2006 Chevrolet Cobalt

I WOULD HAVE FILED SOONER BUT WAS UNAWARE OF YOUR AGENCY AND ASSUMED THAT I SHOULD CONTACT MY LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP. 2 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT MY 2006 CHEVY COBALT, THE KEYS REMAINED LOCKED IN THE IGNITION. I HAVE TO USE THE EMERGENCY KEY RELEASE BUTTON TO GET MY KEYS OUT. I REPORTED THIS TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO INFORMED ME IN 2012 THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE MYSELF. I BOUGHT A COBALT BECAUSE IT WAS ECONOMICAL AND WE DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. TO THIS DAY, WE USE THE EMERGENCY SWITCH TO RELEASE MY KEYS. 1 WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT MY COBALT, THE ENGINE AND ALL POWER WOULD DIE AND I WOULD HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR. THIS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS IDLING, GOING 25 MILES/HR AND UP TO 65 MILES/HR. I CALLED THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP WHO INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, UNLESS I WANTED TO PAY TO HAVE THE ISSUE FIXED. I EVEN HAD ANOTHER RECALL REPAIRED LAST YEAR AT THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND AGAIN ADDRESSED THE POWER FAILURE. THEY LOOKED FOR AN ISSUE, DID NOT FIND ONE AND LITERALLY MADE ME BELIEVE IT WAS "USER ERROR". MY CAR STILL SHUTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS. I ADDRESSED THE SITUATION, I WAS IGNORED. I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO EXPLORE THE ISSUE MORE THOROUGHLY, WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DEAL WITH IT. I AM SENDING A SECOND MESSAGE TO YOU FOLLOWING THIS BECAUSE I AM OVER ON THE WORD COUNT. PLEASE LOOK FOR IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO DECELERATE WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY UNTIL LATER RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

I WAS TRAVELING ON A 2 LANE ROAD THAT I TRAVEL MOST EVERY DAY, THE ROAD IS NOT BUSY MOST TIMES.AS I WAS ENTERING A SHARP CURVE SUDDENLY THE CAR ENGINE QUIT AND NEXT THING I KNEW I WAS RAKING THE GUARDRAIL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD,.DAMAGED THE CAR MORE THAN IT WAS WORTH,THIS WAS ONLY THE 2ND TIME THE CAR HAD DONE THIS BUT I HAD ONLY OWNED IT ABOUT 11/2 YRS.THE GUARDRAIL SAVED US FROM GOING OVER A 300 FT.MOUNTAIN INTO THE RIVER.THANKFUL FOR THAT GUARDRAIL, BUT LEFT WITHOUT ANYTHING TO DRIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 225,000.

I BOUGHT THE CAR 2 YEARS AGO. I NOTICED THAT THE CAR STALLS MOSTLY WHEN THE TEMP OUTSIDE IS AROUND THE SINGLE DIGITS. DOESNT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, AND SOMETIMES WHEN THE TEMP ISNT THAT LOW. UNFORTUNATELY I STILL HAVE TO WORK AND I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ONE MORNING, THE CAR STALLED ON AND ICY ROAD AND I ENDED UP IN A SNOW BANK. THE CAR OF COURSE STARTED RIGHT BACK UP LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG AND RAN FOR A COUPLE WEEKS WITH OUT A PROBLEM. I HAVE A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH THE CAR STALLING, I EVEN HAD A NEW ENGINE PUT IN BECAUSE I WAS TOLD IT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM WHEN I COULDNT START MY CAR AT ALL ONE DAY AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A SHOP. NOT EVEN A WEEK AFTER THE NEW ENGINE, THE CAR BEGAN STALLING AGAIN, SHOWING UP WITH POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHTS AND MY MPH GAUGE WENT HAYWIRE. IRONICALLY, SOMETIME AROUND THIS WHOLE PROBLEM, THE RECALL FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH CAME OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS RESTART AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 189,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY START AFTER EACH FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL PERTAINING TO THE POWER STEERING BUT WAS OMITTED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

I WAS DRIVING EAST ON US HWY 2 AT 55 MPH WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY DROPPED SPEED TO 35 MPH AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE DASH READ RED ENG PWR. IT WAS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A SIDE ROAD AS I LIVE IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND THERE IS NOT A SHOULDER TO PULL ON TO DUE TO THE HIGH SNOW BANKS. I PARKED THE CAR AND SHUT IT OFF AND IT HAD NO POWER NO SPEED CONTROL. I LET IT SIT FOR 1 HOUR AND WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF ALONG WITH THE DASH READING AND THE CAR WAS NORMAL. THIS IS AWFUL! THIS CAR IS AWFUL! *TR

I WAS DRIVING EAST ON US HWY 2 AT 35 MPH WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT LANE WITH NO TRAFFIC COMING. THIS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES IN A 2 MILE DISTANCE. I PARKED THE CAR AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED CHEVY AND MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER. CHEVY TOLD ME MY CAR HAD A RECALL THAT WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL APRIL 1. VON HOLZEN CHEVY DEALER SAID UNLESS THEY KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG AND I PAID 600 THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT. *TR

I WAS STOPPED AT A TURN AROUND EAST OF GARFIELD ON 16 MILE ROAD IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP MICHIGAN. PROCEEDED TO COMPLETE TURN AND GO WEST ON 16 MILE ROAD WHEN I FELT MY VEHICLE (2006 CHEVROLET COLBALT) HAD A LOSS OF POWER. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS BLINKED. THEN WITH IN SECONDS I WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE IN MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR, THEN I SPUN AROUND AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT ME IN THE DRIVER REAR SIDE. NONE OF MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CLINTON TOWNSHIP POLICE QUESTIONED THE OTHER TWO DRIVERS WHO STRUCK ME BUT NEVER QUESTIONED ME TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. THE FIRST VEHICLE THAT HIT ME THE MAN HAD A CUT ON HIS LEG AND REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE SECOND VEHICLE THAT HIT ME THE FEMALE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY EMS BECAUSE MY HEAD, NECK, BACK, HIP AND LEG WAS HURTING ME. WHEN I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL THE POLICE OFFICER CAME UP TO ME AND GAVE ME A TICKET WITH TWO SEPARATE VIOLATIONS, AND STATED THAT I CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. THE OFFICER NEVER ASKED ME WHAT HAPPENED AND WHEN I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HIM, HE JUST SAID THAT'S WHY ITS CALLED AN ACCIDENT AND LEFT THE HOSPITAL. MY 2006 CHEVY COLBALT IS TOTALED ACCORDING TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY. I FOUND A NHTSA 14V047000 RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE ON THIS NHTSA WEBSITE. GM'S RECALL NUMBER IS 13454.I HAVE RECORD OF 2 REPAIRS TO THAT SAME IGNITION BY THE DEALERSHIP IN 2006 AND 2009. I BELIEVE THAT THE FAULTY IGNITION CAUSED ME TO LOOSE POWER AND ACCELERATION THUS CAUSING THE ACCIDENT AND INJURIES. *TR