2010 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, STARTED VEHICLE AND THE FUEL LINES STARTED POURING GASOLINE OUT. MY WIFE AND I NOTICED THE SMELL OF GASOLINE AND INSPECTED AROUND THE VEHICLE. IT WAS COMING FROM JUST IN FRONT OF DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL WHERE THE FUEL LINES AND EXHAUST SYSTEM BOTH GO UP AND AROUND THE REAR AXLE. LOOKED UP ONLINE TO FIND THAT THE REASON IS POOR DESIGN BECAUSE OF A HEAT SHIELD THAT WRAPS THE FUEL LINE TO PROTECT FROM THE HEAT OF THE EXHAUST PIPES ALSO ACTS AS A SPONGE AS IT STORES MOISTURE AGAINST THE FUEL LINES CREATING A POINT OF FAILURE.

GAS LEAR NEAR REAR ON PASSENGER BACK SIDE NEAR GAS TANK...SEEMS TO BE SHOOTING OUT NEAR FUEL PUMP.

VEHICLE IS LEAKING A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL FROM A RUSTED OUT FUEL LINE LOCATED LEFT REAR ABOUT 12' IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE.

WHEN DRIVING THE STEERING START TO GET STIFF. WHEN YOU STOP THE STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT WANT TO TURN. ONCE YOU GET MOVING IT LOSSSENS UP A LITTLE.

THE FUEL LINE HAS RUSTED AND GAS IS COMING OUT JUST IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE. IT'S A 3-4 INCH SECTION THAT IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY AND IS COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GAS THAT COMES OUT WHEN YOU START THE CAR WHICH IS A REAL FIRE HAZARD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL NEAR THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BALE CHEVROLET (13101 CHENAL PKWY, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72211), TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RUBBER CUPPING BY THE FUEL LINE CONNECTION WAS CORRODED, AND THAT THE FUEL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ADDITIONALLY, THE METAL FUEL FRAME AND THE POLYMER BLOCK NEXT TO THE EXHAUST PIPE AND MUFFLER WERE ALSO CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 113,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE OF A FUEL LEAK UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE NEAR THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. GEORGE WEBER CHEVROLET LOCATED AT 701 IL-3, COLUMBIA, IL 62236 AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.*DT*JB

I PULLED INTO JIFFY LUBE AND THEY SAID THEY SMELLED GAS. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID GAS WAS LEAKING FROM FUEL LINES. THEY INSTALLED NEW FUEL LINES. I PAID $744.15 ON JUNE 6TH 2019 AND STILL HAVE RECEIPT. I DON'T KNOW WHEN OR WHERE IT STARTED LEAKING. I HEARD THERE MAY BE A RECALL AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO GET REIMBURSED. THANKS.

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND NOTICED A GAS SMELL. I PULLED OVER AND NOTICED A MAJOR LEAK OF GAS COMING FROM IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE. MY FUEL GAUGE WENT FROM HALF TO NOTHING IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

FUEL SMELL BY DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER DOOR. HARD TO START, DUE TO LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE. FUEL PUDDLE ON THE GROUND. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE, FUEL LINE LEAK NEXT TO EXHAUST, FIRE HAZARD. WITH ALL THE FUEL LEAK REPORTS SAME AREA, SURPRISE THERE IS NO RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY/FIRE HAZARD, COME ON GM FIGURE IT OUT.