My 2005 chevrolet cobalt all of a sudden started having issues with the power steering. It would go in and out until it finally got to hard to drive. I took into the dealership and was told that the power steering unit had gone bad. I had it repaired to the tune of $400. Imagine my surprise when I went on line to find out that this very problem is being investigated by the national highway and safety commission. I was really upset with the dealership and with chevrolet because I was never notified that it was a problem. I would like to have this investigated further. I feel that this is unfair to consumers for dealerships to charge us for issues the manufacturer should take responsibility for. In addition, the gear shift mechanism is also faulty. Sometimes it is almost impossible to get the key out of the ignition. This has occurred before, resulting in having the whole mechanism replace in november 2008 and now it appears that it may have to be replaced again. When you put the car in park, it does not go all the way into gear and you have to keep putting the gear from neutral to park until it release the ignition.
2005 Chevrolet Cobalt steering complaints
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Power steering fails to work and makes driving difficult.when changing lanes. It is a 2005 cobalt. This started after 70,000 miles and warrety expired. Contacted gm and they didnot help. The estimated cost of repare is over $1200. It is an electronic device.
The power steering on my 2005 chevrolet cobalt suddenly goes out. I have found that if I turn the car off and back on then the power steering will return for some period of time. I haven't had any real accident with it to date, but I can testify that the power steering does go out in chevy cobalts. It's pretty difficult for me to turn the steering wheel when this happens, and I'm a grown man of average strength.
I have a 2005 chevy cobalt and I got it two years ago it had 40,500 miles when I bought it and at around 45,000 miles the power steering started having problems and it goes out and comes back numerous times and im afraid that one time it will go out while driving and when I take a turn or something it will come back and it will jerk the car it happened to me already almost causing me to hit the wall I researched the problem before and found alot of things about the same problem the results are on www.google.com/gwt/x?ct=np&ei=hrsus5sjayenoaeoimgdaw&source=m&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww.carcomplaints.com/cheverolet/cobalt/2005/steering/power_steering_failure.shtml&whp=3588&wsc=gh&wsi=c21503f7caf61233.
I bought a chevy cobalt ls for my son to drive back and forth to college. What I thought was a dependable car. My son informed me last night (2-25-10) that the power steering light came on and he had a hard time driving car. The light has not came on since incident. I took the car to a chevrolet dealer today (2-26-10). The service tech tried to talk me out of having in hooked to a computer. She verbalized it probably won't show anything when hooked to diagnostic computer. Informed her I wanted it done anyway. When I returned home, I had a message on answering machine that power steering pump needs to be replaced. So I got on the web. Tried to locate a replacement. Apparently they can only be bought through a dealer. While looking on the web I found over 60 complaints with same problem. Just reading about 10 complaints, someone had wrecked and had pictures posted on complaint. Found a parent on u tube (that's where I got this web site) who was telling other owners to complain so that gm would have to fix steering problem. I'm not a genius, but seems like if there are this many complaints and I only started looking today on internet, that gm would have to recognize there is a problem and recall these vehicles and fix the problem. I guess enough people hadn't died or they haven't had enough bad publicity like with toyota cars. It speaks volumes about gm if these are the factors they motivate them to change. We own 3 other gm vehicles. I plan to contact gm headquarters monday (3-1-10), which I am sure I will be told poor me boo hoo.
About a year ago our family's 2005 chevy cobalt the power steering went out and went out every once in awhile. Now it is going out more frequent and goes out as soon as not even going 1/2 mile down the road. When it goes out you will hear a click and gets hard to steer nothing has been done yet to repair the problem.
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.
Power steering continuously goes out on our 2005 chevy cobalt. It requires us to pull over, turn the car off, wait, and then restart the car before it resets itself. We have now come to the point where it goes out and no matter how many times we stop and restart the car it doesn't work. We can't afford the $1000.00 it's going to take to get it fixed by the dealer ship at this time. The company should be held responsible for this problem considering its a defect in the electrical system. We haven't had any problems from the car other than the power steering.
I was driving my 2005 chevy cobalt in june 2008 and as I was making a left turn, my car dinged and the power steering went completely out. I hit the median and ran off the road barely missing another vehicle and a walk sign. I took to the dealership and was told this was a common problem, but there is no recall it was an $875 repair since my warranty had just expired 2 months prior. The car had about 40k miles on it at the time. I can't afford that repair. I'm a single mother. Now for over a year I've been driving this car with no power steering worrying about the safety of my kids and passengers and angry that nothing is being done by the auto makers. This is obviously a safety issue. The problem occurs within about 30 seconds to a minute after I begin driving. I have power steering when I first begin driving, but it always fails in the first minute.
Electric power steering signal comes on when driving and it makes driving very hard to steer. It locks up and the steering of the vehicle makes it hard to turn the wheel when turning needs to be done.
2005 chevy cobalt car. Power steering failure, speedometer and RPM needles jump up and down like crazy, engine stalls, when press gas and brake pedals, car jerks forwards and backwards, warning lights on dashboards go on and off. When steering wheel failure happens, very very difficult to turn the wheel, almost locked up. This happens almost every day now and it's almost undrivable. Only 55,000 miles on the car.
1) driving at a low speed 2) power steering message appeared on dashboard. Lost power steering completely. 3) restarted car.
We own a 2005 chevy cobalt and the problem is the power steering light comes on while going down the road and the steering locks up and you can't steer the car. This is a very dangerous situation and just wandering what can be done about it. I have also heard that there have been many others with the same problem from the cobalts, wondering why chevy has not done anything about it? Thanks
2005, while driving down a paved doing about 45mph the steering went out causing my car to run into a ditch; resulting in body and mechanical damage.
Own a 2205 chevy cobalt and the power steering keep going out. Have to turn off car and then restart and sometimes this works, most times not. Very expensive to fix.
My daughter was driving her 2005 chevrolet cobalt yesterday afternoon and without warning, the power steering failed. After a while, she was able to drive it again, but later that same day, the power steering failed once again. As with the other complainant, she was traveling at a low speed, thank goodness!
1. Normal driving conditions 2. Power steering failure randomly occurs causing loss of control. 3. Shutting off car and restarting allows for temporary resolution.
Powersteering failure on 2005 chevy cobalt . Steering failed on several occasions on trip from chicago to newmiddletown ohio on dec. 20,2009 while my daughter was driving home for xmas break. It was late at night 11:30 p.m. And she had to stay overnight and get it repaired.
My 2005 chevrolet cobalt has power steering issues. I was driving home from a friends home on feb. 8, 2010. The "power steering " light came on and I had very little control of my car, there was no power steering at all. I was almost rear ended on another occasion when the power steering went out while I was making a left hand turn. This is very scary to me , as I have my granddaughter with me when traveling some days.
My daughter bought a 2005 chevy cobalt from a dealer. The vehicle had less than 45k miles when the electronic power steering would suddenly turn off without warning making it extremely difficult to drive. It has gotten progressively worse. Research shows that this is a recurring problem with this model as safety is an issue. Chevy will do nothing as there is not recall at this time. Why do we go after foreign car manufacturers and do nothing to american companies? It would cost between 1500 and 2k to repair.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. While the contact was driving 25 MPH he noticed that the power steering light appeared on the dashboard, moments later the vehicle no longer had power steering. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership and there were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 49000.
I have a 2005 chevorlet cobalt with approximately 76,000 miles. While driving the message display on the instrument panel flashes " power steering" and the car becomes very difficult to control. The steering is extremely tight. If I cycle power the problem resets but recurs almost immediately. This problem continues to happen every time the car is driven.
In march of 2006 I was driving about 40 MPH & the check engine light came on. As soon as the check engine light came on the power steering locked up. There was a clicking noise that came from the shifter (where you put it in park, reverse, drive). The car started to jerk forward at random & the brakes did not work. I pulled over as soon as I could & turned off the car. After letting it sit for about 30 minutes I turned the car back on & it had reset itself. I called the dealership and brought the car to them immediately. They kept the car for 3 weeks & were unable to get the car to act up while on the diagnostic test. They said that there was nothing that they could do. I had numerous episodes over the next 6 months including multiple times when I was driving between 60-70 miles on the freeway. They could never get it to act up doing the diagnostic testing. I took it to another dealership. They contacted gmac; the dealership agreed to fix the computer system. They told me that they were going to replace one of the computers that they thought was causing the problem and & just write it off since by this point the mileage was at 31,000 but the problem started when the mileage was at around 10,000. When I got the car back it was october 2006. I did not have anymore problems until november 2009. I turned on my vehicle & it did the whole thing again. I turned my vehicle off & called a dealership. I had the vehicle towed to the dealership & they kept it for a month and a half. While they had it I was calling gmac to try & get while they had it I was calling gmac since the mileage was at 94,000. While talking to the service manager at frank parra dealership & gmac the computer was never replaced; only reloaded. To this day the problem has not been fixed & it still happens at random. It has also started to have problems with the locks. They lock at random & trap me in the car or will not let me in. There is a definite electronic issue!!!!
Power steering just goes out. This could be deadly. Several complaints have been posted on this same problem with 2005 chevy cobalt.
As my 18 year old daughter was driving home from school, her power steering light went on as the warning bells in her dash rang. At that point, she lost all power steering in her car. She said that it took all of her strength to make the remaining turns to get home.
Around 50k miles my 2005 chevy cobalt lost power steering intermittently on average around twice a day. It was only while in drive, never in reverse or park. Then around 60k-70k it would go out immediately after I put it in drive but never in park or reverse. Then around 80k it started happening intermittently while in reverse. I am at 100k and I am concerned it will go out more frequently while in reverse. I have had some "near misses" when it goes out while in a turn or backing up. I think this is a potentially fatal issue and also interferes with resale opportunities.
Tl*the contact owns 2005 chevrolet cobalt. While driving 5 MPH, the power steering light illuminated and within seconds the power steering failed. She took the vehicle to the dealer. The dealer diagnosis located the failure as the power steering motor , and the power steering column. The dealer replaced the power steering motor and stated that if she experienced the failure again they would also need to replace the power steering column. The estimated cost to repair the power steering column was $1,000. The repair cost for the motor was $375.00. The current and the failure mileages were 28,880.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that the power steering failed. The failure has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired when the complaint was filed. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 48,000. The current mileage was 50,597.
2005 chevrolet cobalt, 28,880 miles. Purchased new off showroom floor in july 2006. I am the only owner. Power steering went out on the vehicle. Dealership said it might be the power steering box and replacing it cost me $375.00 and half a day off work. If this doesn't work, I was told I would need to replace the steering column. This car has only 28,880 miles!
My 2005 chevy cobalt's power steering goes out at random times and cannot be tested unless the power steering indicator is on, however in order to drive to a service station the car must be restarted which resets the computer and it cannot be tested. I have nearly lost control of my vehicle numerous times especially while driving in inclement weather. I have had occasions where I have had to restart the car as many at 15 times in one trip while at other times it may not happen for as many as 4 days.
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