2010 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

MY MOTHER IS HANDICAPPED & WAS PULLING INTO HER DRIVEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HER POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I READ IN THE MANUAL & FIGURED OUT WHERE THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FUSE WAS AT AND IT WAS BLOWN. I REPLACED IT THAT EVENING & BY LUNCH THE NEXT DAY ON THURS 9-5-13 IT HAD GONE BACK OUT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP & THEY SAID THAT A RECALL HAD BEEN DONE ON THE VEHICLE IN 2010. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!!! AND THE DEALERSHIP CANT EVEN GET TO IT UNTIL THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK??? COULD IT STILL BE THE SAME RECALL ISSUE???

ON 3 SEPTEMBER 2013 WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK THE POWER STEERING SHUTOFF. THERE WAS A CHIME AND THEN THE INFORMATION CENTER DISPLAYED POWER STEERING. I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. I CONTACTED GM THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE AND PLACED A CONSUMER COMPLAINT WITH THEM. THEIR RESPONSE WAS BASICALLY "SORRY, BUT NOT OUR PROBLEM". ACCORDING TO THEM THE VIN DOES NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS OR SPECIAL COVERAGE FOR MY VEHICLE. YET THERE IS A HISTORY OF THIS ISSUE CAUSING A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT WAS ONLY ABLE TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL USING EXTREME FORCE. IN ADDITION, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT POWERED OFF THE VEHICLE AND ONCE RESTARTED, THE STEERING WHEEL RETURNED TO NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION, WHO LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE STEERING WHEEL POWER ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION WHILE TRYING TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE BATTERY HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE DEALER STATED THE IGNITION CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER WITH A REDESIGNED IGNITION CYLINDER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. UPDATED 10/17/13*LJ THE CONSUMER RECIEVED A REFUND CHECK FOR A PORTION OF THE REPAIR COST. UPDATED 10/25/2013 *JS

LEAVING WORK AND WHEN I HIT APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND CHIMED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN. I WRESTLED THE CAR HOME, THEN LATER THE NEXT DAY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO GO TO THE STORE AND THE CAR WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT A WEEK. SO THIS MORNING, 8/23/13 ON MY WAY TO WORK IT WENT OUT AGAIN AND HAS BEEN OUT EVERY SINCE. WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY I HAVE NO RECALL. I'VE ONLY OWNED THE CAR PERSONALLY FOR A YEAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,336. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AS THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND WARNING ALARM SOUNDED. CUT OF CAR AND POWER STEERING CAME BACK. LATER IN THE DAY THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY 10 YEAR OLD NIECE AND A SIGN CAME ON '' POWER STEERING'' ON THE DASHBOARD. I NO LONGER HAD CONTROL OF THE WHEEL. IT WAS VERY HARD. SO I HAD TO CALL SOMEONE TO HELP US. *TR

I NOTICE AS I WAS DRIVING THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD STAY ON WHEN I AM NOT PUSHING ON THE BRAKE. IT DOES NOT MATTER THE SPEED THAT I AM GOING. BUT WHEN I DO PUSH ON THE BRAKES THE LIGHTS GO OFF, WHICH I DON'T THINK SHOULD BE HAPPENING SINCE THE DRIVER BEHIND ME WILL NOT KNOW THAT I AM STOPPING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD BE HAPPENING ON A CAR THAT WAS 2 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME THIS STARTED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY DEALERSHIP THAT OTHER CUSTOMER HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. *TR