2007 Chevrolet Cobalt

IN MY WORDS AND EXPERIENCE THAT HAPPENED ON THE DAY OF 03/13/2013, APPX 4:30 PM ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, LIKE ANY OTHER DAY OVER CROWDED TRAFFIC HOUR , STOP AND GO, I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE LOSS OF POWER IN MY VEHICLE. TWICE IT STARTED LOOSING POWER THEN THE VEHICLE VEERED TOWARDS ONCOMING TRAFFIC I STEERED TO THE RIGHT AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STEER BACK INTO NORMAL POSITION CAUSING ME TO GO OVER A DIRT EMBANKMENT AND OFF A CLIFF, AT THAT POINT I DO NOT THINK THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, I LITERALLY THOUGHT THIS WAS THE END OF MY LIFE, GOING THROUGH TREES ,HITTING ROCKS. THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO BUT TO WAIT TO DIE. THEN THE VEHICLE HIT SOMETHING REAL HARD CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER AND COME TO A STOP. I JUST REMEMBER WANTING TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AS FAST AS I COULD. I HAD TO CRAWL OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE TO GET OUT. I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE I COULDN'T SEE THE ROADWAY I WAS SO FAR DOWN. I HEARD PEOPLE YELLING IF I WAS OK. I THEN REMEMBERED I NEEDED MY PURSE AND MY PHONE TO GET HELP SO I CRAWLED BACK INTO THE CAR I FOUND MY PURSE BUT NO PHONE OR KEYS UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS RECOVERED BY CHP RECOVERY. AT THE TIME I DIDN'T FEEL I NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION, BUT SINCE THE ACCIDENT MY BACK AND MY BALANCE ARE NOT THE SAME AS THEY USE TO. I'VE ALSO BEEN HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH MY MEMORY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE IT WAS TURNED OFF FOR TWO HOURS AND THEN RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE RESUMED ITS NORMAL OPERATIONS. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

WHILE DRIVING ALONG, GETTING OFF OF AN EXIT RAMP ONTO A MAIN HWY, I REACHED OVER TO TURN MY DEFROSTER OFF, WHEN THE WHEEL JERKED TO THE LEFT, I ATTEMPTED TO GAIN CONTROL BUT NEVER GOT TOTAL CONTROL ALTHOUGH I DID GET BACK ONTO THE ROAD. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE CAR JERKED AGAIN AND THIS TIME I REALIZED THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT MOVING-IT WAS LOCKED UP AND I COULD NOT TURN IT. I THEN HIT THE GUARD RAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HWY AND THEN CAME ACROSS TO THE SOUTH SIDE HITTING THE CONCRETE BRIDGE RAILING. THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL HAD SUPPOSEDLY BEEN CORRECTED BUT THE IGNITION LOCKED UP ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE LOSS OF POWER WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14E021000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: IGNITION SWITCH) AND 10V073000 (STEERING), BUT THE FAILURES RECURRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STILL DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

IN 2012, MY 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT WAS RECALLED FOR A POWER STEERING. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP IN NEBRASKA WHERE THEY PERFORMED THE WORK BUT STATED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX PERMANENTLY. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT AGAIN. I RETURNED TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND ENDED UP PAYING TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE AGAIN ONLY TO HAVE THE POWER STEERING GO OUT AGAIN WITHIN A WEEK OR SO. I TRIED TALKING TO THE DEALERSHIP SO I COULD GET THIS ISSUE FIXED BUT THEY JUST SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO EXCEPT PAY TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN / RACK AND PINION. WHEN THE IGNITION RECALL CAME OUT, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HENDRICK'S CHEVROLET IN CARY, NC. THEY PROVIDED A RENTAL CAR AND I WAITED FOR 3 MONTHS TO HAVE THAT REPAIRED. I ASSUMED THEY WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND FIX THE POWER STEERING SINCE IT WAS INVOLVED IN ANOTHER RECALL AND THE RECALL WAS NOT EVER HANDLED CORRECTLY. HOWEVER, GM STATED THAT THE RECALL HAD FIXED THE ISSUE AND THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME. I LET THEM KNOW THAT THE CAR WAS UNSAFE AND THAT BETWEEN THE CURRENT POWER STEERING RECALL AND THE ONE FROM 2012, THERE HAS TO BE A CONNECTION THAT THIS CAR'S STEERING WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS NOT EVER PROPERLY FIXED. GM ASKED THAT I COME PICK MY CAR UP AND IS REFUSING TO DO ANY FURTHER REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY FEEL THE CAR IS TOO OLD AND THAT I WAITED TOO LONG (I WASN'T WAITING ON ANYTHING - I HAD BEEN EXPECTING GM TO HONOR THE RECALL AT SOME POINT IN TIME. I BELIEVE THAT GM HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ME BECAUSE I AM A YOUNG WOMAN AND DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HARD TO TURN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

AS I TURNED THE CORNER THE STEERING WHEEL STUCK AND I WAS UNABLE TO TURN BACK AND I HIT A PARKED CAR WHICH CAUSED $800 IN DAMAGE TO THEIR CAR AND $5400 IN DAMAGE TO MY CAR AND ALSO CAUSED MY INSURANCE TO GO UP. WHEN I HAD ASKED THE PEOPLE WHO FIXED MY CAR IF THEY CHECKED THE POWER STEERING LIKE I ASKED THEY SAID THEY DID NOT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT BEGAN EXPERIENCING STEERING FAILURE IN MAY OF 2014, AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT A DIAGNOSTIC FEE WOULD BE CHARGED FOR HAVING THE RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

THE POWER STEERING, IN THIS 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT, STARTED FAILING INTERMITTENTLY AT LOW SPEEDS, PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING, THOROUGHLY FRIGHTENING HER. WHEN I WAS AT THE DEALER FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL I ASKED THEM ABOUT IT AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE POWER STEERING WAS REPLACED IN THE 2010 RECALL, (LESS THAN 4 YEARS AND ABOUT 46,000 MILES AGO) THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE RECALL WAS CLOSED. AS YOU KNOW, A COMPONENT THIS CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION OF A VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE FAILING AT THESE FREQUENT RATES. THIS CONSTITUTES NOT ONLY A MAJOR EXPENSE TO REPAIR A PROBLEM WHICH SHOULDN'T BE OCCURRING IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE TO THE OPERATOR, PASSENGERS, AND OTHER MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS AS WELL. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND I SUSPECT THAT THE REPLACEMENT PARTS USED WEREN'T ANY BETTER THAN THE ORIGINALS, AS EVIDENCED BY THIS FAILURE AND BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE SINCE READ ABOUT. A NEW RECALL HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE 2010 MODEL YEAR FOR THIS SAME ISSUE, YET, THIS MODEL YEAR WAS INCLUDED IN THE PRIOR RECALL. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD STAND BEHIND WHAT IS AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW ISSUE THAT HAS YET TO BE PERFECTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. *TR