2006 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

ON 7-20-20 I SPOKE WITH STEPHANIE ( 1-800-222-1020) ON THE NHTSA SITE, WERE I GOT THE PHONE NUMBER. I TOLD HER I ENTERED MY VIN AND FOUND THERE WERE 6 RECALLS ON MY 2006 CHEVY COBALT. I EXPLAINED TO HER ON 7-15-20, I LEFT FOR WORK BUT NOTICED MY POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I WAS AFRAID I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE TURN ONTO THE EXPRESSWAY BECAUSE OF THE STEERING. I WENT AND PURCHASED POWER STEERING FLUID, ONLY TO LEARN THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PUT IT. STEPHANIE AND I LOOKED AT THE RECALLS TOGETHER. WE DISCUSSED THE NUMEROUS RECALLS SHE SAW ALONG WITH ME. SHE SET-UP A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT HERE IN CONWAY, ARK WERE I NOW RESIDE FOR 7-23-20 @ 7:00AM. SUPERIOR DEALERSHIP. I ARRIVED AND (LISA) ASKED IF I HAD AN APPOINTMENT, I SAID YES. I TOLD HER WHAT MY ISSUE WAS AND SHE WENT INTO MY CAR AND PULLED OUT SOMETHING UNDER THE DASH. SHE HAD IN HER HAD SOMETHING SHE SAID WOULD LIGHT UP RED IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO PLACE THE VEHICLE ON A MACHINE IN ORDER TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEMS. SHE THEN TOLD ME THERE WERE THREE RECALLS ON THE CAR BUT THEY ALL HAD BEEN FIXED. AND STATED I WOULD BE CHARGED $ 150.00 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. I EXPLAINED TO HER I HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATIONS PERTAINING TO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. I CLEARLY SAW ON THE NHTSA SITE RECALLS FOR , THE GAS TANK WHICH I HAD TO REPLACE BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING GAS. I REPLACED A FUEL THROTTLE BECAUSE WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY I LOST POWER IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG BECAUSE IT IS SHOWING IT'S OFF, SO I KNOW IF I WERE TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT IT WILL NOT DEPLOY. I BELIEVE THE RECALLS I SAW ON THE SITE WERE LEGIT RECALLS. I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW THEY DISAPPEARED FROM THE SITE WHEN I SHOWED UP FOR MY APPOINTMENT ONLY A FEW DAYS LATER. I WAS TOLD I COULD PAY THE $150 BECAUSE THEIR TECHS HAD TO BE PAID OR GET RID OF THE CAR.

POWER STEERING LIGHT COME ON AND OFF AND ANTI-THEFT LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF USUALLY WHEN TURNING AND ON HIGHWAY

YESTERDAY WAS ON WAY HOME FROM WORK AND CAR JUST DIED ON CITY STREET WITH NO WARNING. I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO GET THE CAR TO A PARKING LOT AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND NO THE CAR WONT START BACK UP SO I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED HOME. LAST WEEK I LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING ON A RURAL ROAD AND THEN CAR STARTED ACTING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE. I STOPPED AND WHEN I STOPPED THE CAR JERKED INTO A FORWARD POSITION. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING REALLY HARD GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR WHEN GETTING READY TO SLOW DOWN IT SEEMED LIKE THE CAR WAS A MANUAL AND I HAD IT IN 5TH GEAR BECAUSE IT WAS SEEMING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS IDLING IN THE WRONG GEAR AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN. SOMETIME THE KEY WILL GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND I HAVE THE STEERING COLUMN COVER OFF SO I CAN PUSH THE WHITE BUTTON TO RELEASE THE KEY. WHEN THE KEYS ARE NOT IN THE IGNITION THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE RPM AND EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL IN THE CAR JUMPS BACK AND FORTH LIKE THE CAR WAS ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING THE VEHICLE, HE BECAME AWARE OF A FUEL LEAK UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND DRIVEN TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.

THE CAR ISN'T DRIVABLE. ELECTRIC POWER STEERING OUT, ELECTRIC PLUGS AND WIRES, WON'T START AT ALL. NO CLICKS, NOTHING. IF YOU TURN THE KEY NOTHING HAPPENS, BUT A LIGHT THAT IS A CAR WITH A LOCK THROUGH IT. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER'S ONLY TRANSPORTATION. I SAW THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING AND ELECTRICAL. THANK YOU KATHY KEY

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE ENGINE LOSES POWER AND TURNS OFF. TECHNICIANS HAVE SCANNED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NO CODES. THEY CHECKED THE FUEL PUMP PRESSURE AND FOUND IT TO BE WITHIN SPECIFICATION (55 PSI). THEY CHECKED FUSES AND ALL CHECK OK. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE BUT TECHNICIANS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE STEERING WHEEL KEEPS LOCKING. THERE ARE TIMES THAT I GET STRANDED AND HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE PICK ME UP BECAUSE O CANNOT GET THE STEERING WHEEL TO UNLOCK.THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT AS LONG AS I OWNED THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS IN STATIONARY POSITION. THE PAINT OF THE CAR IS PEELING I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL CARS AND THE PAINT HAS NEVER PEELED. *TR

FUEL LEAK NEAR LEFT REAR WHEEL. SMELLED GASOLINE. PARKED VEHICLE. SAW A PUDDLE OF GAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. CHECKED WITH CHEVROLET SINCE THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE BUT WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. THERE IS A SPECIAL BULLETIN 12191 COVERING THIS ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE FREE OF CHARGE TO FIX BUT NOBODY RELATED TO CHEVROLET I SPOKE WITH KNOWS ABOUT THIS. *TR

GAS LINE IS LEAKING ON REAR DRIVERS SIDE. CAR WAS AT THE SHOP AND THE GAS CAUGHT ON FIRE ON THE GROUND AND COULD HAVE KILLED US AND ALL THE WORKERS. I THINK GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. MINE IS NOT THE ONLY CAR WITH THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, SHE HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE RPMS REEVED UP. THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND THE CONTACT PULLED OFF TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME VERY SLOWLY AND PARKED THE VEHICLE IN HER DRIVEWAY. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.