2009 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

CAR WAS ACTING NORMAL, JUST TOOK A 200 MILE ROUND TRIP, THE NEXT MORNING THE ROADS HAD SOME SNOW AND A BIT OF ICE. I BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND DROVE ON THE SIDE STREETS (2 BLOCKS) TO THE HIGHWAY, AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I BEGAN TO FEEL A DRAG, I SHUT OFF MY RADIO AND LISTENED SOON MY TIRE GAGE CAME ON SO I LOOKED IN MY MIRROR AND SEEN SPARKS FLYING, I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AT AN AVAILABLE SAFE LOCATION ONLY TO FIND MY REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS SHREDDED. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND BEGAN TO DRIVE AGAIN, ONCE I HIT DRY PAVEMENT I HEARD A SCREECHING NOISE. CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. THE GM DEALER CALLED ME TODAY AND SAID MY PARKING BRAKE WAS LOCKED UP. MY CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC AND I HAVE NEVER ENGAGED THE PARKING BRAKE (HAVE OWNED THE CAR OVER A YEAR). THE DEALER IS NOW TELLING ME THE PARKING BRAKE LINE WAS OFF AND SHREDDED . THEY ALSO STATED THE TIRE WAS NOT GOING TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE BRAKES MAY NOT BE EITHER SINCE THE LINE THAT APPARENTLY LOCKED ONE SIDE OF PARKING BRAKES UP COULD HAVE JUST FALLEN OFF AND LOCKED ONE SET OF PARKING BRAKES UP WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN USED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UPHILL 35 MPH, THE STEERING LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP FOR REPAIRS BUT THE STEERING WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT PREVIOUSLY HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO RECALL 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM). SINCE THE REPAIR HAD BEEN PERFORMED, THERE WERE FUMES BEING EMITTED FROM THE HEATING VEHICLE WHICH MADE THE CONTACT SICK. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,600.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT STATED A STRONG FUME SMELL WAS COMING OUT OF THE HEATING SYSYEM. THE CONTACT STATED THIS OCCURRED AFTER REPAIRS WHERE MADE TO THE POWER STEERING DUE TO A RECALL 10V073000: (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM) THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,600.

I PURCHASED MY 2009 CHEVY COBALT SS/TC IN EARLY JUNE OF 2010. IT WAS A GM CERTIFIED USED CAR. WHEN I INSPECTED THE CAR BEFORE PURCHASING I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES WERE HEAVILY WORN AND I LET THE SALESMEN KNOW ABOUT IT. HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS ALMOST 70% LEFT ON THE PADS AND EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT FINE . SO I DID THE DUMBEST THING I COULD DO AND TOOK HIS WORD FOR IT. AFTER ABOUT 5 MONTHS AND 4000 MILES LATER MY REAR BRAKES START MAKING A SCRAPING NOISE WHILE IN REVERSE AND WHILE LIGHT BRAKING AROUND CORNERS MOSTLY OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE.. I TOOK IT IN FOR MAINTENANCE EXPECTING SOME KIND OF MANUFACTURER DEFECT BUT INSTEAD I'M ACCUSED OF BAD DRIVING AND LETTING MY E-BRAKE DRAG. THE ISSUE WAS THAT THE REAR CALIPERS WERE STICKING AND NOT RETRACTING PROPERLY AND THE PISTONS INSIDE WERE BENT CAUSING UNEVEN PAD WEAR. BOTH SIDES MOISTURE BOOTS ON THE PISTONS LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE PINCHED AND BROKEN DURING THE FACTORY INSTALLATION. SO NOW HERE I AM WITH A BILL FOR ALMOST $1000 DOLLARS FOR REAR PADS, ROTORS AND CALIPERS AND ON A CAR THAT IS JUST OVER 2 YEARS OLD WITH ALMOST 2 YEARS ON A FACTORY BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. I'M SORRY BUT THE CALIPERS TO ME ARE A MECHANICAL DEFECTED PART AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I HAD EXTREMELY PREMATURE BACK BRAKE WEAR ON MY 2009 COBALT SS TURBOCHARGED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A CONCRETE BRIDGE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES AND RIB SEPARATION. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000.

IGNITION STUCK IN THE ON POSITION. WE HAD TO DISABLE THE DISTRIBUTOR TO STOP THE CAR. *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK STOPPED AT STORE, TRIED TO TURN MY VEHICLE OFF, THE KEY GOT STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND WOULDN'T COME OUT. DROVE THE CAR HOME, HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR RUNNING UNTIL THE TOW TRUCK CAME. THE TOW TRUCK MAN INFORMED ME THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH 2010 COBALTS AND THAT HE HAS HAD TO TOW MANY OF THEM AWAY. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP, BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS. WAS QUOTED A AN OUTRAGEOUS PRICE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

REAR BRAKES WORE TOO QUICKLY FOR A FRONT WHEEL DRIVE CAR THAT ONLY HAVE 10,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT SS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES PULSATED WHEN THEY WERE DEPRESSED AND THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 16,000.