2007 Chevrolet Cobalt: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Jan 2, 2015 · Steering · 100,000 miles · MI

I purchased the car brand new in 2007. The front suspension started to make lots of clunking noises and rattling whenever I went over bumps in the road. It continued to get worse. Took the car into the chevy dealer and they said nothing was wrong with the car. I've taken the car to a mechanic and he replaced l front control arm twice. The mechanic said the car should not be having those problems with the cars current mileage. I also have very dangerous sound in steering column every time I turn the steering wheel. I have complained about this to dealership. Of course, they initially did not hear anything. I had my steering lock on me and couldn't get the key out, thus I had the car towed to the dealership in april 2011. They fixed the ignition switch. The noise in the steering column has only got worse since that time. December 16, 2014, I took car in for the recall on the ignition. The dealer told me that the steering column was falling apart and wanted to charge me $1100.00 to fix. They insisted that this has nothing to do with the ignition switch. The car sounds like it is barely holding together like on squeaky hinges.

Filed Mar 1, 2014 · Electrical, Steering · 58,250 miles · WA · crash

The engine turned off all by itself while I was driving around a corner, causing the car to go off the road. I was going about 35 MPH, and applied the brakes as fast as I could, but the car went up and over the curb, across the sidewalk, and both front tires went down off the steep edge of the sidewalk's far side into the mud. The part of the car body immediately behind the front tires was almost touching (way less than 1 inch above) the edge of the top / edge of the sidewalk. I couldn't reverse back up and over the sidewalk edge. A tow truck was called, and pulled the car straight back and up/over the edge of the sidewalk and onto the road. Some sort of dust cover thing from up inside the passenger-side wheel well had been torn loose during the crash off the sidewalk edge and was still laying in the mud. After I restarted the car and drove home, the steering / suspension (I cannot tell which) made a creaking and grinding sort of noise when turning, and I could tell from the extensive bouncing at even little bumps in the road that both front struts had been damaged.

Filed Oct 20, 2010 · Electrical, Suspension · 20,000 miles · OH

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that in december 2008, the ignition failed and the dealer replaced the ignition cylinder. March 2010, the contact heard a metal grinding noise while driving. The vehicle was taken a local repair shop where the contact was informed that the front struts, bushings, control arm shaft and stabilizer bar needed to be replaced; the mechanic replaced the bushing. The contact also stated that the front two tires needed to be replaced because of defective struts. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that the vehicle was outside the warranty and offered no assistance with repairs. The failure mileage was approximately 20,000 and the current mileage was approximately 63,000. Updated 01/12/11*lj updated 03/28/11

Filed Mar 2, 2010 · Wheels · 61,203 miles · TX

2007 chevy cobalt, 61,000 miles, both front wheel bearings needed replacement. Severe grinding sound and pulling to the left. I had to pay to replace both wheel bearing assemblies for $850.00.

Filed Sep 2, 2009 · Steering · 4,857 miles · PA

Steering wheel shaking makes noise,popping, grinding while driving and turning then doesn't feel right. Have had the problem four times this is the fifth time. The steering column and parts have been replaced four times this would be the fifth we were told by the first tech the steering wheel column would fall off in our hands and we wouldn't be able to steer the car and we have been fishing over this safteyissue with gm since . Before there is a fatality they keep replacing it cost money we are without vehicle for time to fix stress neverknowing if or when it will fall off we don't want to die in a car accident or kill someone they will not replace the car keep saying its safe thenwhy do they have too keep replacing it if it isn't a defect in how its attached to frame. We are scared enough to keep taking it back when it starts making the noise etc instead of waiting for it to fall off in our hands or lock up so we couldn't steer enough is enough we don't know what else to do or how to get help we still owe on the car bought it new and this all started 4-6 months after we bought it.

Filed Apr 20, 2009 · Brakes · OH

This regards a chevy cobalt ss. This vehicle is mostly driven on city streets and occasional long freeway trips, no towing or overloading. Noticed at somewhere around 10,000-15,000 miles (maybe sooner.) that rear brakes were very noisy when backing. Loud enough that the neighbors could hear them in the morning when I backed out of the garage. Easily be heard down the street. The brakes had always been noisier than I would expect for a new vehicle. Finally got tired of noise at 17,000 miles and took car to dealer. (03/03/08.) they advised that there was nothing wrong with brakes, inspection report from jack maxton chevy states that front and rear linings have the appropriate thickness in mm. They applied "anti-squeak" to the brakes. As time passed the brakes returned to their noisy state. Time for a 30,000 mile checkup so we took the car in and asked them to check the brakes again. They advised us that we needed new rotors and brake pads. They said it would cost over $400, we didn't want to pay that much at the time so they turned the rotors, installed new brake pads, costing over $200. The new brake pads squeak and squeal, took the car back in, they looked at it again, service rep advised that the new pads would sound that way while they broke in. I never had new brake pads make noises after having them installed on other vehicles in the past. They sent us a survey to complete. (they're always very concerned about these.) we reported all of this on the survey and all we ever received in response was a phone call advising us that we were going to receive a survey. (we received a call with the same advice prior to the survey too.) to add injury to insult, we purchased an extended, 7-year bumper-to-bumper warranty when we bought this vehicle. At the time we were told it would cover everything on the car, no matter what went wrong with it. We had been chevy fans for years and a few vehicles. We'll look at foreign cars next time.

Filed Apr 1, 2009 · Brakes, Suspension · 10,000 miles · MI

Brakes done twice in a year struts going bad and fan motor squeaking gas tank sensor replaced need new tires. First time brakes were sanded down then put back on. Second time they were replaced.