2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

I HAVE OWNED NOTHING BUT CHEVY CARS FOR 35 YEARS. I HAD 3 CAVALIERS THAT I CAN'T SAY ONE BAD WORD ABOUT. THIS COBALT STARTED CAUSING ME PROBLEMS IN 2012 AND IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE STEADILY. I STARTED SMELLING A STRONG SMELL OF GAS FOR A FEW WEEKS AND COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. WHEN I FINALLY TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC, THEY TOLD ME THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING AND VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WOULD FIX IT. IT COST OVER 800.00 AND I HAVE NEVER HAD TO PUT THAT KIND OF MONEY INTO A VEHICLE. NOW MY STEREO SPEAKERS AND TURN SIGNAL BLINKER ARE SHUTTING OFF FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN COMING BACK FOR A FEW DAYS AND NO PATTERN ON HOW LONG IT STAYS OR GOES. I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE STEREO AND TO MY SURPRISE I NOT ONLY FOUND A TON OF COMPLAINTS WORSE THAN MINE ABOUT THE STEREO (CARS 2005-2007- YOU THINK THEY WOULD HAVE GOT IT RIGHT AFTER 2 YEARS) BUT THERE WAS A RECALL IN NOV. 2012 FOR THE FUEL TANK MODULE (JUST 3 MONTHS AFTER MINE WENT UP). I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT OTHER THAN CONTACT GM BUT ACCORDING TO OTHER COMPLAINTS THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING. THIS REALLY HAS CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT CHEVY. I SEE NOW THIS FORM REQUIRES A PHONE NUMBER SO HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL CONTACT ME ON THESE ISSUES AND CONVINCE ME THAT I WILL BUY ANOTHER CHEVY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING A FORM TO PLACE A COMPLAINT. *TR

I CONSTANTLY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY 07 COBALT, EVERY TIME IT RAINS, OR IT'S WET OUT, THE ENGINE STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, AND GAS STARTS SPEWING OUT OF THE TAILPIPE CAUSING AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SMOKE TO COME OUT, BUT WHEN IT DRIES UP, THE PROBLEM STOPS, ONLY TO RESTART AGAIN WHEN IT RAINS. I'VE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND ALSO PRIVATE SHOPS, AND CALLED G.M CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND NO ONE HAS ANY CLUE AS TO WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING. THIS IS FUEL RELATED, AND IM WORRIED IT COULD CAUSE HARM TO ME, AND MY FAMILY IF NOT RESOLVED. SOMEHOW, WATER IS GETTING INTO THE FUEL LINE MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW. IT EVEN HAPPENS WHEN I RUN THE A.C, WHEN THE MOISTURE FROM THE COMPRESSOR DRIPS DOWN. IT HAS BEEN VERY COSTLY TO FIND NO SOLUTION, ANY ADVICE, OR REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE TO FIX THIS WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATED AND HELPFUL. *TR

MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAD IT CHECKED AND SEVERAL CIRCUIT FAILURES ARE COMING UP. CAR DOESN'T SHUT OFF WHEN I PULL KEY OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. *TR

I HAVE BEEN SMELLING FUEL VAPOR ORDER IN MY CAR FOR A WHILE AND HAD RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR IT. SO I TOOK IT IN TO TOM GILL CHEVROLET AND THEY HAD REPLACED MY FUEL PUMP FOR FREE. AT THE SAME TIME I HAD THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND IT READ "P0442 EVAP SYSTEM SMALL LEAK DETECTED" FIGURED THE FUEL PUMP WAS RELATED. AFTER THEY HAVE REPLACED IT, I STILL HAD THE ENGINE LIGHT ON AND IT CAME TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM. AT THE SAME TIME, I BEEN HAVING PERFORMANCE ISSUES AND EVERY TIME I PARKED THE CAR I STILL SMELL GAS AS I GET OUT OF THE CAR. I GOT MY BRAKES REPLACED AND WHILE THEY WERE UP THERE I CHECKED THE GAS TANK AND FOUND OUT THAT THE GAS TANK IS LEAKING WHERE THE FILLER HOSE WAS CONNECTED TO. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYONE OR MYSELF MESSED WITH THE GAS TANK SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW OFF THE LOT IN 2007 TILL TOM GILL CHEVROLET IN FLORENCE, KY HAD RECENTLY DID WORK ON IT. SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THEM THE NEXT DAY I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE GAS TANK AND HAD THEM TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE GAS TANK IS CRACKED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PRICED IT TO BE $1000. I HAVE EXPLAINED TO THEM WHY THEY DID NOT DETECT THIS BEFORE AND THEY HAD TOLD ME THAT THE LEAK WAS FROM THE TOP OF THE TANK AND THERE WAS NO WAY OF TELLING THAT THE LEAK CAME FROM WHERE THE FILLER HOSE WAS CONNECTED TO. THE THING IS AFTER LOOKING UNDER MY CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE, AND I KNOW JUST BY LOOKING THAT YOU CAN DISTINGUISH FROM THE TOP OF THE TANK AND THE SIDE OF THE TANK WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM. I COME FROM A FAMILY OF MECHANICS AND KNOW WELL ENOUGH THAT THEY WERE BLOWING SMOKE AT ME AND COVERING UP THEIR ISSUES. I HAVE ALSO INVESTIGATED THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AS I HAVE AND ALSO BEEN THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP AND GOT THE SAME RING AROUND LIKE I HAVE. *TR

STARTED TO HEAR A KNOCKING AND FOUND OUT MOTOR BURNING OIL NO OIL LIGHT CAME ON SO IN TURN FOUND OUT A PISTON WENT IN MOTOR SO I HAD TO GET NEW MOTOR. *TR

MY CAR IS INVOLVED IN SAFETY RECALL 12190 TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP MODULE DUE TO FUEL LEAKS. I HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED BECAUSE OF THIS LEAK BUT GM WON'T REIMBURSE ME, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL RECALLS ON THE FUEL PUMP SYSTEMS IN COBALTS. THE AUTO SHOP ALSO CONFIRMS THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHICH MY PERSONAL RECALL WAS DESIGNED FOR. *TR

WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT IT MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. *TR

HAVE HAD MANY ISSUES WITH THE FRONT STEERING, DEALERSHIP CLAIMS NOTHING FOUND. NOW IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO THE STEERING KNUCKLES. RADIO WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES!!! DOOR LOCKS DO NOT STAY LOCKED/UNLOCKED. DEALER STATES THEY NEVER FOUND ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. VEHICLE NOW HAS 110,000 MILES ON IT *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 65 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JUST KIND OF HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN AND STARTED SPINNING OUT DOING DONUTS ACROSS THREE LANES. I HIT A JEEP AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER. IT WAS A MIRACLE WE WEREN'T KILLED AND THE CAR IS DEMOLISHED, AND IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE CONCRETE BARRIER ONLY GOD KNOWS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE WENT. THE STEERING JUST SEEMED TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR