2006 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

AFTER RECALL SWITCH REPLACEMENT, AIRBAGS LIGHT WARNING SYSTEM IS COMING ON IN MY 2006 CHEVY COBALT. SPOKE TO GM LOCAL DEALER CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AND HE SAID IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL. THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT IN REPLACING SWITCH? MY AIRBAGS ARE STILL NOT WORKING WHILE I DRIVE MY CAR. MY CAR IS STILL NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BUT THEY GAVE IT BACK TO ME ANYWAYS WITHOUT FIXING THE AIRBAG PROBLEM. NOW THEY WANT ME TO PAY TO FIX MY AIRBAGS PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP. *TR

THIS COMPLAINT IS THAT THE FUEL PUMP RECALL FOR THIS CAR, WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V419000, DID NOT SHOW UP IN THE DATABASE VISIBLE TO EITHER MY MECHANIC OR A GM DEALER. THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING PART FAILURE, WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE CAR, EITHER WHILE IT IS MOVING OR STOPPED, AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS ISSUE. MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS THIS PROBLEM, LEAKING GASOLINE AT QUITE A RAPID RATE. THE FUEL SMELL WHILE DRIVING IS UNBEARABLE. WHEREVER I PARK A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE FORMS UNDER THE CAR. IF I PARKED IN A CLOSED GARAGE, THIS WOULD BE A TERRIBLE SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS FOR GOOD REASON THAT THIS RECALL WAS PUT IN PLACE. HOWEVER, APPARENTLY THIS ISSUE SHOWS UP IN THE GM SYSTEM AS A "SPECIAL COVERAGE" AND NOT A RECALL. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE ONLINE. I WAS SEARCHING BECAUSE I WAS PREPARING TO PAY $833 FOR MY MECHANIC TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. WHEN I PHONED THE DEALER, HE SAID HE HAD TO GET TO "ANOTHER SCREEN" TO SEE THE SPECIAL COVERAGE ITEMS, AND HE ONLY DID THAT BECAUSE I PROMPTED HIM. APPARENTLY THEY DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO WARN CAR OWNERS OF THIS ISSUE EVEN WHEN THE OWNER HAS THEIR VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL (WHICH MINE WAS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS). I HAVE ALSO NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE OF THIS RECALL, AND I'VE OWNED THE CAR SINCE JANUARY OF 2007. AFTER THE RECENT PRESS COVERAGE OF THE RECALL OF THE IGNITION SWITCH FOR THIS VEHICLE, I AM SHOCKED THAT THIS KIND OF A SAFETY CONCERN IS ESSENTIALLY BEING HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW. *TR

2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR IGNITION KEY LOCK REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE IGNITION CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. ALSO, SHE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES, WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *JB UPDATED 06/12/14 THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. UPDATED 07/02/14

WHILE DRIVING THE DASHBOARD FLASHES "POWER STEERING" REPEATEDLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE SECURITY THEFT LIGHT CAME ON. AS I CAME TO A STOP THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND DOWN SHIFTED HARD. AS I BEGAN TO EXCEL FROM A STOP, IT ALSO SHIFTED REALLY HARD. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING, MY SPEEDOMETER BECAME EROTIC. ON MULTIPLE INCIDENCES WHEN I CAME TO A STOP BY CAR'S RPM DROPPED BELOW 500 AND ACTED AS IF IT WERE ABOUT TO STALL. A FEW TIMES IT DID STALL AND WOULD NOT RESTART UNLESS I HAD IT IN NEUTRAL AND TOOK OFF IMMEDIATELY. ANOTHER TIME, AS I WAS WAITING IN A DRIVE-THRU, MY SHIFTER BEGAN TO CLICK. *TR

2006 CHEVY COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. *SMD THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER REGARDING THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. THEY INFORMED HIM, IT WOULD BE AT LEAST 3 WEEKS BEFORE THE PART WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER STATED WITH ONLY 19,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, THE POWER WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING AND LAST MONTH, THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING.*JB

2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL ISSUES. *SMD THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STARTED SHUTTING DOWN, IN DECEMBER 2012. SHE HAS REPAIR BILLS TOTALING $1,354.18 FROM THE DEALER, WHO TRIED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BY REPLACING COMPONENTS THAT DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AT THE TIME. *JB

WHILE TURNING THE POWER STEERING GOT STUCK AND VEHICLE DID NOT STRAIGHTEN UP RESULTING INTO HITTING AN CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND TO DECELERATION ATTEMPTS AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER WAS THROWN FORWARD AND HIT THEIR FACE ON THE DASHBOARD AND SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE FACE AND BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. UPDATED 06/10/14 MA THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 07/01/14