2005 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHIFT OUT FOURTH GEAR. THE CONTACT STATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE LOW FUEL SENSOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING SENSORS ENGAGED. THE BRAKE AND ANTI LOCK SENSORS ILLUMINATED BUT DID NOT REMAIN ON CONSISTENTLY. THE ODOMETER ALSO BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE ON THE CONTROL PANEL. THE FAILURE WAS CORRECTED TEMPORARILY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THE BODY CONNECTOR MODULE GEAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 178,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE ALERT OF THE WARNING CHIME. THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT STOPPED AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. ONCE RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE REGAINED POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM) AND WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE AFTER REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. UPDATED 12/22/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED SINCE THE RECALL REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING MOTOR, THERE HAS BEEN CONSTANT STEERING ALERTS ON THE DASH/INFO CENTER WITH A CHIME. UPON POWER STEERING ALERT, THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND WHEN RESTARTED AGAIN, THERE IS A ROUGH IDLE. THE SHIFT WAS SO ROUGH, THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE DRIVEN. SEVERAL CYCLES ARE NEED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 01/20/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED INTERMITTENTLY AND AS A RESULT, SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM) YET THE FAILURE RECURRED ONE YEAR LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 154,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,445.

THE POWER STEERING MOTOR ON MY 2005 COBALT FAILED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECEMBER, 2010. NOW, IN OCTOBER, 2011 I HAVE HAD THE POWER STEERING MOTOR REPLACED AS PER THE CHEVROLET RECALL. FIVE DAYS AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MOTOR, THE EXACT SAME ISSUES HAVE RETURNED. THE CAR STUTTERS AT ANY SPEED, THE POWER STEERING FAILS COMPLETELY MAKING THE CAR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER AND THE CAR HAS STALLED AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN TIMES SO FAR. CHEVROLET KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT THE RECALL OF THE POWER STEERING MOTOR ALONE DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE ENTIRE POWER STEERING MECHANISM SEEMS TO BE AT FAULT AND IT SEEMS THAT CHEVROLET WILL ONLY COVER THE CHEAPEST PART OF THIS FIX. CHEVROLET EXPECTS ITS CUSTOMERS TO PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKE AND NOT ONLY IS THIS MISTAKE AN INCONVENIENCE IT IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED ON AN ON-RAMP, IN TRAFFIC AND ONCE IN AN INTERSECTION. CHEVROLET MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AND FIX THE PROBLEM AT ITS ROOT. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 48,800.

THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND BECAME HARD TO STEER. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP AS THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME. I'VE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PART BUT WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER THEY SEEM TO THINK THEY HAVE ALREADY FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT I WILL BRING IT IN TOMORROW. AFTER READING ALL THE STORIES ABOUT THIS MODEL ITS A WONDER GM HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. I WILL HAVE TO PAY ALMOST 100 DOLLAR FOR THEM TO JUST LOOK AT THE CAR. LORDS ONLY KNOWS WHAT ITS GOING TO TAKE FOR THEM TO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR IT FOR GOOD. I'M NOT REALLY SURE ITS WORTH FIXING BUT WHO CAN JUST GO OUT AND BUY A NEW CAR BECAUSE GM SOLD JUNK IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR

POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING AND THEN STARTS WORKING SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING. POWER STEERING PUMP WAS CHANGED BY CHEVROLET DEALER IN MARCH, 2011. BY MAY, 2011, SAME PROBLEM OF POWER STEERING WORKING ERRATICALLY RESUMED. DEALER LOOKED AT IT AGAIN ON 9/30/11 AND WAS UNABLE TO FIX. ON OCTOBER 18, 2011, A NEAR ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE POWER STEERING STARTED WORKING DURING A SHARP TURN AT 25 MPH WHILE ENTERING AN ON RAMP. THE FORCE IT TAKES TO TURN THE WHEEL AT THAT SPEED IS ESTIMATED AT 30 LBS AND WHILE APPLYING THAT FORCE IN THE SHARP TURN AND THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY STARTED WORKING, RESULTING IN MY MAKING A SIGNIFICANT TURN TO THE RIGHT AND ALMOST RUNNING OFF THE RAMP AND DOWN A 15' EMBANKMENT. THE VEHICLE IS TOO HAZARDOUS TO DRIVE. *TR

WHEN PULLING OUT OF OUR DRIVE WAY THIS MORNING, THE CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN TO JERK, I THOUGHT IT WAS NOTHING. THEN AS I PULLED TO THE STOP SIGN, THE CAR THEN JERKED AGAIN AND SOMEWHAT SLOWED DOWN AND THE LOW BRAKE FLUID LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLASH AND A DINGING NOISE CAME ON AS WELL. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE CAR BACK INTO OUR DRIVEWAY BUT BARELY COULD BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SO STIFF IT WOULD HARDLY BUDGE. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT, THE POWER STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TO JERK AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM); BUT THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THERE NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE, APPARENTLY THEY WAS BASE ON THE VEHICLE VIN # INSTEAD OF MODEL/MADE/YEAR OF THE CAR. THE DEALER TOLD ME I NEED TO REPLACE STEERING COLUMN WHICH WILL COST ME CLOSE TO $1000 W/PART, LABOR & TAXES. PICKUP MY CAR ON THE SAME DAY LATE AFTERNOON, WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME WITH NO INCIDENT. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED THE NEXT DAY, AGAIN TOWED THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS AWAITING FURTHER INSPECTION AT THE DEALERSHIP, IN THE MEANTIME I'M DRIVING THE RENTAL THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THIS IS MFG DEFECTED PROBLEM, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAID TO FIX THE STEERING COLUMN. *TR

THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT ABOUT 9:30PM ON THE NIGHT OF 9/21/11. THE FAILURE OF THE AIR BAGS AND STEERING OCCURRED ON NJ STATE ROUTE 78 WEST, ABOUT 50 FEET BEFORE THE RAMP TO ROUTE 31. THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THE ROAD, AND VISIBILITY WAS GOOD. I WAS FULLY AWAKE, AND WAS FAMILIAR WITH DRIVING THIS ROUTE ON A DAILY BASIS. WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT HOME FROM COLLEGE, MY VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING RIGHT BEFORE I GOT ONTO THE RAMP. KEEP IN MIND THAT MY VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING COMPLETELY STRAIGHT AT THE TIME WHEN THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON, AND ABOUT HALF A SECOND LATER MY VEHICLE BEGAN SPINNING TO THE RIGHT. BEFORE I COULD SLOW DOWN OR STRAIGHTEN THE CAR, MY VEHICLE HAD ROTATED ALMOST A FULL 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT. AT THIS POINT THE RAMP HAD STARTED, AND THUS TO AVOID HITTING THE GUARD RAIL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD I MADE A STRONG EFFORT TO TURN THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND STRAIGHTEN MY CAR. I SUCCEEDED IN TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT, AND THUS STRAIGHTENED MY CAR OUT UNTIL MY CAR THEN STARTED TO SPIN TO THE LEFT, AND BOUNCED OFF OF THE GUARD RAIL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RAMP AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. A COUPLE SECONDS ELAPSED FROM WHEN THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON, TO WHEN MY CAR HIT THE GUARD RAIL. AFTER THE CAR BOUNCED OFF OF THE GUARD RAIL, IT CONTINUED TO SPIN FOR ANOTHER 270 DEGREES, AND CAME TO REST ON THE NARROW SHOULDER, PARALLEL TO THE ROAD. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND AFTER I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT HAD DISAPPEARED ENTIRELY. ALTHOUGH I DROVE THE CAR OFF OF THE RAMP, AS I WAS INSTRUCTED TO BY POLICE, THE CAR WAS TOTALED DUE TO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE BODY AND FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE INCIDENT I DISCOVERED THE PREVIOUS RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING MOTOR, HOWEVER WHEN I CHECKED WITH THE DEALER, THEIR RECORDS INDICATED THAT THE RECALL WAS FULFILLED. *TT