I was driving on the highway with my son and my car died due to the ignition switch, luckily it was in the early morning and there was nobody around. I have a standard vehicle so I just shifted down and coasted. I pulled off to the shoulder and put my emergency brakes. I immediately took my vehicle to a gm dealership and got the problem taken care of. Within a month of getting my vehicle back, I was on the highway with my son and the brakes disintegrated and totally failed on me. I fortunately knew how to handle my car in a situation such as this but I had to get it towed to the dealership I purchased it from. I expressed my extreme concerns for safety and how I needed to get into a safer vehicle. I have not been helped and I have been without a vehicle for a month. I need help to get into a safer vehicle for myself and my son.
2007 Chevrolet Cobalt brakes complaints
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In my words and experience that happened on the day of 03/13/2013, appx 4:30 pm on my way home from work, like any other day over crowded traffic hour , stop and go, I started to experience loss of power in my vehicle. Twice it started loosing power then the vehicle veered towards oncoming traffic I steered to the right and vehicle would not steer back into normal position causing me to go over a dirt embankment and off a cliff, at that point I do not think the engine was running, I literally thought this was the end of my life, going through trees ,hitting rocks. There was nothing I could do but to wait to die. Then the vehicle hit something real hard causing the vehicle to roll over and come to a stop. I just remember wanting to get out of the car as fast as I could. I had to crawl out of the passenger side to get out. I didn't see anyone I couldn't see the roadway I was so far down. I heard people yelling if I was ok. I then remembered I needed my purse and my phone to get help so I crawled back into the car I found my purse but no phone or keys until the vehicle was recovered by chp recovery. At the time I didn't feel I needed medical attention, but since the accident my back and my balance are not the same as they use to. I've also been having difficulties with my memory.
Driving down the highway @ 55mph and the power steering cuts off, the power brakes cut off, the ABS light comes on, the turn signals start going on and off at random, the gauges jump up and down nonstop. I just picked up my car and was told it referenced tsb#08-07-30-021 (the federal safety agency#10025402). The check engine light is still on because of this problem. The shop referenced the following error codes from the check engine light: p0575 u7300 u0121 u0140 thank goodness no one was behind me or around me at the time because I was unable to properly steer the vehicle, brake, or accelerate. This is a major problem that should be addressed by gm.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated the emergency brake failed to engage. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 70,987 and the current mileage was 71,000. The VIN was unavailable.
When im driving it feels like my rear brakes want to lockup. I smelled abad odor come from my brakes. My car sometimes moves really slow when my car has that feel with the brakes, my brake pedal is loose sometimes and sometime it is tight im scared to drive my car but I have to because I work don't have no other transportation, im scared im going to have accident please help.
I was driving at about 35mp and it felt like my right rear brakes was sticking like they where stuck, then I was driving and it the car didn't want to move I push all the way to the floor with the gas pedal and it still wouldn't move, so I put it back into park , try again the it went in reverse.but it moved really slow, the key wouldn't turn most of the time had to keep turning it also took car to dealer to have key ignition fix said they don't know how long it would take to fix, then I get on internet and see there are up to six recalls on this car but how do I find out if I can have them fix them too. Only got one letter which was for the ignition switch.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH, the brakes engaged independently and the vehicle came to a complete stop. The problem recurred every time the vehicle was driven. The dealer was not notified of the problem. The contact also received a recall notification under the federal safety agency campaign id number 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system); however, the part was unavailable to do the repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
The first incident happen in 2012 and caused a crash. I was driving down the street and needed to stop at a red light and put my foot to the floor on the brakes and it did not stop me. I could not move the steering wheel either so I could not avoid hitting the lady in front of me. Luckily, I was not going very fast and everyone was okay. While exchanging insurance information, I noticed my keys were in the floor board of my vehicle. I didn't think anything of it, because when it came out of the shop it seemed just fine. Then, I was on the freeway on my way to work in 2013 and my knee bumped my key ring and they fell to the floor. I could not slow down or switch lanes. I got a speeding ticket. Then in november, 2013, the same thing happened as the first time which caused a wreck. I could not stop at a red light and rear ended a vehicle in front of me. I was barely moving whatsoever though, so I got lucky again. Recently, my check engine light came on and I took it to the autovbody shop in town and had to pay 800 dollars to get the timing chain replaced. I have had nothing but issues with that car and now I find out that many recalls have been issued on the vehicle and I have not been notified of a single one. Apparently gm was supposed to notify owners with their registration information. My registration just came up for renewal as of may 1st and I have not been notified or instructed what to do. It has gotten to the point now where I duct tape my key so that it will not come out while I am driving. I limit my driving to necessity travel because I am too afraid that something else, possibly worse, than what has already happened thus far.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while parked, the emergency brake failed to engage after numerous attempts. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while driving 30 MPH, she attempted to engaged the brakes but the vehicle failed to stop. As a result, the contact crash into another vehicle and the air bags failed to deployed. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed and no injuries were reported. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 120,000.
On november 10, 2010, I was on my way to work. It was about 10:00am if I remember correctly. I could not even make it out of my subdivision before my cobalt began to give out on me. I made a right turn at a stop sign, and my car suddenly started to "roll" I would say, because I was not able to steer or press the brakes. Basically the car had cut off without me knowing. I definitely didn't expect it to happen since it was on a full tank of gas. But anyways as it was rolling it was pulling towards the right since that's how my steering wheel was already turned from me making a right at a stop sign. I could not get the car to stop and I was rolling down the hill drifting off into peoples yards. The car rolled into a brick mailbox. It hit pretty hard. The brick mailbox came completely out of the ground and luckily fell in the opposite direction. I slung forward one the car hit the mailbox. I blacked out for a few seconds, and then immediately went into a panic attack which caused me to go into an asthma attack. I have asthma pretty bad. The air bad did not deploy. The front end of the car was all smashed in and all the fuels had leaked out. Because I slung forward I had whiplash, and also a knot on my head and a swollen busted lip. I was wearing my seat belt. I was out of work for a while due to the pack neck and head injuries. The police was called and a police report was filed. And of course the car was totaled out, which also left me with no transportation.
While exiting the freeway, the car engine and electrical system suddenly went dead for no apparent reason. The driver steered the car to the side of the road without power steering or brakes. After it stopped, the driver put the car in park and restarted the engine. There were two people in the car at the time of the incident.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that the air bag warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician diagnosed that the clock spring was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 75,000. Updated 11/25/13*cn the emergency lever would not hold the emergency brakes in place. A piece in the lever would not let cables hold tension. The consumer had the brake lever assembly replaced. The steering wheel coil had to replaced, to rectify the air bag light problem.
Today pulled the parking brake to park (manual transmission) and the brake handle would not engage.
Vehicle was recalled around 2010 for steering and fixed. Since then numerous electrical failures, power brakes, and steering failures have happened. Vehicle has been in dealer and numerous other shops over the years for same problems. Chevy dealer (kerry chevrolet in alexandria kentucky), where car was bought kept saying they did not know what was wrong. Even after hundreds of dollars spent to fix, problems eventually came back ( electrical failure, gauges fluttering, radio flashing, steering lock, power brake failure). This past weekend, gauges started fluttering, steering locked up while driving and car went into a spin running off the road. Chevrolet dealer has always passed all these things off as not their problem. I would like any info on what can be done about this. We are now afraid to have vehicle fixed again and drive it fearing steering may lock while driving at a faster speed. At least this power failure happened at a low speed and no one in the other lane during spin. Next time might not be so lucky. Please give us any info on what can be done. Thank you.
I have an extreme vibration and some clanking noise in the front end of my 2007 chevy cobalt whenever applying my brakes on a downhill slope. I do mostly freeway driving and fortunately there aren't a lot of hills , so my brakes are not under much stop and go strain. I was told the my control arms and bushings will have to be replaced and that it may cost $900 or more after labor. Due to the cost, I have not been able to do the repairs and after looking online, I see that several other people have had the same issue and replaced these parts only to find they need to be replaced again in as little as a year. My last chevy had nearly 300,000 miles on it and there was never an issue with the control arms, so this definitely should not be happening.
The traction and ABS light frequently comes on. I'm not sure if it something that I should be worried about, or if it is something that just happens.
The traction control light has turned on several times before but usually goes away. While hitting my brakes on the freeway to exit, my traction control light turned on today. I was going about 60 and slowing when it happened. The vehicle jerked violently causing me to slam forward in my chair and almost causing the person behind me to hit me. Once I stopped at the light and hit the accelerator again, it again jerked. I parked my car and shut it off. I turned it back on and put it into drive and immediately the car jolts. It continues to do this each time I switch from park to drive and from braking to driving.
Caliper leaking.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, she depressed the brake pedal and the steering wheel independently turned to the left, causing the vehicle to crash into a brick wall. The air bags deployed however, the contact was transported to the hospital for treatment of injuries to her left foot, ankle wrist and pains to her chest. The contact had to be cut out of the vehicle, which was destroyed. A police report was filed of the incident. The cause of failure was unknown. The manufacturer was notified but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 70,000.
I had to get my rear brakes completely changed out at around 45000 miles as well as my e-brake assembly. Apparently cobalt rear brakes are known to wear extremely quickly, please recall everything that was replaced: rotors calipers pads e-brake assembly brake lines.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated the front suspension caused the two front tires to be worn. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed an alignment but the vehicle continued to pull to the left. The manufacturer was notified and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 15,000 and the current mileage was 26,000. Updated 03/23/12*lj the consumer stated the power steering, brakes and gas tank needed to replaced.updated 04/09/12
I have a 2007 colbalt lt and had to have the brakes and struts replaced at 40,000 miles. The front of the car was shaking when putting on the brakes and had a loud noise. I took the car to a repair shop when they replaced the brakes and struts. The struts shouldn't go up this quick. Now the key gets stuck in the ignition.
The emergency brake locking plate failed. This parking brake has a locking plate that is spotwelded on not bolted on or achweldedon this plate falls off causing the brake handle not to be able to lock when used! It has happened twice to me about 18 months apart the thing can be fixed by putting a welds on the plate before this happens but gm hasn't put a fix out on this problem the mechanic at the dealership where I got my cobalt knew about this problem the first time I had to have it fixed the covered it under warranty the first time the second time it was under my extended warranty I have to find a weld shop before this happens again!
I drove my car about 1/2 mile to the local cvs. When I left I started the car and the brake pedal went all the way to the floor. I had lost pressure and did not have brakes. I have a manual transmissions. I pulled over in another parking lot and pumped the brakes to get pressure back. Car ran fine for a 15 miles. The same night I drove to another location and lost pressure of the brake pedal while sitting at a stop light. I pulled over and pumped the brakes again. I have driven the car since to the dealer and they cannot replicate the problem, nor diagnose it. They said it was intermittent and most likely the brake master cylinder. There was no evidence of brake fluid leaking from any of the brake lines or around the tires. The problem is they cannot say for sure if the master cylinder is leaking internally or if a gasket or seal is failing. I am going to have the master cylinder replaced and hope that is the problem, but I am afraid to drive on the freeway or at fast speeds because I have no cause for the brake failure. I am thankful I was not going fast, otherwise the only way to slow the car would be to down shift and use the emergency brake. This part is also not warrantied, but I am surprised it is already failing before I have changed the brake pads, rotors, or drums. It is weird. Now I have to wait for the part to come from the plant? They do not even have it in stock. Is this a common problem? I will be asking for the old part, but am unsure if I will be able to see if the master cylinder is bad.
Rear brakes make a loud eerie sound when in reverse, not always but usually on a cold start, cold morning, after a car wash, after rain, or parked for a couple days.
The car shakes and makes a screeching sound when the brake ia applied. I have changed the entire brake system to my cobalt 2007 and my car still seems to shake and shriek when I apply the brake at a fast speed.
This written complaint is in regards to the mechanical defect of an emergency parking brake within a 2007 chevrolet cobalt with a manual transmission. Events leading up to the incident were & remain as unnoticeable by driver and owner of vehicle. The driver had vehicle parked with the emergency parking brake in the up locked position prior to driving it. The vehicle was turned on and driven approximately two miles before being parked again. As driver of vehicle went to use emergency parking brake to park the vehicle, they immediately realized that the emergency parking break had no resistance when pulled upward and would not remain locked in the "up" position needed in order to safely park the vehicle. All other brakes within the vehicle remained as normal and functional. No other defects were detected by driver. The failure of the emergency parking brake failed to return to a normal status of function. The vehicle was taken by owner to local chevrolet dealership within 24 hours of incident on may 18, 2010 to be evaluated by dealership and be promptly fixed. The dealership's mechanics found that the emergency parking brake handle would not lock in place when pulled upward due to "the mechanism being stripped." the parking break handle was stated as being replaced and vehicle was returned to owner within 24 hours of being taken to dealership.
On february 10, 2010, while traveling west on 14th street another driver in the left lane entered my lane (right lane), and I slammed on brakes to stop from hitting the other drivers vehicle. Despite the fact it was a sunny very cold day outside and the streets were dry the brakes on my vehicle locked up as though I have an anti-locking braking system, which I don't have on my car. The steering wheel became none responsive and my car ended up jumping the curb and hitting a telephone pole on the front driver side of the car. There is damage to the driver side headlight and a dent in the same area in the shape of the pole; furthermore, the airbag never deployed. The car is currently at a gm body shop being repaired by the other drivers insurance; however, in light of the recent gm recall about an issue with the steering wheel I am bringing my accident to your attention just in case the issues are related.
Driver was changing lanes on highway in a 2007 chevy cobalt when her steering wheel froze up on her. She could not correct steering and her brakes seemed to lose power as well. She hit a concrete barrier, her car went airborne and started rolling. She was ejected about fifty feet. Vehicle was a complete loss. The auto insurance company won't investigate due to her car being just 12,000 miles over warranty. (economic loss rule) the car is still being held for further investigation per request of the driver. Vehicle never had trouble before this. Driver was severely injured spending 10 days in hospital, 2 of those in icu. Driver had complications due to injuries, now on round the clock iv's at home.
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