2006 Chevrolet Cobalt

I NOTICED A SMELL OF GAS WHEN ENTERING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE. WHEN I DRIVE WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN I CAN STILL SMELL GAS. ANY TIME THE VEHICLE IS PARKED WHEN LOOKING UNDER THE CAR YOU CAN SEE AND SMELL THE GAS DRIPPING ON THE GROUND. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND THE FUEL PUMP SEAL TO BE LEAKING THUS CAUSING THE FUEL TO LEAK ON THE GROUND. AS I RESEARCHED RECALLS I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FUEL PUMP IN 2006 CHEVY COBALTS BUT IT WAS ONLY FOR CERTAIN STATES. THE GM RECALL NUMBER FOR THIS IS 090226. EVERY THING THAT WAS SAID IN THIS RECALL IS EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. I DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS FAIR FOR ME TO HAVE TO PAY FOR A MISTAKE THAT WAS MADE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE CONSUMER STATED ON I APRIL OF 2014, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE TWO RECALLS PERFORMED; THE IGNITION AND POWER STEERING, AND HE SIGNED AN ESTIMATED TICKET STATING ONLY THOSE TWO THINGS WOULD BE DONE AND HE WAS QUOTED OF A PRICE OF $218. HOWEVER, WHEN HE RETURNED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE INVOICE HAD BRAKE WORK AND A FUEL SYSTEM CLEAN OUT, AMONG OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE NOT REQUESTED OR AUTHORIZED. WHEN THE CONSUMER DROVE OFF THE LOT, THERE WAS AN ODOR AN GAS. A MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER IT WAS PROBABLY A BAD FUEL MODULE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THERE WAS NO WAY THE DEALER DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK. UPDATED 07/30/14

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE). THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER NUMEROUS TIMES AND WERE UNCERTAIN OF WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE REPAIR HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE.

IN JANUARY I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE FUEL SMELL FROM MY CAR. I'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS WHEN TODAY, I STUMBLED ACROSS A RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED FIRST IN OCT 2009 ABOUT THE FUEL SYSTEM IN CERTAIN COBALTS. I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE ABOUT SUCH A RECALL AND MY VIN # IS ONE THAT IS FOR THE RECALL. BUT BECAUSE OF THIS "SPECIAL COVERAGE" I WON'T QUALIFY FOR THIS RECALL BECAUSE MY CAR HAS OVER 120,000 MILES ON MY CAR! SO AGGRAVATING. *TR

THIS COMPLAINT IS THAT THE FUEL PUMP RECALL FOR THIS CAR, WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V419000, DID NOT SHOW UP IN THE DATABASE VISIBLE TO EITHER MY MECHANIC OR A GM DEALER. THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING PART FAILURE, WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE CAR, EITHER WHILE IT IS MOVING OR STOPPED, AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS ISSUE. MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS THIS PROBLEM, LEAKING GASOLINE AT QUITE A RAPID RATE. THE FUEL SMELL WHILE DRIVING IS UNBEARABLE. WHEREVER I PARK A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE FORMS UNDER THE CAR. IF I PARKED IN A CLOSED GARAGE, THIS WOULD BE A TERRIBLE SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS FOR GOOD REASON THAT THIS RECALL WAS PUT IN PLACE. HOWEVER, APPARENTLY THIS ISSUE SHOWS UP IN THE GM SYSTEM AS A "SPECIAL COVERAGE" AND NOT A RECALL. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE ONLINE. I WAS SEARCHING BECAUSE I WAS PREPARING TO PAY $833 FOR MY MECHANIC TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. WHEN I PHONED THE DEALER, HE SAID HE HAD TO GET TO "ANOTHER SCREEN" TO SEE THE SPECIAL COVERAGE ITEMS, AND HE ONLY DID THAT BECAUSE I PROMPTED HIM. APPARENTLY THEY DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO WARN CAR OWNERS OF THIS ISSUE EVEN WHEN THE OWNER HAS THEIR VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL (WHICH MINE WAS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS). I HAVE ALSO NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE OF THIS RECALL, AND I'VE OWNED THE CAR SINCE JANUARY OF 2007. AFTER THE RECENT PRESS COVERAGE OF THE RECALL OF THE IGNITION SWITCH FOR THIS VEHICLE, I AM SHOCKED THAT THIS KIND OF A SAFETY CONCERN IS ESSENTIALLY BEING HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW. *TR

CAR STALLS DUE TO THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR DEFECT. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I COME TO A STOP AND THE WEATHER IS COLD. THE CHOKE GETS STUCK IN EITHER THE OPEN OR THE CLOSED POSITION. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES ON NUMEROUS DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DEALERSHIPS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WHICH IS WHY THEY KEEP THE PART IN STOCK. HOWEVER CHEVY/GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THIS PART IS FAR TO EXPENSIVE FOR ME TO REPLACE. I WOULD CONSIDER THIS A HAZARD DUE TO THE VEHICLE STALLING IN MID TRAFFIC WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. I CAN KEEP THE VEHICLE RUNNING BY HAVING ONE FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND ONE FOOT ON THE GAS AND PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AS I COME TO A STOP. THIS TOO COULD RESULT IN CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AS TWO FEET ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO BE USED TO DRIVE. *TR

RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER 09V419000 COMPONENTS: FUEL SYSTEM GASOLINE RECALL #090226 UNDER MY VEHICLE SUPPOSEDLY THIS WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS REPLACED IN 2008. I SERVICES MY VEHICLE IN 2010 AND MY VEH REPORT INDICATES REPLACEMENT OF FUEL TANK MODULE WAS ALREADY DONE UNDER RECALL #09226. MY VEHICLE WAS WORKED ON 2/28/2014 HAVE BEEN HAVE GAS LEAK AND ODOR HAD ME WORRIED, COME TO FIND OUT FUEL PUMP MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I SPENT $112.07 FOR WORK SEAL REPLACEMENT AND LABOR. WAS NOT ABLE TO AFFORD TO PAY ESTIMATE COST FOR PARTS AND LABOR FUEL PUMP MODULE IS $569.38. I FORGOT I HAD THIS REPLACED IN 2008... I RECENTLY TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO CHEVY SERVICE CENTER ON CAPITOL EXPRESSWAY IN SAN JOSE. [XXX] LAWTON PULLED UP MY VEHICLE REPORT AND I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE GAS LEAK FIRST THING CAME OUT OF HIS RUDE MOUTH WAS YOU MUST OF HEARD THIS ON THE NEWS RIGHT! I TOLD ABOUT THE GAS LEAK HE SAID THIS PART WAS ALREADY REPLACED AND I ASKED THEN WHY IS IT HAPPENING AGAIN SAID MAYBE COULD HAVE BEEN A DEFECTIVE PART. I NOW SEE THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IGNITION SWITCH AND CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE IN A CRASH. [XXX] SAID I HAD NO REPORTS ON MY VEHICLE FOR RECALL. NOW IM REALLY CONCERNED IF I GET INTO A COLLISION AND MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY SPOTTING WITH FUEL AND ODOR IS PRETTY STRONG SHOULD I HAPPEN TO HAVE A COLLISION IM SURE WILL CAUSE A COMBUSTION TO CHARGE A FIRE. FUEL PUMP MODULE'S. GAS LEAK, FUEL LEAK, ODOR. SAFETY COMES FIRST. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TO ALL SERVICE CONSULTANTS. ACROSS THE BOARD. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *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