2006 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AT LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO TURN THE WHEEL. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GAS MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED, SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE GAS MODULE FAILED AGAIN. *JB

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE AND DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES, DRIVER NOTICED A STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM BOTTOM OF CAR. A PUDDLE OF FUEL WAS NOTICED UNDERNEATH DRIVER'S SIDE OF CAR ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND REAR WHEEL. FUEL NOTICED TO BE LEAKING FROM FUEL LINE.

UPON ENTERING MY VEHICLE, THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR OPENED BUT WOULD NOT LATCH WHEN CLOSED. AFTER EXAMINING THE DOOR LOCKS, LOCK BUTTONS, HANDLES BOTH INSIDE AND OUT AS WELL AS THE STRICKER AND LATCH, I FOUND THAT THE DOOR LATCH MECHANISM WAS STUCK OPEN. I FUNCTIONED THE LOCKS AND HANDLES IN ORDER TO RELEASE THE LATCH. THEY WOULD RELEASE BUT ONCE PRESSED AGAINST THE STRICKER THEY WOULD AGAIN STICK. I APPLIED SOME LUB AND PENETRATING OIL AND THIS TEMPORARILY CORRECTED ISSUE. I HAD IDENTICAL ISSUE WITH PASSENGER DOOR AND ALSO ISSUES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO OPEN BOTH DOORS. ONE YEAR AFTER INITIAL ISSUE, THE PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. HAD TO REMOVE DOOR PANEL TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE LATCH FROM INSIDE THE DOOR. LATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN WITH THE KEY, THE REMOTE, OR THE BUTTONS ON THE DOOR. MY WIFE HAD TO CLIMB OUT THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. *TR

THE AUTOMOBILE WENT IN FOR AN INSPECTION AND IT WAS FOUND THAT BOTH FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH HAD ALSO AFFECTED THE BRAKES, ROTORS AND THE TWO FRONT TIRES ALSO BEING REPLACED. I HAVE HAD CARS WITH OVER TWO TIMES MORE MILEAGE AND HAD NO PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM, ONE THAT IT SEEMS GM IS IGNORING. WHICH RESULTED IN A $1,300.00 REPAIR BILL.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND RELEASED AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). AFTER THE RECALL REMEDY WAS PERFORMED THE IGNITION KEY WOULD ONLY RELEASED WHEN THE STEERING COLUMN BUTTON KEY RELEASE WAS ENGAGED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TOTAL POWER LOSS AND OTHER VEHICLE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLICKERED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. HE ALSO STATED THE TRUCK WOULD NOT OPEN, AFTER THE IGNITION RECALL WAS PERFORMED. *JB

THE FIRST TIME THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM BEGAN, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN OH SO MANY OTHERS, I TURNED ON THE CAR AND A POWER STEERING MESSAGED APPEARED. THERE WAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR ANYTHING ELSE, JUST THE "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE. THIS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS. THEN ONE EVENING WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT, THE CAR STARTED TO HOP, THE "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE CAME ON WITH A DINGING ALARM, THE CAR SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 5 MPH, AND THE POWER STEERING WAS GONE, ALONG WITH THE BREAKS. IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN OR STOP THE CAR. WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD, WHERE WE TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND ON A FEW TIMES. EACH TIME WITH NO SUCCESS IN FIXING THE ISSUE. FINALLY AFTER LETTING IT REST FOR ABOUT 15 MIN, WE WERE ABLE TO TURN IT ON AND IT RETURNED TO NORMAL. SINCE THEN, INTERMITTENTLY THE "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE COMES ON AND DINGS, THE CAR HOPS, AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $800. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS, SINCE MY STEERING COLUMN HAS RARELY BEEN MOVE, MAYBE A TOTAL OF 30 SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2006. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND VERY FEW PEOPLE, OUTSIDE OF MYSELF, HAVE DRIVEN THIS CAR, LENDING TO MINIMAL ADJUSTING OF THE STEERING COLUMN. *TR