2007 Chevrolet Cobalt body problems

Filed Jul 27, 2021 · Body, Steering · 58,000 miles · PA

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while his son was driving at an undisclosed speed, the steering warning light illuminated. Additionally, the pipes connected to the manifold were rusted and had detached. The contact called the local dealer however, the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 58,000.

Filed Sep 24, 2018 · Airbags, Body · TX · crash · 2 injuries

Markeshia was driving in her neighborhood when she swerved into a pole while trying to avoid hitting a stray dog. Her airbag deployed and her 10 year old daughters did not. Immediately after accident she went in ambulance to tx. Children's hospital where her daughter was rushed to trauma unit for immediate surgery. Her daughter has a permanent brain injury.

Filed Sep 20, 2015 · Body · 78,000 miles · OH · crash · 1 injury

My 16 yr old son was driving in a cul-de-sac when he was about 3/4 of the way thru the curve his steering failed and he hit a light pole. He stated that the steering wheel froze up on him. He couldn't turn the wheel. We took the vehicle to chevy dealership. They stated that the recall work was already completed. Then why are we continuing to have this problem? My son is suffering from whiplash and is going to chiropractor visits twice weekly.

Filed Aug 18, 2014 · Body, Electrical · 138,000 miles · PA

I am extremely upset with my 2007 chevy cobalt, I do not want to complain, however, something must be done. For as long as I have had the car I have had a number of problems. However, the dealership failed to acknowledge the warranty. I needed to replace multiple keys and door handles. Recently. The car has failed and is sitting. I find this ironic since my warranty recently ran out. The timing chain jumped and bent the valves. This is a very serious repair and is very costly. I have had everything check regularly. There was no warning and I nearly wrecked my car, as I was driving when it happened. I recently received another recall for the ignition switch. The car was recalled before for a similar issue. Prior to the engine issues recently, I had noticed an ignition and steering problem. However, now I cant even move the car to get the recall issue resolved. This vehicle was my first car, the car is nearly new and was when I bought it. This should not have happened. Especially so close to the warranty expiration and with no warning. There was no way to prevent this from happening. I was not aware that cobalts had zero tolerance. This should not be the case. I would not have bought the car if I knew of these potential problems. I have faith that gm will help to resolve these issues. Thanks so much.

Filed Aug 7, 2014 · Body · 75,000 miles · TX

The drivers side door handle does not work from the inside. This is dangerous because it could trap a driver inside the vehicle.

Filed May 16, 2014 · Airbags, Body · IN · crash · 3 injuries

Driving west approx. 35 MPH lady pulled in front of across 4 lanes traffic hit broadside on her passenger side. Little damage to her car. Over $6000. Damage to my car. No air bag deployed. Driver of my car hurt wrist and hit knees on dash. Ended up 8 months later having knee surgery because of tear in knee from wreck. Passenger hurt wrists.

Filed May 8, 2014 · Body · PA

Periodically, the driver side door handle would not work. It could be pulled, but the door would not open. This has happened several times over the past few years. It cannot be opened from the inside either. Today, it happened again, and this time, the outside door handle came off in my hand.

Filed Mar 14, 2014 · Airbags, Body · 45,000 miles · NY · crash

4/22/13 approx 7:30 am, approached red-light, gently applying brakes. Car started to lose power! Dashboard lights dimmed while I was slowing down. This has been happening for over a yr. As soon as light turned green,car felt like it was losing power and was going to stall out! (like if you were to run out of gas. Stepped on the gas, as soon as I saw the light turn green, to try to prevent the stall out, and about 1/4 into intersection, another car was running a caution light, which turned to red... My car regained power with a thrust of the engine, which took me into the path of the other vehicle who hit me at about 35 MPH, which caused us to spin completely around in the middle of intersection. Airbags did not deploy. The police report stated I failed to yield the right of way. In part that is true, as I felt I had to apply the gas to the car to keep it from "stalling! Heavy damage to driver's side, front end, hood, bumper and support beam by engine. There are many recalls on this car. 5/9/2012, fuel odor or spotting on ground; 9/16/10-loss of power steering assist; 3/1/2010-recall 10v073000 power steering motor replacement; 1022/2009-fuel pump module replacement. In the pass three yrs I advised east syracuse chevy dealer that my dashboard lights,lighted areas radio, etc; go in and out like the car has an electrical problem, door left-open, lights, low-fuel, single lights chimes all don't work. Dealer advised me there is a short in the dash somewhere causing all these problems,radio speakers are all connected I would have to pay to repair which was over $2,000. Remotes don't work. I have had many front end problems with this vehicle, I.e. Sway bar, steering column bushings; struts;steering components, linkage/cv drive axle boots, control arms; repairs;11/30/11, 2/16/2011.

Filed Mar 4, 2014 · Airbags, Body · 104,014 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

I was traveling on the freeway when I was clipped by a diesel truck on my drivers left rear. I spun counter clockwise in front of diesel and went straight towards center divider, upon observing a vehicle in the same lane my vehicle was head towards. Both vehicles made contact hitting me on my drivers front panel and the cobalt hitting straight into center divider no air bags were deployed. Injuries were sustained, car was a total loss. This vehicle has nothing but problem twice in 2013 the key would break off in the ignition and were not fitting correctly causing replacement.

Filed Jan 30, 2013 · Body · 35,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the driver side door opened independently without any warnings. The contact mentioned that once the door was able to be closed, it was unable to be opened to exit the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 35,000 and the current mileage was 85,000.