2007 Chevrolet Cobalt

2007 CHEVY COBALT, 20,000 MILES, FNT END CREAKING, GROANING/MOANING. FEELS VERY LOOSE/RIDES VERY HARD OVER THE SMALLEST DEFECT IN ROAD! COLE MUFFLER DIAGNOSED CAR BUSHINGS/CONTROL ARMS BOTH SIDES NEED REPLACE. SPOKE TO MANY OWNERS OF COBALT & SEARCHED ONLINE-SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AROUND THIS SAME MILEAGE WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE! BUSHINGS/CONTROL ARMS ON CARS W/LIMITED MILEAGE SHOULD BE A DEFECT OF THE MANUFACTURER! THIS DEFECT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING AFTER THE 3YR WARRANTY & IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE 5YR WARRANTY! THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD! I S/W PPL THAT HAD THE BUSHINGS REPLACED/AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE & THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE CONTROL ARMS REPLACED TOO! MOST OF THE TIME, I FEEL I DON'T EVEN HAVE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKES MY WHOLE STEERING WHEEL PULLS TO THE LEFT. WHEN I CHANGE LANES, IT FEELS LIKE I'M JUMPING TO THE NEXT LANE. I HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT TIRES BC OF THIS FRONT END SUSPENSION PROBLEM. MOST PPL ARE NOT AWARE HOW, WHERE, TO WHOM TO REPORT A PROBLEM LIKE THIS TO. MOST PPL USE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR COMPLAINTS, OR DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER, THEREFORE, YOUR DATABASE IS NOT ACCURATE FOR THE NO. OF COMPLAINTS RE: THE COBALT FNT SUSPENSION. MOST PPL I TALKED TO HAVEN'T REPORTED IT, THEY JUST PD TO REPLACE IT BC IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. COSTLY REPAIRS! OVER $1000 OR MORE. WHEN ARE U GOING TO MAKE GM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEFECT IN THE COBALTS?? THE SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SHOULD HAVE ALSO INCLUDED CONTROL ARMS & BUSHINGS THESE ARE PUTTING CONSUMERS AT RISK FOR CRASH ALSO!!! THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE COBALT. THIS CARS ARE NOT INEXPENSIVE CARS THE RETAIL PRICE STARTS AT $16,000! MAKE GM RESPONSIBLE FOR A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND IT IS LIKELY MOST CONSUMERS CAN'T AFFORD A REPAIR OF THIS MAGNITUDE, AS IT WILL CONSIST OF CONTROL ARMS/BUSHINGS/TIRES/ALIGNMENT TO MAKE THE VEHICLE SAFE AGAIN! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH IN WHICH SHE COULD NOT RECALL THE EVENTS. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, WHICH CAUSED THE CRASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

I OWN A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT (VIN NUMBER [XXX]) WHICH WAS PURCHASED AND LICENSED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL FOR SOME 2007 CHEVY COBALTS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V419000). THE DEALER I CONTACTED INDICATED THAT MY AUTO WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. HOWEVER, MY CAR IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME SYMPTIONS AS CARS THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE. THE SYMPTIONS ARE: (1) GAS SMALL (2) NOTICABLE REDUCTION IN FUEL MILEAGE (FROM 27 MPG TO 18 MPG) (3) DIFFICULT STARTING I BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL AS WELL. IS THERE ANY WAY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

WELL I BOUGHT A 2007 CHEVY COBALT 2 WEEKS AGO. THEY DID THE RECALLS ON IT AND THE POWER STEERING COLUMN I THEN DROVE THE CAR DOWN A GRAVEL DRIVEWAY AT MY GIRL FRIENDS DADS HOUSE AND THE FRONT END SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO FALL APART. SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP , THEY THEN BASICALLY DISASSEMBLED MY ENTIRE DASH AND REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN. UNFORTUNATELY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS THEY TIED PRACTICALLY ALL MY WIRING IN KNOTS AND TAPED IT ALL UP WITH ELECTRIC TAPE. THE STEERING STILL RATTLES AND THE PROBLEM IS BETTER BUT STILL EXIST. I DON'T THINK DEALERSHIPS SHOULD BE SELLING CARS WITH THIS DEFECT. I MEAN I THOUGHT I WAS BUYING A CAR IN GOOD CONDITION WITH 37,000 MILES AND I END UP WITH THE HUNK OF CRAP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT EQUIPPED WITH NANKANG MILESTAR BST RADIAL TIRES (N/A). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AND INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE BELTS WITHIN THE TIRES WERE SEPARATING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

I WAS DRIVING AND SUDDENLY LOST POWER STEERING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. CONTINUED DRIVING THOUGH VERY DIFFICULT TO EVEN CHANGE LANES. ONCE I REACHED MY DESTINATION, HAD EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN PARKING MY VEHICLE. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, TURNED IT ON AGAIN AND AT THAT POINT POWER STEERING WAS RESTORED. NO WHERE IN THE VEHICLE MANUAL DID IT INDICATE I CAN TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART SHOULD I SUDDENLY LOSE POWER STEERING. I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY INFORMED ME OF THE POWER STEERING RECALL OF WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AS WELL AS A RECALL FOR THE FUEL PUMP MODULAR, AGAIN, NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. I HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR TOMORROW TO HAVE MY VEHICLE SERVICED AT A CHEVROLET DEALER TO HAVE BOTH ITEMS FIXED. *TR

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT LT. ON JULY 19, MY HUSBAND AND I NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. A WEEK LATER, OUR CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS (NOT RELATING TO THE GASOLINE ODOR), AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP MODULAR ASSEMBLY WAS CRACKED, AND LEAKING GASOLINE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT COULD CATCH FIRE IF IT WAS NOT REPLACED. THE WARRANTY ON THE FUEL PUMP HAD EXPIRED TWO MONTHS PREVIOUS, AND WAS ON RECALL, BUT NOT IN THE STATE WE RESIDE IN. IT HAD TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY, AND THE COST CAME OUT OF POCKET. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1-2 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED JERKING. HE ENGAGED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE HESITATED, BACK FIRES AND THEN BEGAN DRIVING NORMALLY. THE FAILURE STARTED APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO AND THE FAILURE WAS CONSTANT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER OR LOCAL MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,500.