2005 Chevrolet Cobalt

WHEN TRAVELING IN ANY GEAR IN MY BONE STOCK 2005 CHEVY COBALT 2.2 COUPE, IF I ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY THE CLUTCH SLIPS AND THE CAR WONT ACCELERATE AT ALL. IT FEELS LIKE THE PRESSURE PLATE DOESN'T APPLY ENOUGH PRESSURE TO HOLD THE DISC. IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO BE REAR ENDED A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW. THE CAR HAS A LITTLE OVER 20,000 MILES ON IT SO IT'S STILL FAIRLY NEW AND I AM NOT A FIRST TIMER DRIVING A MANUAL. ALL OF MY VEHICLES HAVE HAD MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. I DRIVE THE CAR IN A NORMAL FASHION, I DON'T ABUSE IT. THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY SHOULD NOT BE FAILING ON SUCH A NEW VEHICLE. *TR

MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT SEDAN RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. SO FAR IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 6 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO. I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 30MPH MAKING A LEFT TURN CROSSING A VERY BUSY LANE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. THE RADIO WAS STILL ON BUT IF I PRESSED ON THE GAS, NOTHING. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, SHUT OFF THE IGNITION AND THEN RESTART IT. IT IMMEDIATELY STARTED BACK UP. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP RIGHT AWAY AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TRACE THE PROBLEM AND HOPEFULLY IT WAS A ONE TIME THING. WELL THEN ABOUT A MONTH LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO WAIT ABOUT A WEEK AND CALL BACK, WELL WITHIN A WEEK IT HAPPENED AGAIN SO I CALLED AND TOLD THEM I WAS BRINGING IT TO THEM. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN THEY INSTALLED A FLIGHT RECORDER AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE CAR SHUT OFF AGAIN SO I PRESSED THE BUTTON ON THE FLIGHT RECORDER AND BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANICS INFORMED ME THAT THE FLIGHT RECORDER DID NOT WORK BECAUSE THEY FORGOT TO PUT SOMETHING ELSE ON MY CAR AT THE TIME OF THE INSTALLATION IN ORDER TO MAKE THE RECORDER WORK AND WANTED ME TO BRING THE CAR BACK TO HAVE THE RECORDER RE-INSTALLED. I REFUSED AND TOLD THEM I WOULD BRING THE CAR BACK BUT THEY NEEDED TO KEEP IT UNTIL THEY FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM. ON MY WAY BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THE CAR SHUT OFF AGAIN WHILE GOING 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALERSHIP HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND CLAIMED IT WAS FIXED FOR SURE. THEY SAID THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM AND REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND POWER TRAIN RELAY. WELL I HAVE NOW HAD MY CAR BACK FOR TWO WEEKS AND AS OF LAST NIGHT IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED BECAUSE I REFUSE TO DRIVE IT. AT THIS POINT I DO NOT WANT THE CAR AND HAVE NO FAITH IN THEM REPAIRING IT. THE CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE THERE IS A FATALITY. *TR

MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT HAS SHUT OFF 3 TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THE CAR ACTS JUST LIKE YOU TURN OFF THE IGNITION WHILE YOU ARE IN THE DRIVEWAY, EXCEPT YOU ARE DRIVING 70 MPH AND THERE IS TRAFFIC ALL AROUND YOU. WHEN WE PULL OVER AND PARK THE CAR, THE CAR STARTS RIGHT BACK UP AND DRIVES FINE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO OBVIOUS WARNING SIGNS INDICATING THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE FIRST FAILURE WAS WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. SHE TOLD ME THAT THE COBALT TURNED OFF WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING AND HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN IT BACK ON. SHE WAS DRIVING AT 75 MPH AND DID NOT HAVE CRUISE CONTROL ON. THE SECOND TIME I WAS DRIVING THE COBALT WITH HER AS A PASSENGER. WE WERE DRIVING AT 75 MPH FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES WHEN THE CAR TURNED OFF. WE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM ABOUT IT. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DEFROSTER SWITCH AND UPDATED THE COMPUTER. THE THIRD TIME I WAS DRIVING WITH MY WIFE. WE WERE DRIVING AT 75 MPH WITH CRUISE ON A REALLY STRAIGHT STRETCH OF HIGHWAY. I WAS NOT TOUCHING ANYTHING AND WAS TALKING TO MY WIFE WHEN THE CAR TURNED OFF. I PULLED OVER AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DROVE THE CAR FOR 40-45 MILES AND CHECKED THE COMPUTER. THEY TOLD US THAT THEY SAW NO CODES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY GAVE US THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER AND I THEM REGARDING THIS SAFETY CONCERN. GM TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF THEY COULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS DEALERSHIP ONLY DROVE THE CAR 8 MILES AND TOLD US THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO SPEND DRIVING THE VEHICLE LONGER. I CALLED GM AGAIN, THE ADM OF THE AREA PASSED ON TO US THAT, SINCE THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED, THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS TO 1) ATTACH A FLIGHT RECORDER TO THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUE DRIVING IT IN HOPES THAT THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES AND WE CAN CATCH IT WITH THE FLIGHT RECORDER OR 2) TAKE A SERVICE MAN ON A ROAD TRIP TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM DUPLICATES. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BELL RING AND THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE'S POWER STEERING FAILED. HE HAD TO SHUT OFF THE IGNITION SO THE INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD DIM. AFTER TURNING ON THE IGNITION, THE POWER STEERING RESUMED AND THE LIGHT DIMMED. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A DIAGNOSIS. AFTER RESEARCHING THE NHTSA WEBSITE, THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000.

TL*- THE CONTACT RECEIVED TWO RECALLS 04560000 CONCERNING EXTERIR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS AND 07V014000 CONCERNING STRUCTURE ON THE 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT IN AUGUST 2006. HE MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO GET THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE DEALER WILL NOT GIVE HIM A LOANER VEHICLE FOR THE DAY AND/OR WILL NOT GIVE HIM A RIDE TO WORK. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURES TO DATE.*AK

2005 CHEVY COBALT. WHILE DRIVING 55MPH, HEADING INTO A RIGHT HAND CURVE, MOTOR SHUT OFF AND STEERING COLUMN LOCKED CAUSING CRASH. CAR SENT TO DEALER TO INVESTIGATE ISSUE AND REPAIR COLISON DAMAGE. THEY STATE THAT NO ERROR CODES SO ACCIDENT MUST HAVE BEEN MY FAULT. I CONTACT MANUFACTURER AND AM TOLD, DEALER FOUND NO ISSUE, AND THEY DONT KNOW OF ANY OTHER SIMILAR ISSUES WITH COBALTS. I REQUEST A SAFETY REVIEW DUE TO MULTIPLE INSTANCES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND ONLINE, AND AM DENIED. EXPLAIN TO DEALER THAT INSTANCES EXCEDE VIRGINIA STATE LEMON LAW, AND THEY ARE NOT COOPERATIVE. SEEKING LEGAL COUCIL.

I OWN A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH IT. SOME AREN'T LIFE THREATENING (LIKE THE POWER WINDOWS NOT WORKING AND THE BRAKE LIGHT FLASHING), BUT I'VE HAD A MAF SENSOR SHORT WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO STOP RUNNING WHILE I WAS DOING 60-65 MPH AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP. FORTUNATELY, THE CAR STARTED BACK UP. I'VE RECENTLY DEALT WITH ANOTHER STEERING ISSUE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN AN UNEVEN/BUMPY ROAD AND A "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE CAME UP ON THE INFORMATION PANEL AND THE SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT. THE STEERING BECAME VERY MUSHY AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE CAR. I'VE ALSO DEALT WITH THE CAR NOT STARTING AND THE CAB FILLING WITH GAS FUMES. THERE HAS BEEN HESITATION/LOSS OF POWER WHEN THE A/C IS ON, WHICH MAKES IT UNSAFE TO PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC OR BLIND CURVES. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL AND HAVE CORRECTED WHAT PROBLEMS HAVE ARISED, BUT I HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE DRIVING THE CAR AND NO LONGER FEEL SAFE.

AFTER DRIVING FOR 30 MINUTES AT A SPEED OF 55-60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, I WAS ON THE OFF RAMP MERGING FROM ONE INTERSTATE TO ANOTHER, WHEN THE CARS AHEAD OF ME STARTING SLOWING DOWN. I APPLIED A SUDDEN PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN ALSO; HOWEVER, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT SOFT AND THEN IT SEEMED LIKE THE BRAKES LOCKED, BUT DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THE CAR MADE A SUDDEN JOLT TO THE RIGHT BRINGING ME INTO THE ON COMING TRAFFIC IN THE NEXT LANE. THIS RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER CAR. RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS TO THE COBALT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EVENTHOUGH THE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS DESTROYED. *NM