2007 CHEVROLET COBALT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE POWER STEERING FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON. DEALER SAYS ITS CAUSED BY SITTING SOMETHING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THAT ISN'T VERY HEAVY (PURSE, BOOK, SHOPPING BAG, ETC) AND "CONFUSING" THE SENSOR, THOUGH I DO NOT PLACE ANYTHING IN THE SEAT. WHEN THE SERVICE LIGHT IS ON, THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. WAS TOLD BY A DEALER SERVICE MANAGER THAT THEY REALLY WEREN'T SURE HOW TO/IF THEY COULD FIX IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 10V073000 ( STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS IN SEPTEMBER 2010. SHORTLY AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, THE CONTACT STARTED HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE OCCURRED SHE NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, THE RADIO WOULD SHUT ON AND OFF, A PICTURE OF A LOCK SYMBOL WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF, INCLUDING THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS POWERED OFF AND THEN ON IT WOULD RESET ITSELF AND PERFORM AS NORMAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 137,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 83,000.

I STARTED TO SMELL GAS WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND IT IS GETTING WORSE. THE VIN IS WITHIN THE RANGE OF GM'S RECALL NOTICE NUMBER 09226, BUT WHEN I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE IT DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE EXACT VIN, EVEN THOUGH IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME DEFECT IMPACTING THE OTHER VEHICLES THAT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT IS COSTING APPROXIMATELY $600 TO $700 TO FIX. THAT IS ABOUT 20- 30 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE AND GM KNOWS THIS ISSUE. THEY DID PROVIDE ME WITH A CLAIM OR COMPLAINT NUMBER. THEY NEED TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE RECALL BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. *TR

STARTED SMELLING GAS. CHECKED FUEL SYSTEM. FOUND GAS LEAKING FROM TOP OF FUEL CELL WHERE PLASTIC LINES ENTER TANK. GOOGLED PROBLEM....FOUND MANY, MANY REPORTS OF SAME PROBLEM. GM HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT ONLY FOR THOSE SOLD OR REGISTERED IN ARIZONA AND NEVADA. I LIVE IN VIRGINIA. CONTACTED GM...WAS INFORMED MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE RECALL BECAUSE I WAS NOT IN EITHER OF THOSE STATES. MY VEHICLE HAS 77,740 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY GM NO MATTER WHERE THE VEHICLE IS REGISTERED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED INTERMITTENTLY AND CAUSED THE STEERING TO BECOME HARD TO TURN. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC BUT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE DEALER ALSO TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE TO START. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME STIFF WHEN ATTEMPTING A TURN. A LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR WAS DEFECTIVE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,600.

THERE IS A RECALL ISSUED FOR A FAULTY FUEL PUMP ON 2007 CHEVROLET COBALTS BUT IT DID NOT INCLUDE MY VIN NUMBER. I SMELLED GASOLINE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CAR. I LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE SHOWING MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2007/CHEVROLET/COBALT/FUEL+SYSTEM I SAW THAT PEOPLE HAD REPORTED FIRES AND I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR. I HAD IT FIXED AT THE PLACE I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSE TO HOME, IT WAS A CHEVROLET DEALER BUT IS NO LONGER AND IS NOW AN ACDELCO REPAIR CENTER. IT COST ME $615.86 TO GET THE FAULTY FUEL PUMP REPAIRED AND I WAS TOLD THAT MY PROBLEM WAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS THE PROBLEM IN THE CARS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I HAVE CALLED CHEVROLET MANY TIMES AND HAVE SENT THEM MY RECEIPTS BUT THEY DO NOT RETURN MY CALLS. I DO HAVE AN OPEN CASE NUMBER WITH THEM BUT HAVE HAD NO SUCCESS IN RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL WAS EMITTED FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO FUEL LEAK VISIBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP); AND PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE DEALER REGARDING THE VEHICLE ELIGIBILITY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,630. UPDATED 11/16/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE REPAIRS WERE PAID WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE. UPDATED 06/15/2012 *JS

2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A MAJOR CRACK IN THE PLASTIC WHERE THE FUEL PUMP IS CONNECTED TO THE GAS TANK. THERE WAS ALSO A CRACK DEVELOPING IN THE LINE FROM THE FUEL PUMP *TGW THE REPAIR REQUIRED REPLACING THE FUEL TANK AND THE FUEL PUMP. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS DENIED ASSISTANCE BECAUSE, HE WAS TOLD REPEATEDLY, THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR HIS MODEL YEAR. HOWEVER, HIS VEHICLE HAD THE EXACT DEFECT FOR WHICH A RECALL WAS ISSUED, JUST NOT HIS SPECIFIC VIN. *JB