While driving my cobalt from anywhere between 10mph to 50mph multiple "ding" noises occur. Then any number of alert lights come on including; traction control, air bag, check engine, etc... There is a strange clicking noise that comes from somewhere in the dash. Also, along with these symptoms the transmission (auto trans) begins to shift very hard both up and down, car shudders as if it is going to stall when it comes to a near stop. The scariest and most dangerous part is that the car has experienced loss of power steering at speed and loss of braking control. Sometimes I have spent 5 minutes trying to get my key out of the ignition as well, and must forcefully move the transmission shift knob back and forth until the key turns free. This car is a danger, and despite having multiple recalls it is still unsafe to drive.
2005 Chevrolet Cobalt steering complaints
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He traction control light came on, the car started jerking really bad. The check engine light came on, and the "power steering" started flashing on my dashboard. My power steering went out, happens randomly.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the power steering seized and the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing and the power steering module was replaced. The failure recurred. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number:14v047000 (air bags , electrical system); however, the parts were unavailable for repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000.
Had no issues all day until all of sudden we were leaving a parking lot. I'm at the stop sign when I went to press the gas to go, I hear a chime - no indication lights come on- car acts like it's going to stall (it doesn't), steering is very hard and a clicking noise is coming from the gear shift area. Do not feel safe driving it all, although it's movable but very rough/bogging out. Recently had the ignition recall recently, had a few issues pop up since then but nothing as serious as this. Had to get it towed to my mechanic, he replaced a few sensors, but clicking noise still remains and is undriveable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the power steering warning light illuminated and the power steering seized. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the road where it was restarted and driven home. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. While making a right turn, the steering wheel seized intermittently. The contact mentioned that extreme force was required in order to control the vehicle. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 180,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the power steering failed and excessive force was required to maneuver the vehicle. The contact mentioned that the engine light illuminated after the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 125,586.
I got into my car and when I turned on the car it said "power steering" and the check engine light was on I tried to drive home and the steering wheel was stiff and hard to turn. The odometer would not move from 0 to show me the speed I was going and the car was making some clicking sounds as I was driving.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 10 MPH, the steering wheel became difficult to turn as the power steering warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 57,063.
While traveling at about 70 MPH on rural interstate expressway, came upon a curve, tapped brakes to slow down and tried to steer right into the curve and couldn't get the steering wheel to move at all. Put more force on steering wheel and it jerked the car to extreme right. Tried to compensate and car went into 180 degree spin across the interstate, hit and flattened two road signs, went down an embankment, then went airborne while rolling and hit a stand of pines trees. Car slid down a tree and came to rest on passenger side. Through the grace of god the injuries were only cuts and bruises. X-rays were taken and there were no broken bones. The vehicle was totaled. Was taken out of the vehicle through the rear window that had blown out in the impact as no other doors were able to be opened.
Was driving my car on the freeway when I lost my power steering. I had to pull over, and restart my car to get it back.
I was driving around 55 MPH in traffic. I heard a chime and the display on the dash said power steering disabled, the orange indicator for traction control disabled illuminated, the tachometer jumped around and the transmission shifted extremely hard into gear. I struggled to pull over to the shoulder and the car slammed into park. I shut the car off and back on. It still shifted hard so I let it stay off for five minute. After that the car was fine. As an experienced mechanic it felt like the car lost communication with one of the computers. No dtcs were stored. There are a lot of complaints about this online as well.
I have had problems with traction control light coming on and when it does the car won't shift properly (automatic), jumps and stutters and dies. Also lose power steering. This has been happening off and on ever since I got the car 5+ years ago. I have had it back to the dealership I bought it at (dodge dealer) at least twice who took it to a chevy dealer and have had it to local chevy dealers multiple times and no one can capture any codes or fix it. Now it thinks the key is in the ignition all the time and locks don't work properly even tho I had switch replaced on recall. Searched internet and see many others have had this same problem and some said it was ABS issue. Why has there been no recall?
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v153000 (steering); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact received recall notifications for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v047000 (electrical system), the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v171000 (electrical system), and the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v153000 (steering). The parts needed to repair the vehicle were unavailable. The dealer was unable to provide a specific date for when the parts would become available. The manufacturer was notified. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. While driving various speeds, the steering wheel became difficult to turn and the warning indicator illuminated. The failure occurred twice. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v073000 (steering). The vehicle was repaired according to the recall. After the repair, the power indicator remained illuminated when the vehicle was started. The vehicle became difficult to stop and excessive force had to be used to steer. The failure occurred five times and was previously repaired. The vehicle was waiting to be diagnosed by the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 137,714.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. While driving various speeds, the power steering would become difficult to maneuver and the vehicle would vibrate violently. The power steering indicator illuminated. The failures occurred several times. The dealer stated that the transmission needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 100,000.
Tl* the contact owned a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. While driving 35 MPH, the contact crashed the vehicle into a fence. The air bags failed to deploy and the vehicle was destroyed. There were no injuries. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000. Updated 11/05/14*lj the consumer stated it felt as if the steering was failing. The consumer was not notified of the steering recall, but planned to have the steering inspected prior to the crash.
While in drive, the vehicle made a buzzing sound like electrical wires being fried, and then completely shut off. There were no brakes and no steering ability- the car was completely lifeless, no ability to control it at all, stranded in the middle of a street.
2005 chevrolet cobalt. Consumer writes in regards to steering column problems. *smd the consumer stated his son was driving the vehicle, when the power steering failed. The steering column was replaced twice.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that the steering wheel became difficult to turn and the check engine and power steering warning indicators illuminated. In addition, the key became lodged in the ignition. When the key was removed, the vehicle would not shut off. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 10v073000 (steering), 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system), and 14v171000 (electrical system). The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing, but was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was 127,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while driving at 45 MPH, the power steering failed. The contact also stated that the check engine and the traction control warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000.
I have just recently bought a used 2005 chevy cobalt. I was unaware of the recalls on it, until later. Now, I have a car payment and am unable to drive my car. I was on my way to town, on a paved two-lane highway, traveling around 55mph. When (for no reason) my car just quits/dies, as I am going up a hill. There were vehicles behind me that almost hit me. When it quit, I had to struggle to get my car to the side of the road. I could not get it completely off the road. I turned my hazard lights on and began trying to crank my car. It took more than 20mins., to get it started back up, but, when it did, it was skipping so bad, I still could not move it. I turned it off and began trying to crank it, once more. It took another 15 minutes to get it to run well enough to pull the rest of the way off of the pavement. I was almost struck/hit many times by passing vehicles. This has happened to me 3 more times. Now, I can't even get my car to the end of my driveway before it quits/dies. The parts I need to fix my car have been ordered thru maxie price chevrolet in loganville, ga since june 14, 2014. I was told it would only take 1-2 weeks for the parts to get to this car dealership, so they could be replaced. I have not heard from anyone about my parts and cannot get anyone to help me. I am not driving my car because it is just to dangerous. So now I am stuck with a car payment and a car that is unsafe to drive. I don't understand why it is taking so long to get parts and why someone won't help me. I was under the impression that a recall was top priority. Are there more problems that I am unaware of or is someone just stalling??? I need a car!!! How can I get a loaner until my car is fixed????
While my daughter was rounding a 90 degree turn, the power steering light came on and the car resorted to manual steering. Being a rather inexperienced driver who weighs less than 100 pounds, it took all of her strength not to hit the guard rail. As we had just purchased the car in june from a private individual, I called gm to see if the car had previously been recalled for a power steering problem. I was told that our vehicle was, in fact, being recalled for the power steering assist but that the information was still being uploaded into their computer and that I would need to wait for a letter from them. I was told to call back at the end of the week for an update. Upon calling back, I was told by a different representative that the car had already been recalled and fixed and to take it to the dealer to have it looked at. The dealer diagnosed that once again, the problem was the power steering assist motor and had to be replaced at our cost since gm had fixed the problem during the original recall (march 2010 - odometer reading 43,800) and was no longer under warranty. $300+ dollars later the problem seems to have been resolved. However, since this car was only driven 27,000 miles since the original replacement, and in light of the 3/31/14 recall of 2010 cobalts (the year of the original 2005 recall with 1,340,447 2010's affected), I surmise the part may have been faulty at the time of the 1st replacement. I simply wanted to report that this happened in case other owners of 2005 cobalts are experiencing the same problem for a second time and having to repair it at their own expense.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact received a notification for recall the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v073000 (steering) and the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v171000 (electrical system). However, the parts to perform the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that the power steering warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000.
On june 18, 2014 while driving 45 miles per hour I suddenly lost power steering in the vehicle and the engine kept cutting out like it was going to shut off. I pulled into a store parking lot and the shifter would not work properly when trying to get it into park. Power steering light, engine light and several other lights appeared on my dashboard. . I called the dealership on june 18, 2014 to notify them of my power steering going out and the other issues described above. They told me parts were still not available. I did receive a call back that they did in fact have the part and to bring in the vehicle on june 19, 2014. My husband drove the vehicle 35 miles to the dealership with no power steering, the engine wanted to die every time he came to a stop and acted erratically the whole drive there. According to the invoice received the dealership mileage on my vehicle was 114, 340 and they performed recall 10023 v220 removed and replaced power steering motor with motor kit 1 19257875 motor kit. On june 20, 2014 the car was driven 320 miles. On june 21, 2014 I had no power steering. On june 23, 2014 I had to have a wrecker service tow my vehicle back to the dealership.. On july 18, 2014 I picked up my vehicle. According to the invoice received the dealer performed recall 13454 (f-cylinder kit ), performed recall 14113 (removed and replace ignition cylinder and programmed 2 new keys per recall 14113). The mileage they say was on my vehicle on this invoice dated 7/18/14 was 114, 292. Don't know how my mileage went backwards??? On july 28, 2014 driving to work at 4:30 am going 60 MPH my power steering light comes on, the engine is cutting out, the dashboard lights up, the speedometer needle is flickering uncontrollably and I have no where to pull over. This is the 3rd time power steering problem due to gm recall. Help!!!
2005 chevrolet cobalt. Consumer writes in regards to power steering recall notice. *smd the consumer has since traded the vehicle.
I was driving down the road and the power steering message came across the dash. The wheel started locking up and I heard a clicking noise down near the shifter. Also the speedometer kept jumping back and forth as I was going down the road. I had to stop and pull over. I shut my car off and waited for a minute. I started the car and took off down the road. As I pulled away it started chugging a little like it was trying to jump speeds?.. The steering wheel was still tight and it continued until I reached my destination. When I would stop at a red light it took me awhile to make my turns. When I finally reached my destination I shut my car off and let it sit for awhile and it stopped doing it. Until the next time. That was in may of 2014 and it has happened a handful of times since then while my two young children were in the car. Im just now learning of a power steering recall on '05 chevy cobalt models. I bought my car this year.
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