2009 Chevrolet Cobalt brakes problems

Filed Dec 20, 2018 · Brakes · 46,000 miles · MI · crash · 1 injury

Coming out of a roundabout in rush hour when a car ahead of her suddenly stopped. She had about one and half to two car lengths and her speed was about 35 MPH. She applied her brakes and they did not respond. Her car rear ended another car. The airbag deployed. She has a sprained neck and back. She has been off for a couple of days per doctor's request. Major damage to the entire front end of the car.

Filed Oct 6, 2016 · Airbags, Brakes · 48,000 miles · FL · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owned a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. While driving 40 MPH and attempting to come to a stop, the brake pedal was depressed, but failed to respond. The brake pedal depressed all the way to the floorboard independently. As a result, the vehicle failed to stop and crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The air bags deployed with excessive force. The contact had to puncture the air bag to avoid suffocation, which caused the air bag to explode. The contact sustained back, neck, and ear injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a towing yard and was deemed destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 48,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Apr 28, 2015 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 38,000 miles · CA · crash

This is the second time this issue has happened. The issue is when turning on an on-ramp that has sharp turning radius the car ABS system turns on and you lose control of the car. This also happens when you are already on a freeway that has a sweeping on ramp to another freeway the ABS starts to brake in the turn. I have reported this issue to the dealership and they have not addressed it.

Filed Oct 14, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 91,200 miles · CO

On thursday october 9th, 2014 I was driving east on rt 70. It began to rain heavily at approximately 4:50pm and I attempted to use the brakes on my vehicle. The brakes were suddenly very stiff. I didn't think they were working. I was in the left lane when this occurred and immediately put on my emergency lights and tried to move to the middle lane, to the right lane so I could go to the shoulder. When I attempted to switch the lanes, the power steering wasn't working. I managed to move the steering wheel slightly so that I could switch lanes. There was oncoming traffic before an available shoulder so I tried to speed up. I was unable to increase my speed. I was able to slow down naturally but I wasn't able to completely stop until I got to the shoulder and pushed extremely hard on the breaks and held down on the break for several seconds. The radio was still working and the heater was blowing cold air. I was able to get the vehicle working again by turning the ignition to the off position and turning the ignition back on. I think my vehicle's engine turned off while I was driving. I have onstar on the vehicle and immediately pushed the button when I was unable to break properly with my vehicle. The lady I spoke with said that she was seeing some problem with my breaks but I took my vehicle to the local dealership the same day and they found no codes for my vehicle. The next day the dealership told me that they fixed the ignition recall on my vehicle and that might have fixed the issue. On two other occasions before the recall was announced, I had a similar issue and brought it into the dealership. They couldn't find anything wrong. This experience was terrifying and I'm just glad that I wasn't killed.

Filed Sep 8, 2014 · Brakes, Transmission · 69,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. While driving 45 MPH, the vehicle suddenly stopped accelerating and would not respond when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The vehicle began vibrating and the contact heard a loud whining noise coming from the undercarriage. The contact was able to drive to the dealer after keeping the vehicle parked for approximately 30 minutes. In addition, once the air conditioning was activated to level three or higher, the vehicle would stall. It was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced and the master cylinder on the brakes was faulty. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 69,000. Updated 10/23/2014*lj updated 4/21/2015

Filed Apr 14, 2014 · Brakes · 4,000 miles · MD

We were coming back to maryland from a birthday party in springfield, ohio. While coming down the mountainist area of I-69, the front end started to wobble when brakes were applied. We took it to the chevrolet dealer in laurel, md when we got home. Instead of replacing the defective part. They turn the rotor. I had to go the and independent mechanic and have the front brakes and front rotors replaced to completely correct the problem that the certified mechanics at chevrolet could not correct.

Filed Apr 4, 2014 · Brakes · 73,000 miles · MA · crash · 1 injury

I was traveling at about 25 - 30 MPH when with out warning my 2009 chevy cobalt began to spin in the most violent spin I have ever been in a vehicle. The brakes were not stopping me the rear of the car then slid around and slammed my car into a post or chain link fence hitting it hard.the front passenger door was creased down the whole side, the front quarter panel was all ripped up and the front passenger headlight was completely smashed and broken. When the car finally stopped my hand was twisted in the steering wheel while the car was spinning and the force of the car hitting sprained my back. No air bags were set off and I was brought to the er by ambulance. I have begun to have problems with my ignition since this accident. My key gets stuck in the accs position and I can not move it either way. I have to wait until the car sits for a while sometimes hours before it will unlock. Very scared to drive in this car now.

Filed Mar 13, 2014 · Brakes, Steering · 111,766 miles · OH · crash

As I was driving down the street to turn into my parking lot I started turning the wheel left when I turned my steering wheel and brakes locked up and drove over the curb of my apartment complex causing my whole right side of my car $1300.00 worth of damage this is the second time this has happened to me first time no damage was done that was back in october.

Filed Sep 26, 2013 · Airbags, Brakes · 85,000 miles · MD · crash · 1 injury

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

Filed Apr 15, 2013 · Brakes · 20,500 miles · MI

Premature rear brake wear, noise started at 17500 miles, complete failure at 23500 miles, this car has been pampered and never driven in snow and only driven by one driver. Rotors are badly scored, pads gone, unheard of wear for this kind of mileage!