2005 Chevrolet Cobalt complaints

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED. I WAS DOING 30MPH WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD WENT ON AND I HAD A HARD TIME STEERING THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND THE PROBLEM STOPPED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. MY MECHANIC CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *TR

THE POWER STEERING ON MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT FAILED WHILE MAKING A TURN ON A BUSY STREET. THE SUDDEN FAILURE CAUSED ME TO VEER INTO 2 LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WAS ABLE TO STOP AND NO ACCIDENTS OCCURRED. I HAD 3 OF MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR WITH ME, COULD'VE BEEN TRAGIC!!!! *TR

MY POWER STEERING CONTINUES TO FAIL 3-4 TIMES A WEEK NOW. I OWN A 2005 CHEVY COBALT AND HAD RECENTLY LOST MY STEERING IN A SNOW STORM. I HAVE CONTACTED GMAC, AND THEY INFORMED ME THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO, BUT REPAIR IT IF NECESSARY @ MY EXPENSE, SEEING AS THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, AND THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS LITTLE TIME LAPSE BETWEEN THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR, AND LOSING THE POWER STEERING. *TR

MY 05 CHEVY COBALT POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT I HEAR A "DING DING" THEN THE WORDS POWER STEERING FLASHES ON AND THE T/C LIGHT COMES ON THE CAR WILL SLOW DOWN AND MPH AND RPM GAUGES FLUCTUATE BACK AND FORTH AND STEERING IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IT FIRST WENT OUT AT AROUND 54000 MILES I REPLACED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR BUT AT AROUND 55000 THE POWERING STEERING WENT OUT AGAIN SO I REPLACED THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN BUT THE POWERING STEERING HAS GONE OUT TWICE SINCE THEN ALWAYS AT RANDOM TIMES ALL THE OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY COBALT IN WHICH THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT RANDOMLY. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPEN I WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO , 01/28/2010, ON THE HIGHWAY, AND I ALMOST CRASHED. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A FLUKE, BUT IT HAPPENS EVERYTIME I DRIVE, AND I AM NOW FORCED NOT TO DRIVE IT FOR OBVIOUS SAFETY REASONS. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR IT TO BE HAPPENING AT THIS POINT IN THE CAR'S LIFE. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL. *TR

THE POWER STEERING JUST STOPPED WORKING ONE DAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. IT NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE APROX. 5-30 SEC. AFTER I START MOVING. *TR

MY 2005 CHEVY COBALTS POWERSTEERING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

2005 COBALT WITH 65,000 MILES. CAME TO A STOP AND COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. DROVE STRAIGHT AND CAR PULLED TO THE LEFT. CAME TO A STOP AND NO PROBLEM TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. TOOK IT TO A SHOP WHERE THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH FIXING THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS THE POWER STEERING. THIS INCLUDED THE ENTIRE STEERING SHAFT WITH ELECTRIC MOTOR AND SWITCHES ATTACHED AT A COST OF $900.00. TURNED THE COMPLAINT INTO CHEVROLET DEALER AND THE COMPLAINT WAS TAKEN TO GM WHERE AFTER TWO WEEKS SENT A LETTER STATING THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE COST DUE TO BEING 2ND HAND CAR WITH TOO MANY MILES ON THE CAR. SHOULD SOMEONE BE MAKING A TURN WHEN THE POWER STEERING DECIDES TO STOP WORKING AN ACCIDENT WILL SURELY HAPPEN AND COULD KILL OR INJURY SOMEONE. MY GRANDCHILD RIDES WITH HER MOTHER AND I WOULD BE DEVASTATED IF I LOST THEM DUE TO GM NOT WANTING TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. AT LEAST TOYOTA DID THE RIGHT THING BY STOPPING PRODUCTION UNTIL THEIR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. NOTE THAT JUST REPLACING THE PART WITH A NEW ONE DOES NOT MEAN THE NEW PART WILL NOT GO OUT AT ANY TIME BECAUSE GM WILL NOT INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. *TR

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILURE. STARTED 2 YEARS AGO. CHEVROLET COBALT 2005 LS. THE POWER STEERING USUALLY GOES OUT WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING EVERY TIME. IT IS A VERY IRRITATING PROBLEM. I WOULD FIX, BUT IT COSTS A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A RECALL, AND THANK GOD THERE IS FINALLY AN INVESTIGATION. I KNOW OF SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE WHO OWN COBALTS. CHEVROLET NEEDS TO CLEAN UP THEIR MESS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT THROUGH A WINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD AND MY ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO CRASH THAT COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH OF ME OR MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS WITH ME. *TR

I WAS RUNNING AN ERRAND EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS (THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 45F) WHEN MY DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WARNED OF A POWER STEERING PROBLEM. AT THE TIME I WAS ON A STRAIGHT ROAD ONLY GOING ABOUT 25MPH, SO WHEN I GOT TO THE UPCOMING STOP SIGN, I SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED MY CAR. I DROVE ANOTHER 5 MILES TO PICK UP SOME FOOD AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM UP TO THAT POINT. ON THE REMAINING MILE FROM THE FOOD STOP TO MY HOME, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT TWICE. I WAS ON A STRAIGHT ROAD GOING ABOUT 35MPH THE FIRST TIME, AND THE SECOND TIME I WAS PULLING INTO MY PARKING SPOT. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN MY CAR SINCE THEN, AND AT THIS MOMENT I PLAN TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP MONDAY (IF THEY ARE NOT CLOSED FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY). THE REASON I AM REPORTING THIS TO NHTSA SORT OF PREMATURELY IS BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON OCCURRING PROBLEM BASED ON WHAT I FOUND AFTER LOOKING UP 'CHEVY, COBALT, POWER, STEERING' ON A SEARCH ENGINE. ONE ARTICLE ALONE HAD OVER 810 COMMENTS, ALL OWNERS OF THE SAME CAR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS RIDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT THREE TIMES AND I CAN NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE.. I FELT THAT MY LIFE AND FAMILY WAS ENDANGERED. I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

VEHICLE BEGINS TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY AT SLOWER SPEEDS AFTER DECELERATION FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS. CONTROL OF VEHICLE IS LOST DURING MOST VIOLENT VIBRATIONS, AND STOPPING THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY DOES NOT HELP THE SITUATION. THIS VIBRATING (ON THE FRONT WHEELS ONLY) WILL CONTINUE FOR MILES/HOURS. THE ONLY THINGS NOTED ON ANY 2005 CHEVY COBALT WERE SAFETY FOR INTERIOR AND HEADLIGHTS BUT THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 1100 REPORTS OF FAULTY POWER STEERING. SLOWER SPEEDS CAUSE THIS VIOLENT VIBRATION ON THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. IT HAS STARTED APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AFTER PURCHASE AND HAS CONTINUED AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE SINCE THEN CURRENT DATE 12 FEBRUARY 2010. CONDITION KEEPS WORSENING, HAS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY COBALT, FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO THE POWER STEERING HAS STOPPED WORKING LOTS OF TIMES, SOMETIMES IT GOES OUT A COUPLE TIMES A DAY. OTHER TIMES IT DON'T GO OUT FOR A WEEK. I AM AN OLDER LADY AN I THOUGHT WITH GAS MILEAGE THE COBALT WOULD BE A GREAT CAR FOR ME. NOW I AM SCARED EVERY TIME I DRIVE,AS I AM AFRAID THE STEERING WILL GO OUT AND CAUSE ME TO WRECK. I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THIS WORKED ON . WANT TO KNOW IF THERE WILL BE A RECALL AS ON THE TV THEY SAID THERE WERE LOTS OF COBALTS DOING THIS. *TR

2005 CHEVY COBALT POWER STEERING FAILURE. WE PURCHASED THIS CAR A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT HAS BEGUN TO HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS. THE CAR IS INSIDE OF THE TIMELINE FOR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, BUT IS OVER MILES. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE POWER STEERING FAILURE, ENGINE STALLING, ROUGH SHIFTING, STRANGE MOVEMENTS OF THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. POWER STEERING LOSS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AND THE ENGINE HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE ENGINE ALSO STALL WHEN BRAKING. THIS NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT TODAY AND THE SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE. MY WIFE AND I DRIVE OUR 1 YEAR OLD CHILD IN THIS CAR AND MY WIFE IS PREGNANT. WE CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM AS NUMEROUS REPORTS ON THE WEB INDICATE THAT THIS IS A EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES EACH DAY. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SHE LOST ALL POWER WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRIVE NORMALLY; YET, WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THE FAILURE RECURRED. A LOCAL MECHANIC NOTIFIED THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ENTIRE POWER STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $800. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

ON JAN.9TH WHILE I WAS DRIVING, POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON BRIEFLY. ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST POWER STEERING. COULD NOT CONTROL CAR. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO GET CAR OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED CALL OFF. RESTARTED IT AND WHILE DRIVING IT AGAIN IT WAS HARD TO STEER. TOOK CAR TO DEALER. THEY FIXED IT. THEY REPLACED PS ELECTRIC ASSIST MOTOR. *TR

WHILE OPERATING HER 05 CHEVY COBALT, MY WIFE LOST POWER STEERING WHILE EXITING THE INTERSTATE, CAUSING HER TO RUN OFF THE ROAD AND BLOW A TIRE. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON 4 OTHER INSTANCES WITH THIS VEHICLE WHILE I WAS OPERATING IT, CAUSING ME TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE STEERING COLUMN AT MY OWN EXPENSE. THIS VEHICLE HAS 80,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE PART FAILURE. *TR

05 CHEVY COBALT - POWER STEERING GOES OUT. BOUGHT THE CAR TWO WEEKS AGO AND THE STEERING COMES AND GOES. READING THE WEB IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT GM HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING YET. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILED IN MY CHEVY COBALT. IT CUTS OUT WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING AND REMAINS OUT. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO STEER AT LOW SPEEDS AND PARK. I HAVE COME CLOSE TO BEING IN ACCIDENTS SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE STOP DRIVING MY CAR BECAUSE IT IS TO DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND IT IS TO MUCH OF A STRAIN FOR ME WHILE PREGNANT. *TR

PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVY COBALT..CURRENTLY ONLY HAS 56,000 MILES. THE POWER STEERING HAS COMPLETELY GONE OUT. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE AND THE DEALERSHIP IS TRYING TO CHARGE PEOPLE ANYWHERE FROM 400-900 TO FIX. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS. I KNOW THERE IS CURRENTLY AN INVESTIGATION BUT HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DOES IT TAKE? THIS IS RIDICULOUS! I AM NOT PAYING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A CAR THAT IS BARELY 4 YEARS OLD AND IS A CONSISTENT PROBLEM FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE PURCHASED THIS SAME CAR. IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AND IS A NUISANCE TO TRY TO OPERATE A CAR THAT IS BARELY DRIVABLE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY COBALT- THE POWER STEERING IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AT TIMES- THE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF- SHOWING A PROBLEM IS PRESENT- I AM UNABLE TO TURN THE CAR NORMALLY- MAKING ME USE TWO HANDS-ALSO, THERE IS A RATTLE IN THE BACK- LEFT- VERY NOTICEABLE- TO ALL IN VEHICLE. *TR

POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT. MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN AT SLOW SPEEDS. *TR

2005 CHEVY COBALT THIS CAR HAS POWERSTEERING FAILURE. THE POWERSTEERING WILL FAIL ON WHAT SEEMS TO BE ONLY 10 YARDS DOWN THE ROAD. IT WILL RESET IF THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON. BUT ONLY TO FAIL 10 YARDS DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN. BEFORE IT WASN'T AS OFTEN AS IT IS NOW. DRIVING IT IS A RISK BECAUSE OF THE EFFORT IT TAKES TO CONTROL THE STEERING. *TR

POWER STEERING IN MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT AS GONE OUT. *TR

I RECEIVED A CALL FROM GM TELLING ME THAT MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT ISN'T AND MAY NEVER BE ON THE RECALL LIST. MY CAR HAS BEEN HAVING SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT FREQUENTLY AND I CAN'T DRIVE IT SAFELY ANYMORE. THE STEERING IS TOO DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT EVEN TO TAKE MY GRANDCHILDREN TO SEE THEIR DOCTORS. I PLEADED WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF GM AND HE KEPT TELLING ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO ABOUT IT. I ALREADY HAVE A CASE NUMBER BUT I FEAR THAT NOTHING WILL EVER GET DONE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE! I WOULD APPRECIATE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO MAKES THIS RIGHT! *TR

POWER STEERING FAILS IN 2005 CHEVY COBALT. SPEEDOMETER QUITS WORKING SO ODOMETER NO LONGER REGISTERS. DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN STEERING QUIT. THIS ALMOST CREATED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC AND HE SAYS THE COMPUTER WON'T GIVE OUT ANY INPUT. *TR

1. POWER STEERING FAILURE. REGULAR DRIVING. THE CAR BEEPED AND A PROMPT MESSAGE APPEARING SAYING "POWER STEERING". 2. MULTIPLE TIMES DURING A SHORT DRIVE. STOPPING THE CAR/RESTARTING THE ENGINE TEMPORARILY FIXES IT. COULD LEAD TO INTERSECTION CRASHES BECAUSE OF POWER STEERING RE ENGAGING/FAILING MID-TURN. 3. NEW STEERING COLUMN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND WOULDN'T MOVE. SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE MANUALLY TO HER RESIDENCE. SHE DID NOT SEE ANY WARNING LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING COLUMN AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE FOR $1,387. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,481 THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 58,200 UPDATED 03/19/10. *LJ UPDATED 08/18/10*JB

POWER STEERING FAILURE 2005 CHEVY COBALT. I WAS IDLING IN A PARKING LOT, HEARD A DING DING DING, NOTICED A MESSAGE ON MY DASH "POWER STEERING." I TRIED TO MANEUVER INTO A PARKING SPACE AND COULD BARELY TURN THE CAR INTO THE SPACE. IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE POWER STEERING WAS OK. THE SAME THING HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE I WAS DRIVING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE POWER STEERING WOULD OPERATE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN GO OUT AT RANDOM INTERVALS. WHEN THE POWER STEERING WOULD MALFUNCTION, AN ALARM WOULD SOUND AND A MESSAGE POP UP OF THE DASH. TURNING OFF THE CAR SEEMED TO RESET THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE MOTOR IN THE POWER STEERING. THE PART WAS EXPENSIVE, BUT AVAILABLE. IT IS WORKING FINE AGAIN. THEY DENIED ANY KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS ISSUE IN OTHER CARS. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY COBALT AND MY POWER STEERING HAS BEEN OUT FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS. I'VE STARTED SEEING ARTICLES CONCERNING THE POWER STEERING AND THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT MY CAR. *TR

MY POWER STEERING HAS FAILED WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 COBALT WITH 50,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED 3 TO 4 TIMES A WEEK. HE TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTED IT; THE FAILURE APPEARED TO RESET THE POWER STEERING AND IT FAILED WITHIN 5 TO 10 MINUTES. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,779. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND DINGS AND IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. IF I TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT THE CAR IS FINE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THAN THE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN. I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED BY THE DEALER SERVICE DEPT AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG, SO I HAVE BEEN DRIVING IT LIKE THIS FOR OVER TWO MONTHS. NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT TO DO NEXT. IT HAPPENS ON SHORT TRIPS AND LONG TRIPS, ALWAYS WHEN I AM DRIVING, NEVER WHEN I AM PARKED OR STOPPED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT WHICH WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW. SHE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY AND IT BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND RESTARTED TO RESET THE POWER STEERING. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED TO THE POINT WHERE ONCE THE POWER STEERING FAILED; IT WOULD NOT RESET WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE, TO DATE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 58,000.

2005 CHEVROLET COBALT POWER STEERING FAILURE. BEGAN WHILE I WAS JUST DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH IN TRAFFIC AROUND MID DECEMBER AND WOULD GO OFF EVERY FEW MILES. IT IS NOW MUCH MORE FREQUENT GOING OFF AROUND EVERY ONE TO TWO MINUTES OF DRIVING. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THIS I LOOKED ONLINE AND THE CONSENSUS OF THE MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM IS AROUND 2,000 DOLLARS, AND I WORRY ABOUT MY SAFETY BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING HIS 2005 CHEVY COBALT WHEN THE POWER STEERING UNEXPECTEDLY WENT OUT. IT KEPT GOING ON AND OFF UNTIL HE GOT TO WORK. HE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME HANDLING THE CAR AND ALMOST WENT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD COST $800.00 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND IT IS NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY'S. IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THE CAR AND IT IS NOT SAFE. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY COBALT 2.2 ENGINE. IT STARTED SEPT 8TH 2009 MY POWER STEERING IN MY CAR FAILED CAUSING ME TO STRAIN TO TURN THE WHEEL. I MADE IT WITH MILD DAMAGE TO MY CAR. I REPLACED MY STEERING COLUMN BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE CAR JUMPS LIKE IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR TO SHIFT INTO CAUSING THE CAR TO JUMP AND BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. *TR

THE POWER STEERING ON MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT KEEPS GIVING OUT. IT BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR ME TO STEER. I HAVE TO STOP THE CAR AND WAIT ABOUT 30 MINUTES SO THAT IT CAN RESET ITSELF AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING IT GETS HARD AGAIN. I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AND I AM AFRAID THAT I MAY LOSE CONTROL AND GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY COBALT WITH POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. I CAN BE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH AND HEAR A SNAPPING NOISE IN THE FUSE BOX AND THEN INSTANTANEOUSLY THE WORD POWER STEERING IS DISPLAYED ON THE DASH BOARD MONITOR. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THERE IS NO POWER STEERING. I PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART THE CAR AND THE POWER STEERING RESUMES. ON 1/12/2010 I DROVE THIS CAR TO TOPEKA, KANSAS AND HAD NO PROBLEMS GOING THERE WHICH WAS 80 MILES. ON THE WAY BACK HOME, THE POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING 7 TIMES IN A 60 MILE. TOWARDS THE END OF THE 60 MILE DRIVE, THE POWER STEERING WOULD GO OUT WITHIN 5 SECONDS OF RESTARTING THE CAR AND DRIVING LESS THAN 100 FEET. I LIMPED THE CAR TO WORK WITH NO POWER STEERING AND LET IT SIT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. AFTER WORK, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS DRIVING THE REMAINING 20 MILES TO MY HOME. THE POWER STEERING IS PROBLEM IS VERY INTERMITTENT, IT CAN BE PROBLEMATIC SEVERAL TIMES IN ONE DAY AND THEN NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE TEMPERATURE THE DAY I HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WAS COLD (20 DEGREES), HOWEVER THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 6 MONTHS NOW AND STARTED WHEN IT WAS VERY HOT, OVER 100 DEGREES. UNFORTUNATELY THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING MORE FREQUENT. I WENT TO A CHEVY DEALER AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $100 TO HOOK IT UP TO A COMPUTER TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM. WITH THIS MANY COMPLAINTS, THERE SHOULD BE NO CHARGE TO HOOK THE CAR UP TO A COMPUTER TO DETERMINE WHAT IS WRONG. OUT OF FRUST

2004 CHEVY COBALT POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING. CAR HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN DUE TO SAFETY ONCERNS. PLAN TO TAKE TO THE CHEVY DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND POSSIBLE REPAIR FEBUARY 2010. WILL GET RID OF CAR AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE BEFORE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OCCURS.

THIS SCENARIO HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES: START ENGINE, ENGAGE IN DRIVING AFTER GIVING TIME FOR ENGINE TO IDLE DOWN, BEGIN TO DRIVE, ALL GAUGES GO TO 0 OR BLANK OUT, POWER STEERING IS LOST, FUEL GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY WHEN DRIVING WITH A FULL TANK OR LESS, RPM GAUGE STATES 0 WHEN ENGINE IS STILL NOTICEABLY RUNNING, CID DISPLAYS "PWR STEERING" INDICATING IT IS OUT. THE ONLY FIX? TURN OFF CAR, UNPLUG BATTERY TERMINAL, WAIT 5 MINUTES, ATTACH TERMINAL, DRIVE AGAIN. BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON FOR A DAY OR TWO. THIS NORMALLY HAPPENS ONCE A WEEK AND NO DEALERS SAY THERE'S A PROBLEM READING ON MY ECU/PCM. I'M SO FED UP WITH THIS. MY CAR IS A 2005 MODEL AND THIS HAS NEVER BEEN CORRECTED.

2005 COBALT CHEVROLET POWER STERRING GOES OUT

IN THE SUMMER OF '08 THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT IN MY CAR AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK. I ALOMOST HIT THE CAR NEXT TO ME BECAUSE IT CAUSES THE CAR TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. SINCE THEN THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN INCREASINGLY WORSE TO THE POINT THAT EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR, THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT AFTER ABOUT 1 MINUTE OF DRIVING. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE TO SEE IF IT WAS A SIMPLE FIX, BUT FOUND THAT NOT ONLY IS IT A DIFFICULT PROBLEM TO FIX, BUT PRETTY EXPENSIVE AS WELL. I DO NOT HAVE THE MOENY TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, SO NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

I GAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT TO MY DAUGHTER, BOUGHT THE CAR SECOND HAND @ APPROXIMATELY 40,000KM IT NOW HAS APPROX 55,000 KM. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR I ASKED THE DEALER FOR A MAINTENANCE PRINT OUT AND THERE WAS NO REFERENCE TO STEERING ISSUES.TWICE SINCE LAST NOVEMBER THE STEERING LOCKS ON HER WHILE DRIVING, SHE DESCRIBES IT AS VERY HARD TO STEER, RATTLING NOISE AND JERKING IN THE STEERING. TEH FIRST TIME SHE PULLED OFF THE HWY AND DROVE HOME ON THE SHOULDER, SHE CALLED ME UP TO DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE POWER STEERING FLUID ONLY TO FIND OUT IT IS ELECTRONIC SYSTEM. BOTH TIMES I CALLED THE DEALER BUT HE WAS NOT REALLY OFFERING ANY SOLLUTION, HE ONLY TOLD ME HE WAS AWARE THAT IT HAD OCCURED ON OTHER COBALTS AND IT COULD COST UP TO $2000 TO REPAIR. TODAY I SAW ON THE INTERNET THAT GM WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR HUNDREDS OF CRASHES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM....DO THEY HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM AND IF THEY DO WHAT IS MY RECOURSE...I AM CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY DAUGHTER. *CN

RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVY COBALT. THREE MONTHS LATER IN JANUARY WHILE DRIVING, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. PULLED IN A STORE PARKING LOT, SHOPPED FIFTEEN MINUTES, STARTED THE CAR AND HAD POWER STEERING. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN SEVEN DAYS LATER. I TOOK IT IN TO MY MECHANIC WHO SAID IT WAS AN ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING PUMP AND SHUTTING DOWN WAS A SAFETY FEATURE IF IT OVER HEATS. IT HAPPENED A FEW TIMES DURING THE SUMMER AND AGAIN AROUND DECEMBER. THIS CAN HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT THE TEMPERATURE. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND OUT IT COULD COST THOUSANDS TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SYSTEM. *TW

2005 CHEVY COBALT, 52000 MILES, POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING AT RANDOM TIMES. MUST RESTART ENGINE TO GET IT TO WORK. SOMETIMES IT STOPS EVERY FEW MINUTES. PLEASE ADVISE IF THERE IS A RECALL PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE, AS IT COULD EASILY CAUSE A CRASH. *TW

2005 CHEVY COBALT POWER STEERING CONTINUED TO GO OUT DAILY- HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED. HUSBAND WOULD BE DRIVING AND NO POWER STEERING.WOULD TURN OFF CAR AND THEN TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND COULD DRIVE. SEVERAL DATES TOO MANY TO REMEMBER. A RECALL SHOULD BE MANDATED AS THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD.

POWERSTEERING CUTS OUT FOR NO REAL GOOD REASON. I BELIEVE IT IS A BAD DESIGN. MOTOR NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH OR CIRCUIT BREAKER VALUE TOO LOW. ITS A !@#$% PROBLEM. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE THE CAR. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET WITH THE SO CALLED FIX DONE 3 TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULT. THIS ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE AND IT TEMPTS YOU TO JUST INCREASE THE AVAILABLE CURRENT. GM DESERVES TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS FOR THEIR CARELESS HANDLING OF IT. THIS CAR IS A CERTIFIED LEMON WITH NUMEROUS PROBLEMS THAT EVERY ONE OFF THE LINE HAS, JUST GOOGLE IT. MY CAR HAS AN EVAP ERROR, BAD UNLOCK BUTTON ON REMOTE, PWS ERROR, CABIN AIR QUALITY SUCKS, LIKE SUCKING ON THE TAIL PIPE IN FRONT OF YOU, TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT UP PROPERLY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FEATHER TOUCH TO GET IT TO SHIFT UP. CLICKING SOUND ON SHIFTER EVERY TIME YOU HIT THE BRAKES, KEY GETS LOCKED IN STEERING , YOU HAVE TO MOVE SHIFTER AND OR HIT BRAKE TO GET IT TO RELEASE IT. THEY NEED TO GET TO THE ROOT OF THE STEERING PROBLEM SO THAT WHEN IT IS FIXED IT STAYS FIXED. INSANITY - USING THE SAME PARTS AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. BEING A ELECTRONICS MAJOR I KNOW THIS IS A !@#$% ERROR THAT IS ROOTED IN THE DESIGN. *TW