2005 Chevrolet Cobalt

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 71,155.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION MODULE FAILED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL SPORADICALLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TWICE, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE BOTH TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AFTER THE FAILURE AND WAS AWAITING THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I AM NOT QUITE SURE OF THE DATE AS IT WAS A YEARS AGO. MY GRAND DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THIS CAR WHEN SOMEONE TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF HER. IT WAS DEEMED THE OTHER PERSONS FAULT. SHE HIT THIS CAR GOING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH. THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. I AM NOW ONLY BRINGING THIS UP AS I AM READING ABOUT THE 2005 COBALT BEING RECALLED AND THAT IT SOME CASES THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I STILL OWN THIS CAR AND TODAY RECEIVED MY FIRST NOTICE FROM GM THAT THIS CAR IS BEING RECALLED FOR AN IGNITION PROBLEM. THE ENGINE NEVER STOPPED IN THIS ACCIDENT THAT I AM AWARE OF. I JUST WANTED TO PASS THIS INFORMATION ALONG TO YOU AGENCY. THANK YOU THIS MAY NOT BE THE DATE BUT I HAD TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE REQUIRED FIELD. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM PROGRESSIVE CHEVROLET. THAT IS ALSO WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED THEY MAY HAVE INFO. ON ACTUAL DATE. *TR

THE 05 COBALT, REGULARLY SERVICED BY THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS BOUGHT CRASHED AFTER GOING OUT OF CONTROL WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCHED OFF ON THE INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH. THE STEERING LOCKED, THE ABS DID NOT FUNCTION, WHEN IT CRASHED INTO THE GUARD RAIL THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE ONLY WARNING WAS THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS ALL LIGHTING UP AND THE ALARM SOUNDS. THE ONE SECOND OR SO DID NOT ALLOW ANY CHANCE TO THE DRIVER TO REACT BEFORE THE CRASH. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, WHEN THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, WE WERE ADVISED TO CONTACT THE GM PERSON. THE GM PERSON WAS FRIENDLY AND NICE, BUT VERY FIRM IN STATING THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE PROOF THAT THE CAR FAILED, RATHER THE DRIVER AT THE WHEEL. THE CARS COMPUTER WAS NOT ANALYZED BECAUSE THE WRECKING YARD DEMANDED OVER $700 TO TOW THE CAR OUT OF THE WRECKING YARD SO ANY INVESTIGATOR COULD LOOK OVER THE CAR. GM TOLD US THAT IT WAS OUR PROBLEM TO PAY THE BILL TO ALLOW THEIR INVESTIGATOR TO LOOK AT THE CAR. WE DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY. AFTER READING NUMEROUS COMMENTS ON THE NHTSA SITE AND BLOGS, PEOPLE NEVER HEARD A WORD FROM GM AFTER THEY RETRIEVED THE COMPUTER. THE SALIENT POINT IS THAT MANY OF THE OVER A THOUSAND COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE COBALT AND OTHER SIMILAR GM CARS THAT IDENTIFIED THE POWER STEERING AS THE PROBLEM THAT CAUSED A CRASH ARE WRONG. THE POWER STEERING WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH TURNED OFF. THE GM RECALLS ABOUT THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM HIDE THE FACT THAT THE IGNITION SWITCHES WERE TURNING OFF WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING DOWN THE ROAD. WE KNOW THAT THE LACK OF POWER ASSIST ONLY AFFECT THE CAR AT A STOP OR VERY SLOW SPEEDS. EXPERIENCED DRIVERS DO NOT CRASH THEIR CAR INTO GUARD RAILS, DITCHES, TREES OR OTHER CAR SIMPLY BECAUSE THE POWER ASSIST FAILS. THAT STORY IS WHAT GM HAS BEEN SELLING IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES HOWEVER, A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND RULED AS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTIFICATION WAS NOT RECEIVED UNTIL AFTER THE CRASH HAD OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE STALLING OR AIR BAG FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000. *TR

THIS SUBMISSION IS AN ADDENDUM TO THE REPORT THAT I SUBMITTED ON AUG 15, 2011; REFERENCE NUMBER 10419491 WITH THE ATTACHMENTS THAT INCLUDE THE POLICE REPORT, MAY STATEMENT AND PHOTOS. I SUBMITTED MY REPORT TWO DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. NOW, AFTER READING THE NEWS ARTICLES AND THE GM STATEMENTS REGARDING THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH, IT IS APPARENT THAT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A STEERING MALFUNCTION (PER THE RECALLS I RECEIVED AND THE STATEMENTS MADE TO ME BY GM REPRESENTATIVES) WAS CLEARLY THE IGNITION SWITCH. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 60 MPH MY DASH LIGHTS TURNED ON, I IMMEDIATELY LOST STEERING CONTROL (I COULD NOT TURN MY STEERING WHEEL) AND SWERVED HAD TO THE LEFT CRASHING INTO THE GUARD RAIL. THE ACCIDENT REPORT SHOWS MY SKID MARKS ACROSS THREE TRAFFIC LANES THAT CLEARLY INDICATE THAT MY ABS SYSTEM ALSO WAS NOT WORKING. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH MY FRONT END WAS CRUSHED AND THE CAR TOTALED. NOTHING ON MY CAR WORKED BECAUSE THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD TURNED OFF. MY ORIGINAL REPORT SHOULD INDICATE THAT MY CAR SUFFERED AN IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTION THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. I WAS BELTED IN SO AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM (I WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE FROM THE CRASH SITE) I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CERVICAL SPRAIN, MULTIPLE CUTS AND BRUISES, SPRAINED ANKLE AND KNEE. MY HEAD IMPACTED THE WINDSHIELD EVEN THOUGH I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK WHEN A KID FAILED TO YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HIT HIM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WITH THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. HIS AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, MY AIR BAGS DID NOT. I PROCEEDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH GM. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COMPLAINT PROCESS WITH GM: THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THEY ALSO STATED THAT WITH THE TYPE OF FRONT END IMPACT, THEY WOULD NOT EXPECT THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. I ARGUED THAT THE OTHER CARS DID WITH A SIDE IMPACT, MINE SHOULD HAVE WITH A FRONTAL IMPACT. I DO HAVE PICTURES THAT TELL THE STORY VERY CLEARLY. I ALSO WENT THROUGH 6 - 8 WEEKS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TO TRY AND COPE WITH THE PAIN. I STILL HAVE PAIN 3.5 YEARS AFTER THE CRASH. UPDATED 04/07/14 UPDATED 07/22/14

WAS HIT FROM A CAR GOING 70 MILES PER HR. THE SEAT BELTS THAT MORNING WERE NOT WORKING FOR THE DRIVER SIDE, ENABLING MY MOTHER TO HAVE SAFETY PROTECTION. WE HAVE EVIDENCE AND PICTURES OF THIS, SHE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE CAR. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, BECAUSE WE WERE HIT AT SUCH A FAST SPEED, IT CAUSED OUR CAR TO SPIN AROUND IN CIRCLES AND RUN INTO A BUILDING. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT ALSO DID NOT LOCK UP, CAUSING ME TO BE THROWN INTO THE DRIVER SEAT WITHOUT THE AIRBAGS PRESENCE TO KEEP ME IN PLACE. I AM DISGUSTED TO KNOW THERE WAS ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THIS IN 2004 YET THEY JUST NOW CHOOSE TO CALL A RECALL ON THESE SITUATIONS. *TR