2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

STARTED TO SMELL GAS FROM MY CAR. HAD TO REPLACE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING FUEL. LOOKED UP RECALL FOR FUEL PUMP AFTER FRIEND TOLD ME OF LETTER RECEIVED FOR HER CAR. I AM FROM MISSOURI BUT THE RECALL WAS FOR CARS SOLD IN OTHER STATES. HAD SAME ISSUE WITH FUEL PUMP THAT WAS ON RECALL. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION ABOUT RECALL FOR THIS THOUGH MY FRIEND, ALSO FROM MISSOURI, WITH NEWER MODEL DID. *TR

THE FUEL MODULE RETURN FUEL LINE AS REFERENCED IN THE RECALL NUMBERED 12V459000 HAD BROKEN OFF THE MODULE AND LEAKED FUEL AT THE SOME POINT ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK IN THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA. I LIVE IN BELLEVILLE, IL. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 CHEVY COBALT AND I HAVE 89000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS. I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL ON 2009 CHEVY COBALTS BUT THERE ISN'T ONE FOR 2007 MODELS. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH 2007 MODELS AND THE COST IS $425 TO GET IT FIXED. BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD THAT AMOUNT, I HAVE TO PRESS A LITTLE BUTTON IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *JB

WHILE BRAKING, THE VEHICLE'S SECURITY SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT LIT UP, TACHOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO, AND POWER STEERING WARNING BRIEFLY FLASHED. RESTARTING THE CAR TURNED OFF THE WARNING LIGHT AND CAR DROVE FINE. TWO WEEKS LATER THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY; AGAIN RESTARTING THE CAR SOLVED THE ISSUE. THE POWER STEERING RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE A WEEK AFTER THE SECOND INCIDENT. A MONTH LATER, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN, WHILE BRAKING. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER THE GAUGES STARTED GOING UP AND DOWN AND THE INFORMATION DISPLAY SHUT OFF. RESTARTING THE CAR DID NOT CLEAR THE WARNING, AND CAR JERKED WITH CHANGES IN TACHOMETER. RESTARTING THE CAR A FEW HOURS LATER CLEARED THE WARNING. CAR WAS BROUGHT TO A MECHANIC THE NEXT MORNING, AND THE INCIDENT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED NOR DID THE COMPUTER READ AN ERROR OCCURRING. THE ERROR RECURRED MOMENTS AFTER LEAVING, AND WAS BROUGHT BACK TO MECHANIC WHO STATED THE FRONT LIGHTS WERE ALSO TURNING ON AND OFF. RESTARTING THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES CLEARED THE WARNING, BUT INFORMATION DISPLAY NO LONGER TURNS ON PROPERLY. THE MOST RECENT FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,500 MILES. *JS

I RECEIVED A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING. I CALLED THEM AND TOLD THEM THAT MY POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT TWICE ON THE CAR WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN IMMEDIATELY SINCE I WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. I BROUGHT IT IN AND THEY FIXED IT PROMPTLY BUT EVER SINCE I HAVE BEEN HAVING OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE BLINKERS NOT CLICKING OFF, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS COMING ON AND OFF. I ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY GAS TANK LEAKING. I HAD SOMEONE TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT WAS POURING GAS OUT AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY WHAT A DEALER WOULD CHARGE. SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER I HAD IT FIXED I GOT RECALL IN THE MAIL FOR THE FAULTY GAS TANK. I ALSO HAD A WHEEL BEARING THAT WENT OUT BUT THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER FIXED IT FREE OF CHARGE. *TR

EDITED PARTIAL NEWS ENTRY FROM THE DEADLY ACCIDENT: SOUTH IDAHO CRASH KILLS TWO, INCLUDING NAMPA WOMAN; IPT (IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE) NEWSROOM; GOODING COUNTY--A NAMPA WOMAN DIED AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT IN GOODING COUNTY FRIDAY (12-21-12), ACCORDING TO IDAHO STATE POLICE. A BURLEY MAN ALSO DIED IN THE TWO-VEHICLE CRASH, WHICH TOOK PLACE AROUND 6:45 P.M. ON INTERSTATE 84 ABOUT 35 MILES OUTSIDE MOUNTAIN HOME. THREE OTHERS FROM BURLEY WERE INJURED. YOUNG WOMAN, 22, OF NAMPA, WAS DRIVING WEST ON THE INTERSTATE IN A CHEVROLET COBALT. AUTHORITIES AREN'T SURE WHY SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SHE DROVE INTO THE MEDIAN AND OVERTURNED. HER VEHICLE CONTINUED INTO THE EASTBOUND LANES OF TRAVEL, COLLIDING WITH A NISSAN MAXIMA DRIVEN BY 23- YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN OF BURLEY. YOUNG MAN DIED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. YOUNG WOMAN WAS TRANSPORTED BY AIR AMBULANCE TO A BOISE HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE LATER DIED. THREE PASSENGERS RELATED TO YOUNG MAN, ALL OF BURLEY...WERE TAKEN BY AIR AMBULANCE TO A BOISE HOSPITAL. ALL DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS WERE WEARING SEATBELTS. [SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.IDAHOPRESS.COM/NEWS/S-IDAHO-CRASH-KILLS-TWO-INCLUDING-NAMPA-WOMAN/ART- - ICLE_7E5CE650-4C9A-11E2-8D7F-001A4BCF887A.HTML] BECAUSE THE ROADS WERE CLEAR AND DRY, THE IDAHO STATE POLICE SPECULATED THAT THE YOUNG WOMAN WAS PERHAPS SOMEHOW "INATTENTIVE" IN HER DRIVING. BUT THE FACT SHE WAS NOT ON HER CELL PHONE OR OTHERWISE ENGAGED WITH ANY OTHER KNOWN DISTRACTION AND THE FACT THAT HER WRIST WAS SNAPPED BACK RESULTING IN A SERIOUS COMPOUND FRACTURE SUGGESTS THAT THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY AND SUDDENLY JERKED OUT OF HER CONTROL. WE KNOW THE CHEVY COBALT VEHICLES WERE UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR "STEERING PROBLEMS" BY THE NHTSA AND THE INVESTIGATION WAS CLOSED IN JULY 2010. WITH THESE FATALITIES PERHAPS IT IS TIME TO REVIEW YOUR PREVIOUS FINDINGS. UPDATED 09-18-13 *BF UPDATED 9/24/13*CN UPDATED 09/25/2013 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

I AM WRITING ABOUT THE RECALL FOR THE 2007 CHEVY COBALT THAT I OWN. PLASTIC PARTS CONNECTED TO THE FUEL PUMP, COULD CRACK ESPECIALLY IF EXPOSED TO HIGH TEMPERATURES, AND IF THE CRACK GETS LARGE ENOUGH, FUEL COULD LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND CAUSE A FIRE. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS IS A REGIONAL RECALL, AND ONLY COVERS 07 COBALT?S ORIGINALLY SOLD, OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN AZ, CA, FL, NV, OR TX, BECAUSE GM SAYS ITS WARRANTY DATA INDICATES THAT THE PROBLEM IS FAR MORE COMMON IN HOT-WEATHER STATES. I BOUGHT MY COBALT BRAND NEW IN 07 FROM A MI DEALER AND IMMEDIATELY DROVE IT TO EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CA, IN THE MOJAVE DESERT. THIS IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST PLACES IN AMERICA. MY PLASTIC FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO HIGHER TEMPERATURES THAN MOST COBALT?S ANYWHERE, YET I AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE SAFETY RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY SOLD OR REGISTERED IN CA. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS OVERSIGHT. WITH THE SAFETY RECALL, ALL RECALLED VEHICLES MUST BE REPAIRED, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A PROBLEM HAS APPEARED, AND THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT ON THE REPAIR, AND THAT IS WHAT I SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO. IF I TAKE MY COBALT TO THE DEALER UNDER THE ?SPECIAL COVERAGE? LETTER THAT I RECEIVED, I MAY NOT LEAVE WITH A REPLACEMENT FUEL PUMP, AND THEY MAY CHARGE ME FOR THE INSPECTION. PLUS, THIS ?SPECIAL COVERAGE? IS ONLY GOOD FOR A LIMITED TIME, SO IF MY CAR SURVIVES, I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS MYSELF. WHY WOULD YOU GIVE A FREE REPLACEMENT FUEL PUMP TO A PERSON WHO BOUGHT A COBALT IN CA AND MOVED TO MI, WHERE THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT IN ANY DANGER OF A FIRE. BUT NOT TO A PERSON WHO BOUGHT IN MI, NOW LIVES IN CA AND HAS THE DANGER OF A FIRE. DON?T ALLOW GM TO IGNORE VEHICLES LIKE MINE WHEN THEY GET THESE SELECTIVE GEOGRAPHICAL RECALLS. I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE TWICE, BUT THEY DON'T SEEM VERY INTERESTED IN THIS PREDICAMENT. FOR MY SAFETY, I WANT MY FUEL PUMP REPLACED FOR FREE. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREET APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN IT FELT AS IF I WERE DRIVING ON ROCKS. THE T/C LIGHT WENT ON. I STOPPED THE CAR, TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD. FOUND NOTHING. TURNED ON THE IGNITION ON AGAIN. RETURNED TO ORIGIN I HAD LEFT LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY FROM INCIDENT AND PARKED AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. IT HAD STOPPED BY NOW. I TURNED ON THE CAR AGAIN AND PROCEEDED TO ATTEMPT MY DRIVE ON SAME ROAD. THE CAR BEGAN TO DO THE SAME THING, THIS TIME IT DID NOT STOP. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE MADE A RATTLING NOISE. I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE IT TO MY MECHANIC. THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE THROTTLE BODY WAS THE PROBLEM. I HAD A USED BODY THROTTLE INSTALLED AND ON 03/16/13 I TOOK THE CAR TO A CHEVROLET DEALER, MIAMI LAKES AUTOMALL TO HAVE A NEW THROTTLE BODY INSTALLED. THE DEALER REFUSED TO GIVE ME WARRANTY ON IT. ON WEDNESDAY 07/17/13 THE T/C LIGHT CAME ON AND GOT MESSAGE, SERVICE TRACTION ON THE DISPLAY WINDOW. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE SAME CHEVROLET DEALER WHERE I HAD THE NEW THROTTLE BODY INSTALLED. WHEN I TURNED OFF THE CAR THE LIGHT TURNED OFF. THE CAR WAS CHECKED AND THEY CLAIMED THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG AND COULDN'T HELP ME. *TR

TODAY PULLED THE PARKING BRAKE TO PARK (MANUAL TRANSMISSION) AND THE BRAKE HANDLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE. *TR