Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 MPH, the contact attempted to decelerate and a loud squeaky noise emitted outside of the vehicle. The failure occurred whenever coming to a stop. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the front brake pads were replaced. The technician stated that the ceramic brakes performed as designed. The failure recurred two weeks after the repair was performed. The vehicle had not been repaired for the most recent defect. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 33,000.
2009 Chevrolet Cobalt brakes complaints
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My son was driving to work, he was heading down a long winding road when he applied the brakes, and discovered that the brakes had suddenly failed. The brake pedal would not go to the floor; it was stuck and unable to move. He described that the car seemed to stall and continue to drift down the hill with no ability to stop, gradually picking up speed. He got in the curb lane and continued steering the vehicle while searching for the safest place to crash, as this was his only option because he was unable to slow to a stop. In the middle of morning rush hour, he was able to successfully cross opposing lanes of traffic and crash head-on into a hillside in a parking lot at about 45 MPH. The underside of the vehicle was smashed in, damaging the frame beyond repair. The airbag deployed, which resulted in bruising of the chest. He did not lose consciousness, and did not acquire any cuts or scratches. He did require transportation to the hospital by ambulance, and was strapped to a backboard and put in a neckbrace. At the hospital, he was given a chest x-ray and an examination, which determined that nothing was broken or fractured. He did suffer micro tears in the muscles of his back due to the impact of the crash, and a bruised chest as a result of the seatbelt and airbag. Needless to say, he missed work that day and the next three weeks of work while recovering. The car was totaled.
At about 5000 miles I noticed grooves developing in the rear brake discs. At 10,000 miles I have only 35% left in the rear brakes as the grooves have deepened and now damage the pads every time they are engaged. At this rate the brakes will fail at before 16,000 miles of use.
The rear brakes started making some noise at 15,000 miles. Looked at them and didn't see any unusual wear. Checked again at 18,000 miles and the rear rotors on both the drivers side and passenger side are scored terribly, was going to get them resurfaced but the metal is beyond repair. I checked online for a possible fix when I came across a forum site specifically for my car that has listed multiple incidents in this same nature with the same car.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated the rear brakes would squeak when applied while driving at any speed. The contact also stated the brake pedal would vibrate when the failure occurred. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that the rear rotors were warped and the brake pads needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The failure recurred three times and was repaired twice by an authorized dealer. The failure mileage was 100 and the current mileages was 36,000.
Car was acting normal, just took a 200 mile round trip, the next morning the roads had some snow and a bit of ice. I backed out of the driveway and drove on the side streets (2 blocks) to the highway, as I was driving down the highway I began to feel a drag, I shut off my radio and listened soon my tire gage came on so I looked in my mirror and seen sparks flying, I pulled over immediately at an available safe location only to find my rear drivers side tire was shredded. I changed the tire and began to drive again, once I hit dry pavement I heard a screeching noise. Called for a tow truck. The gm dealer called me today and said my parking brake was locked up. My car is an automatic and I have never engaged the parking brake (have owned the car over a year). The dealer is now telling me the parking brake line was off and shredded . They also stated the tire was not going to be covered under warranty and the brakes may not be either since the line that apparently locked one side of parking brakes up could have just fallen off and locked one set of parking brakes up which have never been used.
Chevy cobalt 2009. Two incidents involving the same model but different cars. Both rented from enterprise. Don't know what category to put the complaint in. Steering? Braking? Or something else? This model handles terribly on wet pavement. Doesn't brake well on wet pavement, and tires spin when starting from a stopped position. Incident 1. Changing lanes on i270 md. Going about 50 MPH. And slowed down to move one lane to the right. Going from a less used wetter lane to lane to the right, which wasn't quite as wet. Car spun out twice and hit the jersey wall twice. Then I was able to stop the car. Fairly heavy traffic, and no other vehicles involved, thank god. State police were on the shoulder for traffic going in the other direction across from me but did not come to the car. Incident 2. Rented another of the same model. Whenever the street was wet, the car did not brake well. Seemed to be very short periods of not braking. When slowly starting from a stopped position, the wheels spun and then took hold. Could have easily been another situation for spinning out. Enterprise said there were no recalls. Insurance company raised my rates from $103 to $167 per month!
Driver died in a solo car accident involving a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. After swerving from his to the next, the driver could not safely return to his lane. His car just went off the road and crashed. The steering on the car just did not seem to work together with the car braking system.
2009 cobalt ss. The inner rear brake pads are completely gone while the outer brake pads still have over 80% life left on it. Brought the car to rick hendrick chevy and the dealership refuse to fix it under warranty. They said it was normal. The car has 23k miles on it, just about all of that is high way miles. I drive the car normal and do no abuse it. Also want to state that the front brakes still have over 50% life left.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact rear ended another vehicle due to brake failure. The speed was unknown and there were no injuries. This was the second time that the brakes failed without warning. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and they duplicated the failure the following day. The contact was not informed of what caused the failure. He waited two weeks for a claim person to call him back. He was informed that the vehicle must go through his insurance company. The contact stated that the insurance company did not cover brake failure. The dealer turned the matter over to the manufacturer. The vehicle has not yet been repaired. It has not yet been decided if the vehicle will be repaired under warranty or through the insurance company. The vehicle is currently at the dealer. The failure and current mileages were 16,000.
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