2009 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT SON'S GIRLFRIEND OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE NOTICED A FUEL LEAK LOCATED AT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO JOHN HIESTER CHEVROLET (3100 N MAIN ST, FUQUAY-VARINA, NC 27526, (919) 552-4944), WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

MY CAR IS LEAKING GAS FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. I NOTICED A SMELL AND IT'S DRIPPING

STRONG GASOLINE VAPORS WHILE DRIVING AND AFTER STOPPING ON A 2009 COBALT, DRIVERS'S SIDE OF THE CAR. TOOK THE COBALT TO EMPIRE CHEVROLET IN HUNTINGTON, NY. COMPLAINED AND SHOWED THEM THE NTSB COBALT FUEL LINE INVESTIGATION SHEET, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIX THE COBALT UNDER A RECALL, NTSB INVESTIGATION OR SERVICE BULLETIN. TOOK THE COBALT TO MY LOCAL GARAGE WHO REPLACED TWO LEAKING FUEL LINES FOR $450.00, BILL INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT. THEY SAID THEY HAVE REPLACED MANY OF THESE OVER THE YEARS. THIS IS A TOTAL JOKE ON GM'S PART AND COMPLETE FOOT DRAGGING BY THE NTSB FOR NOT MOVING SOONER. INVESTIGATING? - TRY DOING A WEB SEARCH.

THE FUEL LINE UNDER THE CAR HAS RUSTED AND CORRODED TO THE POINT THAT I AM LEAKING A STEADY STREAM OF FUEL OUT OF THE LINE. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY, I SMELLED A STRONG SMELL OF GAS AND IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE CAR OFF. THE CAR STRUGGLED TO START SO I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND LOOKED UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE A LARGE PUDDLE OF FUEL WAS FOUND UNDER MY CAR WITH A STEADY DRIP OF FUEL CONTINUING TO DRIP FROM THE FUEL LINE IN FRONT OF MY REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE.

I FIRST STARTED HAVING TROUBLE STARTING MY CAR ON 9/15/20. I WAS SMELLING A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE FROM MY CAR. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AT IT BECAUSE IT HAD NEVER GIVEN ME TROUBLE BEFORE. I SAW THE CAR LEAKING GASOLINE NEAR THE DRIVERS REAR TIRE. IT WAS LEAKING VERY QUICKLY. I LOOKED IT UP AND MANY PEOPLE MENTIONED A RECALL FOR THE YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF MY CAR. THEY ALL SAID THEIR PARTICULAR CAR DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL. I THINK MORE CARS ARE HAVING THAT PROBLEM THEN THE COMPANY REALIZES. I AM AFRAID TO HAVE THE CAR PARKED ON THE STREET OR TO EVEN DRIVE IT, AS IT ALWAYS LEAVES A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE IN ITS WAKE. ALSO THE MUFFLER HAS STARTED BEING LOUD AT THE SAME TIME. I THE COMPLAINTS I READ BEING THE EXACT SAME, SAID THE PROBLEM WAS CORROSION IN THE GAS LINE STEMMING FROM THE BRACKETS HOLD THEM UP.

RUSTED OUT FUEL LINES LEAKING BADLY ON FLOOR LOOKS LIKE A FIRE HAZARD!! I NOTICED A VERY STRONG ORDER OF GASOLINE AND LOOKED UNDERNEATH CARS TO SEE IT DRIPPING AT A VERY FAST RATE I NOTICED IT AS I CAME BACK FROM A DRIVE ON FLAT SURFACE WAS HIGHWAY DRIVING

I FILLED UP TANK WITH GAS ,NOTICED GAS SMELL TWICE DID NOT SEE ANYTHING ,STARTER SKIPPED A BEAT A COUPLE TIMES WHEN STARING EARLY IN THE MORNING,, DIDNT NOTICE GAS SMELL. CHARGED CAR FOR 6 HOURS ON CHARGER.NEXT MORNING I DROVE ABOUT 8 MILES AFTER SITTING FOR AN HOUR I WENT BACK TO CAR AND NOTICED PUDDLE OF LIQUID ,SMELLED LIQUID ,, IT WAS GAS , SEEN IT DRIPPING RAPIDLY IN BIG DROPS ,CALLED AAA GOT THERE HOUR LATER AND IT HAD STOPPED.DRIPPED BEHIND REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR IN FRONT OF REAR TIRE.HAD IT TOWED READ ALOT OF THESE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS WITH COBALTS AND OTHER VEHICLES SAME CIRCUMSTANCES BUT SOME NOT COVER BY A RECALL ,FUEL LINES AND PUMPS ETC..ALL THE CARS SHOULD BE FIXED WITH THIS PROBLEM.ANYTIME

FUEL LINE BEHIND DRIVER DOOR AND IN FRONT OF REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE/AXEL - RUSTED AND LEAKING FUEL NEAR EXHAUST.

THE VEHICLE HAS FUEL LEAK WHEN EVER THE CAR IS RUNNING. NOTICE THIS FIRST TIME WHEN OIL CHANGE WAS DONE. IT DRIPS FROM THE FUEL TANK DOWN TO THE DRIVER SIDE REAR END IN FRONT OF THE REAL DRIVER SIDE WHEEL. WHEN INQUIRED OVER THE INTERNET FOUND NUMEROUS SAME PROBLEM BEING CITED BY THE COBALT OWNERS. SURPRISED THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED DUE TO THE POTENTIAL SEVERE CONSEQUNCE OF FIRE HAZARD.

THE LEAKS ARE CAUSED BY CORROSION OF METAL FUEL LINES NEAR POLYMER BLOCKS THAT HOLD THE LINES TO THE BODY. THE LEAKS ARE BENEATH AN INSULATION HEAT SHIELD NEAR THE EXHAUST PIPE AND MUFFLER. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY ON A CITY STREET. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN 2010 WITH ABOUT 8,000 MILES ON IT AND IT'S BEEN A GARAGE KEPT CAR. THE CORROSION IS JUST ON THE GAS LINES AND NOT SO MUCH ON THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE.