2005 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

CAR STALLS OUT WHEN YOU STOP OR EVEN ON THE HIGHWAY!! MY CAR STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. WILL NOT START AGAIN. NO ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON!!!. NEEDS NEW ENGINE!!!! AFTER GOOGLING MY CAR. NUMEROUS SAME ISSUES. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL!!

I WAS DRIVING MY CHEVY COBALT ON TUESDAY AROUND 25 MPH WHEN SOMETHING POPPED UP SAYING POWER STEERING, THE STEERING WHEEL GOT COMPLETELY HARD AND I COULDN'T TURN IT. ALMOST GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT WHILE MAKING A LEFT. NEXT DAY, NOTHING HAPPENED. A DAY AFTER, IT STARTED WITH THE PROBLEM AGAIN. TOOK MY CAR TO THE MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT MIGHT BE THAT THE PUMP WENT BAD. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS AND REALLY SCARY. GM HAS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT CONSIDERING I AM NOT THE FIRST ONE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS. *TR

SITTING AT A TURN LIGHT, CARS STARTED TO MOVE AND I STARTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP NOISE (WAS NOT GOING OVER MORE THAN 10MPH). SO I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND MY OIL CAP, FILTER, A BLACK PIECE, AND SPRING HAD POPPED OUT OF THE OIL FILTER LOCATION WHICH WAS IN THE BLOCK. OIL HAD BEEN SPEWED ALL OVER. I TOOK THE OIL CAP TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE GUY SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN THE OIL CAP AND FILTER POP OUT OF THE BLOCK, HE EXAMINED THE CAP AND ONLY NOTICED ONE MINOR BREAK IN THE THREADS OF THE CAP. HE SAID THAT THE BLACK PIECE AND THE SPRING THAT GO IN THE CAP MUST HAVE FAILED WHICH IN TURN CAUSE THE CAP TO POP OUT OF THE BLOCK, HE ALSO TOLD ME TO LOOK AT THE BLOCK TO MAKE SURE IT WAS NOT CRACKED. I THEN INSPECTED BLOCK TO MAKE SURE IT WAS NOT CRACKED, WHICH IT WAS NOT, AND HAD A NEW CAP, FILTER AND OIL INSTALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH , THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS SPECIFICALLY REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 205,510.

MY POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT ON 6/3/09 ,7/31/10, 10/8/13. IT BEEN IN THE SHOP MANY MORE TIMES AND THEY CAN NOT SEEM TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN WANTS TO DIE. I DO NOT WANT THIS TO LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT OTHER 2005 COBALT OWNER? THE RECALL WAS FIXED AND STILL HAVING MANY OF THE SAME PROBLEM. IT HAS NO WARNING JUST DOES IT WHENEVER IT WANTS! I COULD BE TURNING OR DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THE CAR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED!!! I HAVE BEEN PUTTING UP WITH THIS LONG ENOUGH. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED AND ALL MY DASHBOARD GAUGES BEGAN TO DROP DOWN TO ZERO, AS IN IT WOULD NOT REGISTER ANY SPEED, RPMS OR ANYTHING. MY TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK DURING THAT TIME EITHER. THIS HAPPENS OFTEN AND COULD BE DANGEROUS AS IN SWITCHING LANES, OR TRYING TO TURN. *JS

IN AUG 2006 PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVY COBALT LS 4 DOOR SEDAN. AFTER HAVING FOR 6 MONTHS, NEEDED NEW FRONT BRAKES, HAD REPLACED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED; HAD TO REPLACE TWO OTHER TIMES. FINALLY GOT ANOTHER MANUFACTURERS INSTALLED. SINCE GETTING THIS CAR HAVE ALSO HAD THE KEY STUCK IN THE IGNITION WHEREAS I COULDN'T GET IT OUT DEALERSHIP CAN NOT REPRODUCE (AND IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY). AM STILL HAVING THIS PROBLEM TO DATE, MORE SO NOW BECAUSE OF HAVING TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN. (SEE BELOW) IN MAR 2010 BECAUSE OF RECALL HAD STEERING REPLACED. IN JULY 2011 IT WAS REPLACED AGAIN, AND AGAIN (9/13/2013). I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR WHILE MAKING A TURN ALMOST HITTING A PARKED CAR. MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THIS. BUT BECAUSE GM IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU CAN GET THESE PARTS YOU THEREFORE HAVE TO USE THEM.(NO AFTER MARKET PARTS MADE) IT COST ME $792 TO GET THIS REPLACE THIS (OUT OF POCKET).. SINCE GETTING THIS CAR, HAVE HAD TO REPLACE STRUTS, SPRINGS, SHOCKS, BRAKES, CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS MOST OF THIS AS I UNDERSTAND IT WOULD NORMALLY WITH HIGHER MILEAGE. WHEN I GOT THE CAR IT HAD I BELIEVE 22K MILES ON IT. NOW IT HAS 54200 ON IT...THAT'S ROUGHLY 5K/YR. ALL MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED. GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING WITH THESE CARS NOT JUST IGNORE THE PROBLEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 156,635.

ON SATURDAY MORNING 8/24/13 I GOT INTO MY CAR AND BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. ONCE I BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE THE CAR STARTED TO JERK. I KEPT DRIVING FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 50 FEET TO A STOP SIGN. IT JERKED TO WHOLE WAY TO THE STOP SIGN. THERE I MADE A U TURN TO GO BACK HOME TO GET MY FATHER. HE GOT IN THE CAR AND WE DROVE BACK TO THE SAME CORNER AND ONCE AGAIN IT JERKED THE WHOLE WAY TO THE STOP SIGN. SO WE WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE SO MY DAD COULD GET SOME HIS SHOES ON SO WE COULD TAKE IT TO WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR. WHILE HE WAS IN THE HOUSE I TURN THE CAR OFF. WHEN MY DAD GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND I TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND DROVE TO THE SIGN THE JERKING HAD WENT AWAY. I DROVE THE CAR THE REST OF THE DAY AND PUT AROUND 75 MILES ON IT THAT DAY WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS. ON SUNDAY NIGHT 8/25/13 I GOT INTO MY CAR TO DRIVE INTO TOWN. I DROVE ABOUT BLOCK AND THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND SHAKE AGAIN. I DROVE ABOUT ANOTHER BLOCK AND PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT. ONCE I STOPPED I NOTICED THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD HAD COME ON. I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND SIT THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE TURNED IT BACK ON AND DROVE IN TOWN WITH NO PROBLEMS THE REST OF THE NIGHT. ON MONDAY 8/26/13 I DROVE THE CAR 30 MILES BACK TO WHERE I BOUGHT IT WITH NO PROBLEMS. THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM NOW FOR 3 DAY WITH NO SUCCESS. *TT