2009 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A STRONG GASOLINE FUEL ODOR WAS NOTICEABLE FROM THE EXTERIOR AND THE INTERIOR CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

THE OUTLET PORT ON THE FUEL PUMP CRACKED AND STARTING LEAKING GAS. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM FOR MY CAR BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE MY STATE OF ILLINIOS JUST THE WARMER STATES. BUT WE HAD AN EXTREMELY HOT SUMMER THIS YEAR. CALLED GM AND THEY STATED MY VIN WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMMENTS WHERE THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLE IN STATES THAT WE NOT UNDER THE RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND EXPERIENCED AN UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER STEERING WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY FOR A FEW MOMENTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE MALFUNCTION RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000.

THE REAR BRAKE CALIPER SEIZED AND CAUSED ME TO LOSE ALL REAR BRAKES. THE REAR BRAKE PADS WILL WEAR DOWN TO BARE METAL ON THE INSIDE SO NO WEAR BAR NOTIFIES THE DRIVER YOU HAVE AN ISSUE TILL YOU NO LONGER HAVE REAR BRAKES. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT! *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER ON THE DASHBOARD DISPLAYED "POWER STEERING." AT THAT TIME THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND IT BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND STEER THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN RETURNING MORE FREQUENTLY AND AT ALL TYPES OF SPEEDS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A GASOLINE FUEL SMELL IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THAT THE FUEL PUMP MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING, THE STEERING WHEEL FELT ABNORMALLY LOOSE. IN ADDITION, AN ABNORMAL CLUNKING AND RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE STEERING COLUMN AND STEERING SHAFT. THE STEERING COLUMN AND STEERING SHAFT WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,696.

MY TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY IS 1/3 FILLED WITH WATER, DUE TO A BROKEN SEAL (WHICH IS ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER). DUE TO THE BROKEN SEAL, THE WATER DAMAGED THE ENTIRE L/R TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY, REAR TURN SIGNAL (DRIVERS REAR), THE LAMPS, BULBS, FLASHER, AND SWITCH. SEVERAL MECHANICS SAID THAT THE BROKEN SEAL IN MY 2009 CHEVY COBALT, APPEARS TO BE A CHEVROLET MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. *TR

SHORTLY AFTER BUYING THIS CAR, THE PARKING BRAKE STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. THE REAR CALIPERS HAVE LOCKED UP AND DO NOT DO ANYTHING WHEN THE HANDLE IS PULLED UP. THIS IS A TERRIBLE DESIGN WHICH CAUSES, AT BEST AN INCONVENIENT, AND AT WORST, POSSIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS, FOR A CAR EQUIPPED WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, THERE IS NO PARK TO PUT THE CAR IN SO I HAVE TO BLOCK THE WHEELS WHEN PARKING UNTIL I CAN GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED. THE GM DEALER SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT THERE IS NO PERMANENT FIX. HOW CAN SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM BUT NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT? WHAT IF I HAD PARKED ON A HILL AND MY CAR ROLLED DOWN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE OR A PEDESTRIAN? *TR

THERE IS A STRONG FUEL ODOR. IT APPEARS THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000. THAT ID NUMBER COVERS RECALLS IN SEVERAL STATES BUT TENNESSEE IS NOT INCLUDED. I BELIEVE TENNESSEE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AS WELL. *TR