Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. While driving at a low speed in reverse, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact had to apply force to the steering wheel in order to steer the vehicle. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 123,000.
2009 Chevrolet Cobalt steering complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a loss of power steering while driving 25 MPH. The power steering warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was able to be operated after it was manually restarted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the steering column was inoperable and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. A month prior to the failure, the vehicle was remedied under the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v073000 (power steering). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 117,000.
This car has been experiencing power steering issues, where the power steering completely shuts off, but for some reason isn't included in the current recall. The power steering has shut off during driving which is incredibly dangerous.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. While driving 65 MPH, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 75,550.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. While driving at an unknown speed, the power steering sensor light illuminated and the steering wheel became very difficult to turn. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the power steering motor was faulty and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 117,000.
Driving on the freeway and all my electrical dashboard units are flickering, my RPM and speed keeps going on and down, and my power steering message came up on the dash, then it went out and came back. Not cool. Not cool at all....
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that the steering wheel failed and became difficult to turn. The contact had to turn the steering wheel with force. The contact also stated that the repair for the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v073000 (steering) was performed; however, the repair did not correct the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 68,570. Updated 04/08/16*lj consumer consulted several mechanics and car is fixed updated 6/7/18
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle lost steering ability and the service air bag light illuminated. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and had the vehicle towed home. The failure was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 121,041.
Takata recall power steering went out.
Power steering has gone out 3 times in the last day. After turning car off then on again power steering will work for a short period of time that varies. Recall 10v073000 seems to apply but dealer said it does not. Never received a recall notice even though my car falls under the year and model for the recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. While driving at 20 MPH, there was a noise coming from the front driver side of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the intermediate steering shaft was fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 67,000. Updated 02/10/16*lj a light noise was still present. The repair shop recommended having the steering column replaced. Updated 03/01/16.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. While driving approximately 55 MPH, a chime noise was heard and the steering wheel became difficult to maneuver. The power steering light was illuminated. The contact pulled over to the side of the road to switch off and restart the vehicle. The contact mentioned that the steering wheel became usable again. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,946.
Power steering light flashes on and off along with the security lock/car light. I lose all power to the car then all of the panel goes haywire...flashing no fuel no power steering...all the while going down the highway..
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. While driving at approximately 35 MPH, the steering wheel seized without warning and the vehicle stalled. Consequently, the consumer crashed into a tree and the air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The contact was not aware of the diagnosis. The vehicle was repaired. The vehicle was later repaired under the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v073000 (steering), but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 20,000. Ma 10/5
While teen driver was driving on city streets at low speeds, the power steering failed. There was a near-miss accident. I contacted the dealer (autonation gmc chevrolet, corpus christi, tx) to see if there were any recalls on the power steering, they stated that yes, but I had already had it done. I had not recalled that service, but turns out I did take the car in three years ago for a recall that I did not pay much attention to involving a steering part (turns out it was the power steering motor; there was no problem with the car back then). I explained to the female service representative that I thought we had another bad power steering motor and that this was a serious problem, there was nearly an accident and that I would need to report it to the federal safety agency. She stated that was fine, but I was not going to get another free power steering motor! I was speechless; I could not believe that gm representative only cared about a $150 part - or thought that I only cared about a $150 part, and not the potential impact on human life. I replaced the part myself with another oem power steering motor and that fixed the problem. I would appear to me that the original steering motor recall was not effective, especially if the same oem motor was used. I would recommend to gm that another recall be issued with improved parts. Updated 12/11/2017
Steering assembly has play in it . Something loose in steering assembly did this for a long time.
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. While driving at an unknown speed, the power steering failed after the power steering light illuminated. The contact mentioned that excessive force had to be used in order to move the vehicle from the parked position. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 63,885.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 MPH, the steering wheel became difficult to turn without warning. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
My speedometer RPM and gas gauge started going up and down erratically I lost power steering. I had no idea what my speed was because the speedometer was inaccurate. This was a very unsafe situation to be in as I live in colorado and we get snow and ice.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would jerk and the engine RPM's would increase before experiencing unintended acceleration. Also, the contact indicated that the power steering sensor light had illuminated. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 181,000.
2009 chevrolet cobalt. Consumer had car taken in repair shop to fix power steering problem ignition switch and the dealer kept the vehicle for three months. *ta each time the consumer called to inquire about the vehicle, she was informed they were waiting on the parts. When the vehicle was returned to the consumer, the turn signals and air condition were not working properly.
Tl* the contact own a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated the vehicle experienced numerous failures. The rack and pinion had to be replaced, the window motors were replaced six times, and the ignition was replaced. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and the failures were repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 27,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 25 MPH, the steering wheel seized on numerous occasions. The power steering warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact was made aware of the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v073000 (steering) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
My electronic power steering is cutting in and out at random time intervals. Called the dealer to see if my cobalt was part of the affected recall on the power steering and was informed that they will not cover the repair for my car under that recall.
My intermediate steering shaft went out had it replaced a month later it went out again. No two months later had it in again it needs entire steering rack $610 for gm ' brand. From what I read online gm suede the maker of the steering rack to pay their customers it is a plastic gear. The greatest thing about the car is the water that comes inside down my air bag when it rains. I've took it in 7 times for this problem. Besides the recalls the door handle fell off. Head light got water in it. It never ends.
The dic shows the reading of each tire pressure backwards, for example right front wheel is actually the rear right wheel, and left front is actually rear front. Also I am unable to use the cruise control. The lights turns on but the car does not engage in the same speed for the cruise control.
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.
I was on my way home and it was raining on the expressway but by the time I got to the city I live it had stop. I was exiting the expressway and was turning a left on the street I live on. I had made my turn at about 30 MPH and after I had made my turn the car was straight for awhile then all the sudden the car acted up and the steering wheel or the wheels or something happen that made my car make a sharp u-turn going in front of ongoing traffic. My car went straight in front of a car and she didn't have time to stop so she hit me and we both went onto the island. I have no idea what happened but luckily we were both going slow that none of us were hurt but our cars were in bad conditions. I'm looking at 3,000 damage on my car, and probably 4,000 damage to her car. I want to say it was bc of the rain, but the road wasn't wet and I just got new tires and just got a oil change. I maintain my car very well so I have no idea why that would happen.
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.
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