2005 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

2005 CHEVY COBALT SUDDEN ACCELERATION. MY DAUGHTER'S 2005 COBALT HAS HAD TWO EPISODES IN 30-DAYS OF HER ACCELERATOR PEDAL DROPPING TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR RACING OUT OF CONTROL UNTIL SHE BRAKES HARD, PULLS OVER AND SHUTS OFF THE CAR. TODAY IT ACCELERATED TO 96 MPH AND SHE WAS TICKETED FOR SPEEDING. THE GM DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL. TOYOTA SAID THE SAME THING UNTIL PEOPLE STARTED DIEING... *TR

POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON, POWER STEERING GOES OUT, ALL DISPLAY LIGHTS BEGIN GOING OFF AND ON, SPEEDOMETER NEEDLES GO CRAZY, CLICKING NOISE IN DASH, CAR SPUTTERS WHEN STOPPING AND JERKS REAL HARD WHEN BEGINNING TO RESUME DRIVING AFTER STOPPING. ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME, NOT ALWAYS JUST OFF AND ON, NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO HAPPEN. HAD RECALL ON POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR, HAD THAT REPLACED AT 70,558 MILES, STARTING HAVING SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN. HAD STEERING COLUMN, SHAFT AND LINK REPLACED AT 73,117 MILES. CAR SEEMED OK FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND THEN AGAIN AT 73,900 MILES SAME PROBLEMS ARE HAPPENING AGAIN. CONTACTED GM, WAS TOLD THE RECALL WAS DONE SO ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS NOW IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. HAVE SEEN 100'S OF OTHER COMMENTS FROM COBALT OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE AND GM. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY MORE OF A PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES THAN JUST THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR. SOMETHING MORE SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AND DONE WITH THIS ISSUE. IT IS AND OR CAN BE A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WHEN OCCURRING (STEERING GOING OUT AT ANYTIME) LIKE I'VE SEEN ON MANY COMMENTS FROM OTHERS, DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? GM STATES THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS A 5 STAR SAFETY RATING BUT YET THEY DON'T WANT TO FIX A PROBLEM AS SERIOUS AS THIS. I LIKE MANY OTHERS CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP FIXING THIS PROBLEM JUST TO KEEP HAVING IT RE-OCCUR. I HAD TO PAY OUT $950 A MONTH AGO AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE AM NOW HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I HAD TO BORROW MONEY TO HAVE THE FIRST REPAIRS DONE AND HAVE NO WAY TO HAVE IT DONE THIS TIME (CAN'T AFFORD IT) SO NOW AGAIN LIKE I'VE SEEN MANY OTHERS COMMENT I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE AROUND IN A VEHICLE THAT'S STEERING COULD AND WILL GO OUT AT ANYTIME. IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO TO FIND OUT OR HAVE DONE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. A VERY CONCERNED AND SCARED DRIVER. THANK YOU! *TR

MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT HAS HAD REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH ERROR CODES THAT THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE. WHEN THESE ERRORS OCCUR, THE SPEEDOMETER MOVES BACK AND FORWARD AND THE THE CAR ATTEMPTS TO STALL. THE CAR DOES STALL AT SLOWER SPEEDS AT TIMES. WHENEVER I TAKE THE VEHICLE TO BOB BELL CHEVY IN BEL AIR ,MARYLAND THEY TELL ME THE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WHEN DRIVE IT . ON 02/11/2011, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER REP RAY, AGAIN,THAT HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL IT DOES THIS AGAIN AND BRING VEHILE IN WITHOUT TURNING IT OFF AND THEY WILL THEN CHECK THE CODES. MY CHEVY COBALT DID THE EXACT SAME AGAIN ALONG WITH THE ERROR CODE "POWER STERRING" ACROSS THE SCREEN AS I WAS LEAVING THE DEALERSHIPP ON 02/11/2011 AND I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE SERVICE SHOP AND THE SERVIICE TECHNIAN OBTAINED THE ERROR CODES. RAY FROM THE SERVICE BOB BELL CHEVY STATED NOW I HAD TO PAY FOR ANY DIAGNOSTIC WORK AND REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A RECALL PROBLEM. MY TIMES THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED BY THE DEALERSHIP WHO EACH TIME INTIALLY DENY THEIR IS A PROBLEM AND STATE THEY CANNOT DIAGNOSE ANY PROBLEMS UNLESS THEY CAN REPRODUCE THEY PROBLEM OR I DRIVE THE VECHILE TO THEM WHILE IT IS HAPPENING WITHOUT TURNING IT OFF. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE AND HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN THESE ERROR CODES OCCUR CAUSING NEAR ACCIDENTS. I FEEL MORE INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE COMPLETED INTO WHY THE MAKERS OF THE CHEVY COBALT ARE UNABLE TO CORRECTLY DIAGNOSE ERROR CODES AND CONTINUE TO BUT MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY AT RISK. I AM UNABLE TO TRADE THIS CAR IN TO ANYONE BECAUSE OF THE REPEATED PROBLEMS AND I WOULD NEVER SELL IT TO AN INNOCENT BUYER WHO COULD BY HURT WITH THIS CAR. WHY GM IS ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THIS DEFECTIVE CAR IS NOT FAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY STALL. THE WARNING ENGINE POWER REDUCED LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON A INTERMITTENT BASIS FOR THREE WEEKS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED HER TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,000. UPDATED 03/16/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING CORRECTLY, AFTER SUGGESTIONS WERE MADE BY THE DEALER. UPDATED 11/04/11

WITH NO ADVANCED SIGNS OR WARNING (MILEAGE AT 99,930), UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR'S RPM REVVED UP AND DOWN AND WANTED TO STALL. THE FUEL GAUGE JUMPED BACK AND FORTH. THERE WAS A CONSTANT CLICKING IN THE GEAR SHIFT AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED INTO PLACE WHERE I COULD NOT TURN IT. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES BEFORE EVERYTHING SEEMED TO GO BACK TO NORMAL AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. THE NEXT TIME THIS OCCURRED WAS WHEN MILEAGE WAS AT 99960. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT STOPPING AND STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND SECURITY WARNING LIGHTS WENT OUT AND I PUT THE CAR INTO GEAR TO DRIVE, ONLY TO BE PRACTICALLY JERKED OUT OF MY SEAT WITH HARD SHIFTING AND ACTING LIGHT IT WANTED TO STALL WHEN COMING TO A STOP. I DROVE THE CAR DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED ON THE ENTIRE DRIVE THERE. ONCE THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF, THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE RECREATED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEREFORE I WAS SENT ON MY WAY WITH NO EXPLANATION OF WHAT MIGHT BE WRONG. THE NEXT REPEAT EVENT OCCURRED 3 WEEKS LATER (MILEAGE 100,450) BUT CORRECTED ITSELF WITH SEVERAL OFF/ON OF THE ENGINE. NEXT OCCURRENCE AGAIN AT 100,600 WITH SAME RESULTS. THIS HAS NOT YET HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING, BUT I DID ASK THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS HAPPENING AND HE SAID IF IT DID, I WOULD EASILY BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR AND PULL OFF THE ROAD. PERSONALLY, I DO NOT WANT TO EXPERIENCE THIS WHILE DRIVING 55-65 MPH! THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THIS COULD BE A COSTLY FIX SINCE IT IS A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION AND NO GUARANTEES EACH TIME WHATEVER THEY TRIED WOULD FIX IT...NOT MUCH CONFIDENCE COMING FROM THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP MECHANIC!! *LN

I TOOK MY CAR TO A CHEVY DEALER FOR SAFETY RECALL 10023 AFTER I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND I HEARD BEEPING AND THE 'POWER STEERING' APPEARED IN THE CONSOLE. ONCE THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON, THE GEARS HAD A SLAMMING SOUND AND THE CAR WOULD ONLY DRIVE 10 MPH AT MAX SPEED. THE DAY I PICKED IT UP, THE SAME THING HAPPENED A MILE AWAY FROM THE DEALER BUT THIS TIME I HEARD THE CLICKING SOUND THE BRAKE WILL MAKE WHEN YOU TAKE THE CAR OUT OF PARK, SHOOK THE ENTIRE CAR WHEN THE GEARS SHIFTED, DROVE ONLY 10 MPH AND FELT LIKE IT WOULD STALL IF I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I PULLED IT OVER IN A PARKING LOT AND IMMEDIATELY HAD IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER WHO, THE NEXT DAY AFTER LOOKING AT THE CAR AGAIN, TOLD ME HE COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. FED UP WITH THIS DEALER, I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL GARAGE TO HAVE IT INSPECTED, AGAIN NOTHING. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR AT ALL NOW. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THERE CAN BE SO MANY PERSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, YET NO MECHANICS CAN SAY THERE IS AN ISSUE. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT SHOULD ONLY COME ON WHEN THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND FOR ONE TO NOT BE DETECTED IS VERY FRUSTRATING. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR NEARLY 2 WEEKS NOW AND HAVE GOTTEN NO CLOSER TO FEELING SAFE WITH ME OR MY FAMILY INSIDE OF IT.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75-80 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED. "REDUCED ENGINE SPEED" AND "ENGINE DISABLED" WARNINGS SCROLLED ACROSS THE ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. AFTER PULLING OVER TO THE SHOULDER, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND CONTINUE DRIVING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PRIOR TO THIS, I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE'S RPMS DROPPING AND THEN NEARLY STALLING WHEN SLOWING DOWN AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND ECM. THE CAR RAN FINE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND HAS JUST RECENTLY STARTED AGAIN WITH THE EARLY SYMPTOMS OF NEARLY STALLING AT STOP SIGNS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS. I HAVE NOT YET TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT WHEN I CALLED THEM THEY SAID THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL ANYTHING WITHOUT SOME KIND OF ERROR MESSAGE. *TR

ENGINE STOPS WHILE DRIVING - CANNOT STEER NOR BRAKE SO CONTROLLING THE CAR TO A SAFE STOP IS VERY DANGEROUS OCCURRED 3 TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 MONTHS WITHOUT ANY WARNING. LUCKILY THE CAR RESTARTS AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES. *LN

I HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN MY CAR AND LOCKED OUT OF MY CAR DUE TO THE LOCKING MECHANISM ON THE DRIVERS DOOR. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS MORNING I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO COME UNLOCK MY CAR AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 COBALT WITH 80,000 ON IT .THE DRIVERS DOOR LOCKS UP ALL THE TIME, I CAN'T GET IN OR OUT. ITS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. ITS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE IF I EVER GOT IN A ACCIDENT. I HAVE TIMES WHEN I HAD TO CLIMB OVER THE SEATS TO GET OUT. I HAVE READ MANY ISSUES ON THIS PROBLEM AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *TR