2006 Chevrolet Cobalt

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN A CORNER AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:14V047000 (AIR BAGS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) BUT THE DEALER DID NOT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE FOR THE NECESSARY REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90000.

WITH THE RECENT TALK OF THE GM RECALL LAWSUIT, I WANTED TO POST A COMPLAINT. IN FEB OF 2008 I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 55MPH, I CANNOT RECALL HOW FAST I WAS GOING, BUT IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY IF NOT A LITTLE MORE. I LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH THE CENTER CEMENT BARRIER. I HIT, SPUN AROUND, AND MOST LIKELY HIT THE WALL AGAIN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. NO AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED DURING THE ACCIDENT AND BOTH MYSELF AND MY PASSENGER HAD TO BE TREATED FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE ACCIDENT. MY INJURIES WERE VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING AS I HIT MY FACE AND NOSE ON THE STEERING WHEEL, AND MY KNEES UNDERNEATH THE WHEEL. I HAD BLACK EYES FOR WEEKS AND THEY THOUGHT I MAY HAVE POSSIBLY HAIRLINE FRACTURED MY NOSE. I HAD ON MY SAFETY BELT. MY PASSENGER DID NOT HAVE HER SAFETY BELT ON, AND SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER HEAD AND LIMBS. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO FATALITIES, BUT IT WAS VERY SCARY KNOWING I HIT SOMETHING AT THAT SPEED HEAD ON, AND ONCE AGAIN ON THE SIDE WITH NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE DEALER INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IF THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS NOT FAULTY THE OWNER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC EXPENSE. THE CONTACT WAS DISPLEASED TO KNOW OF THE DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80.000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE WHERE THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT LATER ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE AND THE KEY BECAUSE FRACTURED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE FRACTURED KEY AND RESUMED BY UTILIZING THE SPARE KEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START, WHICH REQUIRED NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED THE BATTERY, CLEANED THE FUEL SYSTEM AND CHANGED THE SPARK PLUGS BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WOULD SPORADICALLY BECOME STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V047000(AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. *TR

MY WIFE AND HER MOTHER WERE DRIVING ON A STREET IN THE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN. THIS STREET DOES HAVE A MILD TO MODERATE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF DAY. IT IS A TWO LANE ROAD THAT FOR THE MOST PART GOES THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL AREA OF THE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORING CITY. THE SPEED LIMIT PREDOMINATELY IS 35 MPH. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING TO THE SOUTH IN WHICH THE ROADWAY PROCEEDS DOWN A SHORT, MILD DOWNGRADE IN TO A NATURAL WASH OR STREAM BED AND THEN BACK UP AN UPGRADE TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN AND THE NEIGHBORING CITY. MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING DOWNHILL WHEN SUDDENLY SHE LOST POWER TO THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT ALL THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE SUCH AS THE GAUGES AND THE CAR STEREO CEASED TO WORK.DUE TO THE STEERING LOCKING UP AND MY WIFE BEING UNABLE AT THE TIME TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, SHE DRIFTED IN THE OPPOSITE LANE, BOUNCED OFF A CURB ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN DRIFTED BACK INTO THE APPROPRIATE LANE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. FORTUNATELY FOR THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF MY WIFE AND HER MOTHER, NO OTHER VEHICLE WAS IN OR APPROACHING THE OPPOSITE LANE. WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, THE ENGINE STALLED WHEN THE KEY IGNITION WAS IN THE RUN POSITION. MY WIFE PROCEEDED TO SWITCH THE KEY IN THE OFF POSITION AND THEN PROCEEDED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN STARTED UP LIKE NORMAL. MY WIFE PROCEEDED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HER ORIGINAL DESTINATION WHICH WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY. SHE THEN NOTIFIED ME BY CELLPHONE IN WHICH WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. *TR

ON 12/18/13 I BEGAN TO NOTICE A "HUMMING" NOISE COMING FROM THE CAR. THE HUMMING NOISE GOT INCREASINGLY WORSE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AT THE SAME TIME I NOTICED THE "SERVICE AIRBAG" SIGN CAME ON AND THE RADIO BEGAN FLASH AND ATTEMPTED TO EJECT A CD WITHOUT ME MANUALLY PUSHING THE BUTTON OR CD BEING INSIDE IT. THE "HUMMING" NOISE PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO STIFFEN UP. AFTER 2 WEEKS OF THE PROBLEM BECOMING INCREASINGLY WORSE, I DECIDED TO HAVE MY MECHANIC DO A COMPLETE DIAGNOSTIC TEST. HE BELIEVED THAT THE DIAGNOSIS IS THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING AND STATED THAT AFTER MUCH RESEARCH THE COST WOULD BE $900+ BECAUSE THE REPAIRS WOULD HAVE TO BE BY A CERTIFIED GM AND PARTS WOULD HAVE TO BE SPECIALLY ORDERED DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE WAY THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED. HE ALSO STATED THAT APPARENTLY THIS PROBLEM IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR MAKE/MODEL CAR AND REGRETFULLY WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR IT. I AM A SINGLE MOM AND VALUE ME AND MY CHILD'S SAFETY BUT AT THIS TIME THE NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE DUE TO THE OBSCENE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN QUESTION TO REPAIR IT AND ONGOING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I FEEL THIS PROBLEM CAN LEAD TO A MORE SERIOUS ISSUE AND MAY BE A PART OF A BIGGER ISSUE. *TR

ON DECEMBER 31, 2009, MY 25 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ALONG AN INTERSTATE IN HER CHEVY COBALT. SHE CRASHED INTO A TREE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. HER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND HER SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK. SHE DIED ON IMPACT, ACCORDING TO THE POLICE ON REVIEWING THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT, MY SON OBSERVED THAT THE TRACKS LEFT BY THE CAR BEFORE IT CRASHED WERE IN A STRAIGHT LINE, SUGGESTING THAT THE BRAKES EITHER HAD NOT BEEN APPLIED OR HAD NOT WORKED. ON DOING RESEARCH, HE FOUND INFORMATION ONLINE SUGGESTING THAT THERE HAD BEEN OTHER, SIMILAR CRASHES IN COBALTS AND THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS THOUGHT TO BE DEFECTIVE. WE HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED THIS WITH GM AND COMPLETED OUR ACTION, AND, AT THE TIME, I FILED A CONSUMER COMPLAINT TO DOCUMENT THE ISSUE. I JUST READ THAT THIS AGENCY WILL BE INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE AWARE OF MY DAUGHTER'S DEATH IN A COBALT IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THE SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK, AND THAT WE STRONGLY SUSPECT, THOUGH GM NEVER CONFIRMED THIS, HAD A DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH. *TR