2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

TRAVELING ALONG AT 55 MPH,VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TOWARD RIGHT,BRAKE WAS APPLIED , VEHICLE TRAVEL STRAIGHTENED MOMENTARILY THEN SUDDENLY VEERED HARD TO RIGHT RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH CONCRETE BRIDGE WALL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING FLASHED ACROSS THE DASHBOARD READER. I ASSUMED I WOULD NEED TO GO GET SOME POWER STEERING FLUID TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE NEXT DAY I WAS DESCENDING RAPIDLY DOWN A VERY STEEP CURVING HILL WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT COMPLETELY AND I COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE! I NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER CAR AND SOME TREES! SINCE THEN I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AN FOUND INNUMERABLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE ACROSS SEVERAL MODEL YEARS OF THE COBALT. IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS AND CHRONIC ISSUE AND GM HAS LARGELY IGNORED THE SAFETY OF THOSE WHO KEEP THEM IN BUSINESS!! WHAT A BAD BUSINESS MODEL! WE ARE A ONE CAR AND ONE INCOME FAMILY AND NOW I SIMPLY CANNOT LET MY TEENAGERS DRIVE AT ALL BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE $1000.00 TO FIX MY CAR RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS! THANKS GM!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT STRONG GASOLINE FUMES EMITTED IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

ON FRIDAY, WHEN I TRIED TO BACK OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE, MY WHEEL WAS EXTREMLY DIFFICULT TO TURN. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THE WEATHER WAS CHANGING AND IT WAS COLD OUTSIDE. THROUGHOUT THAT DAY, THE WHEEL BEGAN TO LOOSEN UP, BUT IT WAS STILL A LITTLE STIFF. THE NEXT DAY, SATURDAY, I TRIED TO TURN MY WHEEL AND IT WOULD NOT TURN. THE WHEEL FELT LIKE IT WAS STUCK. I LET MY CAR WARM UP AND EVENTUALLY I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR. ON SUNDAY, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO PEP BOYS TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY DIAGNOSED THAT MY STRUTS WERE CRACKED AND THAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. AND THEY QUOTED ME ABOUT $600! SO I TOOK IT TO PRECISION AUTO TUNE FOR A SECOND OPINION. AT PRECISION, THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STRUTS! AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW POWER STEERING MOTOR, WHICH COSTS ME $423.00. THEY REPLACED THE MOTOR ON SUNDAY. MONDAY MORNING, I WENT TO DRIVE TO WORK AND MY WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN AT ALL! I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO PRECISION. SO NOW THEY'RE TELLING ME THAT ITS THE STEERING COLUMN THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. AND THAT WOULD COST OVER $1000. I DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND MONEY AND I'M STILL WAITING ON GM TO FIX THE IGNITION SWITCH FROM THE RECALL. I'M TAKING THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN FIX THE IGNITION AND THE STEERING FREE! INORDER FOR PRECISON TO REFUND MY MONEY BACK, THEY TOOK OUT THE NEW MOTOR AND PUT THE OLD ONE BACK IN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO START AND A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE FUMES WERE EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE FUEL LINE WAS CORRODED AND LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATIONS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE PARTS NEEDED WERE UNAVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO ADVISE WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND BECAME AIRBORNE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE LOWER BACK, RIGHT ARM, AND NECK, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE OTHER DRIVER SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION, BUT IT WAS UNKNOWN IF ANY INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

FIRST THE BATTERY DIED IN THE CAR. AFTER THAT THE CAR FELL APART. THE KEYS BECAME LODGED IN THE IGNITION AND WOULD NOT COME OUT. THE STEREO LOST ALL AND COMPLETE POWER. FUSES WERE CHECKED FOR THE RADIO NONE WERE BLOWN. AS A RESULT OF THE KEYS BEING STUCK IN THE IGNITION, IT DRAINED POWER FROM THE BATTERY AND I HAD TO TURN THE INTERIOR OVERHEAD LIGHT TO ON AND THE CAR WOULD THEN REGAIN POWER AND START. ALL EXCEPT THE RADIO. THE RECALL FOR THE IGNITION CYLINDER WAS ANNOUNCED AND I HAD THE CAR SERVICED AT A GM DEALER. AFTER THE REPAIR OF THE IGNITION CYLINDER THE KEYS STILL WERE LODGED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. I WAS TOLD THE SWITCH LEVER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HOW COULD A DEAD BATTERY CAUSE ALL OF THIS AT ONCE. THE RADIO AND ELECTRICAL ISSUES HAPPENED DIRECTLY AFTER THE BATTERY DIED AND NEVER RETURNED BACK TO NORMAL EVEN AFTER PURCHASING A BRAND NEW BATTERY. *TR

MY AIRBAG LIGHT SAYS IT IS NOT ON AND THE LIGHT IN DASH LIGHTS UP AND SAYS "SERVICE AIR BAGS".THE LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE I AM DRIVING AND A RED FLASHING LIGHT OF A PICTURE OF A PERSON BEHIND THE WHEEL WITH AN AIRBAG POPPED OUT ON THEM FLASHES.IT'S FRIGHTENING TO ME AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS DOING THIS. IT STARTED DOING THIS AFTER I HAD THE RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH FIXED. *TR