2005 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM) AND WAS REPAIRED. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING WOULD FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE FAILURE WAS ONGOING FOR ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SIX DIFFERENT TIMES. THE TECHNICIANS REPLACED THE POWER STEERING CONNECTOR EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER YET THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30. UPDATED 07-06/11 *BF UPDATED 3/1/12 *CN

- SUN ROOF (WON'T CLOSE ON ONE CORNER) - SUN ROOF SWITCH LITERALLY FELL OUT OF THE SOCKET WHILE DRIVING - POWER DOOR LOCKS RANDOMLY (AND RAPIDLY) LOCK AND UNLOCK, WHETHER THE CAR IS ON OR NOT. IT'S FUN TO WATCH YOUR CAR LOCK YOUR KEYS INSIDE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. - PASSENGER SEAT HEATER BUTTON SUCKED INTO THE DASH AFTER BEING PRESSED USING A NORMAL AMOUNT OF FORCE. - BOTH SEAT HEATERS FAILED WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF EACH OTHER, FUSES AND CONNECTIONS ARE GOOD. - HEATER RANDOMLY LOSES TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND WON'T SWITCH BETWEEN ANY OF THE SETTINGS, THE HEATER WON'T STOP BLOWING HOT AIR IN YOUR FACE, EVEN WITH THE AC ON, AND THE COLDEST SETTING. - DRIVER SIDE DOOR RANDOMLY WON'T ENGAGE FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE HANDLE WHILE UNLOCKED, AND IF IT IS LOCKED, THE KEY DOES NOTHING. IN A CRASH, IT MAY MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. - DRIVER'S SIDE TOP CORNER WINDSHIELD SEAL FAILED. COULD LEAD TO WATER IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND FIRES. - CRUISE CONTROL WON'T REENGAGE AFTER BRAKING. THE FIX FOR THIS IS TO PUSH THE CC BUTTON (TURNING IT OFF) AND PRESSING THE BRAKES. IT RESETS THE CC, AND WILL WORK AGAIN, UNTIL IT FAILS LATER. - PASSENGER SIDE FRONT MUDFLAP CAME OFF BACKING (SLOWLY) OVER AN AVERAGE-SIZED SPEED BUMP. LUCKILY, THE FRONT FASTENERS ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE FRONT BUMPER, SO TO REPLACE THE MUDFLAP WOULD REQUIRE REPLACING THE ENTIRE FRONT BUMPER. - DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL SKIRT PLASTIC FASTENERS HAVE MOSTLY FALLEN OUT, CAUSING THE FOAM FILLER TO DROOP DOWN AND RUB THE TIRES, OR FALL OUT COMPLETELY. - PASSENGER SIDE REAR SEAT LATCH IN THE TRUNK (THAT RELEASES THE SEAT TO FOLD DOWN) BROKE OFF DURING NORMAL USE. - AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY (ALSO ON A COMPLETELY RANDOM SCHEDULE) TO THE POINT THAT BRAKING NEARLY CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. 2 VISITS TO TWO DIFFERENT (GM CERTIFIED) DEALERSHIPS AND ALL THEY COULD TELL ME WAS, "WE CAN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM, AND DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT". *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY COBALT. I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T TURN BACK. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE POWER STEERING MODULE...THERE WAS NO POWER GOING TO IT. I TOOK THE CAR IN LAST JUNE BECAUSE I GOT A RECALL LETTER FOR THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MODULE. I WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER. SO I DID. I TOLD THEM IT WAS THE POWER STEERING MODULE NOT GETTING POWER. THEY TOOK THE CAR REPLACED THE ELECTRIC MODULE..TOLD ME THEY TOOK IT FOR RIDE AND THE POWER STEERING MODULE BURNED OUT THE POWER STEERING ELECTRIC MODULE AND THAT I WOULD NEED ANOTHER $800 SOME ODD DOLLARS. I TOLD THEM I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY. THEY SAID THEN THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THEY CHARGED ME $363.00 AND TOLD ME THE CAR WAS VERY VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE..BUT YET THEY LET ME DRIVE IT OFF OF THE LOT LIKE THAT IN THE SAME CONDITION. THEY SAID THEY DID NOT CONNECT THE POWER STEERING MODULE BACK TO THE POWER ELECTRIC STEERING MODULE SO IT WOULDN'T BURN IT OUT. I TOLD THEM MAYBE THAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM. IF THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MODULE WAS REPLACED IN JUNE..IT WASN'T EVEN A YEAR BEFORE IT WAS NO GOOD. OF COURSE THE WARRANTY WAS OVER. I CALLED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICE AND DEMANDED MY MONEY BACK. I'M OUT $363.00 AND NOTHING IS FIXED. I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM THEY NEED TO DO A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING MODULES. I WISH THAT YOU WOULD INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. AS I WAS READING ON THE AUTOGUIDE.COM..THERE ARE ALOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY DIDN'T CARE THAT I COULD HAVE AN ACCIDENT OR KILL SOMEONE ELSE. ALL THAT MATTERED IS THAT I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY. BY THE WAY THE PART WAS SUPPOSEDLY $140.00 BUT THE LABOR WAS $230.00. I WILL NEVER BY ANOTHER GM CAR. I DON'T TRUST THEM OR THE DEALERS. PLEASE DO A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

WE JUST BOUGHT A USED 2005 CHEVY COBALT FROM THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP. THE DAY WE PICKED THE VEHICLE UP THE CAR SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START. WE TOOK IT BACK THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE KILL SWITCH. WE TOOK THE CAR BACK HOME WITH US. THE SAME DAY, DRIVING TO ANOTHER LOCATION THE CAR SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE CAR STILL KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING AT ANY GIVEN TIME. I WORK AT A MECHANIC SHOP AND I HAVE MANY MECHANIC FRIENDS. NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN WHY IT KEEPS SHUTTING OFF. I HAVE RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET FOR A WHILE; MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH NO SOLUTION. THIS VEHICLE HAS LOW MILEAGE AND MOST COMPLAINTS IN FORUMS WITH THE SAME ISSUE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH LOW MILES OR HAPPENING FROM FIRST OF PURCHASE. DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR MUST DO THIS WHILE MECHANIC IS DRIVING IN ORDER TO TRY TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. NO DIAGNOSIS CAN BE MADE. I FEEL THIS PROBLEM WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT; WAS CLOSE TO GETTING HIT TODAY WHEN CAR SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF TRAFFIC. NO PARTS PURCHASED AT THIS TIME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

LAST YEAR, MY 05 COBALT EXPERIENCED POWER STEERING FAILURE AND CONCURRENT HARD SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS UPON POWER STEERING NOTICE OF FAILURE. I TOOK MY CAR IN TO THE DEALER TO BE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASSOCIATED RECALL. LAST WEEK, ONE YEAR LATER, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS AGAIN. THE CAR WILL CHIME AND REPORT "POWER STEERING FAILURE". IF DRIVING ABOVE 15 MPH, THERE ISN'T MUCH TO NOTICE REGARDING POWER STEERING, HOWEVER, IF CHANGING SPEED REQUIRES YOUR CAR TO SHIFT UP OR DOWN TO A DIFFERENT GEAR, THE CAR WILL JERK ("HICCUP") HEAVILY, AS IF AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER WAS TRYING TO DRIVE A CAR WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS 46,000 MILES ON IT AND THIS IS CLEARLY NOT MY PROBLEM. PLEASE INSIST THAT GM ISSUE A RECALL WITH A REAL REMEDY FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 65,000. UPDATED 12/19/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLES WERE INOPERABLE AND HE WAS UNABLE TO ENTER OR EXIT THE VEHICLE IF A CRASH OR FIRE OCCURRED; THEREFORE, A PASSENGER HAD TO EXIT THROUGH THE WINDOW. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE, NOR WAS THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 125,741 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

SUPER LATCH BELT ON MY RADIAN XTSL (NITRO) LOOSENS VERY EASILY. WE HAVE 2 XTSL SEATS 1 IN FLORA AND ONE IN NITRO. THE FLORA SEAT DOES NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE. THE INSTALL FOR THESE SEATS ARE PERFECT AND EXACTLY THE SAME, BOTH INSTALLED WITH SL AND BOTH ARE REAR FACING INSTALLED OUTBOARD. HOWEVER I CAN JIGGLE THE NITRO XTSL SEAT NEAR THE BELT PATH AND THE SL BECOMES UNSAFELY LOOSE. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2005, MAKE=CHEVROLET, MODEL=COBALT). *TR