2006 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

FUEL SMELL AROUND REAR OF CAR. CHEVROLET REFUSED TO REPAIR DESPITE A KNOWN ISSUE AND RECALL. PAID $1100. AT NON DEALER TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR. LEAKING FUEL LINES ON TOP OF GAS TANK FROM IN TANK FUEL PUMP.

2006 CHEVY COBALT. AFTER COMING TO A STOP ,AT A STOP SIGN, FOR EXAMPLE, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, ENGINE SHUTS OFF, KEY SOMETIMES STICKS IN THE IGNITION LOCK, OCCURS RANDOMLY AND WITH OUT WARNING. CAR WILL RESTART AND BEHAVE NORMALLY. DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH UNDER RECALL IN LATE 2014. WENT TO DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR HELP WITH STICKING IGNITION SWITCH. CURRENTLY DEALER REFUSES TO REINSPECT IGNITION SWITCH WITH OUT AGREEMENT TO DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE. CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE. GM ADMITS THERE IS A EXTENDED WARRANTY UNTIL 2020 FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH {WARRANTY LETTER 14632) CUSTOMER SERVICE REP FURTHER INDICATED THAT ANY PARTS REPLACED HAVE A 1 YEAR WARRANTY ONLY. AND MY IGNITION SWITCH IS PAST PARTS WARRANTY. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE STATED THAT THE DEALER IS WITHIN THERE RIGHTS TO DEMAND A DIAGNOSTIC FEE IF THE DEALER DETERMINES THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE IGNITION SWITCH. WE INDICATED TO THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH IS LOCKING UP AGAIN. ITS WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT GM FEELS THAT THE RECALL REPAIR IS A ONE TIME EVENT. GM REFUSES TO LOOK AT THE IGNITION SWITCH AGAIN UNLESS I AGREE TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSTICS REGARDLESS OF ANY SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVED.

THE POWER STEERING ON MY 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT CUTS OUT WITHOUT WARNING. IT WORKS WITHOUT A PROBLEM AND THEN WITHOUT WARNING THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMS TO LOCK, OR IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THIS IS HAPPENING NOW EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE SHOWS ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE AS NOT HAVING ANY OUTSTANDING RECALLS. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET, WHILE TURNING IN AN INTERSECTION ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON 11/11/2019. FORTUNATELY NO COLLISIONS OCCURRED, BUT THIS COULD HAVE ENDED IN CATASTROPHE.

WHILE DRIVING TODAY DOOR LOCKS UNLOCK AND LOCK AGAIN RANDOMLY. IT WAS SCARY. I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN. ALSO TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND LUNGING. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY OWN CAR.

T/C LIGHT CAME ON WHILE IN MOTION TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE, DRIVER BRAKED AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN 3 CAR ACCIDENT.THE CAR WAS TOTALED

STEERING COLOUM EXPLODED UNABLE TO STEER WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED HIT BRAKES WHEN NOTICED IT WASN'T STEERING AND I HAD NO CONTROL OF WHERE I WAS GOING HIT BRAKES AND CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL ALMOST BEING STROKE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING IN A HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65 MPH

I WAS WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS. I CONTINUED DRIVING TO THE STORE AT AROUND 25MPH AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND BACK SEVERAL TIMES. I SLOWED DOWN TO TURN AROUND AND THE STEERING WENT OUT I WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO TURN PROPERLY RAN OVER THE CURB AND ALMOST HIT THE MINIMART GAS PUMPS SCARED THE CRAP OUTTA ME!! CALLED MY SON-IN-LAW AND HE CAME AND DROVE IT HOME FOR ME AS HE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO HANDLE IT WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CALLED THE MECHANIC, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE STEERING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 280,194. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

2006 CHEVY COBALT LT LEAKS GAS PROFUSELY. WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL BECAUSE THIS IS TYPICAL OF THE COBALT. TOOK MY CAR TO CHEVY DEALER BUT DID NOT FIX ISSUE AND NOW IS WORSE THEN WHEN I TOOK IT IN. WHILE SITTING, LEAKS MORE.

"TAKATA RECALL" THE CAR CUTS OFF AS I'M DRIVING, OR SLOWING DOWN, THE IGNITION SWITCH DOESN'T WORK TOO WELL, IT ALSO STALLS, GOES LONG PERIODS OF TIME WHERE IT WON'T START OR EVEN TURN OVER. MY POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT COMES NEARLY EVERYTIME I DRIVE BUT ALL MY FLUIDS IN THE CAR ARE FULL, SO IT MAKES DRIVING KINDA SCARY. IT JUST FEELS UNSAFE AND I WASN'T AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND SITUATIONS WHEN I HAD GOTTEN THE 2006 COBALT. PLEASE HELP.