As I was pulling into the garage I always look to see exactly where I should stop. As I stepped on the gas pedal to pull up a little bit more the car accelerated and would not stop when I stepped on the brake and went into my son's tool box and if it wasn't there would of gone through the dining room wall out the other side. As it was the tool box went into the wall. The air bags did not deploy and the windshield wipers kept on go as full speed, the tires were spinning and there were skid marks on the floor. The brakes went down to the floor. The garage was full of smoke from the tires that is how fast the car was going. I had trouble shutting off the car.
2009 Chevrolet Cobalt acceleration complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact had to depress the brake pedal with extreme force before the vehicle responded. The vehicle was later taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that they could not determine the cause of failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 90,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while driving 50 MPH, the brakes and accelerator lost power. The contact was able to maneuver to the shoulder and stop the vehicle. The contact shut the vehicle off and upon restart. The vehicle operated as normal. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they were unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 45,000. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt lt. The vehicle would periodically accelerate without driver intent. When this would occur, the contact would attempt to decrease speed by depressing the brake pedal, to no avail. He had to put the vehicle in neutral, shut off the engine and restart it in order to stop the acceleration. There were no recalls for the failure. The failure mileage was 31,000 and the current mileage was 32,170.
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