2009 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

WHEN I DRIVE MY CAR OVER 60 I GET A SWAY SIDE TO SIDE AND I FEEL LIKE ITS GOING TO SWAY IN TO ANOTHER CAR WHEN I GO BY THEM. I HAD IT IN A CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT FIXED AND THEY DID NOTHING BUT PUT A PULL IN THE CAR AND IT SILL SWAYS. I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE RACK IN THE CAR AND OR THE ELECTRICAL STEERING IN THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS " ITS BEEN FIXED IN THE FIRST RECALL" WELL I AM SAYING ITS NOT SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE RECALLED AGAIN AND FIXED RIGHT THIS TIME.... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED AT ALL TIMES AND FUNCTIONED PROPERLY ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BCM NEEDED TO BE RE-CALIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED ON A LATER DATE BY A DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE BCM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

LETTER FROM SENATOR GRASSLEY ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE THE POTENTIAL EXPLOSIONS THROUGH FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE GM COBALT (ATTN: SHERRY KUNTZ) *SMD THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM, STATING HIS/HER VEHICLE WAS SUBJECT TO FUEL LEAKAGE, BUT SINCE THE CONSUMER DID NOT LIVE IN A HIGH TEMPERATURE AREA, HE/SHE SHOULD MONITOR IT FOR A FUEL SMELL. THE LETTER STATED IF THERE WAS A FUEL SMELL, TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY WOULD FIX IT FOR FREE.

I TOOK MY 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT 1LT SEDAN TO THE DEALERSHIP FROM WHERE I PURCHASED IT FROM TODAY TO GET MY VEHICLE INSPECTED AS REQUIRED PER MY STATE. PRIOR TO TODAY, FOR ABOUT THE PAST WEEK OR SO, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WENT TO AUTOZONE AND THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC ON IT SAYING A CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR NEEDED REPLACEMENT. REPLACED IT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT AWAY FOR ABOUT A WEEK THEN CAME BACK ON. (REPLACED BOTH OF THE SENSORS TO BE SAFE) CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD TURN OFF FOR DAYS THEN RANDOMLY COME ON. WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED I NEEDED A NEW FRONT RIGHT STRUT SINCE MINE'S WAS LEAKING. CALLED UP A FEW OTHER MECHANICS AND THEY HAVE SAID THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH COBALTS. IF YOU GOOGLE "COBALT STRUT LEAKING", THERE ARE MANY RESULTS, YET NO RECALL. THIS ISN'T JUST COMMON IN MY VEHICLE'S MODEL YEAR BUT WITH ALL COBALTS. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE THIS IS COMMON AMONG THIS MAKE/MODEL. *TR

IGNITION CYLINDER BROKE WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. UNABLE TO TURN OFF VEHICLE OR REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION CYLINDER. THIS IGNITION CYLINDER WAS REPLACED ONCE ALREADY UNDER WARRANTY AT AROUND 20,000 MILES AND HAS NOW FAILED AGAIN. THE PREVIOUS FAILURE WAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AT 102 AND AMSTERDAM AVENUE IN NYC, I NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING WHEEL GOT KIND OF HARD BUT IT STILL WORKED. WHEN I WANTED TO PARK THE CAR I NOTICED THAT I HAD TO PUT A LOT OF EFFORT TO TURN THE WHEEL AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS NORMAL BECAUSE I THOUGHT I TOUCHED THE CURB; HOWEVER, WHEN I LEFT THE SPOT AND I WAS DRIVING THE POWER STEERING WHEEL STOPPED WORKING AND I ALMOST HIT 2 CARS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HENRY HUDSON HIGHWAY. I HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP AND I PARKED THE CAR. I SAW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR POWER STEERING ON THESE TYPES OF CARS AND I NEED CHEVY TO TEST AND FIX MY CAR. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING LIKE THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. *TR

THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. IT IS NOTHING SPECIFIC THAT DOES IT. I COULD BE GOING 10MPH OR 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT JUST ALL OF THE SUDDEN COMES ON. IT IS ON ANYWHERE FROM 5-30 SECONDS EACH TIME AND THEN GOES OFF AND THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES PER DAY. UNABLE TO KNOW WHAT'S WRONG BECAUSE IF ITS NOT ON WHEN ITS BROUGHT IN THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. *TR

REAR BRAKES WEAR OUT VERY FAST FOR A NEW CAR, ALSO VERY NOISY AND DESTROY MY ROTORS. OUTTER PAD SEEMS FINE, INNER PAD IS DETERIORATING AT AN ALARMING RATE. *TR

2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MALFUNCTION OF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND NOTICEABLE FUEL ODOR RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE RECENTLY RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER, STATING HIS VEHICLE COULD CATCH ON FIRE. IN THE LETTER, IT LISTED THE SYMPTOMS OF THE CONDITON. THE CONSUMER STATED HE ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE SYTMPTOMS AND MADE AN APPINTMENT AT THE LOCAL DEALER. THE LETTER STATED THE REPAIR WOULD BE FREE. HOWEVER, THE DEALER REFUSED TOLL AT THE VEHICLE, UNLESS, HE PAID $49.95.