2009 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

POWER DOOR LOCKS ARE DEFECTIVE. MY COBALT LOCKS GO UP AND DOWN BY THEMSELVES THE SWITCHES OR FOB WILL WORK. BY DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. IT IS DEFECTIVE AND GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL ABOUT THIS. *TR

PREMATURE REAR BRAKE WEAR, NOISE STARTED AT 17500 MILES, COMPLETE FAILURE AT 23500 MILES, THIS CAR HAS BEEN PAMPERED AND NEVER DRIVEN IN SNOW AND ONLY DRIVEN BY ONE DRIVER. ROTORS ARE BADLY SCORED, PADS GONE, UNHEARD OF WEAR FOR THIS KIND OF MILEAGE! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE IGNITION COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000. UPDATED 4/24/13 *CN

I WAS DRIVING INTO A ROUNDABOUT AND AS I CAME OUT OF THE ROUNDABOUT I LOST THE POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMED TO PULL AWAY FROM MY HAND. IF I HAD BEEN GOING ANY FASTER I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A COLLISION INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. I DROVE HOME AND GOT OUT MY BOOK TO SEE IF IT NEEDED POWER STEERING FLUID AND THAT IS WHEN I FOUND OUT IT WAS ELECTRIC. IN BOUGHT THIS CAR AS A CERTIFIED NEW CAR WITH ABOUT 30,000 MI. THE CAR NOW HAS A BIT OVER 75,000 MILES. TODAY I DROVE TO WORK AND BACK AND AGAIN I LOST THE POWER STEERING. THIS TIME I WAS EXPECTING IT TO HAPPEN AND IT DID. I CHECKED ON LINE AND FOUND THAT THE POWER STEERING UNIT IS AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THESE CARS AND FOR MANY MODELS AND YEARS. I WOULD LIKE IT FIXED BEFORE SOME ONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A THREE POINT TURN AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN THE WHEEL BUT THE STEERING FAILED SPORADICALLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER ASSISTS HAD FAILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH EXTREME FORCE BEFORE THE VEHICLE RESPONDED. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL FOR THE 2005 COBALT? THIS HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE! WHY DO YOU HAVE THE RECALL ONLY FOR 2009, IT SHOULD BE FOR 2005 AND ALL MODELS AFFECTED, REGARDLESS OF THE YEAR! JUST PICKING ONE YEAR IS NOT ACCURATE FOR THIS TYPE OF ISSUE. THIS NEED TO BE FIXED ASAP! PLEASE AND THANK YOU! "TRANSMISSION SHIFT POSITION SEQUENCE, STARTER INTERLOCK, AND TRANSMISSION BRAKING EFFECT", AND FMVSS 114, "THEFT PROTECTION AND ROLLAWAY PREVENTION". ON SOME OF THESE VEHICLES, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE ADJUSTMENT CLIP MAY NOT BE FULLY ENGAGED. IF THE CLIP IS NOT FULLY ENGAGED, THE SHIFT LEVER AND THE ACTUAL POSITION OF THE TRANSMISSION GEAR MAY NOT MATCH. WITH THIS CONDITION, THE DRIVE COULD MOVE THE SHIFTER TO "PARK" AND REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY, BUT THE TRANSMISSION GEAR MAY NOT BE IN "PARK". *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE AND A LOUD SQUEAKY NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER COMING TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE CERAMIC BRAKES PERFORMED AS DESIGNED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO WEEKS AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MOST RECENT DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

THE FUEL PUMP PLASTIC PART BROKE CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE WHICH THEN CAUSED THE PORT AND MODULE TO MELT AND BURN. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO STOP RUNNING ALTOGETHER. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD NO RECALL EXISTS FOR THIS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT , I CALLED GM AN THEY SAID ITS VIN SPECIFIC AND I DO NOT QUALIFY ALTHOUGH IT'S THE SAME MODEL YEAR AND DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING NORMALLY AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION OFF AND THEN RESTARTING. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR LEVER DID NOT SHIFT FROM DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL UNLESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWO TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE MALFUNCTION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.