2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

SMELLED GAS FOUND OUT FUEL PUMP WAS CRACKED FROM THE OUT GOING SUPPLY LINE, HAD IT FIXED AND PAID FOR IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING SHE SMELLED A HEAVY GASOLINE ODOR FROM WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PLASTIC SUPPLY OR RETURN PORT ON THE MODULAR RESERVOIR ASSEMBLY WAS CRACKED AND FUEL WAS LEAKING ONTO THE MANIFOLD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

IN MARCH, 2009, MY DAUGHTER PURCHASED A 2007 CHEVY COBALT FROM A CHEVROLET DEALER IN GILBERT, AZ. THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED, AND THERE HAVE BEEN FEW MAINTENANCE ISSUES UNTIL RECENTLY. IN APRIL, 2012 SHE NOTICED THAT SHE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME STARTING THE VEHICLE, AND WHEN IT DID START IT SMELLED STRONGLY OF GASOLINE. WE TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP AND FILTER. THE CAR THEN STARTED OK, BUT WHEN THE GAS TANK WAS FULL WE CONTINUED TO SMELL GASOLINE OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC IN JUNE FOR AN OIL CHANGE, AND TOLD HIM ABOUT THE GASOLINE SMELL (PLUS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON). THE VEHICLE WAS THEN DIAGNOSED WITH AN EVAPORATIVE GAS LEAK, SO THE GAS CAP WAS REPLACED. AGAIN WE THOUGHT THAT THE ISSUE WAS CORRECTED UNTIL TWO WEEKS LATER MY DAUGHTER FILLED UP HER GAS TANK, AND WHEN SHE PARKED AT WORK SMELLED GAS STRONGLY AGAIN, AND THIS TIME NOTICED FLUID DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY WE TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE MECHANIC, AND THIS TIME HE FOUND A CRACK IN THE PORT ASSEMBLY. HE REPAIRED IT WITH AN EPOXY REPAIR KIT TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY, BUT TOLD ME TO CHECK WITH GENERAL MOTORS TO SEE IF THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL OF ANY SORT. I CHECKED WITH THE NHTSA AT SAFERCAR.GOV AND THERE IT WAS. THERE MOST DEFINITELY WAS A RECALL THAT WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF REGARDING THIS FUEL LEAK ISSUE. I SENT A LETTER TO GENERAL MOTORS REQUESTING A COPY OF THE RECALL, ASKING WHY I WASN'T ORIGINALLY NOTIFIED IN FEBRUARY OF 2010, AND REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR MY EXPENSES, TOTALING $976.00. CUSTOMER SERVICE AT GENERAL MOTORS DENIED MY REQUEST, AND REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. THEY SAID THAT MY VEHICLE VIN WAS NOT LISTED. THEY WOULD NOT TELL ME WHY. ALL I KNOW IS THAT IF MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME THE RECALL OCCURRED, I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. *TR

MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT BEGAN LEAKING FUEL WHICH SENT STRONG VAPORS INTO THE CAR CAUSING ME TO NEARLY FAINT. AFTER RESEARCHING 2007 CHEVY COBALT RECALLS, I FOUND THAT IT WAS RECALLED IN 2009 FOR A DEFECTIVE FUEL SYSTEM WHICH CAN CAUSE FIRES. WHEN I NOTIFIED TWO DIFFERENT TUCSON CHEVY DEALERSHIPS OF THIS DEFECT AND REQUESTED IT BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY, BOTH TURNED ME AWAY SAYING MY VIN IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST, THOUGH IT IS THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. I EVEN TOOK IN FORMS PROVING THAT THE RECALLS FOR THE 2007 CHEVY COBALT DID NOT STATE IT IS ONLY ON CERTAIN ONES. *TR

2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY KEPT IT FOR TWO DAYS. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE STEERING PROBLEMS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO HER. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL REGARDING THE ELECTRIC STEERING. WHEN SHE WENT TO THE DEALER WITH THE RECALL LETTER, SHE WAS INFORMED IT REALLY WASN'T A RECALL. NEVERTHELESS, THEY WORKED ON THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS THEN INFORMED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG. SHE STATED THERE STEERING IS STILL AN ISSUE, WHERE IT WOULD BECOME STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO TURN. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE DRIVER NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD SEPARATED AT THE SEAM AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF $ 1,182.15.. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 7/30/12 *CN

I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 COBALT AND STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, WHEN I SAW SMOKE ROLLING OUT FROM THE CAR. LUCKILY MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR. WITHIN MINUTES MY CAR WAS UP IN FLAMES. THE ENTIRE CAR, EXCEPT THE TRUNK WAS GONE. THERE WAS NO SAVING THE CAR. EVERYTHING WAS BURNED TO A CRISP. TODAY I HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL, I WAS WONDERING IF THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY FIRE. I DO KNOW IM NOT SATISFIED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE SMELLED AN ODOR OF GASOLINE FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON 78 GOING TO SAMS WHEN ME AND MY FAMILY NOTICED A LOUD SMELL OF FUEL AND SOME MOTORIST PASSING BY POINT AT MY CAR STATING THAT WE HAD LEAKAGE COMING FROM MY VEHICLE. SO AS I WAS TRYING TO GET OVER THE CAR SUDDENLY CUTS OFF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREAKING FREEWAY ALMOST OFF THE ROAD BUT NOT QUITE. SO A GOOD PERSON STOPPED AND HELPED ME PUSH THE CAR OFF UNTIL THE POLICE SHOWED TO HAVE OTHER MOVING CARS MOVE TO THE NEXT LANE UNTIL WE WERE IN A SAFE PLACE. SURE ENOUGH THE FUEL UNDER MY CAR WAS POURING OUT. I ONLY HAD MY CAR A YEAR AND NEVER HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN WITH ANY CARS I HAVE EVER HAD THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST CAR FROM CHEVROLET I EVER OWNED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP I GOT THE CAR FROM BUT IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AT ALL AND THIS IS VERY UPSETTING. SO NOW I AM WITHOUT A CAR FOR NOW. UNTIL I GET THIS FIXED I LOOKED UP RECALLS BUT NOTHING WITH MY VIN NUMBER [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING OR SOMETIMES WHEN I TRY TO START MY CAR MY GAUGES GO CRAZY AND THE NEEDLES BOUNCE AROUND AND THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON, I COMPLETELY LOSE MY POWER STEERING AT FIRST IT WAS JUST AN OCCASIONAL THING BUT NOW ITS BEEN CONSTANT FOR TWO DAYS. *TR