2007 Chevrolet Cobalt complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2007. SHE NOTICED THAT THE KEY WAS HARD TO RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION. IN FEBRUARY 2007 THE POWER STEERING FAILED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 16,000. UPDATED 07/19/10 *BF UPDATED 07/21/10*JB

STEERING FAILURE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2007 CHEVY COBALT NEW. AT ABOUT 8,000 MILES, I NOTICED AT LOW SPEEDS, WHEN I TURNED TO THE RIGHT, THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD MAKE A NOISE AND JERKY MOTION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, BUT THE PROBLEM RETURNED AFTER ONLY 300 MORE MILES. *TR

2007 COBALT, THE POWER STEERING JUST GOES OUT AT ANY SPEED. IT MAKE THE CAR ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. *TR

PURCHASED USED 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT NOV 08 35,503 MILES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 2 DEC 08. DEALER SWITCHED OUT CAM SENSOR FUSE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON END OF JAN 09 IN GERMANY. GERMAN MECHANIC TURNED LIGHT OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON A FEW DAYS LATER, BUT CONTINUED TO DRIVE. POWER STEERING STARTED TO FAIL SEP 09. CAR INTERMITTENTLY LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING. PULLED OVER, TURNED KEY TO OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, TURNED THE KEY, AND THE CAR STARTED BACK UP WITH NO PROBLEM. POWER STEERING KIT REPLACED END OF NOV 09. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. POWER STEERING MOTOR REPLACED MIDDLE DEC 09. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AGAIN CODE P0230. REPLACED FUEL PUMP RELAY JAN 10. CAR CONTINUES TO LOSE POWER INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON CODE P0230. CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP SWITCHED OUT FUEL PUMP RELAY 15 FEB 10. CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP SUGGESTS REPLACING ECM IF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES BACK ON. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON 17 FEB 10 AND CAR CONTINUES TO LOSE POWER INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. SCHEDULING APPOINTMENT WITH CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TO DIAGNOSE. *TR

EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE IN MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT UNTIL IT GOT TO ABOUT 70,000 MILES AND THEN WHILE I DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE POWER STEERING SHUT OFF. THIS HAS CONTINUALLY OCCURRED EVERY TIME THAT I DRIVE AND IT HAPPENS AT RANDOM TIMES. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS AT A BAD TIME AND SOME ONE GETS HURT. I'VE TAKEN IT TO A FEW MECHANICS WHO HAVE SAID THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERED AT LEAST A DOZEN OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR COBALT. THEY THEN TELL ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THAT THE TOTAL COST WOULD BE ABOUT $900. THAT'S RIDICULOUS I WONT PAY THAT MUCH MONEY FOR SOMETHING SO STUPID. GM NEEDS TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM THEIR CRAPPY MADE CARS. *TR

WE BOUGHT IT NEW AND WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP THEY SAID THERE WAS NO DEFECT NOW WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE POWERSTEERING FAILING AND WE BOUGHT THE STEERING COLUMN KIT(385.06) AND HAD IT INSTALLED AND IT STILL IS DOING THE SAME THING, WHEN IT GOES OUT IT IS HARD TO CONTROL THE CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHENEVER THE CONTACT WOULD DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED HE COULD SMELLED GAS FUMES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD A LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSE HIS VEHICLE AND HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000.

2007 CHEVROLET COBALT -- IN DECEMBER 2009 THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE EXITING INTERSTATE. THAT WAS NEAR THE END OF A 2-HOUR TRIP. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS WORKING AGAIN. SINCE THAT FIRST INCIDENT THE POWER STEERING HAS STARTED FAILING MORE FREQUENTLY (ALMOST EVERY TIME) AND ON SHORTER TRIPS. TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING THE CAR RESTARTS THE POWER STEERING, HOWEVER SOMETIMES IT RECURS WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. THE CAR IS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE WITHOUT POWER STEERING AND I'M AFRAID IT WILL LEAD TO A WRECK. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT WE CALLED THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEREFORE WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. (THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, NOT A WORN OUT PART.) THE CAR IS SCHEDULED FOR REPAIR NEXT WEEK AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID COULD COST ABOUT $400. *TR

NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, JUST DRIVING, AND A WARNING 'BEEP, BEEP, BEEP,' THE 'POWER STEERING' WARNING COMES ON IN THE DASH WHERE THE TEMPERATURE AND MILEAGE ARE, AND THE POWER STEERING IS NOT WORKING. THE WHEEL IS VERY HARD TO TURN AND CONTROL IS LOST IF ALREADY IN A TURN. MY SON HAD TO HELP ME STEER. SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT, AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WILL COME BACK ON, BUT THE INTERVAL OF OPERATION GETS SHORTER AND SHORTER. NOT DRIVING CAR NOW. TOO DANGEROUS, CANNOT STEER. *TR

THE STEERING SUDDENLY FROZE UP AND COULD NOT STEER THE CAR. LUCKILY, WE WERE IN OUR OWN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. *TR

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING - *TR

POWER STEERING FAILED THEN WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2007 CHEVY COBALT ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 11,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. EARLY LAST SUMMER IT WAS NEARING THE 40,000 MARK AND MY POWER STEERING STARTED GOING OUT. I ASSUMED THAT IT WAS OUT OF FLUID, SO I TOOK THE CAR AND HAD AN OIL CHANGE AND ALL THE FLUIDS CHECKED. AS I WAS LEAVING THE MECHANIC, IT WENT OUT AGAIN. I WENT BACK INTO THE OFFICE, TOLD THEM MY ISSUE AND THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PUT POWER STEERING FLUID, THAT IT WAS A CLOSED TRANSMISSION. (I LATER LEARNED THAT IT WAS ELECTRIC.) THE POWER STEERING CONTINUED TO COME AND GO FOR ANOTHER FEW MONTHS. I STOPPED DRIVING FOR ABOUT 8 WEEKS AND WHEN I RESUMED DRIVING, IT WAS FINE. I THOUGHT MAYBE THE PROBLEM HAD FIXED ITSELF. IT WENT OUT AGAIN ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO; IT HAD AROUND 41500 MILE ON IT. I LIVE IN THE BACK OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE I HAVE TO MAKE LOTS OF TURNS AND THAT IS GENERALLY WHERE IT GOES OUT. I DO NOT DO A LOT OF INTERSTATE OR HIGHWAY DRIVING, MOSTLY JUST INNER-CITY. I RARELY TRAVEL OVER 50 MPH. BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING CONTINUES TO GO OUT, IT MAKES IT HARD FOR ME TO MAKE TURNS AND DRIVE. I HAVE NOT YET BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE, BUT I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS. I TRY TO REMAIN EXTRA AWARE OF MY SURROUNDINGS TO PREVENT ANY INCIDENTS. *TR

WAS DRIVING ALONG WHEN A DASHBOARD WARNING INDICATED A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING AND IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. PULLED OFF, TURNED OFF CAR AND RESTARTED AND PROBLEM WAS CLEAR. DROVE A FEW MORE MILES AND HAD THE SAME ISSUE. IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE ISSUE HASN'T HAPPENED AGAIN. BUT CONCERNED THAT IT WILL. *TR

THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING WENT OUT IN MY COBALT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT SINCE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM, AND THAT THE UNITS THEY REPLACE ALSO FAIL IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN TO NOT ONLY ME BUT SOMEONE ELSE. THIS PROBLEM COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF NOT FIXED. *TR

THE VEHICLE IS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT WITH APPROXIMATELY 62,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS PURCHASED USED A WEEK BEFORE INCIDENT OCCURRED. MY DAUGHTER HAD JUST GOT OFF WORK AND WAS STARTING TO DRIVE HOME WHEN SHE NOTICED POWER STEERING FAILURE MESSAGE COME ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD ON THE DASH. AT THE SAME TIME SHE FELT THE STEERING GET HARD TO CONTROL. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT INCIDENT. MY DAUGHTER CALLED HOME AND I WENT TO HER LOCATION, THINKING POWER STEERING FLUID MUST BE LOW. TO MY SURPRISE I LEARNED IT HAD NO PUMP AND IT WAS ELECTRICAL. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND MESSAGE WAS OUT AND STEERING APPEARED TO BE FINE. I DROVE IT HOME. THE NEXT DAY I WENT OUT AND AFTER STARTING VEHICLE NOTICED THE MESSAGE COMING ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD READ STEERING PROBLEMS. I TRIED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BUT IT WAS VERY HARD TO MANEUVER THE STEERING. IT HAD NO POWER ASSIST IN THE STEERING. IT BECAME SPORADIC OFF AND ON OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND LEARNED INORDER TO FIX PROBLEM, THE POWER ASSIST STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. I HAD THE DEALER REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN WHICH HOUSED THE POWER ASSIST COMPUTER MODULE AND THE ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST MOTOR. OUR TOTAL EXPENSE WAS $730.27. I LEARNED FROM THE DEALERSHIP THAT 2005 THRU 2007 MODEL YEARS WERE KNOWN TO THEM TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH POWER ASSIST STEERING GOING OUT. I STILL HAVE THE OLD STEERING UNIT THAT WAS REPLACED. I READ WHERE NHTSA WAS LOOKING INTO THE STEERING PROBLEM. I JUS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER INTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC STEERING FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS OR WARRANTIES RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

I BOUGHT A 2007 CHEVY COBALT LS FROM STEARNS CHEVROLET IN GRAHAM, NC IN JUNE 2009 WITH JUST A LITTLE OVER 32K MI. SOME WHERE BETWEEN 45K & 50K MI. MY POWER STEERING BEGAN TO RANDOMLY GO OUT. THE FIRST TIME, I WAS IN FIRST GEAR SWITCHING TO SECOND ON A RIGHT HAND TURN. SINCE THEN, IT HAPPENS EXTREMELY RANDOMLY, USUALLY IN TOWN WHERE I HAVE TO SWITCH GEARS THE MOST. IF APPROPRIATE, I CAN USUALLY JUST POP IN THE CLUTCH & RESTART THE VEHICLE & IT RESETS THE MOTOR AND EVERYTHING IS FINE FOR A WHILE, SOMETIMES IT JUST GOES RIGHT BACK OUT. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM (WHICH IS NOW CLOSED) AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR IN MY ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM HAD GONE BAD AND GM AGREED TO PAY 1/3 OF THE $700 TO FIX IT. I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT. *TR

2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. POWER STEERING FAILURE AT 32,000 MI. POWER STEERING MOTOR REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. OLD PART KEPT AT DEALERSHIP. *TR

STEERING PROBLEMS WITH 2007 COBALT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE LIGHTS INSIDE THE VEHICLE WENT DEM AND SOON AFTER THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER STEERING FAILURE HAPPENS EVERYDAY AND PREVIOUSLY CAUSED A CRASH. NO ONE WAS INJURED DURING THE CRASH AND THERE WERE DAMAGES TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT FEELS THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL. FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN A PARKING LOT; PROCEDING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. THE "POWER STEERING" WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IMMEDIATELY, THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE DRIVER PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE;THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION THE FAILURES OCCURRED INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE REPAIR PART WAS ON A BACK ORDER. THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED THE VEHICLE BE REPAIRED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED DUE TO THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THE MANUFACTURER PART. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,001.

INTERMITTENT AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER STEERING IN MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT. LOSS OF FUNCTION HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY TEN (10) TIMES SINCE DEC 09 WHEN FIRST OCCURRED. POWER STEERING RETURN AFTER CAR IS TURNED OFF. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC WHO COMPUTER TESTED IT BUT FOUND NO MALFUNCTION CODES. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 52,200 MILES. *TR

WHEN WE DROVE OUR 2007 CHEVY COBALT THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. WE HAD TO STOP THE CAR OFF AND RE-START IT. THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK ON BUT WENT OUT AGAIN. WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT WENT OUT AND WE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH. I TOOK THE CAR TO OUR SERVICE GUY AND WE TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT $1200 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AT THIS TIME WE CANT AFFORD SUCH A LARGE REPAIR. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THE LOCAL DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THE MODEL CAR HAD BEEN HAVING BECAUSE THEY HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS. *TR

I OWN A 2007 CHEVY COBALT LT. THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT ON IT AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING. IF I TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN I WILL GET THE POWER STEERING BACK FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I GET IN THE CAR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THE STEERING WILL GO OUT, WHAT IF IT WAS IN A MIDDLE OF A TURN AND IM NOT ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. IM TOLD THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, WHICH IS 1200 DOLLARS. *TR

POWER STEERING PROBLEMS ON OUR 2007 CHEVY COBALT. OUR 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS CAR AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OFF. COMPLETELY. THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, ESPECIALLY WITH AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER. WE WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALER TOMORROW IN HOPES OF FIXING THIS PROBLEM. CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

WE BOUGHT OUR 19 YR. OLD DAUGHTER A 2007 COBALT LAST YEAR. SHE WAS ON HER WAY BACK TO COLLEGE ON INTERSTATE AND HER POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THE CAR HAS ONLY 43,000 MILES ON IT AND WE STILL OWE 4 YRS ON IT. I WAS APPALLED AT HOW MANY COMPLAINTS THERE WERE ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. SHE WAS SCARED AND CRYING. SHE WAS 4 HRS AWAY FROM US. THIS WAS FEBRUARY 14TH 2010. SHE COULD OF BEEN KILLED OR IN A WREAK. WHY HAS GM NOT DONE A RECALL ON THESE CARS? THE WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT, SO THIS WILL BE OUT OF POCKET FOR US. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID FOR HER TO EVEN DRIVE THIS CAR NOW.SHOULD I TELL HER NOT TO COME HOME ANY MORE UNTIL SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. YOU CAN'T IGNORE THIS. PEOPLE WILL GET HURT OR EVEN WORSE BE KILLED BY THIS. IS THAT WHAT EVERYONE IS WAITING FOR BEFORE SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING? *TR

DRIVING ON WV RT. 10 IN LOGAN COUNTY, WV. POWER STEERING FAILED. PULLED OVER, SHUT THE CAR OFF, STARTED IT UP AGAIN, STEERING OK. A FEW MILES LATER, POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN. I WAS APPROX 100 MILES FROM HOME, AND EVERY 10 MILES APPROX., THE POWER STEERING FAILS. CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, IT WILL COST LOTS OF $ THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO FIX. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2007 CHEVY COBALT 4-DOOR IN JUNE 2007--IN SEPTEMBER I TOLD MY MOTHER THAT MY STEERING WAS STRANGE, THAT SOMETIMES I FELT LIKE I WASN'T REALLY STEERING MY CAR. IN OCTOBER I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY, IT WAS RAINING AND I SLOWED DOWN. UPON SLOWING DOWN TO APPROX 15-20 AROUND A CURVE I COULDN'T STEER MY CAR. I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE MY CAR JUST SEEMED TO GO ON ITS' OWN. THAT SAME DECEMBER, I WAS TURNING INTO A SCHOOL PARKING LOT AND AGAIN COULDN'T STEER MY CAR AND HIT A PARKING BLOCK. MY MOM THOUGHT IT WAS MY TIRES AND INVESTED IN A NEW SET OF TIRES ON A NEW CAR. TWO WEEKS AGO (AGAIN ON THE HIGHWAY) I CAME UPON AN ACCIDENT, SLOWED DOWN TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP AND ONCE AGAIN LOST MY STEERING JUST LONG ENOUGH TO TURN THE CAR A LITTLE TRYING TO GET IT OVER TO THE SHOULDER, HIT THE GUARDRAIL SUPPORT AND SMASHED THE HEADLIGHT. I BACKED UP, FELT MY STEERING GRAB AND CONTINUED ON. MY STEERING I AM CONVINCED CAUSED ALL 3 ACCIDENTS. THERE IS STILL DAMAGE ON MY CAR AND MY INSURANCE RATES HAVE GONE UP. I WANT MY DAMAGE FIXED, MY STEERING FIXED, MY MOM REIMBURSED $500.00 FOR MY DEDUCTIBLE AND A LETTER I CAN GIVE MY AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY. IT OCCURS FAIRLY FREQUENTLY, BUT LUCKILY THERE HAS ONLY BEEN THREE ACCIDENTS AND NO FATALITIES THERE IS STILL DAMAGE ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE I CAN'T TURN IT INTO MY INSURANCE COMPANY WITHOUT MY RATES GOING UP. WHEN I TOLD PEOPLE AT THE DEALERSHIP WHAT WAS GOING ON THEY THOUGHT I WAS NUTS AND SO DID I UNTIL A TOW DRIVER WHO

I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE AND I CALLED MISSION CHEVROLET IN EL PASO TX TO SCHEDULE AND APPOINTMENT AS PER THE RECALL NOTICE, I SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HE TOLD ME THAT I COULD NOT SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT SINCE HE DID NOT ANTICIPATE HAVING PARTS AVAILABLE BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY RECEIVING 15 PARTS AND THEY WOULD BE USED FOR FIRST COME FIRST SERVE CUSTOMERS. I WORK FULL TIME AND AM A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP SO I HAVE TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AND ACCORDING TO HIM THE RECALL CHECK WOULD REQUIRE MY LEAVING CAR FOR THE DAY. ALL OF WHICH IS QUITE DIFFERENT TO WHAT WAS DESCRIBED ON THE RECALL NOTICE OF A 15 MINUTE CHECK AND AN HOUR AND A HALF REPLACEMENT TIME IF NECESSARY. SO NOW I AM AT A DISADVANTAGE IF I CAN NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE AND COULD BE JEOPARDIZING MY SAFETY. *TR

2007 CHEVROLET COBALT - ELECTRIC POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STEER HARD; NO ACCIDENT TO DATE BUT POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENT IF IT GOES OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER STEERING AND IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE FAILURE BEGAN TO OCCUR ON A DAILY BASIS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE DEALERSHIP MADE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT HAS NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE CONTACT HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE WITH OTHER CHEVROLET COBALT'S. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,000.

I MADE A COMPLAINT A MONTH AGO ON MY 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. I HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY UPSETTING HAVING TO PAY A CAR NOTE EVERY MONTH AND HAVE TO GET TO AND FROM WORK IN THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE. ALL THESE COMPLAINTS POURING IN HAVE PROVED IT IS A CONSISTENT PROBLEM. EVERYDAY I DRIVE MY CAR AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH NEVER BEING ABLE TO MAKE A SAFE U-TURN OR PARK IN A NEAR PARKING SPOT IN WHICH I CAN NOT DUE TO MY ELECTRIC POWER STEERING IS COMPLETELY OUT. IT DOESN'T EVEN RESTART AFTER CUTTING THE CAR OFF. IT IS UNSETTLING TO KNOW I AM AND MANY OTHERS ARE DRIVING AN UNSAFE CAR AND I'M LEFT WITH NO OTHER CHOICE AS TO THE MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I KNOW THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION OUT ON THIS CAR AND THE EPS BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS. I REALLY HOPE IT DOESN'T TAKE SO LONG THAT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAPPENS FROM THIS. IT WOULD MAKE NO SENSE WHATSOEVER TO PAY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT COST TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS NOT PROMISED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, IT'S A 2007 TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ALREADY. THANK YOU NHTSA FOR LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE AS IF METAL TO METAL WERE KNOCKING TOGETHER IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FAILURE HAD BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN MAY OF 2007. THE DEALER INSTALLED NEW BRAKES PADS AND TURNED THE ROTORS; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 7 TIMES AND THE MOST RECENT WAS FEBRUARY 2010 WHEN THE DEALER REPLACED THE TWO FRONT STRUTS. THE FAILURE HAS NOT RECURRED SINCE THE FRONT STRUTS WERE REPLACED. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 900.

WHETHER YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR MAKING A TURN AND YOUR POWER STEERING ALL OF A SUDDEN GOES OUT IT IS VERY SCARY. MY CAR HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THERE ARE TIMES THAT IT IS VERY HARD TO MANAGE. THERE HAS BEEN ALOT OF SNOW LATELY WHICH JUST MAKES EVERYTHING WORSE. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2007 CHEVY COBALT 4-DOOR IN JUNE 2007--IN SEPTEMBER I TOLD MY MOTHER THAT MY STEERING WAS STRANGE, THAT SOMETIMES I FELT LIKE I WASN'T REALLY STEERING MY CAR. IN OCTOBER I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY, IT WAS RAINING AND I SLOWED DOWN. UPON SLOWING DOWN TO APPROX 15-20 AROUND A CURVE I COULDN'T STEER MY CAR. I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE MY CAR JUST SEEMED TO GO ON ITS' OWN. THAT SAME DECEMBER, I WAS TURNING INTO A SCHOOL PARKING LOT AND AGAIN COULDN'T STEER MY CAR AND HIT A PARKING BLOCK. MY MOM THOUGHT IT WAS MY TIRES AND INVESTED IN A NEW SET OF TIRES ON A NEW CAR. TWO WEEKS AGO (AGAIN ON THE HIGHWAY) I CAME UPON AN ACCIDENT, SLOWED DOWN TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP AND ONCE AGAIN LOST MY STEERING JUST LONG ENOUGH TO TURN THE CAR A LITTLE TRYING TO GET IT OVER TO THE SHOULDER, HIT THE GUARDRAIL SUPPORT AND SMASHED THE HEADLIGHT. I BACKED UP, FELT MY STEERING GRAB AND CONTINUED ON. MY STEERING I AM CONVINCED CAUSED ALL 3 ACCIDENTS. THERE IS STILL DAMAGE ON MY CAR AND MY INSURANCE RATES HAVE GONE UP. I WANT MY DAMAGE FIXED, MY STEERING FIXED, MY MOM REIMBURSED $500.00 FOR MY DEDUCTIBLE AND A LETTER I CAN GIVE MY AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY. IT OCCURS FAIRLY FREQUENTLY, BUT LUCKILY THERE HAS ONLY BEEN THREE ACCIDENTS AND NO FATALITIES THERE IS STILL DAMAGE ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE I CAN'T TURN IT INTO MY INSURANCE COMPANY WITHOUT MY RATES GOING UP. WHEN I TOLD PEOPLE AT THE DEALERSHIP WHAT WAS GOING ON THEY THOUGHT I WAS NUTS AND SO DID I UNTIL A TOW DRIVER WHO

I HAVE A 2007 CHEVY COBALT LS. FOR APPROX 3 MONTHS I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING MY CAR DUE TO THE STEERING WHEEL BEING LOCKED UP. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD VARIOUS TYPES OF RATTLING, VIBRATIONS, AND COMPLICATIONS WITH MY STEERING COLUMN. TODAY (FEBRUARY 9, 2009) I WENT TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND MY KEY ONLY WENT TO THE FIRST POSITION (NOT START POSITION) AND IS CURRENTLY STUCK THERE. MY STEERING WHEEL WONT MOVE, AND NOTHING, NOTHING, WORKED ON TRYING TO REMOVE MY STUCK KEY. I HAVE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT, AND HE BELIEVES THAT IT IS THE STEERING COLUMN NOW INTERFERING WITH THE IGNITION. I AM VERY VERY UPSET THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, HOWEVER, I'M GLAD THIS WAS NOT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT IS EXACTLY WHY THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. I LOVE MY CAR, BUT THE SAFETY ISSUES NEED TO BE FIXED!! *TR

MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT'S POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING IN AND OUT, CAUSING A TREMENDOUS DISADVANTAGE WHEN TRYING TO STEER THE CAR. I HAVE HAD ONE INCIDENT OF SIDESWIPING A POLE BECAUSE I COULD NOT MAKE THE TURN AS THE POWER STEERING FAILED AT THAT POINT. IT HAS FAILED MULTIPLES TIMES OVER THE LAST 8 MONTHS. SO FAR NO INJURIES OR MAJOR ACCIDENTS, BUT AM CONCERNED AS THERE IS NO WARNING WHEN IT GOES OUT. *TR

WAS DRIVING ALL AT ONCE HAD NO CONTROL OVER STEERING. WAS ABLE TO GET TO SHOULDER. TURNED OF CAR, LET SIT A FEW MINUTES. STARTED BACK UP HAD DONE GOOD SINCE. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR. I HOPE IT DOESN'T GO OUT AGAIN WITH MY GRANDKIDS IN CAR WITH ME. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER. *TR

WE HAVE A 2007 CHEVY COBALT. THE POWER STEERING IS GOING OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 CHEVY COBALT, AND AT AROUND 45,000 MILES THE POWER STEERING SIMPLY WENT OUT WHILE I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD. THE CAB WAS FILLED WITH A BURNING SMELL, AND THE VEHICLE BECAME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I WAITED ABOUT 3 MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE POWER STEERING WAS WORKING AGAIN. I BEGAN DRIVING AGAIN, AND MADE IT ABOUT TWO OR THREE MORE BLOCKS WHEN IT WENT OUT AGAIN, AND AGAIN THE CAR WAS FILLED WITH A BURNING SMELL. I CONTACTED A CHEVY DEALER WHO TOLD ME THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT SAYING THAT THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A FAULTY POWER ASSIST MOTOR. THIS STARTS AT AROUND $2500. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT HUNDREDS.. MAYBE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME CAR. MANY HAD PAID THE $2,000-$2,500 TO HAVE THIS MOTOR REPLACED ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM REOCCUR WEEKS LATER. SO, I HAVE YET TO HAVE IT FIXED. TODAY I GOT A RECALL NOTICE FOR A FUEL PUMP ON THIS CAR, BUT CHEVY STILL REFUSES TO CORRECT THE FAULTY POWER ASSIST MOTOR WHICH ACTS AS THE POWER STEERING. ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE LOSING STEERING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND DEATHS OCCUR. AS FOR MY CHEVY COBALT.. ITS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY UNTIL I CAN FINISH PAYING IT OFF, AND THEN I'LL BE CALLING A JUNKYARD TO COME GET IT. JUST A THOUGHT... BUT ITS AMAZING HOW FOR ANY OTHER PRODUCT.. A DISHWASHER... A CHILD'S TOY.. IF A COMPANY SELLS A FAULTY PRODUCT, YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK TO THE STOR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING TO WORK AROUND 7:30 A.M., ON THE HIGHWAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, SO WAS ONLY TRAVELING AROUND 30 -35 MPH AT THE MOST. SHE SOMEHOW LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE, VEERED OFF THE ROAD, HIT THE GUARD RAILING AND TOOK OUT ABOUT 15 - 20 FT. OF IT, AND LANDED DOWN A SMALL EMBANKMENT. NO OTHER CARS WERE INVOLVED. SHE HAD NO IDEA HOW THIS HAPPENED, NOBODY HAD HIT HER, THE ROADS WERE CLEAR, NO BAD WEATHER, NO TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, JUST SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC. HER CAR WAS TOTALED!!! AFTER HEARING OF THE STEERING RELATED PROBLEMS WITH THE COBALT, THIS WOULD CERTAINLY EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. SHE DID HURT HER NECK AND BACK AND WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE ER, SCARED TO DEATH!. LUCKILY SHE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT, BUT BRUISED AND SORE MUSCLES, WITH MUSCLE SPASMS FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER ACCIDENT. SHE HAD OWNED THIS CAR LESS THAN 1 YEAR. CHEVY AND THE NHTSA DEFINITELY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS AND RECALL THE COBALTS SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO OTHERS! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL MALFUNCTIONED. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,185.

VEHICLE IS 2007 CHEVY COBALT. THE ELECTRONIC POWER ASSIST FAILS REPEATEDLY AND MAKE FOR A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION. GM REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM WHEN I FIRST CONTACTED THEM. WE HAVE SINCE HAD THE SYSTEM REPAIRED OUT OF POCKET. MY RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOUND THIS PROBLEM HAS EXISTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. YOUR JUMPING ALL OVER TOYOTA RIGHT NOW, SO LET SEE YOU JUMP ON GENERAL MOTORS A BIT. INCIDENTALLY THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, BEFORE WE HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED IT COULDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT. *TR

I OWN A 2007 CHEVY COBALT. ON MY WAY HOME FROM A FRIENDS HOUSE THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND IT BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER. WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT MUST RESET ITSELF BECAUSE IT STARTS WORKING AGAIN. THEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING IT WILL QUIT WORKING. THE CAR ONLY HAS 40K MILES ON IT. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER IT WOULD COST OVER $900 TO FIX. I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF OTHER PEOPLE WERE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND IT WAS FULL OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.*TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2007 CHEVY COBALT ON DECEMBER 30, 2009. SINCE THE PURCHASE, IT HAS HAD INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING FAILURE. LAST WEEK, DURING A 7 MILE TRIP, THE POWER STEERING FAILED ON FOUR OCCASIONS. PREVIOUSLY, TURNING CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON RESOLVED THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, SINCE THIS ISSUE WAS GETTING WORSE, WE TOOK THE CAR INTO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND REPORTED THAT IT NEEDED A NEW POWER STEERING MOTOR. THIS WAS REPLACED FOR A TOTAL OF $371 PLUS DIAGNOSTICS FOR $95. THIS CAR HAS LESS THAN 45,000 MILES ON IT. APPARENTLY THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH COBALTS - RECALL MIGHT BE A GOOD SOLUTION!! THIS CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN BY A 16 YEAR-OLD DRIVER. THANKFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND NO ACCIDENTS OCCURED.

LOUD CLUNKING COULD BE HEARD DURING TIP-IN/ TIP-OUT OF THROTTLE. RETURNED WAS CAR TO DEALER FOR INVESTIGATION AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 39,672 MILES, IS PRIMARLIY HIGHWAY DRIVEN, AND HAS SEEN VERY LITTLE USE OVER THE LAST 16 MONTHS. STEERING CONTROL HAS DIMINSHED OVER TIME WHILE EFFORTS HAVE INCREASED. FAILURE OF CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS SEEMS PREMATURE FOR NUMBER OF MILES DRIVEN. *CN

POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT WHILE DRIVING. TOOK TO DEALER SHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP. I HAD TO PAY DEDUCTIBLE. *CN

WE BOUGHT A 2007 CHEVY COBALT ON 7-27-09. DURING THE NEXT MONTH, THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THE POWER STEERING WOULD GO OUT, THE GAUGES WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH, THE LOW FUEL LIGHT WOULD COME ON, THE SECURITY LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THE CAR WOULD JERK. IF YOU TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TRIED TO RESTART IT, SOMETIMES IT WOULD NOT START. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, THE PS AND GAUGES WOULD INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF AND DURING THE COURSE OF YOUR TRIP. MOST RECENTLY, WHILE MY SON WAS DRIVING TO MARION, THE PS WENT OFF AND ON 12 TIMES. WE TOOK THE CAR TO SCHOTT BROS. IN BUCYRUS ON 9-8-09, AND THE CODES IT WAS DISPLAYING WERE SOMEWHAT GENERIC, SO THEY DECIDED TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH WHICH DID NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE PROBLEM. IT CONTINUED TO ACT UP. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PS PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND THEN IT STARTED IT ACTING UP AGAIN. WE TOOK IT BACK TO SCHOTT BROS. AGAIN FOR SERVICE AND IT WAS STILL DISPLAYING THE SAME GENERIC CODES, AND WHEN THEY CONTACTED GM, THEY SUGGESTED CHANGING THE WIRING BETWEEN THE PS MODULE AND THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM AND IT WOULD COST ABOUT $400.00. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS PS ISSUE. ACCORDING TO GM'S RECORDS, THIS CAR HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME PRIOR TO OUR PURCHASING THE CAR AND ALTHOUGH THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD TAKEN IT IN FOR SERVICE, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM EITHER. AGAIN, I STRESS THAT IT I