2006 Chevrolet Cobalt

I PURCHASED A 2006 COBALT FROM A PRIVATE OWNER THIS WEEK. I TEST DROVE IT 3 TIMES WITH NO PROBLEMS. AFTER BRINGING IT HOME, I ATTEMPTED TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND REMOVE THE KEY. IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF ALL THE WAY AND THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT. I WAS VERY UPSET AND SCARED. THE CAR WOULD RESTART SO I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT IN THE DRIVEWAY AND PARK IT NEXT TO THE GARAGE. SINCE I COULD NOT REMOVE THE KEY I PUT A CAR CLUB ON IT AND LOCKED THE DOOR. THEN I PARKED ANOTHER CAR BEHIND IT. I DID NOT THINK ABOUT IT BUT SINCE THE KEY WAS IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION THE BATTERY WENT DEAD. THE NEXT DAY I WAS NOT ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO START IT. I CALLED A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER. HE CHECKED THE VIN FOR RECALLS AND SAID THERE WAS NOT ONE ON THE 2006 COBALT RELATED TO THE STARTING SOLENOID BINDING UP. HE DID TELL ME IT IS COMMON AND MOST CARS THAT HAVE THE PROBLEM HAVE A RECALL ISSUED. THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED ME MAJOR DISTRESS AND COULD BE VERY UNSAFE IF THE CAR HAD EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM SOMEWHERE AWAY FROM HOME. I FOUND OUT HOW TO FIX IT BY READING ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET. MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM AND CHEVROLET HAS NOT LISTENED TO THE CONSUMERS BY ISSUING A RECALL AND REPAIRING THE PROBLEM. THERE IS A BUTTON IN THE STEERING COLUMN THAT NEEDS TO BE PRESSED BY A ROD TO TELL THE CAR THAT THE CAR IS IN PARK AND IT IS OK TO TURN IT OFF AND REMOVE THE KEY. THE CARS WITH PROBLEMS HAVE A ROD THAT DOES NOT DEPRESS THE BUTTON. PEOPLE HAVE TO REMOVE A COVER ON THE STEERING COLUMN AND REATTACH THE ROD WHEN THEY CAN NOT REMOVE THEIR KEY. HOWEVER, OVER TIME THE ROD SLIPS TO FAR THAT THIS IS NO LONGER A SOLUTION AND THE PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. WHY SHOULD THE CONSUMER HAVE TO SUFFER THIS STRESS AND WORRY ABOUT GETTING THEIR CAR STOLEN BECAUSE THEIR KEY IS STUCK IN IT? CHEVROLET NEEDS TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE CARE OF THIS ONGOING, LONG STANDING ISSUE. *TR

LATELY MY CAR HAS BEEN DYING WHILE COMING TO A STOP OR GOING TO TAKE OFF. THIS IS REALLY SCARY WHEN I PULL OUT IN BUSY TRAFFIC! I WAS ALMOST T BONED ONE DAY BUT THANK GOODNESS I WAS ABLE TO RESTART MY CAR IN TIME. THEN A NEW PROBLEM STARTED SOON AFTER... I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DOING SPEEDS 65 MPH WHEN ALL THE GAUGES ON THE DASH STARTED JUMPING AROUND THE STEERING WHEEL KIND OF LOCKED UP AND MY CAR BEGAN TO JUMP AND JERK. I STRUGGLED TO GET MY CAR OFF THE ROAD ONTO AN EXIT RAMP WHERE I SHUT MY CAR OFF. I TURNED MY CAR OFF, THEN I TURNED IT BACK ON. THE ALERT GAUGE RANG THREE TIMES AND SAID POWER STEERING ON THE DASH BOARD, I PUT MY CAR IN DRIVE IN HOPES TO MAKE IT HOME WHICH WAS NOT FAR...WHEN I TOOK OFF MY CAR SHOOK AND JUMPED WHILE GOING ALL THE WAY ACROSS A BRIDGE. I PULLED OVER YET AGAIN SHUT MY CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT WHEN I TOOK OFF THE SECOND TIME AND DROVE HOME I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. I LEFT MY CAR SIT FOR SEVERAL DAYS THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION FAILED. THE KEY COULD NOT BE RELEASED FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

STARTED CAR, SHIFTER WOULD NOT LOCK INTO ANY GEAR AND THE KEYS WERE LOCKED IN THE IGNITION. GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD TO OPEN THE COMPARTMENT UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN TO RELEASE KEYS, BUT IT DID NOT REPAIR THE GEAR SHIFTER. TOOK TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THESE BREAK ALL THE TIME AND THAT CHEVY KEEPS THE PARTS IN STOCK BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE SHIFTERS BREAK DUE TO THE METAL POST INSIDE BREAKING THE CHEAP PLASTIC CASING OF THE SHIFTER CONTROL. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED? MY SON WAS STUCK IN NY CITY AT L IN THE MORNING WITH NO WAY TO GET HOME. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO THE STREET WITH MANY CARS APPROACHING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND I BEGAN TO PRESS DOWN THE GAS PEDAL SO I COULD SAFELY GET UP TO SPEED AND I NOTICED THE CAR NOT ACCELERATING FOR THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE I WAS APPLYING ON THE GAS PEDAL THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING INTO ALL THE GEARS, I DROVE IT HOME 8 MILES TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND LIGHT HAD RESET ITSELF THIS SAME THING HAS HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES SINCE THIS FIRST TIME. ALL OCCURRED ON DRIVE PAVEMENT NO ICE OR OTHER WET CONDITIONS. I'VE SEARCHED ONLINE AND HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVE BEEN REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT STAYING ON AND LOSS OF POWER TO THE TRANSMISSION AND JERKY SHIFTING, IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR THE COBALT MODEL WAS MANUFACTURED BY CHEVROLET I BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD HAVE A RECALL TO FIX THESE ISSUES BUT, HAS NOT DONE SO TO THIS DAY, BEFORE I AND OTHER PEOPLE DRIVING THE CHEVROLET COBALT GET HURT OR HURT OTHER DRIVERS BECAUSE OF THESE MALFUNCTIONS THAT OUR OUT OF OUR CONTROL. *TR

WHEN DRIVING THE GAUGE CLUSTER LIGHTS UP WHILE BOTH THE MPH AND RPM NEEDLES JUMP AROUND. TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING AS WELL AS THE TRANSMISSION GOES INTO LIMP MODE. LOST CONTROL ON FREEWAY THANKFULLY NO ONE WERE IN THE 2 LANES THAT THE CAR VEERED INTO AT THE TIME. WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR IN THE SERVICE LANE. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME ISSUE.WE HAVE RECEIVED NO RECALL INFORMATION AND WE ARE NOT UNDER THE CURRENT RECALL FOR WHATEVER REASON. SAME ISSUES AS ORIGINAL RECALL FITS IN YEARS RECALLED FOR...WHY NOT INCLUDE US? TOOK THE LIBERTY OF PAYING FOR BOTH THE EPS MOTOR AND MODULE WITH NO SUCCESS. I AM CURRENTLY OUT $1,500.00 THIS IS NOT FAIR. *TR

STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN WHILE ON A FREEWAY ENTRANCE RAMP. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO RETAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. NO FURTHER ISSUES UNTIL 8 DAYS LATER WHEN AGAIN THE VEHICLE BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. I CONSIDER THE MALFUNCTION OF THE POWER STEERING UNIT TO BE A DANGEROUS ISSUE. I CALLED THE GM HELP LINE 2/23/2013 AND WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED AT 54,000 MILES TO ADDRESS THE STEERING ISSUE AND ANY NEEDED REPAIRS AT THIS TIME WILL BE AT MY EXPENSE. *TR