2005 Chevrolet Cobalt: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Apr 3, 2014 · Acceleration, Locks · 121,000 miles · MN · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated while driving the vehicle and making a u-turn the drivers side door would open, when it was locked. The contact also indicated that on multiple occasions while attempting to exit the vehicle the driver side door would not unlock. The failure was not diagnosed nor was the vehicle repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. . Updated 07/01/14 ma the consumer stated the vehicle suddenly accelerated and she crashed into a garage. The consumer has since traded the vehicle. Updated 07/23/14

Filed Mar 5, 2014 · Acceleration · 1,800 miles · TX · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while traveling at a high rate of speed, the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tree. The driver was fatally injured. A police report was filed of the incident. The contact believed that the vehicle exhibited an unintended acceleration failure which caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact also indicated that the airbags did deploy upon impact. The manufacturer was not notified of the incident. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 1,800. Updated 04/14/14 ma updated 04/18/14

Filed Jan 22, 2012 · Steering · MO

Pulling out of my parking space 2 hours after I parked, and my car started jerking forward. Then I noticed my check engine light came on, then power steering starting flashing across the screen then my t/c light came on. I ut the car off, and waited a few minutes, started it back up, it seemed fine, I drove 5 feet and my car jumped forward, I lost steering, power steering flashing in the lights on my dash, then my check engine light came on again, and my t/c light came on. My car starts and runs fine at an idle, if I try to drive it, it shakes horribly then it jumps forward and tries to die. If I had let my daughter drive, she would of had an accident!! And yet my car is not part of the 2005 steering recall!! What is the problem here!! I just did some research, and a few phone calls to find out there was a recall but my 2005 total electronic steering is not part of this recall when clearly my car is affected by it. I want answers and I want them now. I can not afford to pay 2000 to have something fixed that is not the fault of the driver, but the fault of gm and their not recognizing all these vehicles have a problem but only select ones.

Filed Feb 19, 2011 · Acceleration · 80,000 miles · UT

2005 chevy cobalt sudden acceleration. My daughter's 2005 cobalt has had two episodes in 30-days of her accelerator pedal dropping to the floor and the car racing out of control until she brakes hard, pulls over and shuts off the car. Today it accelerated to 96 MPH and she was ticketed for speeding. The gm dealer says there is no recall. Toyota said the same thing until people started dieing...

Filed Feb 26, 2010 · Acceleration, Steering · 42,312 miles · PA

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. She stated that while driving 5 MPH with her foot her on the brake pedal, the vehicle accelerated on its own. She then lost all power to the vehicle including the steering which made it very difficult to control the steering wheel. She applied the emergency brake in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. They were unable to duplicate, diagnose or repair the failure. The failure and current mileages were 42312.

Filed Jun 10, 2005 · Acceleration, Brakes · OK

Dt: while driving down the road powering steering locked, vehicle would throw consumer forward and backward in the seat. Coming to a stop light and press the brakes it was like the car lunged forward. Just got the vehicle back from the shop yesterday and it started doing the same thing. Power steering was locking but was not actually locked. Will stop and restart the vehiclwas and its like having foot on the gas pedal and brake pedal at the same time.