2005 Chevrolet Cobalt

ON SATURDAY MORNING 8/24/13 I GOT INTO MY CAR AND BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. ONCE I BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE THE CAR STARTED TO JERK. I KEPT DRIVING FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 50 FEET TO A STOP SIGN. IT JERKED TO WHOLE WAY TO THE STOP SIGN. THERE I MADE A U TURN TO GO BACK HOME TO GET MY FATHER. HE GOT IN THE CAR AND WE DROVE BACK TO THE SAME CORNER AND ONCE AGAIN IT JERKED THE WHOLE WAY TO THE STOP SIGN. SO WE WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE SO MY DAD COULD GET SOME HIS SHOES ON SO WE COULD TAKE IT TO WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR. WHILE HE WAS IN THE HOUSE I TURN THE CAR OFF. WHEN MY DAD GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND I TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND DROVE TO THE SIGN THE JERKING HAD WENT AWAY. I DROVE THE CAR THE REST OF THE DAY AND PUT AROUND 75 MILES ON IT THAT DAY WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS. ON SUNDAY NIGHT 8/25/13 I GOT INTO MY CAR TO DRIVE INTO TOWN. I DROVE ABOUT BLOCK AND THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND SHAKE AGAIN. I DROVE ABOUT ANOTHER BLOCK AND PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT. ONCE I STOPPED I NOTICED THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD HAD COME ON. I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND SIT THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE TURNED IT BACK ON AND DROVE IN TOWN WITH NO PROBLEMS THE REST OF THE NIGHT. ON MONDAY 8/26/13 I DROVE THE CAR 30 MILES BACK TO WHERE I BOUGHT IT WITH NO PROBLEMS. THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM NOW FOR 3 DAY WITH NO SUCCESS. *TT

AFTER STARTING THE COBALT OR EVEN IF I AM DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH, THE T/C LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS, POWER STEERING LIGHTS ALL LIGHT UP ON THE DASH. THE SPEEDOMETER AND RPM GAUGES START GOING CRAZY. THE RADIO WILL ALSO GO IN AND OUT. USUALLY ON THE INTERSTATE, THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE, WHICH IS VERY SCARY. BUT IF I AM IN TOWN OR SLOWING DOWN TO STOP, THE CAR WILL CUT OFF. THEN AFTER I CRANK IT AGAIN AND START TO MOVE, THE TRANSMISSION CHANGES GEARS REALLY ROUGH AND FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FALL OUT. THE ONLY THING I HAVE FOUND TO FIX THIS (AFTER WEEKS AT DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS) IS TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND FLIP THE KEY ON AND OFF SEVERAL(20 PLUS) TIMES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN TO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX WHEN MY CAR COMPLETELY LOSS POWER. I WAS ABLE TO STEER, HOWEVER I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE RADIO TURNED OFF AND THE AIR CONDITIONER QUITE WORKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE SINCE I'VE GOTTEN MY CAR. LUCKILY, I WAS IN PLACES WHERE I COULD SAFELY PULL OVER. I HAD TO TURN MY CAR OFF, WAIT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND TURN IT BACK ON TO GET IT TO WORK CORRECTLY. I AM ALSO HAVING ISSUES WITH MY POWER STEERING. I AM STARTING TO THINK THAT THIS CAR JUST ISN'T SAFE ANYMORE AND I AM LOOKING INTO POSSIBLY GETTING A NEW CAR BECAUSE OF IT. IT IS BECOMING DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THIS CAR! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE FUEL GAUGE AND TACHOMETER FLUCTUATED ERRATICALLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,500. UPDATED 08/27/13*LJ WHEN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A HIGH IDLE AND A HARD SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE IGNITION SHIFT LOCK RELEASE SOLENOID MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN THE KEY WAS HELD IN ACC MODE, THE BRAKE LOCK RELEASE SOLENOID MALFUNCTIONED. THE TACHOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATED ERRATICALLY. UPDATED 08/27/13

WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED ON DASH, WARNING CHIME SOUNDS REPEATEDLY, POWER DOOR LOCKS CYCLE AT RANDOM, INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY AND JUMP AROUND, COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER, AND RANDOM WARNING LIGHTS APPEAR ON DASH. AT TIMES THE GAS PEDAL WAS COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE, THEN VEHICLE WOULD LURCH FORWARD - HAD A NEAR MISS INCIDENT WHEN THE LOSS OF POWER ON ACCELERATION FROM A RED LIGHT ALMOST CAUSED ANOTHER VEHICLE TO HIT US. ISSUE HAS OCCURRED AT RANDOM INTERVALS SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW, BUT HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT LATELY AND TENDS TO OCCUR MORE OFTEN ON HOT DAYS. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE CONCERN, DESPITE HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. *TR

MY CAR REPEATEDLY GO THROUGH TIMES OF FITS. THESE FITS INCLUDE LOSING POWER STEERING, POWER STEERING CHIME, TRACTION CONTROL CHIME, CLICKING BEHIND THE RADIO, SPINNING SPEEDOMETER, GAS GAUGE FAILS, JERKING OR HICCUPPING AS ONE PERSON DESCRIBED IT, OCCASIONAL STALLING. MY CAR WILL DRIVE FINE FOR WEEKS, LIKES ITS NEW EVEN, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HAS A FIT AND THIS GOES ON FOR DAYS. THIS STARTED WHEN MY CAR WAS A YEAR OR TWO OLD. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER A TOTAL OF 8 TIMES. EARLY ON WHEN THE CAR WAS YOUNGER IT WOULD SEEM TO BE REPAIRED ONLY DO START THIS PROBLEM AGAIN A YEAR LATER. NOW THAT THE CAR IS OLDER AND NOT UNDER WARRANTY I HAVE QUIT TAKING IT AS I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WILL HELP. THEY DO NOT SEEM TO KNOW HOW TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. THEY ARE RUDE TO ME. *TR

WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION LIGHTS ARE LIT UP. THE GAUGES FLUCTUATE, AS WELL AS THE TEMPERTURE READING BLINKS. LOUD CLICKING SOUNDS CAN BE HEARD COMING FROM THE SHIFT SELECTOR. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT TURN DUE TO LOSS OF POWER STEERING. AFTER SHUTTING OFF VEHICLE, THE IGNITION WILL NOT RELEASE KEYS FOR ABOUT 15-20 SECONDS. HAVE ALSO LOST POWER STEERING ON FREEWAY AT SPEEDS OF 70 MPH. HAVE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE GM AND THE DEALERSHIP RESOLVE THE ISSUE, FIRST BY HAVING THE RECALLED PARTS REPLACED. PROBLEM IS RECURRING FOR THIRD TIME, AFTER BEING "HANDLED" BY THE DEALERSHIP THE LAST TWO TIMES. A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING PROBLEM. *TR

FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING (NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR ANYTHING), I RECEIVED AN "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" WARNING AND MY CAR'S ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS COMPLETING A TURN IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SAFETY AND PARK IN A NEARBY PARKING LOT. THE CAR REFUSED TO TURN BACK ON FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. ONCE IT DID, I DROVE MY CAR TO MY OFFICE AND WAS ABLE TO START IT AND DRIVE IT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THEN, WITHOUT WARNING IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THEN. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY CLAIMED THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, BUT I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND REPORTS FROM OTHER OWNERS ONLINE, SO I'M NOT CONVINCED OF THEIR HONESTY OR CONCERN REGARDING THIS MATTER. THEY SAY THEY *THINK* THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE THE MASTER COMPUTER OR AT LEAST THAT IS THEIR "BEST GUESS" (THEIR WORDS, NOT MINE). I WILL BE REPLACING IT LATER THIS WEEK. UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT CONFIDENT THE REPAIR WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER GM'S REPEATED AND EXPLICIT DENIAL OF THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM AND HOW LONG IT TOOK THEM TO ADMIT THERE EVEN WAS ONE, I HAVE DECIDED TO APPEAL TO YOU. AT PRESENT, WHEN DRIVING THIS CAR, I AM A DANGER TO MYSELF AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO MIGHT BE AROUND ME ON THE ROAD...AS ARE ALL OTHER COBALT DRIVERS. PLEASE, INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER BEFORE SOMEONE HAS THIS HAPPEN AT THE WRONG PLACE AND THE WRONG TIME AND SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT, OR WORSE. GM KNOWS IT CREATED A CAR WITH A FAULTY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH COULD RESULT IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURES AND THEY NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT AND FIX IT. JUST BECAUSE THEY STOPPED MAKING THE CAR, DOES NOT ABSOLVE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THEM SAFE FOR EVERYONE ON THE ROAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TEST RESULTS SHOWED A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR REPLACED BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 199,267.