Chevrolet Cobalt
Owners filed 7,681 complaints across 13 model years of the Chevrolet Cobalt. The 2006 drew the most (2,330).
Which Chevrolet Cobalt years should you avoid?
No Chevrolet Cobalt year stands out. Across the 6 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 1,205), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Chevrolet Cobalt model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2010 | 574 | 6 | 7 | 46 | Steering | Fatalities reported | |
| 2009 | 710 | 6 | 7 | 59 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2008 | 845 | 5 | 14 | 76 | Steering | Fatalities reported | |
| 2007 | 1,564 | 6 | 16 | 116 | Steering | Fatalities reported | |
| 2006 | 2,330 | 6 | 14 | 164 | Steering | Fatalities reported | |
| 2005 | 1,649 | 6 | 12 | 97 | Steering | Fatalities reported | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.