2009 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

MY WIFE TRIED TO START THE CAR ON 4/30/14. PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TRY TO TURN THE KEY TO START THE CAR THE KEY WOULDN'T TURN. IT WAS LOCKED UP. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T TURN, THE ENGINE WOULDN'T RUN. EVENTUALLY IF SHE COMES BACK AFTER APPROX. ONE HOUR AND TRY AGAIN THE KEY WILL TURN IN THE IGNITION AND THE CAR WILL START. THIS HAPPENS COUPLE OF TIME A YEAR SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW FROM THE DEALER. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT; THEY TOLD US THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW OF ANY SUCH PROBLEM WITH THIS CHEVY MODEL. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND DESCENDING DOWNHILL, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY STALLED, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT THEN CRASHED INTO A SIDEWALK AND SUFFERED NECK AND BACK INJURIES FROM THE IMPACT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE KEY HAD BECOME STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, WHICH WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25000.

2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO STEERING COLUMN PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED PART OF THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED 4 TIMES, SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2009. THE PROBLEM WAS ORIGINALLY NOTICED AS A RATTLE IN THE DASHBOARD AREA IN DECEMBER 2009. THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED. A SIMILAR NOISE RETURNED IN OCTOBER 2010, WHERE THE STEERING RACK AND PINION INPUT BEARING WAS REPLACED, AND ON MARCH 30, 2011, THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED AGAIN. IN FEBRUARY 2014, THE RATTLE RETURNED FOR THE 4TH TIME AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED. ON NOVEMBER 2, 2011 THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE OLD SWITCH HAD COMPLETELY APART INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN. *JB

IT WILL NOT LET ME TYPE IN THE AFFECTED PART. IT WAS THE IGNITION. THE CAR WAS SITTING STILL AND THE IGNITION WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED AND REPLACED AND COULD BE TURNED, BUT IT WOULD NOT SHUT DOWN.. I HAD TO CALL AAA TO HAVE THEM COME TO REMOVE THE BATTERY CABLE, (I HAD TO GO ONLINE TO FIND OUT WHERE THE BATTERY WAS LOCATED) (BECAUSE EVEN MY AAA DID NOT KNOW WHERE IT WAS. WE THEN HAD AAA TOW THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP IN LAUREL, MD AND THEY SAID THAT THE IGNITION HAD FALLEN APART. THEY PUT ANOTHER IGNITION IN, HOWEVER, I WONDER IF IT IS OUT OF THE SAME BATCH THAT IS CAUSING PROBLEMS NOW. THEY ALSO DID SOMETHING TO THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AT THE SAME TIME. *JS

WE WERE COMING BACK TO MARYLAND FROM A BIRTHDAY PARTY IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. WHILE COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINIST AREA OF I-69, THE FRONT END STARTED TO WOBBLE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. WE TOOK IT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER IN LAUREL, MD WHEN WE GOT HOME. INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE DEFECTIVE PART. THEY TURN THE ROTOR. I HAD TO GO THE AND INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND HAVE THE FRONT BRAKES AND FRONT ROTORS REPLACED TO COMPLETELY CORRECT THE PROBLEM THAT THE CERTIFIED MECHANICS AT CHEVROLET COULD NOT CORRECT. *JS

DRIVING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY WHEN ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AND "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" MESSAGE APPEARS ON STATUS BAR OF DASHBOARD. REPAIRED AT DEALERSHIP BY REPLACING THROTTLE CONTROL BODY. OCCURRED TWICE MORE OVER NEXT 3 DAYS, REPAIRED AT DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP SAYING FIRST THROTTLE CONTROL BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. OCCURRED AGAIN 2 DAYS LATER, DEALERSHIP REPLACED CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. OCCURRED AGAIN 1 DAY LATER. NEED TO TAKE IN FOR MORE SERVICE. BASIC INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM ON CHEVROLET COBALTS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A STRONG FUEL ODOR EMITTED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AND THERE WAS A VISIBLE FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE FUEL TO LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BRAKING AT A INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE APPROPRIATE REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE ISSUE STILL PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILE WAS 43,127 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,963.

WHEN I WAS PULLING INTO A NURSING HOME MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN THE CARS STEERING WENT AND IT WAS PULLING ME ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT AND ALMOST CRASHED IN PARKING LOT I HAD TO GAIN CONTROL N FORCE THE STEERING WHEEL TO GO BACK STRAIGHT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53, 000.