2005 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT HAS SEVERAL ISSUE WITH TRACTION CONTROL, ABS, AND EMERGENCY BRAKES. I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE SAME PROBLEM KEEPS RECURRING. ALL THE WARNING LIGHT FOR TC, ABS, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE ARE ON AGAIN AND WHEN THIS SENSOR FAILS THE CAR SHIFTS GEARS AND LOSES TRACTION CONTROL. VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IN WET WEATHER CONDITIONS. I HAVE HEARD THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TYPES OF CHEVY CARS. SO WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET A RECALL! A FATALITY? SOMEONE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. *TR

2005 CHEVY COBALT-STALLS WITHOUT WARNING, UPON BRAKING, STOPPING OR BACKING, CAR WILL GO DEAD AND SOMETIMES UNABLE TO RE START. COMPLAINED TO SERV DEPT SEVERAL TIME BUT THEY SAY THEY CANT FIND A PROBLEM. THOUSANDS ON LINE WITH SAME COMPLAINT. ALMOST HIT BY TRAIN, AND OTHER VEHICLES DUE TO THE STALLING. *TR

ONGOING OBVIOUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH AN '05 CHEVY COBALT -- KEY WON'T COME OUT OF IGNITION, LIGHTS & RADIO GO OFF AT WILL, NEW BATTERY DIES EVERY 3RD DAY IN ALL WEATHER. BOUGHT CAR USED IN '08 WITH 45,000 MILES. PROBLEMS STARTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT EVERY SINCE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED FOR THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V073000, STEERING ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND SHE COULD NO LONGER CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER THEN TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DIAGNOSING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80,000.

I RECENTLY HAD POWER STEERING PROBLEMS WITH MY 05 CHEVY COBALT. I WENT TO PREMIER DEALERSHIP IN BROOKLYN CT TO HAVE THE RECALL DONE AFTER EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS MY POWER STEERING. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WOULD GO ON AND WOULD BE HARD TO TURN MY WHEEL, ENGINE LIGHT ON AND CAR SECURITY LIGHT WENT ON. AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED TODAY MY CAR RAN SMOOTHLY AND THOSE LIGHTS DID NOT GO ON. HOWEVER ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP I STILL NEEDED A WHOLE POWER STEERING COLUMN REPLACED... AND THE CHARGE WAS 805 TO DO THE WHOLE JOB. TO "LOOK" AT THE SUPPOSED OTHER PROBLEM COSTS ME 113.00. NOW THE RECALL WAS SUPPOSEDLY "FREE" FOR ME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. HE REFERENCED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER 10V073000, STEERING ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM AND STATED THAT THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED IN APRIL 2010. THE FAILURE RECURRED AGAIN WITHIN THREE WEEKS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10-12 MPH THE POWER STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. HE ALSO STATED THAT AFTER THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED THE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR NO LONGER FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AND THE FUEL SENSOR NO LONGER MADE A BEEPING SOUND. WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR, THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS DISPLAYED, THEN THE MILEAGE AND NOW THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER ASKED HIM TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK BUT THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,309.

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR MY 2005 COBALT SEDAN(71,000 MILES), IN MARCH OF 2010. THE RECALL WAS RELATED TO THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING UNIT. THE ELECTRIC MOTOR THOUGHT TO BE THE PROBLEM WAS REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE BY LOCAL DEALER, NO PROBLEMS WITH STEERING UP TO THAT POINT. JUST RECENTLY(AUG 2010), I STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON AND DING. THE CAR WOULD IMMEDIATELY LOSE POWER AND THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES. IT WAS AS THOUGH A SWITCH HAD BEEN THROWN. AND THEN IT WOULD GO AWAY. THE LOCAL DEALER THAT TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM CHARGED ME $55 AND SAID THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT TRIGGERING ERROR PROBLEMS WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN MODULES. I ASKED IF IT WAS RELATED TO THE PROBLEMS THEY HAD WITH THE STEERING ELECTRIC MOTORS AND HE SAID THIS WAS ANOTHER UNRELATED ISSUE. SURE. SO I CALLED A REPUTABLE LOCAL MECHANIC AND EXPLAINED MY PROBLEM. HE SAID HE HAS REPLACED SEVERAL STEERING COLUMN UNITS AT A COST OF $900 A POP. I CAN SEE WHY GM'S PARTS AND LABOR GUYS LOVE THIS. HE ALSO SAID THE ENTIRE COLUMN IS FAULTY AND THEY ALL SHOULD BE REPLACED. OF COURSE NOTHING WILL HAPPEN UNTIL A CONGRESSMAN'S RELATIVE GETS BADLY HURT OR KILLED. I AM SURPRISED THAT THE NHTSA HAS NOT FOLLOWED UP ON THE ORIGINAL RECALL FIX AS THAT WAS ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG FOR A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING STEERING ISSUES THAT CAN BE SEVERE AT TIMES. *TR

AFTER HAVING THE RECALL WORK DONE ON MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT FOR THE POWER STEERING ASSIST LESS THAN 2 HOURS LATER ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH START FLASHING ( BRAKE, ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, SECURITY ) THE TRANSMISSION STARTS ACTING UP AND YOU COULD HEAR A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE SHIFTER AND THE DASH LED SAID POWER STEERING......AND SURE ENOUGH THE POWER STEERING FAILED, PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SHUT THE CAR OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN RESTARTED THE POWER STEERING RE-SET BUT THE REST OF THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED, FINALLY GOT THE CAR TO THE HOUSE BY MANUALLY SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T IT SHIFTED VERY HARD LIKE IT WAS GOING TO TEAR SOMETHING UP, GOT ON LINE FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS FOUND IN OTHER COBALTS, ONE SUGGESTION WAS TO REMOVE THE BATTERY CABLE OVER NIGHT AND THAT SHOULD RE-SET EVERYTHING, I DID THAT AND SURE ENOUGH IT RE-SET IT, HOWEVER THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 15-20 TIMES SINCE THE RE-CALL WORK SO IT'S NOT THE ASSIST MOTOR AT FAULT IT IS G.M. AT FAULT FOR NOT RE-CALLING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING: ELECTRIC POWER ASSISTS SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED HE INQUIRED WITH THE DEALER FIVE TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS AS TO WHEN HE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO MAKE REPAIRS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,000. UPDATED 10/13/10*BF THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER FIVE MONTHS OF WAITING, THE PART FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL. UPDATED 10/14/10*JB

2005 CHEVY COBALT: THE KEY CONTINUOUSLY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND DOES NOT RELEASE. IT REQUIRES NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS AND TIME TO EITHER TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND TRY AGAIN OR WORK THE SHIFT LEVER RELEASE UNTIL THE KEY IS RELEASED. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND SEVERAL TIMES I HAD TO LEAVE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION BECAUSE I WAS IN A HURRY TO GET TO WORK AND PREVENT FROM BEING LATE. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY BE RELATED TO OTHER PROBLEMS THAT COULD CAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR