2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED A FUEL LEAK. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO DROP THE FUEL TANK IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE LEAK. THE FUEL PUMP MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP) BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. M M THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000. ..UPDATED 09-26-12 *BF UPDATED 10/1/2012*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED , AND OVERPOWERING GASOLINE FUEL ODOR WAS EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

STARTED TO NOTICE DIFFICULTY WHEN TRYING TO START MY CAR AND THE VERY STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE WHEN THE CAR WAS IN OPERATION AND FOR A PERIOD AFTER. I HAD AN INSPECTION DONE AT A GM DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE SAME FUEL PUMP CRACKING. DESPITE RECALL 09V419000, WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE'S VIN DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR ANY RECALLS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A FUEL ODOR EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A FUEL ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING FUEL AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO FUEL VISIBLE ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO SHOP AND AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO BOTH STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. UPDATED 08/29/12*LJ UPDATED 08/30/2012 *JS

A LEAK OCCURRED IN THE FUEL LINES ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. SOME 2007 CHEVROLET COBALTS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. IT SEEMS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT THE FAULTY PARTS WHICH CAUSED THE RECALL WERE INSTALLED IN THIS COBALT. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO FIRE BECAUSE OF THE LEAKING FUEL, BUT THE POSSIBILITY WAS THERE. ALL COBALTS WITH THE FAULTY PARTS SHOULD HAVE THEM REPLACED BY GENERAL MOTORS. *TR

FUEL STARTED LEAKING FROM ABOVE THE PLASTIC GAS TANK. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL CAR REPAIR GARAGE. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A CRACKED SUPPLY LINE TO THE FUEL PUMP MODULE. IT APPEARED TO BE A FATIGUE FAILURE. A NEW GM PUMP ASSY WAS INSTALLED AT A COST OF $600. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN OKLAHOMA AND STILL HAS OKLAHOMA PLATES. UPON SEARCHING FOR A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, I LOCATED THE RECALL BUT GM CUT IT OFF AT 19000 VEHICLES BEFORE MINE. THEY MUST HAVE ASSUMED THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM, BUT APPARENTLY THE FIX DID NOT WORK ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT ARE STILL COMING IN. I AM GLAD I DID NOT PARK THE CAR IN MY ATTACHED GARAGE OR THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FIRE STARTED FROM THE STRONG FUMES CREATED BY THE LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL BEING FORCED OUT OF THE SUPPLY TUBE WHICH IS UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE PUMP. GM WILL NOT COVER THIS INCIDENT BECAUSE THE VIN # LIES OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLES COVERED IN THEIR RECALL. *TR *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE SMELLED FUEL COMING FROM THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE CONTACT IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING IN THE HOUSING THAT HELD THE FUEL PUMP. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80,000.

I HAVE A 2007 COBALT WITH @ 80,000 MILES ON IT. PURCHASED NEW FROM A DEALER. THE BEGINNING OF JUNE 2012 I BEGAN TO NOTICE A FUEL ODOR WHENEVER I WAS NEAR MY VEHICLE WHILE PARKED. AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY MY HUSBAND AND I INVESTIGATED AND DISCOVERED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK. WE REMOVED THE FUEL TANK AND DISCOVERED A CRACK IN THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. NOT AWARE OF ANY RECALLS WE REPLACED THE CRACKED ASSEMBLY AND THE SMELL HAS GONE AWAY. *TR