2006 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE POWER STEERING RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS WARMED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED TWICE ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 12/09/14*LJ UPDATED 9/30/2015*JS

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON AND WHEN I HAD TO ACCELERATE THEN THE CAR STARTED SHIFTING REALLY ROUGHLY. I WAS HALF WAY TO MY DESTINATION AND THEN THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WENT OFF AND THE CAR SHIFTED SMOOTHLY ON ACCELERATION. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED LIT BUT THE CAR SEEM TO RUN FINE. WHEN I GOT HOME I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS OVER 1800 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. MY CAR IS NOW PARKED BECAUSE I THINKS ITS NOT RELIABLE. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE, YET, ANOTHER RECALL FOR THE COBALT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

CAR LEAKS GAS, NO HOLE IN TANK. SAW REPORT ABOUT RECALL FOR THIS BUT MY DEALERSHIP IN ARIZONA HAS STATED MY VEHICLE DOES NOT QUALIFY. I AM CONFUSED IF THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM HOW DOES MY VEHICLE NOT QUALIFY. THIS IS A HAZARD THAT COULD EFFECT THE LIFE OF ME AND MY FAMILY. *TR

I HAVE BEEN SMELLING GAS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF MY VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD IT MAYBE A GAS LEAK, BUT NO GAS RESIDUE WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND THEN I WAS TOLD MY GAS CAP MAY NEED TO BE REPLACE. SO I WENT TO AUTOZONE AND HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND WAS TOLD MY GAS CAP, TRANSMISSION AND BATTERY WAS GOOD. YOU CAN WALK PASS MY CAR ANYTIME OF THE DAY WITHOUT IT BEEN CRANKED UP AND SMELL GAS. I DONE DID SOME RESEARCH AND SEEN THEIR WAS A PAST RECALL SIMILAR TO THIS BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS FIXED IN THE PAST. (I GUESS WAY BEFORE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE) BUT NOW IM ALSO SEEING IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE ISSUE, WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT AND SINCE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WHY NOT DO A RECALL ON IT? I DONE PUT SO MUCH MONEY INTO THIS CAR AND ONLY HAD IT 16 MONTHS, THIS IS RIDICULOUS, FRUSTRATING AND DEFINITELY NOT SAFE. PRETTY SURE NOT GOOD FOR ME AND MY KIDS HEALTH AND THIS IS MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION AS WELL. *TR

ELECTRONIC DISPLAY GOES COMPLETELY BLACK WHILE IN MOTION OR STATIONARY AT TIMES WITH NO WARNING THEN RETURNS TO NORMAL OR PARTIAL INFORMATION DISPLAYS. ALSO, DISPLAY BLINKS WEIRD CODES AND SYMBOLS AT TIMES THEN RETURNS TO NORMAL WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION KEY FAILED TO RELEASE AND THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER SHIFTED OUT OF PARK INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THAT THE R&R SOLENOID KEY RELEASE, SOLENOID KEY LOCK AND SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V04700 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,927.

I HAVE THE SMELL OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE CAR AND FIND THAT IT IS COMING FROM THE AREA OF THE GAS TANK. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FIND THAT CERTAIN COBALT MODELS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS MATTER. WHERE THE SEAL AROUND THE FUEL PUMP CRACKS AND LEAKS. HOWEVER I AM TOLD THAT FOR SOME REASON MY COBALT MODEL IS NOT IN RECALL FOR THIS SITUATION. WHY NOT. IF SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM THEN OBVIOUSLY THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE CORRECTED WITH THIS VEHICLE AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW I GO ABOUT GETTING THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED WITH THIS LEMON OF A CAR. *TR

THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT WANT TO STOP AND THE BACK END TO PUSH FORWARD. STEERING GETS TIGHT. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR 2 MONTHS AGO IT HAS A POWER STEERING MOTOR RECALL AND TO ME THIS CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SOLD TO ANYONE. IT'S DANGEROUS..I TOOK IT BACK TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS AND THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME TODAY 9/16. I BOUGHT THIS CAR AT A DEALERSHIP. NOW WHAT DO I DO? *TR

BOLTWELL EVER SINCE WE HAD GOTTEN THIS CHEVY COBALT WE ARE HAVING PROBES BAD IT IS BAD.YES WE GOT A WARRANTY. SO WE TAKE IT BACK SO THEY CAN FIX IT SO THEY HAD IT FOR A WEEK. WELL THEY CALLED US TO COME GET IT WELL WE DID AND THEY TOLD US THEY COULDN'T FIX IT BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T MAKE NO PROFIT OFF OF IT THEY DID AND. SO THEY HAD A WHITE TRUCK OUT THERE WITH MORE MILES. SO WE ASK FOR IT AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO IT. AND NOW THE WARRANTY WENT UP YESTERDAY SO NOW WE ARE STUCK AND IT COST. US TO 50 DOLLARS A DAY TO DRIVE IT COSTTHIRTY MILES .AND USE IT TO TAKE MY GRANDMA BACK AND FORTH TO THE CLINIC AND IT MAKES HER VERY SICK PLEASE HELP US GET WHAT WE ARE PAYING FOR OR WHAT WE WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THAT IS A SMALL TRUCK WE DON'T CARE IT CAN BE THE SAME MILEAGE AND EVERY THING AND THIS PLACE IS A IN BOWIE AND IT'S LIPSCOMBS AND I PREFER NOT GOING BACK THERE IF I CAN KEEP FROM IT I RECORDED THEM TELLING US THAT AND EVERYTHING AND I HAD ALL READY GOT THE CAR AND EVERY THING YOU CAN TELL WHAT THEY CHECKED TO BECAUSE IT IS STILL HANGING FROM THE CAR PLEASE CONTACT ME MY GRANDMA IS 82 YRS OLD SHE HAS TO MAKE IT TO HER APPOINTMENTS PLEASE. *TR