2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS WAS SMELLING GAS FROM UNDER MY HOOD . SO I CHECKED RECALLS AND FOUND OUT THAT A CERTAIN VIN NUMBER WAS RECALLED ON SOME 2007 COBALTS WHICH WAS NOT MY VIN. BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED SAYING THAT MY CAR WHICH CAME FROM ONE OF THE STATES THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER REPLACING PART BUT WOULD CHARGE A FEE TO FIX IT. THEY WOULD HONOR BUT UPON CALLING MY GM DEALER IN WHICH I BOUGHT THE CAR SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL BUT I INFORMED THEM I FOUND IT ON THE SAME SIGHT IN WHICH I HAD MY STEERING FIXED FROM A RECALL AND SHE SAID THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SUCH RECALL THEN I ALSO CALLED THE GM MAIN NUMBER AND THEY REFUSED A RECALL EVEN THOUGH I SAID THERE WAS AND WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THAT THERE IS DOCUMENT OF FIRES FROM THE VEHICLE THAT STARTS FROM THE IGNITION AND MY GRANDCHILDREN RIDE IN MY VEHICLE SO TO ME LOSS OF LIFE IS NOT WORTH THERE EXCUSES WHEN OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP CAUSING FIRES HOPE I GET SOME RESPONSE TO MAYBE MAKE SURE NOBODY DIES FROM THIS PROBLEM. *JS

I AM IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA WHERE THE WEATHER IS 104'. I BEGAN TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY AND PARKED MY CAR IN A GARAGE WHERE I BEGAN TO SMELL GAS. THEN AS THE DAYS WENT ON I SMELLED THE GAS STRONGER AND FUMES. I WAS RIDING MY LITTLE 1 YEAR OLD COUSIN AROUND WHEN I NOTICED A GAS LEAK FROM THE CAR. HE THEN BEGAN TO COUGH AND I IMMEDIATELY SWITCHED VEHICLES FOR HIS SAFETY. I WAS TOLD THAT THE COBALTS HAD A RECALL ON FUEL SYSTEMS BUT MINE WAS NOT COVERED. I DID HAVE A POWER WHEEL STEERING RECALL WHICH I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I DIDN'T HAVE A FUEL SYSTEM RECALL. I WOULD THINK THEY MESSED UP BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. I NEED THIS FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE HEAT IS RISING OUTSIDE AND THE GAS IS ACTUALLY SPILLING FROM THE TANK. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE WHICH I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FIX IF THE MANUFACTURER CREATED SO MANY. *TR

CAR BEGAN TO HAVE A STRONG GAS ODOR, THEN CAR BEGAN TO BE HARD TO START, CAR NOW HAS GAS LEAKING ON GROUND WHEN PARKED AFTER DRIVING. *TR

2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER STATES STRONG FUEL ODOR *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED GM REFUSED TO RECONIZE THE PROBLEM WITH NO RESTITUTION FOR THE REPAIR HE HAD DONE AT A NON-GM DEALER. AFTER THE REPAIR WAS MADE, HE RECEIVED A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM THE DEALER, WHICH STATED THE FUEL PUMP WAS RE-DESIGNED DUE TO POTENTIAL CRACKS IN THE FULE LINES. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED SHE SMELLED FUEL COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE FUEL PUMP MODULE, WHICH WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000. .. UPDATED 08-30-12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED ONE OF THE PORTS ON THE MODULAR RESERVOIR ASSEMBLY WAS CRACKED. UPDATED 09/10/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY FUEL PUMP). THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM DID NOT EXHIBIT SIGNS OF LEAKING AND THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE BROUGHT BACK AFTER THE CONTACT STARTED TO SMELL GASOLINE FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SERVICED PER THE RECALL. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER NOT TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS ON THE RECALLED VEHICLES IF THERE WERE NO FUEL LEAKS DISCOVERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. UPDATED 07/25/12 *BF THE POWER STEERING MOTOR WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 07/30/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BEFORE THE IGNITION KEY WOULD TURN INTO THE OFF POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE IGNITION TUMBLER. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE BATTERY TO WEAKEN AND REQUIRED A CHARGE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

SMELLED GASOLINE, NOTED GASOLINE DRIPPING FROM THE CAR. PULLED INTO AN AUTO PARTS, THE ATTENDANT STATED THOUGHT GAS WAS LEAKING FROM AROUND THE TOP OF GAS TANK. THE FUEL FILTER AND HOSES WERE DRY, THUS SUSPECTED LEAK ON TANK TOP AREA. I IMMEDIATELY PARKED MY CAR AND WAS ABLE TO GOOGLE TO SEE IF THERE WAS OTHERS EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEM. YES, SAW THE FOLLOWING: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V419000 NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: N/A COMPONENT: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP THOUGH WHEN I CALLED THE CLOSEST CHEVY DEALER SERVICE DEPT.... SERVICE SAID THAT MY VIN WAS IN THE NOT IN THE NUMBER RANGE FOR THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL FOR THIS VERY FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART.... MY CAR WAS WELL UNDER THE AGE AND MILEAGE, JUST THAT MY VIN WAS NEWER THUS A FEW THOUSANDS HIGHER THAN THE RECALL VIN RANGE! WELL, STILL THIS DEFECTIVE PART COULD LEAD TO MY CAR PROPERTY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY MY LIFE AND OR ANYONE ELSE IN IT OPERATING THIS SERIOUS GAS TANK LEAKING PROBLEM!!!!!! I JUST RECEIVED IN THE MAIL ABOUT RECALL NOTICE 10023 FOR LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST - REPLACE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR. THE DEALER SERVICE WILL PERFORM THE ABOVE POWER STEERING PART REPLACEMENT, THOUGH THE DEFECTIVE GASOLINE PUMP MODULE WOULD NOT BE COVERED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN SHUT OFF AND UPON RESTARTING, THE POWER STEERING RETURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE POWER STEERING MOTOR WAS REPLACED. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NOTICED A STRONG FUEL ODOR AROUND MY CAR. DISCOVERED THE FUEL PUMP SUPPLY LINE WAS BROKEN AT THE FUEL PUMP MODULE AND GAS WAS SQUIRTING EVERYWHERE. I SEE WHERE THERE IS RECALL ON CERTAIN VINS OVER THIS PROBLEM AND WONDER WHY MINE IS NOT INCLUDED. *JS