2005 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT 4 DR SEDAN. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE SERVICE ROAD ON I-35 I STARTED TO COUGH, I BLACKED OUT FOR A SPLIT SECOND. AFTER COMING TO I REALIZED THERE WAS A SHARP TURN IN THE ROAD. I HIT THE BRAKES HARD, THE ABS DID NOT WORK. I WENT THROUGH A SIGN, IT TORE UP THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF THE CAR THEN HIT A CONCRETE BARRIER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRONT END.I HIT MY HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CAR. WITH THE ABS LOCKING UP IT CAUSED THE CAR TO SKID APPROX 300 FEET, WITHOUT SAFELY SLOWING DOWN. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR

POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY WAS "REPLACED" UNDER THE RECALL, BUT STILL CONTINUALLY GOES OUT OFF AND ON. VERY UNSAFE!! *TR

HAD THE POWER STEERING RECALL DONE A WHILE AGO. NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE. NOW MY POWER STEERING FAILURE MSG WILL COME ON THE DASH, THEN THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT REAL HARD, JERKING EVERYONE INSIDE. CAR WILL STALL OUT WHEN YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, BUT IF YOU SLOW DOWN AND KEEP ROLLING, IT WILL JUST STAY IN OVERDRIVE AND TAKES FOREVER TO GET BACK TO SPEED. CAR ALSO NEVER GETS TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE IN THE WINTER, ACCORDING TO THE TEMP GAUGE. HAD THE TEMP SENSOR REPLACED, STILL NO CHANGE, BUT I DO HAVE HEAT IN THE WINTER. ALSO AT TIMES MY SECURITY LIGHT WILL COME ON THEN THE CAR WILL SHUTDOWN WHILE I'M GOING DOWN THE ROAD. OTHER TIMES IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 5 MINS TO GET THE CAR STARTED. THERE WILL BE OTHER TIMES THE CAR CHIMES 4 TIMES AND NOTHING SHOWS UP, THEN OTHER TIMES THE POWER STEERING MSG WILL APPEAR. I HAVE ONLY LOST POWER STEERING ABOUT 5 TIMES WITH THIS CAR SINCE THE RECALL WAS DONE, AND NEVER BEFORE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS AS I'VE BEEN READING INTERNET FORUMS. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR THE LAST 8-9 MONTHS. *TR

2005 CHEVY COBALT --TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON DASH. LIGHT WOULDN'T GO OFF. KEPT HEARING CLICKING NOISES IN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT AREA. DEALER SAYS THEY CAN REPAIR BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM ON MANY CHEVY COBALTS AND IT CAN BE A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT CAUSES THE CAR TO LOSE POWER TO TRANSMISSION. CAR ONLY HAS 30,000 MILES. ORIGINAL OWNER. LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. WE TRIED RESETTING THE WARNING, BUT LIGHT STILL REMAINS AND CLICKING SOUND STILL REMAINS. RECOMMEND IT BE A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED ON THREE OCCASIONS THAT THE FRONT CONTROL ARMS FRACTURED. AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. AFTER THE SECOND AND THIRD FAILURES THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN ON 6/3/10 AS A PART OF THE RECALL OF THE ELECTRIC POWER MOTOR. PRIOR TO THAT TIME THERE HAD BEEN TWO INCIDENTS WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD LOCK, THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF AND AFTER STOPPING, AND RESTARTING THE CAR WOULD START. WE THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 15, 2011 TWO INCIDENTS HAPPENED WITH MY DAUGHTER 21 YEARS OLD IN THE CAR. THE FIRST WAS AFTER SHE HIT A SMALL POT HOLE, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED SHE PULLED OVER RESTARTED THE CAR. THE SAME WEEK SHE WAS DRIVING ON I-94 AT 60 MILES PER HOUR THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED, SHE WAS ABLE TO GET TO SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND RESTART THE CAR. ON FEBRUARY 22 OR 23, 2011 WE TOOK THE CAR IN TO GEORGE MATICK CHEVROLET TO ASK THEM TO CHECK THE RECALL WORK BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THE REPRESENTATIVES THERE SAID THAT WE HAD TO PAY $95.00 FOR AN INSPECTION. THEY INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE RECALL WORK THAT THEY DID, AND MORE THEN LIKELY IT WAS AN IGNITION SWITCH THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND THE COST FOR THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $500.00 I WOULD NOT PAY FOR AN INSPECTION BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY AND THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS YOU CAN NOT TELL WHEN OR HOW IT WILL HAPPEN. THE INSPECTION OF THE RECALL WORK THAT THEY DID WAS SIMPLY SITTING BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE CAR AND ATTESTING THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY NORMAL MECHANIC WHO DID A DIAGNOSTIC AND HE COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT FAILED AGAIN. THE PROBLEM IS THAT SOMEONE CAN GET KILLED WITH THIS. THIS RECALL DID NOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM OR THE MOTOR I RECEIVED IN THE CAR IS STILL DEFECTIVE. I WOULD LIKE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. THE CONSUMER STATED HER DAUGHTER HIT A POT HOLE AND THE STEERING WENT OUT. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED IT APPEARED THE RECALL ISSUED BY G.M WAS NOT EFFECTIVE. UPDATED 06/23/11

WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL OR COMING TO A STOP THE WHOLE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND HE SAID THAT THE U JOINT IN THE STEERING COLUMN IS BAD AND IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE, COULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS CAR, BUT NOT ANYMORE. GARAGE SAYS HE HAS HAD ALOT OF COBALT'S WITH THIS ISSUE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS, OR DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FIRST? *TR

THE POWER STEERING FAILED IN MY 2005 COBALT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED A RECALLED POWER STEERING MOTOR. THEY JUST CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT DIDN'T FIX MY POWER STEERING FAILURE AND I WILL BE CHARGED FOR ANY FARTHER WORK BEING DONE. THEY OBVIOUSLY ADMIT HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THEIR POWER STEERING SYSTEM BUT WHAT THEY REPLACED DIDN'T FIX MY PROBLEM. *TR

CAR LOSES POWER STEERING RANDOMLY, DEALER WONT RECOGNIZE RECALL. WILL BE TURNING AND CAR WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN LOSE THE POWER STEERING CAUSING MY CAR TO JERK AND I NEED TO CORRECT. *TR

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST STOPPED FUNCTIONING. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, DRIVER INFO CENTER MESSAGE "POWER STEERING" DISPLAYED. NO STEERING ASSIST. PARKED VEHICLE FOR SHORT TIME AND ASSIST RETURNED. DROVE FOR SHORT PERIOD AND ASSIST AGAIN CEASED TO FUNCTION. HAVE NOT BEEN TO DEALER YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR