2008 Chevrolet Cobalt complaints

CRACKED FUEL LINE ATTACHED TO FUEL PUMP STARTED TO LEAK FUEL BADLY WITH A HIGH POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND IT A STATED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED ON ANY RECALLS RELATED TO THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING 55 MPH AND DROVE OVER A POT HOLE WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO CRASH INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPLODE, CAUSING FATAL INJURIES TO A PASSENGER. THE DRIVER WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE WITHIN SECONDS OF THE EXPLOSION HOWEVER, THE PASSENGER COULD NOT BE RESCUED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF SEVERE BRUISING, LACERATIONS AND FRACTURES TO BOTH LEGS. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 ( AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTIFICATION WAS NOT RECEIVED UNTIL AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

POWER-STEERING FUNCTION HAS BEGUN TO PRODUCE A CONSTANT ELECTRICAL "WHINE" WHILE ACTIVE DURING TURNS. ON OCCASION, IT SEEMS TO BARELY FUNCTION, REQUIRING GREATER EFFORT DURING A TURN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT PUSHED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE ACROSS TWO LANES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT LATER NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), HOWEVER THE PARTS NEEDED WERE CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE REMEDY PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE EVERETT TURNPIKE IN NH. THERE WAS A SOCCER NET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME HAD STOPPED AND I TRIED TO STOP, BUT BECAUSE MY POWER STEERING WAS OUT ALONG WITH MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. I COULDN'T STOP. I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND MY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. LUCKILY THE ONLY DAMAGE DONE WAS PSYCHOLOGICAL. IF I WERE AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER THAN I WOULD HAVE DIED.. I HAVE ALREADY HAD MY POWER STEERING FIXED ONCE AND NOW IT HAS BEEN RECALLED AGAIN. THE CAR AS A WHOLE SHOULD BE RECALLED. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT AFTER THEY FIX A PROBLEM THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TWICE. *JS

MY 2008 CHEVY COBALT LT STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS STEERING. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE POWER STEERING UNIT IS BUT IT ACTS LIKE IT IS LOW ON POWER STEERING FLUID, IT IS A STRUGGLE TO TURN SOMETIMES. *JS

TAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN,POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING,MAKING IT HARD TO CONTINUE MAKING THE TURN. THIS IS NOW HAPPENING EVERY DAY AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *TR

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE BATTERY IN THE VEHICLE DIED FOR NO REASON. WHEN TRYING TO START THE CAR WHEN UNAWARE THAT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND ARE UNABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT UNLESS THE BATTERY IS RECHARGED. HOWEVER, SINCE THERE IS NO POWER TO THE VEHICLE YOU CANNOT OPEN THE TRUNK TO GET TO THE BATTERY? BEFORE RECALL IN 2010 MY KEY WOULD GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION SEVERAL TIMES WHEN THE BATTERY WAS FINE AND I WOULD HAVE TO FORCEFULLY TRY TO GET THE KEY INTO THE START POSITION OR OFF POSITION AND PULL THE KEY OUT. PROBLEMS STILL REMAIN WITH THIS IGNITION PROBLEM? DEALERSHIP STATES THIS IS HOW GM DESIGNED THE CAR? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD MAKE A LOUD POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES AFTER THE INITIAL REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER EACH TIME, WHERE THEY REPLACED THE SWAY BAR, CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS ON BOTH SIDES, AND THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,500. UPDATED 06/10/14*LJ UPDATED 8/22/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THERE ARE NO FAILURES AT THIS TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THERE WAS NO RENTAL VEHICLE AVAILABLE. UPDATED 05/28/14 MA UPDATED 06/02/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING POWER ASSIST WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 161,634. UPDATED 6/10/14*CN

2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO STEERING WHEEL COLUMN RECALL. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED IN 2010 HE STEERING MOTOR WAS RECALLED, AND CORRECTED. RECENTLY, THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN, WHICH WAS PART OF THE KEY IGNITION THAT HAS BEEN IN THE MEDIA. THE CONSUMER SPENT $1200 FOR REPAIRS AND NOTIFIED CHEVROLET ABOUT THE SITUATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. *JB

MY GAS TANK IS CRACKED AND HAS BEEN LEAKING FUEL. THE FUMES ARE BAD ENOUGH BY ITSELF BUT ITS ALSO A MAJOR FIRE HAZARD. CONTACTED GM AND EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL IS CLEARLY STATED ONLINE FOR MY CAR GM WILL NOT FIX THEIR MISTAKE. *JS

THE KEY LOCKED CAUSING CAR TO ROLL FORWARD. I ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE KEY BUT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS DISABLED. I WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART AUTO UNTIL JUMP STARTING IT. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AND THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF WARNING APPEARED. ADDITIONALLY, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT INDICATED IT WAS OFF. NO INJURIES OCCURRED AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP WHEN INCIDENT HAPPENED. WHEN DRIVING MY AUTO TO THE DEALER, I NOTICED THE RPM REACHED 4500 AT ABOUT 50 MPH. STEERING TOOK SOME EFFORT WITHOUT POWER STEERING. *JS

IN NOVEMBER 2013 MY VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL GOT STUCK AT WORK. IT TOOK A COUPLE OF TIMES ON TURNING THE KEY TO TURN ON THE VEHICLE. IT HAPPENED 4 MORE TIMES AND I DECIDED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE VARA CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER. I TOLD THE LADY THAT WAS HELPING ME WHAT HAPPENED TO TO THE VEHICLE IN DECEMBER 2013 AND SHE TOLD ME TO LEAVE IT OVERNIGHT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO CHECK THE VEHICLE. WHEN I PICKED IT UP THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. I TOLD HER THAT IT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I KNEW IT WAS A PROBLEM. SHE TOLD ME THEN I GUESS WHEN THE CARS STEERING WHEEL GETS STUCK AGAIN YOU'LL HAVE TO BRING IT IN HOW IT IS. I ASKED HER IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS AND SHE SAID NO. I THOUGHT THEN MAYBE THEN THERE ISN'T NOTHING WRONG. IN FEBRUARY 2014 MY HUSBAND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE IT SERVICED AND THEN WHEN HE PARKED IT AT THE SERVICE CENTER THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE IT INSIDE THE SHOP AND IT GOT STUCK LIKE IT HAD DONE TO US BEFORE. THE SERVICE MEMBERS THEN WERE UNABLE TO TURN IT ON OR MOVE IT. THEY PUT ROLLS UNDER THE WHEELS AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO CHECK IT THERE. WHEN WE PICKED IT UP AFTER THREE DAYS THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT. MY HUSBAND AND ME NEVER ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT AS LONG AS THEY FIXED. I STARTED THEN HEARING ON THE NEWS ABOUT THE RECALLS ON GENERAL MOTORS WITH IGNITION PROBLEMS ON COBALTS UP TO THE YEAR 2007 AND THE COMPLAINTS. IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO US BUT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS IT WAS A 2008. I AM CONCERNED

HYDROPLANED ON FREEWAY. CAR SPUN AROUND TIL IT CRASHED INTO THE GUARDRAIL HITTING 3 SIDES OF THE CAR. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. WAITING FOR CLAIMS ADJUSTER TO RULE IF ITS TO BE TOTALED. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK AS IF THE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED. CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS COMMON IN THE COBALTS UNTIL THE CAR KNOWS YOUR DRIVING HABITS. SAME OCCURRENCE IN THE 2007 COBALT. THE DEALER HAD TO ADJUST THE TRANSMISSION. DEALER WILL NOT TAKE ACTION AS TO DATE FOR THIS ISSUE STATING THAT IT HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO ADJUST TO THE DRIVING HABITS. WE HAD THE CAR FOR MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS AND PUT OVER 3000 MILES ON IT. CAR DOESN'T FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS. DEALER IS MADE AWARE OF THIS. INFORMED BY DEALER, NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

WAS DRIVING OVER TO A FRIENDS HOUSE GOT PULLED OVER FOR A FRONT HEADLIGHT BEING OUT. FOUND OUT ITS THE SAME HEADLIGHT I REPLACED 3 MONTHS AGO AND THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE THAT I HAVE WITH THIS CARS LIGHTS EVERY 3 TO 4 MONTHS. ITS EITHER THE FRONT HEADLIGHT BULBS NEED TO BE REPLACE OR REAR LIGHT BULBS NEED TO BE REPLACE AND I CAN NOT PLUG IN A CAR CHARGE FOR MY PHONE CAUSE OF A BURNING SMELL THAT COMES FROM SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE CAR. I HAD THIS INVESTIGATED BY THREE PEOPLE WHO SERVICE CARS AND THEY CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM THEY TELL ME TO BRING IT TO THE DEALER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT WAS OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BUTTON LOCATED ON THE GEAR SHIFTER HOUSING BECAME COMPLETELY DETACHED. IN ADDITION, THE TURN SIGNAL AND WINDSHIELD WIPER MECHANISM FRACTURED UPON ENGAGING. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIFTY PERCENT OF THE REPAIR EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY CHEVY COBALT WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE GAS STATION I COULD NOT TURN OFF THE CAR. THE KEY WAS STUCK IN THE DRIVING POSITION AND WOULD NOT RELEASE. I THEN PROCEEDED TO GO TO MY FATHER'S HOUSE TO TRY AND HAVE HIM HELP ME REMOVE THE KEY AND SHUT OFF THE CAR. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO AS WELL. I THEN CALLED A CHEVROLET DEALER LOCATED ON SW 152 ST IN MIAMI, FL WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A RECALL PROBLEM AND THAT I SHOULD;D BRING IN THE VEHICLE BUT THAT IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT A WEEK TO FIX. ON THE WAY THERE, MY CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. I THEN PULLED OVER AND TRIED AGAIN TO ATTEMPT TO SHUT OFF THE CAR AND REMOVE THE KEY. THE CAR REACHED 300 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND SOON AFTER SHUT OFF, LEAVING ME STRANDED WITH MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC IN HIALEAH, FL WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN DUE TO THE CAR OVERHEATING. I THEN CALLED GM AND EXPLAINED THIS TO THEM, I THEN WAS ADVISED TO CALL THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MIAMI LAKES CHEVROLET. THE CAR HAS SINCE BEEN TOWED THERE AS I WAS TOLD THE CAR WOULD NEED TO BE DIAGNOSED. HOWEVER, MIAMI LAKES CHEVROLET IS NOW HASSLING ME THAT THEY CAN NOT TOUCH MY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT IS A REBUILT TITLE VEHICLE, ALTHOUGH I HAVE REPEATEDLY EXPLAINED THAT HAD MY CAR BEEN ABLE TO BE CUT OFF THEN IT WOULD NOT HAVE OVERHEATED TO IT'S MAXIMUM AND I WOULD STILL HAVE A VEHICLE. I AM VERY UPSET AS I WAS UNAWARE OF THE KEY IGNITION RECALL AND I AM NOW LEFT CARLESS WHICH IS MY LIVIHOOD FOR MY KIDS AND FAMILY AS WELL AS I AM STILL MA

I PREVIOUSLY CONTACTED GM BEFCAUSE OF A POWER STEERING ISSUE WEEKS BEFORE MY ACCIDENT.I WAS CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACK WHEN I LOST ALL POWER TO MY CAR AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TR

WHEN USING BRAKES ON ICE ROADS THE BACK BRAKES COME ON FIRST,,AND YOU SPIN IN A CIRCLE..NOT GOOD!!!!!! THE RADIO GOES OFF AND ON WHEN IT WANTS..THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!!! *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE IGNITION SWITCH TURNED OFF AND I HAD NO POWER TO STEER THE CAR.

LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILURE. VERY DANGEROUS !!! *TR

LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS FAILED. VERY DANGEROUS !!! *TR

ON FEBRUARY 21TH, 2011, I WAS DRIVING ON THE I-95 EXPRESSWAY. SUDDENLY, I LOST THE CONTROL OF MY CAR WHICH WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR DRIVEN BY [XXX] (CASE # [XXX]). ON JUNE SEVENTH, 2010, MY WIFE HAD SIMILAR ACCIDENT WITH HER 2006 CHEVY COBALT. THE FACT THAT BOTH CRASHES WERE SO SIMILAR MADE DUBIOUS ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY ON THEM. I ASKED TO INSPECT MY VEHICLE TWICE (3/25/11 AND 4/9/11), BUT INSPECTORS SAID THAT MY CAR WAS OK. ON DECEMBER 12, 2011 I PRESENTED A COMPLAINT TO F. H.S. M. V. D. M. S. (COMPLAINT #[XXX]), ON DECEMBER 16, 2011 ITS ANSWER WAS; YOUR COMPLAINTS DO NOT FALL WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION. DEJECTED, I DID NOT FORWARD ANY MORE ACTION. I HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM GM A WARNING ABOUT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLES SAFETY EXISTS IN 2005-2007 MODEL YEAR (MY) CHEVROLET COBALT, THEN I READ ON TV NEWS, AND INTERNET, THAT GM ISSUED THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE AIR BAGS MIGHT NOT DEPLOY IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT. IN THIS MOMENT WE REALIZED THAT BOTH THE 2006 AND 2008 CHEVY COBALT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, REGARDLESS BOTH VEHICLES CRASHES WERE ON FRONT BUMPER ALLSTATE INSURANCE PAID THE AMOUNT OF $6440.58 TO REPAIR MY CAR. WE HAVE RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LETTERS FROM LAWYERS AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE DEALING WITH INJURES DAMAGES AND MONETARY COMPENSATION. ALLSTATE PAID TO MR. SENTMANAT THE SUM OF $10 000, CONSEQUENTLY OUR ALLSTATE INSURANCE PREMIUM WAS RAISED SUBSTANTIALLY. THIS ENTIRE SITUATION HAD CAUSED STRESS, ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN BOTH M

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION SEIZED AND THE KEY FAILED TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I AM CONCERNED THAT CHEVY MIGHT HAVE FIXED MY 2008 IGNITION SWITCH WITH PARTS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN STOCK FOR YEARS, PERHAPS WITH SWITCHES THAT WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE IN PRIOR YEARS. I WORRY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE, PER MEDIA REPORTS, GM DID NOT CHANGE PART NUMBERS WHEN IT HID THE FIX ON PRIOR YEAR COBALTS. I NO LONGER OWN THE COBALT, BUT MY DAUGHTER HAS IT NOW. I THINK WE WOULD HAVE NOTICED BY NOW IF IT WAS DEFECTIVE, BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. THE COBALT'S IGNITION WOULD NOT RELEASE THE KEY. I BROUGHT IT TO GM WHO FIXED IT. THE DATES ABOVE ARE GUESSES. YOUR INVESTIGATOR MIGHT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER YEARS IF IT CAN'T TRACK PART NUMBERS USED TO FIX IGNITION SWITCHES REPLACED FOR ANOTHER REASON. *TR

MY KEYS CAN BE TAKEN OUT WHILE CAR IS STILL RUNNING. ALSO THE SWITCH STICKS AND YOU HAVE TO PLAY WITH IT TO GET IT TO TURN . I CALL GM AND WAS TOLD THAT 2008 COBALTS ARE NOT ON RECALL.THE KEY HAS CAME OUT WHILE DRIVING. GM CALL CENTER TOLD ME TO TAKE TO DEALER HAVE IT CHECKED I AM AFRAID THAT THEY WILL CHARGE ME TO REPLACE IT AND JUST IGNORE THE PROBLEM ON THE 2008 COBALT. *TR

THE VERY FIRST INCIDENT I EXPERIENCED WITH MY POWER STEERING WAS NOTHING MAJOR. I WAS TRYING PARK MY CAR AND IT SUDDENLY BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER. I POWERED THE CAR OFF FOR A MINUTE AND THEN RESTARTED IT. ONCE THE CAR WAS RESTARTED THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE DOORS WOULD NOT UNLOCK. I WAS UNABLE TO GET INTO MY CAR FOR HOURS. AFTER MUCH PRYING, WE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THE CAR BUT NOW THE DRIVER'S DOOR LOCK HAS TO BE LOCKED MANUALLY OR UNLOCKED WITH THE KEY IN DOOR. MONTHS DOWN THE LINE THE POWER STEERING ISSUE CAME BACK BUT ONLY WORSE. IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. A DINGING NOISE WENT OFF, "POWER STEERING" FLASHED ACROSS THE DASHBOARD, AND ALL THE GAUGES WENT WIGGLING. IT STARTLED ME. AGAIN, I PULLED OVER AND CUT THE ENGINE FOR A SPELL AND WAITED. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND IT WAS LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. THE THIRD TIME WAS THE WORST TIME THUS FAR. I WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY THE NOISE CAME BACK AND FLASHED POWER STEERING. IT WAS MUCH WORSE THIS TIME. THE CAR WAS HARD TO STEER, THE CAR ROUGHLY JERKED, AND I COULD NOT EXELERATE. THANKFULLY I MADE IT HOME 5 MINUTES LATER, BUT BY THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON. I FOUND OUT THAT MY CAR WAS RECALLED FOR THIS VERY REASON. WHEN I CALLED CHEVROLET THEY SAID THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNERS HAD TO HAVE BROUGHT MY CAR IN DURING THE RECALL BECAUSE MY CAR DIDN'T HAVE ANY OPEN RECALLS. IF MY CAR WAS TRULY BROUGHT IN FOR THE RECALL THEN WHY IS MY CAR NOT FIXED? AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHY

THE ENGINE LOST POWER MOMENTARILY GOING UP HILL ON A COUNTY HIGHWAY. THEN THE ENGINE STARTED IT'S SELF AND KEPT MOVING. ON A HUMID 80 DEGREE DAY. *TR

IGNITION SWITCH JAMS; AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON; CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING; AIRCONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING; TIRE LIGHT STAYS ON; ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON; AND NOW HEATER IS BARELY WORKING. *TR

ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN INDIANAPOLIS, SOMEONE IN FRONT OF ME HIT THEIR BRAKES HARD. AS A RESULT, I ALSO HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES. WHEN I DID SO, MY REAR END SPUN OUT. I LOST POWER STEERING. I CRASHED HEAD FIRST INTO THE CONCRETE MEDIAN. HOWEVER, THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. LUCKILY, I ESCAPED SEVERE INJURY; ALTHOUGH THE WRECK, THE RESULTING LOSS OF POWER STEERING, AND THE FACT THAT THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY WERE DIRECTLY DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF GENERAL MOTORS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND ONCE RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER BUT THE DEFECT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. *TR

2008 CHEVY COBALT DIED ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 70 MPH. NO WARNING JUST STOPPED DEAD. NO POWER STEERING. CAR WAS ABLE TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. A FEW MINUTES LATER CAR STARTED UP NORMALLY. IF THERE HAD BEEN ANYONE BEHIND THE CAR THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORSE. I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 2008 COBALT. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR FIXED TWICE WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT IT IS CORRECT. HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AND ADVISE. MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS CAR AND IS TERRIFIED TO GO ON THE HIGHWAY WITH IT. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING ON AND NOTICED MY CAR 'STUTTERING' AS FEW MOMENTS AT A TIME. AFTER I PROCEEDED FROM A STOP POSITION AND CONTINUED OFF THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR DASHBOARD BEGAN TO LIGHT UP, ALMOST AS IF IT WAS SHORTENING OUT. THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, AND MY RPM KEPT MOVING BACK AND FORTH QUICKLY. THERE WERE MULTIPLE MESSAGES FLASHING SUCH AS POWERSTEERING, LOW TRACTION, NO TRACTION. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, ANTITHEFT LIGHT, AND THE TRACTION LIGHT KEPT FLASHING. THEN I LOST POWER STEERING AND MY CAR ULTIMATELY 'DIED' ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *TR

I DO NOT REMEMBER THE EXACT DATES AND MILEAGE, BUT I HAVE SEEN RECENTLY THE RECALLS ON COBALT. I PURCHASED A 2008 COBALT IN 2008. HAD 5 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT. BY, 2010 THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES, DUE TO FAILURE. 2 TIMES THE IGNITION WOULD NOT START. ONCE, THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF. I HAD TO DRIVE IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT TIME. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, GM, AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE DEPT. NO ONE WOULD HELP ME. THE ONLY THING GM SAID THEY WOULD DO IS GIVE ME $2500 TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. I HAD JUST HAD MY DAUGHTER AND STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH HER THE LAST TIME. AFTER NO HELP, I JUST HAD LET THEM REPO THE VEHICLE. I KNOW THE RECALL ONLY GOES TO 2007 MODELS, BUT YOU MAY WANT TO INVESTIGATE THE 2008 MODELS AS WELL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION MODULE FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL SPORADICALLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE SEVERAL TIMES BUT DID NOT PROVIDE A REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING) BUT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. *TR

MY LEG ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED THE KEYCHAIN 3 3/8 INCHES LONG (ONLY ONE KEY ON IT , THE IGNITION KEY) WHILE I WAS DRIVING, AND THE CAR SHUT OFF. I WAS IN A 35 MPH AREA, I SHIFTED IT INTO NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO STEER INTO A LEFT TURN LANE, SHIFTED IT INTO PARK AND STARTED IT. *TR

MY GRANDMOTHER WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL HER GAUGES WENT NUTS AND IT STARTED SHIFTING HARD. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND CODES READ WERE U2105, U0073, THEY SAY THEY REPLACED TERMINALS. ONE DAY LATER SAME THING HAPPENED SO I TOOK MY CODE READER AND IT READ U0073. WE TOOK IT BACK TOLD THEM ABOUT CODE AND I TOLD THEM TO CHECK TERMINALS AGAIN AND FUSES. THEY CALL LATER AND STATED THAT THE OTHER COMPUTER WENT OUT, SO GRANDMOTHER PAID ANOTHER 400. TWO DAYS LATER ITS DOING IT AGAIN. I HAVE A 04 IMPALA THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUES MINE WAS NO START AND CHEVY COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM IT STARTED FINE FOR THEM, BUT AFTER 2 DAYS EVERYTHING STARTED BREAKING, AND AS A SINGLE MOM W NO MONEY I HAD TO RESEARCH EVERY CODE READ AND LEARNED TO FIX IT. I KNOW EVERY WIRE AND WHICH COMPUTER READS FIRST, SO CHEVY IS GOING TO HAVE A RUDE AWAKING ON MONDAY. I BELIEVE CHEVY CANT FIX THESE COMPUTERS AND THEY JUST CLEAR THE CODES AND OFF U GO UNTIL YOUR CAR REPROGRAMS ITS SELF AND SAME PROBLEMS TAKE EFFECT, BUT I'M SURE ITS DUE TO ANOTHER COMPUTER GOING OUT, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT CHEVY WOULD AND WILL SAY!!! *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE LANE ATTEMPTING TO PASS A VEHICLE BY ENTERING THE FAR LEFT LANE WHEN I NOTICED A CAR IN MY BLIND SPOT. I OVERCORRECTED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE BACK INTO MY ORIGINAL LANE OF TRAVEL. MY CAR BEGAN FISHTAILING, I SPUN AROUND 2 TIMES WHILE CROSSING OVER 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND HIT THE RIGHT SIDE GUARD RAIL ALMOST HEAD ON AT 40 MPH. I WENT BACK INTO TRAFFIC AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE SIDE PANEL AND CAME TO REST WITH MY CAR NORTHBOUND IN THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE CRASH, WHICH I FOUND CONCERNING WITH THE AMOUNT OF FRONT END DAMAGE THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER SHUTTING OFF AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE DEFECT WAS CORRECTED. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

TRIED TO BACK OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT AT HOME TO GO TO WORK. COULD NOT TURN WHEELS AT ALL. HAD CAR TOWED TO CHAPMAN CHEVROLET BECAUSE MY BOTHER, WHO IS A MECHANIC, ADVISED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS MODEL AND YEAR. AFTER CHAPMAN RECEIVED THE CAR THEY BLAMED PROBLEM ON STEERING COLUMN AND WOUND UP CHARGING ME $960.73 TO REPLACE IT. MY BROTHER ADVISED ME THAT POWER STEERING UNIT IS PART OF POWER STEERING OPERATION. INFORMATION SYSTEM ON DASH BOARD SAID POWER SYSTEM FAILURE. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING TO WORK AS I COULD NOT HAVE HANDLED THE CAR AND WOULD HAVE HAS A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE ON A MULTIPLE LANE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY THE DRIVER ON MY RIGHT CHANGED LANES INTO MY LANE. ON MY LEFT WAS A CONCRETE BARRIER WITHOUT ENOUGH ROOM FOR ME TO AVOID THE OTHER DRIVER. I AGGRESSIVELY APPLIED THE BRAKES TO TRY AND AVOID THE OTHER VEHICLE. EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE HAS ABS (ANTI-LOCK BRAKES), THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE LOCKED UP AND PULLED ME INTO THE CONCRETE BARRIER. AT NO TIME IN THE LIFE OF MY CAR HAVE I GOTTEN ANY INDICATION THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WASN'T WORKING PROPERLY. IN THIS SITUATION I WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER OFF NOT HAVING ABS THAN HAVING THE SYSTEM ONLY TO HAVE IT MALFUNCTION ON JUST ONE WHEEL. *TR

SEALS SURROUNDING THE FRONT RIGHT HEADLIGHT FRONT PLATE HAVE DETERIORATED AND ARE ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN OR USING A CAR WASH. THIS HAS CAUSED SHORTS IN THE WIRING AND CORROSION OF THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS. *TR

2008 COBALT, GAVE US NO INDICATION OF PROBLEMS. NOW DEALER IS SAYING THIS 5 YEAR OLD CAR MAY HAVE SLIPPED IT'S TIMING BELT AND DESTROYED IT'S HEAD AND VALVES REQUIRING A NEW MOTOR. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE CHEVY DOES NOT RECOMMEND TIMING CHAIN MAINTENANCE AT A SET MILEAGE. IT'S SUPPOSED TO LAST. THE FACT THAT SUCH A BIG ENGINE FAILURE CAN HAPPEN TO SO MANY OF THESE CARS JUST 5 MONTH AFTER WARRANTY END AT 90 THOUSAND MILES MAKES THIS A DESIGN FLAW IN MY OPINION. *TR

MY MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE WITH MY 2008 COBALT LT IS THAT MY ENGINE IS GONE WHICH I THINK IS HORRIBLE AND I PURCHASED THIS CAR BRAND NEW I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER AND HAVE TAKING VERY GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLE, I WILL NEVER BUY A GM PRODUCT AGAIN, THROUGH READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS I CANT BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE HASN'T BEEN RECALLED MY CAR STARTED SHAKING REALLY BAD, AND MAKING A LOUD TICKING NOISE, IT WAS VERY HARD TO STOP AND ALSO STEER MY VEHICLE I COULD HAVE BEEN IN A VERY FATAL CRASH OR ANYTHING! MY CAR ALSO HAS THE SAME ISSUE ABOUT THE SPEAKERS THEY GO IN AND OUT AND WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO. BUT MY MAIN ISSUE IS MY ENGINE IN WHICH MY CAR I IS LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME, WHICH I BELIEVE IS TOTALLY ABSURD CONSIDERING IM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON A VEHICLE THAT DOESN'T WORK, AND IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD, SO BASICALLY THAT MEANS TO ME THEY WILL COVER YOUR CAR FOR 5 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES THEN YOUR JUST ON YOUR OWN WHICH IS HORRIBLE, TO INVEST AND BUY A VEHICLE BRAND NEW AND IT JUST BREAKS DOWN IN THIS MAGNITUDE! I AM VERY UPSET AND DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY AREN'T WILLING TO HELP, SO I WILL BE SUING THEM! *TR

TOOK CAR INTO HAVE IT INSPECTED FOR NOISE COMING FROM THE FROM END TOLD IT WAS THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHING AND THAT COBALTS WHERE GOOD FOR THAT PART TO FAIL SO WHY DOES CHEVY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM? *TR

2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REPLACEMENT OF SWAY BARS, LINKS, WHEEL BEARING AND ENGINE. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS STEERING WHEEL MECHANICAL ISSUES. *SMD