2016 Chevrolet Cobalt

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel/propulsion system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Fuel/Propulsion System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Mar 28, 2019200,000 milesPA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING A STATE INSPECTION, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE SINCE BEING NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER DID NOT DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2006
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20171000Routine
2016 — this page1000Routine
20121000Routine
20112000Routine
2010574674Fatalities reported
2009710675Fatalities reported
200884551413Fatalities reported
20071,5646167Fatalities reported
20062,3306148Fatalities reported
20051,64961211Fatalities reported
20022000Routine
20001000Routine
19961000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.