Multiple recall failures: 2009 chevy cobalt lt ignition switch failure, airbags failure to deploy, power steering failure, brake failure, gear box failure. Ignition switch failure cause vehicle to stall, vehicle was then hit in rear by 16 wheel tractor trailer, thus causing driver to be knocked in the back sit of vehicle, injury to head, to inside of mouth, braking of teeth on both sides of mouth, neck injury, right and left shoulder injury, back injury, and never damage to right shoulder plate, driver is in continuous pain since this accident approx 11 months. Driver still in possession of vehicle because he is totaled disable, and does not know what to do about what correct measures to take. Nationwide insurance declared vehicle a totaled loss, request driver to give them power of attorney rights to pay off current lien holder. Owner felted uneased to do so, therefore has continuously paid on vehicle for 11 months and has been unable to drive vehicle. I need help, I once worked for region iv ntsb agency here in atlanta I have never felt so victimized in my life by gm and nationwide. I really need direction and have sought legal. But gm compensation program will not communicate with consumers lawyer per protocols for compensatory damages.
2009 Chevrolet Cobalt airbags complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. While traveling approximately 20 MPH, another vehicle crashed into the front of the vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the air bag system was faulty and the vehicle was repaired. In addition, while entering the highway and attempting to make a right turn, the vehicle veered to the left and into oncoming traffic. As a result, a second vehicle crashed into the front driver side of the vehicle. No injuries were reported and no police report was filed. After restarting the engine, the vehicle operated as normal. Also, the contact indicated that fuel was leaking from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed and repaired the failure. No information was available regarding the diagnosis. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 40,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that the air bag light was intermittently illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose the problem. The contact stated that the failure started after the vehicle was repaired under recall the federal safety agency campaign id number: 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 77,385.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact received recall notifications for the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system) and 14v171000 (electrical system). The parts needed to repair the vehicle were unavailable. The dealer was uncertain when the parts would become available. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Vehicle has service air bag light on, light goes off and on, has been doing this at all speeds, but never stays on for more than a minute. Car had this light on when I purchased this car from a dodge dealer in dec.2011, and they said that they repaired it, but it was not reported in detail to gm warranty service, so they lied. Now car needs air bag repairs, not covered by any warranty, and it will cost over $900.00, and car only has 88,464 miles on it. This was told to me by a chevrolet dealer who is doing the ignition switch recall for my car. I don't have that kind of money, as I'm still making car loan payments for the next 4 years. I think this is awful, air bags and sensors should last longer than 88,464 miles. My 1997 saturn never had air bag problems, and it ran until 297,336 miles. Awful, too expensive to repair!!!!!, no assistance with paying for airbag repair, and can't sell car unless it is repaired. The dodge dealer who sold me the car should be held liable, as they did work to get the service air bag light off, when I purchased the car from them. They hid the information from me, when I purchased the car. Air bags do not need ongoing service.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact received recall notices for the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system) and 14v171000 (electrical system); however, the parts needed for the repair were unavailable. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact received a notification for recall the federal safety agency campaign id number 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system). However, the part to do the repairs was unavailable. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact received a recall notification under the federal safety agency campaign id number 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system) however, the part to do the repairs was unavailable. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to be restarted and resumed normal operation. The failure occurred immediately after the vehicle was serviced for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v047000 (air bag, electrical system). The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
2009 chevrolet cobalt. Consumer writes in regards to recall notice problems. *smd the consumer stated the dealer kept telling him, it would be a few more weeks. *jb the parts are still not available. Updated 09/24/14.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact received the notification for recall the federal safety agency campaign id number 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system). The contact stated that the repair was not taken care of in a reasonable amount of time. The dealer indicated parts were not available. Contact had not experienced a failure. The manufacturer has not been contacted. Pam
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact received the federal safety agency recall campaign id numbers 14v047000 (air bags , electrical system) and 14v171000 (electrical system); however, the contact was unable to have the vehicle serviced under the recall because the parts were unavailable. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. There were no failures. Updated 8/11/14
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign id number: 14v04700 (air bags, electrical system) and the federal safety agency campaign id number: 14v17100 (electrical system). The contact stated that the parts were not available for the repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that he was crashed into from the rear and the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The contact was injured and required medical attention. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was unknown.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v171000 (electrical system) and 14v047000 (air bags , electrical system) had exceeded the reasonable amount of time for repair. The dealer stated the parts were not available. The manufacturer was made aware of the delay. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the ignition switch was loose. The failure mileage was unknown. Updated 09/15/14
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact received the recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign id number: 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system). The contact stated that the repair had exceeded a reasonable amount of time. The dealer informed that parts were not available. The contact had not experienced a failure. The manufacturer was notified of the delay.
Deer hit car was very dark 7 am witness called 911 jackson twp police came car had to be towed front end of car all smashed air bag did not go off I was hysterical god sent me an angel that morning witness stayed with me until police came police called for tow truck & made report total cost of repairs over $6,000 thought car would be totaled I have copy of all repairs done.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that the driver was traveling approximately 25 MPH and drove over a patch of ice. The driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a guard rail and an embankment. The driver's side door then opened independently and caused the driver to be thrown from the vehicle while secured in the seat belt. The air bags failed to deploy. The driver was air lifted to the hospital and treated for a brain injury. A police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system) but did not confirm if the vehicle was included in the recall campaign. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 105,000.
2009 chevrolet cobalt. Consumer writes in regards to defective ignition recall. Consumer has different vehicle complaint in artemis.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 bmw 325xi. The contact stated that the air bag sensor would remain illuminated. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 13v564000 (air bags) however, the contact stated that the vehicle experiecned the same failure as listed in the recall. The vehicle was scheduled to be inspected, diagnosed and repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 112,000.
Intermittently, my air bag warning light comes on, and in the message center on my dash board, the message "service air bag" is seen. It is intermittent and is happening more often, sometimes up to 5 times in a 20 mile drive. Speed does not seem to make a difference as it happens when I am stopped, and at any speed. Road conditions also do not seem to have an effect as it happens in snow, rain, dry, bumpy or smooth roads. I have physically called gm to report this as well. I am taking my vehicle to my local dealer to be checked as I was told it is probably a "bad connection" which is scary. Bad connection as in they won't go off when I need them, or bad connection as in they can go off while driving.
I was traveling on highway in the middle lane at app. 60 MPH when without warning, swerving, hitting a bump or having an accident, we heard a loud bang and the front and back passenger curtain airbag deployed hitting my passenger in the right side of his head. I looked down at the warning panel on the dash which stated...service airbag after the incident occurred.....I was thankful that I did not loose control of the car at the time or this incident.....also very thankful that I did not have one of my grandchildren in the back seat or they would have been hit by this airbag......ages 11 years and 16 months!!!!!!!! My passenger was not injured....just some soreness of his face and ear. My car was taken to the dealership the next morning where gm was notified. There was an investigation and inspection by gm and my car was repaired at no cost to me. During the 30 days that the dealership had my car I was in direct contact with a gm customer service rep. Who kept me up to date on repairs and assured me that the other airbags were also checked. I repeatedly did ask if there would be a recall due to this incident but was told there would be no recall at this time since this was an unusual occurrence.
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 MPH, the brake pedal was engaged and the vehicle continued to accelerate. The contact crashed into another vehicle. The contact suffered an injury to his neck. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The vehicle sustained damage to the front driver's side bumper and was towed to an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000. Updated 12/23/13
The service air bag light comes on intermittently. It is nothing specific that does it. I could be going 10mph or 70mph on the highway and it just all of the sudden comes on. It is on anywhere from 5-30 seconds each time and then goes off and this happens multiple times per day. Unable to know what's wrong because if its not on when its brought in there is nothing they can do.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that the air bag light illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for repair and was told there was nothing they could do until the light illuminated constantly. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 44,900. Updated 12/06/12
I noticed the past week my passenger air bag light was on and no one was sitting there and then this morning 10/02/12 I turn my car on and it says service airbag did some research and its a major safety hazard for my passenger cause it does not work and no protection I also notice that the 2006 cobalts and 2007 cobalts have had this problem I personally have a friend that has a 2006 cobalt ls that has this problem mine is a 09 cobalt lt iv already had to pay 500 to fix my fuel pump module which they just put a recall on it this past month and I cant get my money back so before I go out and spend 300 to fix my air bag I would like to see if I can get it fixed for free thank you
I was stopped at a traffic light with my foot on the brake waiting for the light to change to green. The passenger airbag curtains both deployed and blew out the headliner of the vehicle. It was about 80 degrees and dry. I went to the dealer who said the incident was an insurance claim. My insurance company denied the claim saying there was no accident. A gm investigator read the data box and the cdr file information shows there was no event recorded to recover. Something was preventing the data box from being read at the computer port under the dash, they had to remove the data box and plug their computer directly into it. Initially gm claimed I put the vehicle in a rollover situation. Now that has been proven wrong, they are saying something like moisture made the airbag deploy. My vehicle is unusable and sitting because of gm's failure to step up and do something about my case.
I was driving my 2009 chevy cobalt within the posted speed limit when the power steering failed resulting in a fairly horrific crash, with the car coming to rest on the drivers side against some trees. I suffered a head injury and thank god my son was not hurt although we have both been suffering from headaches since the accident. Were it not for the small trees lining the road the car would have continued to roll possibly killing us both since none of the airbags deployed. The car was totaled and I do not have access to the VIN#.
My car would chime for me to look at instrument panel to see that the "airbags needed to be serviced".it would give me this message every 15 mins. For the hour drive I was on the road. The next day I called the dealer & set up an appointment. That afternoon when they were done with my car I was told that the mechanic had already seen this a few times & knew exactly what it was. My print out from service reads "diagnostic code #b0012 stored in system test circuit, module shorting out under steering wheel , replaced sir coil & repair circuit.* my car is a 2009 chevrolet cobalt lt (just purchased 06/05/09) with 2600 miles.
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