALANT ABOUT THIS COMPLAINT, AND FURTHERMORE, MAKE ME PAY FOR IT? CLEARLY THERE IS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM THAN WHAT GM IS CLAIMING, AS I'VE SEARCHED ONLINE AND HAVE FOUND OTHERS STILL HAVING THE SAME DANGEROUS PROBLEM OF THEIR CAR COMPLETELY TURNING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, SINCE THEY TOO HAVE HAD THE REPAIRS!!! *TR