2005 Chevrolet Cobalt complaints

AROUND 50K MILES MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT LOST POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY ON AVERAGE AROUND TWICE A DAY. IT WAS ONLY WHILE IN DRIVE, NEVER IN REVERSE OR PARK. THEN AROUND 60K-70K IT WOULD GO OUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER I PUT IT IN DRIVE BUT NEVER IN PARK OR REVERSE. THEN AROUND 80K IT STARTED HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY WHILE IN REVERSE. I AM AT 100K AND I AM CONCERNED IT WILL GO OUT MORE FREQUENTLY WHILE IN REVERSE. I HAVE HAD SOME "NEAR MISSES" WHEN IT GOES OUT WHILE IN A TURN OR BACKING UP. I THINK THIS IS A POTENTIALLY FATAL ISSUE AND ALSO INTERFERES WITH RESALE OPPORTUNITIES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WITHIN SECONDS THE POWER STEERING FAILED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSIS LOCATED THE FAILURE AS THE POWER STEERING MOTOR , AND THE POWER STEERING COLUMN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR AND STATED THAT IF SHE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE AGAIN THEY WOULD ALSO NEED TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING COLUMN. THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR THE POWER STEERING COLUMN WAS $1,000. THE REPAIR COST FOR THE MOTOR WAS $375.00. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 28,880.

AS MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL, HER POWER STEERING LIGHT WENT ON AS THE WARNING BELLS IN HER DASH RANG. AT THAT POINT, SHE LOST ALL POWER STEERING IN HER CAR. SHE SAID THAT IT TOOK ALL OF HER STRENGTH TO MAKE THE REMAINING TURNS TO GET HOME. *TR

POWER STEERING JUST GOES OUT. THIS COULD BE DEADLY. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH 2005 CHEVY COBALT. *TR

IN MARCH OF 2006 I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH & THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AS SOON AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP. THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE SHIFTER (WHERE YOU PUT IT IN PARK, REVERSE, DRIVE). THE CAR STARTED TO JERK FORWARD AT RANDOM & THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. I PULLED OVER AS SOON AS I COULD & TURNED OFF THE CAR. AFTER LETTING IT SIT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON & IT HAD RESET ITSELF. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND BROUGHT THE CAR TO THEM IMMEDIATELY. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR 3 WEEKS & WERE UNABLE TO GET THE CAR TO ACT UP WHILE ON THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. I HAD NUMEROUS EPISODES OVER THE NEXT 6 MONTHS INCLUDING MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN I WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 60-70 MILES ON THE FREEWAY. THEY COULD NEVER GET IT TO ACT UP DOING THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. THEY CONTACTED GMAC; THE DEALERSHIP AGREED TO FIX THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE ONE OF THE COMPUTERS THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND & JUST WRITE IT OFF SINCE BY THIS POINT THE MILEAGE WAS AT 31,000 BUT THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN THE MILEAGE WAS AT AROUND 10,000. WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK IT WAS OCTOBER 2006. I DID NOT HAVE ANYMORE PROBLEMS UNTIL NOVEMBER 2009. I TURNED ON MY VEHICLE & IT DID THE WHOLE THING AGAIN. I TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF & CALLED A DEALERSHIP. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP & THEY KEPT IT FOR A MONTH AND A HALF. WHIL

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED AS HE WAS DRIVING 55MPH THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AS HE WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNCONTROLLABLE WHILE TRYING TO PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT.THE GM MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CALLED. THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BEFORE THIS FAILURE OCCURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE IS 99,437.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED WHENEVER HE IS DRIVING HIS VEHICLE THE POWER STEERING GOES IN AND OUT. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TURNED ON AND OFF TO BE RESET. AS HE WAS TURNING THE WHEELS IT WAS VERY UNCONTROLLABLE. THE DEALER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED OR THE VEHICLE TAKEN THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE AILEAGE WAS 50,000.

BATTERY GOING DEAD CONSTANTLY - KEY GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION

2005 CHEVY COBALT POWER STEERING GAVE OUT MY DAUGHTER RAN OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT STEER HER VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE. ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE POWER STEERING MECHANISM "FROZE" THE CAR WOULD NOT STEER LEFT OR RIGHT, THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING MULTIPLE TIMES. *TR

2005 CHEVY COBALT - POWER STEERING FAILS DAILY AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES. RANDOM, LOOSE ABILITY TO STEER AND CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND I HAVE TO SHUT IT OFF AND RESET IT. THIS IS MY TEENAGE CHILD'S CAR AND THIS IS A DANGER TO HIS SAFETY. HE CANNOT EVEN DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A SAFETY CONCERN, I NOW DRIVE IT TO WORK 40 MILES ONE WAY AND DEAL WITH IT SO HE CAN BE SAFE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED AS HE WAS DRIVING 55MPH THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AS HE WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND THE VEHICLE WAS VERY UNCONTROLLABLE WHILE TRYING TO PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT.THE GM MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED. PREVIOUSLY, THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BEFORE THIS FAILURE OCCURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,437.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ONE EVENING AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON, NOTHING HAPPENED. THEN LATER THAT EVENING MY HUSBAND AND SON DROVE TO THE GROCERY STORE AND ON THE WAY HOME THE POWER STEERING WENT ON AND OFF LIKE 4 TIMES. THE TOTAL DRIVE FROM THE STORE IS APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM OUR HOME. AND THE SPEED HE WAS DRIVING IS A 45 MPH HIGHWAY. DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS WE HAVE BEEN ONLY DRIVING WHEN WE ABSOLUTELY HAD TO. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT AS THE WEATHER HAS BEEN COLDER THE POWER STEERING DOESN'T GO OUT AS OFTEN. BUT IT STILL CONTINUES TO GO ON AND OFF. BUT WE NOW HAVE OUR CAR IN A SHOP TO GET FIXED THIS WEEK. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL RESOLVE ALL ISSUES. *TR

POWER STEERING ISSUE WAS OBSERVED AT LOW SPEEDS BUT ALSO PRESENTED EXTREME LURCHING OF THE VEHICLE. THE POWER STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNINGS WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME THE CAR BEGAN LURCHING. VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. *TR

MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT'S POWER STEERING GOES OUT AT RANDOM TIMES AND CANNOT BE TESTED UNLESS THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR IS ON, HOWEVER IN ORDER TO DRIVE TO A SERVICE STATION THE CAR MUST BE RESTARTED WHICH RESETS THE COMPUTER AND IT CANNOT BE TESTED. I HAVE NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. I HAVE HAD OCCASIONS WHERE I HAVE HAD TO RESTART THE CAR AS MANY AT 15 TIMES IN ONE TRIP WHILE AT OTHER TIMES IT MAY NOT HAPPEN FOR AS MANY AS 4 DAYS. *TR

2005 CHEVY COBALT POWER STEERING FAILURE. POWER STEERING MOTOR FAILURE. CAR WENT TO MANUAL STEERING. VERY HARD TO TURN AT LOWER SPEEDS. TOOK IN TO CHEVY DEALER ON FEB 1 AND THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR. *TR

2005 CHEVY COBALT. THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT OFTEN AND AS THE AGE INCREASES IT GETS WORSE. ALSO THE POWER DOOR LOCKS ACTIVATE ON THEIR OWN AS I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS CAR IS UN SAFE TO OPERATE ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

2005 CHEVY COBALT POWER STEERING FAILURE INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING FAILURE. *TR

TWO MONTHS AGO, WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN PARK, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET MY KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. I'M WORRIED THAT MY CAR IS GOING TO ROLL DOWN A HILL AND HIT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. ALSO TWO DAYS AGO, MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THANKFULLY I WAS GOING STRAIGHT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. AS SOON AS I TURN OFF MY CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON, THE POWER STEERING IS FINE, BUT IF I GO A MILE OR TWO, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT GOES OUT. VERY VERY UNSAFE ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD WITH ME. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE FOR EVERYONE!!! BOTH ISSUES COULD RESOLVE IN A HUGE CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTHING HAS BEEN FIXED BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN READING ON RECALLS AND I HOPE I CAN GET THIS FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED! *TR

2005 CHEVY COBALT...POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL...I HAVE A 14 MONTH OLD SON WHO WAS IN THE BACK SEAT AT THE TIME...THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 4 TIMES IN THE PAST TWO DAYS. VERY CONCERNED FOR MINE AND MY FAMILY'S SAFETY WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

POWER STEERING ON A CHEVROLET COBALT 2005 FAILS AT 75000 MILES. THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FAILED MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO TURN OR CHANGE LANES. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PRACTICALLY DRIVE THE CAR AND I FEEL VERY UNSAFE WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

2 THINGS: 1-THE STEERING COLUMN PROBLEMS IN 2009 CHEVY DEALER REPLACED UNWILLINGLY. 2- ELECTRICAL ISSUE. PANEL LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF AND THE CAR CANT SHIFT UNLESS WE START THE CAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN. *TR

MY POWER STEERING CONTINUES TO STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS JUST STARTED TO HAPPEN ON A REGULAR BASIS. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET COBALT POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *TR

FREQUENT LOSS OF POWER STEERING IN 2005 COBALT. HAPPENS NEARLY EVERY DAY WITHOUT NOTICE AND AT DIFFERENT TIMES. CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IF TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 COBALT SS WITH 62K ON IT AND MY POWERSTEERING WENT OUT. *TR

MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT 4 DOOR SEDAN HAS BEEN HAVING INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING JUST CUTS OUT AND IT CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE CAR IS EXTREMELY HARD TO MANEUVER IN TRAFFIC AND CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND IF YOU PULL OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE THE ISSUE CORRECTS ITSELF. IT DOES NOT OCCUR IN COLD WEATHER AND OCCURS MORE OFTEN AS THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE INCREASES. FAILURES OF STEERING ARE CRITICAL COMPLAINTS AND SHOULD BE DEALT WITH IMMEDIATELY. *TR

2005 CHEVY COBALT - POWER STEERING FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN ON. AT 300 YARDS THE VEHICLES POWER STEERING LOCKED AGAIN AND THE DUPLICATE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVERY TIME HE DRIVES THE VEHICLE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS TO THE WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,800. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,025.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. SUDDENLY, THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THERE WAS DIFFICULTY STEERING THE VEHICLE WHICH RESULTED TO GREATER FORCE IN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION FOR A SHORT PERIOD TIME. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE IS INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60MPH HE NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, MOMENTS LATER THE POWER STEERING WOULD NO LONGER OPERATE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 61000.

VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO TRAFFIC FROM A GAS STATION. POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON VEHICLE, MAKING IT VERY HARD TO STEER. ELECTRICAL POWER ASSIST UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED AS A WHOLE. OLD UNIT IS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

IN 2008, MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT WOULD LOOSE THE POWER STEERING AT RANDOM. THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THIS WAS TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTART THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN AND IT ONLY HAS APPROX 45,000 MILES ON IT NOW. *TR

SUDDEN INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER STEERING THAT OCCUR SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK CAUSES LOSS OF ABILITY TO STEER CAR EFFECTIVELY. *TR

1.) I FIRST HEARD AN UNUSUAL CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT OF MY 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. I TOOK IT IN TO THE LOCAL GM DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT I NEEDED MY FRONT END CONTROL BUSHINGS REPLACED. UPON SUCCESSFUL REPLACEMENT OF SAID PARTS - WHICH SOLVED THE CLUNKING PROBLEM - I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO HEAR A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN OF MY VEHICLE UPON DRIVING OVER ANY UNEVEN SURFACE (GRAVEL ROADS, SNOW/ICE COVERED ROADS, ETC). 2.) A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS, THE RATTLING NOISE GREW WORSE, AND I ALSO NOTICED THE STEERING PULLING MUCH HARDER THAN USUAL WHEN TURNING AT SPEEDS OF 5-15 MPH. 3.) I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE LOCAL GM DEALER TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM AFTER I CONCLUDED SOME PERSONAL RESEARCH OF WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I INFORMED THE DEALER THAT I HAD BEEN INFORMED OF A POWER STEERING FAILURE AND POSSIBLE STEERING COLUMN PROBLEMS WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL/YEAR, AND REQUESTED THAT THEY LOOK INTO ANY CAUSE THAT MAY BE INFLUENCING SAID PROBLEM. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE RATTLING WAS SIMPLY A PROBLEM INSIDE THE DASHBOARD, AND TO COME BACK LATER IN THE SPRING SO HE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT (THERE WAS A FOOT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT THE TIME). HE ALSO SAID THAT THE PROBLEM "WAS NOT THAT SERIOUS." *TR

I DRIVE A 05 CHEVY COBALT.....MY POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT.....IT IS ELECTRONIC SO I TURN THE CAR OFF AND CRANK IT BACK UP AND IT WILL COME BACK ON...MAY LAST 5 MILES OR 50.....HAD TO PAY 100 TO RUN DIAGNOSTICS ON MY CAR AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE POWER STEERING MOTOR....651.00.....TRYING TO GET A LOAN FROM THE BANK NOW TO REPAIR....THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND NEEDS TO BE LOOKED IN TO...IVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR APROX A YEAR... *TR

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IN 2005 COBALT THAT WAS GOING CRAZY WHILE DRIVING MY CAR. ALL THE TESTING AT REPAIR SHOPS COULD NOT DETECT THE PROBLEM BUT WHEN I WOULD DRIVE, RADIO AND FRONT PANEL LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF AND ON; BRAKE PROBLEMS, AND ENGINE WOULD CUT OUT, EVEN AT HIGH RATES OF SPEAD, THEN DIE WHEN CAR SLOWED. REPLACING IGNITION CYLINDER AND REMOVING ALL ELECTRONIC CODES FINALLY RESOLVED THE ISSUE BUT WAS ONLY A GUESS ON PART OF MANY DIFFERENT REPAIR PEOPLE. WHY SHOULD TOYOTA BE THE ONLY ONE TO TAKE THE BLAME FOR AUTO PARTS THAT AREN'T RELIABLE? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH SHE NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT DISPLAYED ON THE DASHBOARD. HOWEVER, MOMENTS LATER THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP IN WHICH THERE WAS A REPLACEMENT OF THE POWER STEERING MOTOR. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 46,000.

THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. YOU WILL BE JUST GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT GOES OUT. IF YOU TURN THE CAR OFF IT WILL COME BACK, BUT IT MAKES IT HARD TO STEER AND CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHEN IT DOES GO OUT. *TR

I WOULD START MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT LT AND ALL WOULD SEEM OK, BUT AFTER DRIVING FOR MAYBE 2-3 MINUTES, MY POWER STEERING WOULD GIVE OUT. IT WOULD USUALLY HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING AROUND THE CITY, RARELY WOULD IT HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE PROBLEM WOULD CORRECT ITSELF IF I WOULD PULL OVER AND SHUT OFF MY CAR AND RESTART IT. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF DOING THIS HOWEVER, MY CAR WOULD NO LONGER FIX ITSELF AND THE POWER STEERING WOULD STOP WORKING AFTER DRIVING JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET, REGARDLESS IF IN THE CITY OR ON THE HIGHWAY. I ENDED UP HAVING TO FIX THE PROBLEM IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 BY HAVING THE POWER STEERING PART FIXED BY A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP TOTALING MORE THAN $500. *TR

THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS VERY HARD TO OPERATE. THE KEY ALSO GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. *TR

2005 CHEVY COBALT 2.0. CUSTOMER LOST COMPLETE ASSIST IN POWER STEERING RENDERING VEHICLE UNSTABLE TO DRIVE. VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATES DASH WARNING FOR POWER STEERING, MULTIPLE TIMES PER TRIP. STEERING GEAR AND STEERING COLUMN REPLACED. CUSTOMER WAS FEARFUL OF DRIVING, DUE TO NEARLY HITTING A VEHICLE IN THE NEXT LANE. *TR

TL-*HE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROX 55 MPH AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. SHE TRIED TO TURN AROUND A CURB AND HAD NO POWER STEERING WHICH MADE FOR A DIFFICULT TIME TURNING. SHE STATED THAT THE LONGER THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER STEERING, THE MORE SHE FELT AS IF THE ENTIRE STEERING SYSTEM WAS LOCKING UP ALTOGETHER. SHE NOTICED THE PROBLEM EVERY TIME SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THE VEHICLE WAS ALRIGHT TO DRIVE WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING. THEY TOLD HER THAT IT JUST MADE THE VEHICLE HARDER TO DRIVE. SHE HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,503. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,000.

I WAS DRIVING ALONG I-20 WHEN THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING JUST GAVE OUT. THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE, TURNED THE CAR OFF STARTED IT UP, THE LIGHT WENT OUT. NOW AS SOON AS I TURN THE CAR ON IT AUTOMATICALLY COMES ON AND THE POWER STEERING IS TERRIBLE. THE CAR IS, OF COURSE, OUT OF WARRANTY. TALKED TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY ONLY HAD 1 CAR BROUGHT IN WITH THIS PROBLEM AND IT WAS COSTLY. *TR

THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT APPEARED & W/IN MINUTES THE POWER STEERING FAILED. RESTARTING THE CAR RESET IT, BUT NOW IT WILL ONLY WORK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE GOING OUT AGAIN. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLACE POWER STEERING COLUMN. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A HEADACHE SINCE THE BEGINNING W/ ONE DEFECT AFTER ANOTHER. I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANY RECALLS SINCE I PURCHASED IT NEW IN JAN 2005. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AS IT IS NOT IN OUR BUDGET AT $1200.00. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY COBALT. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. ABOUT A YEAR AGO I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING TURNING OFF IN PARKING LOTS WHILE I MADE FULL TURNS OF THE STEERING WHEEL. NOW I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING RANDOMLY TURNING OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING. ITS REALLY RANDOM SOME TIMES IT SEEM TO NEVER WANT TO STAY ON AND SOMETIMES IT SEEM TO NOT AFFECT MY CAR AT ALL. SCARY THAT IT IS INCONSISTENT. I'M AWAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

I HAD JUST TAKEN AN EXIT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND WAS GOING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. AS I WAS BEGINNING TO TURN THE POWER STEERING FAILED IN MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT. AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER WAS ALSO MAKING A LEFT TURN IN THE LANE TO THE RIGHT OF ME. IT TOOK ALL THE MUSCLE I HAD TO KEEP THE CAR FROM VEERING IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WHEN I STARTED IT AGAIN THE STEERING WORKED FINE AGAIN FOR ABOUT A MILE, THEN WENT OUT AGAIN. I SENT GM AN EMAIL TO INFORM THEM OF THIS PROBLEM AND TO LET THEM KNOW HOW CONCERNED I WAS THAT SOMEONE COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM HAPPENING IN COBALTS. I TOOK IT IN TO BE REPAIRED, BUT SINCE THERE HAD NOT BEEN A RECALL I HAD TO PAY THE $768.12 TO HAVE THE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH COBALTS AND I HAVE ASKED GM TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL THESE CARS BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING IN AND OUT. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY COBALT AND AT LEAST ONCE A DAY WHILE DRIVING (HIGHWAY OR CITY DRIVING) MY CAR LOSES ITS POWER STEERING. I CAN BE ON THE HIGHWAY OR DRIVING HOME FROM THE STORE. THERE IS NO SPEED LIMIT, NO RHYME OR REASON. THE ONLY WAY I CAN FIX IT IS TO TURN THE CAR ENTIRELY OFF AND RESTART IT. I HAVE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS HAD SUCH DIFFICULTLY STEERING THAT I BARELY MISSED HITTING OTHER CARS. TURNING CORNERS IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE! *TR

WE PURCHASED A USED 2005 COBALT AND HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. EACH TIME THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN THEY WOULD SAY THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM AND WOULD RETURN THE CAR TO US UNREPAIRED AS IT WOULD DO THE SAME THING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND ON ONE OCCASION IT ALMOST RESULTED IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT WHILE MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE TURNING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND THE STEERING WENT OUT. THANK GOD THE OTHER DRIVERS WERE ALERT AND A NEAR AND POSSIBLY FATAL ACCIDENT WAS AVOIDED. THEY TELL US IT CAN BE FIXED BUT NOW THAT IT'S OUT OF FACTORY AND SOMEHOW EVEN EXTENDED WARRANTY THEY HAD US PURCHASE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO LAST UNTIL WE PAID IT OFF HAVE EXPIRED THEY WANT US TO NOW PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AND EVEN $100 TO EVEN LOOK AT THE CAR. WE GOT A REPORT THAT THIS CAR HAD ISSUES FROM DAY ONE AND WERE NEVER TOLD BUT RECEIVED IT LATER FROM GM INDICATING THE CAR HAD A SOME PROBLEMS AND WAS SOLD TO OUR DEALERSHIP AT A GM AUCTION. WE FEEL STUCK WITH THIS CAR AND TRUSTING IN GOD EACH DAY THAT THE PROBLEM WON'T OCCUR AND CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE TO ANYONE. PLEASE MAKE GM RECALL AND REPAIR THESE COBALTS SO THAT LOSS OF LIFE OR LIMB ISN'T A RESULT AT ANYTIME. THIS OCCURS QUIT OFTEN AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET COBALT - HAD TOTAL POWER STEERING FAILURE. THE REPAIR WAS MADE BY OUR LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER I.G. BURTON IN SEAFORD, DE FOR $998.94 ON 8/27/09. CODE #9996 THEY REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY DUE TO FAULTS IN MOTOR UNIT. PART #19200751 F-COLUMN KIT AND PART #4238 CPC.. I COMPLAINED TO CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER. A REPRESENTATIVE RESPONDED BACK BY TELEPHONE DENYING MY REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL RE-IMBURSEMENT CLAIMING "THEY HAD NO REPORTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM". *TR