2006 Chevrolet Cobalt

THE STEERING MECHANISM ON THE VEHICLE HAS BECOME FAULTY, FORTUNATELY THIS OCCURRED ON LEAVING MY HOUSE AND I WAS NOT TRAVELING AT SPEED.. AS ONE DRIVES THE STEERING BEGINS TO PULL HEAVILY TO THE RIGHT AND ONE HAS TO FORCIBLY HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM LEAVING THE ROAD. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE INITIAL THOUGHT WAS THAT THIS RELATED TO THE RACK AND PINION. THIS WAS REPLACED BUT DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC MADE SOME INQUIRIES AND FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO A RECALL FOR FAULTY STEERING. AFTER FURTHER EXAMINATION, HE FOUND THAT THE ISSUE RELATED TO A SENSOR IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHICH HAD BECOME FAULTY.SINCE A RECALL HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT IN AUGUST 2012, HE SUGGESTED I REFER THE MATTER BACK TO THE VENDOR WHO PERFORMED THE RECALL. THE VENDOR JIMMY GRAY OF SOUTHAVEN HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE RECALL WAS ONLY FOR A STEERING MOTOR REPLACEMENT AND THAT THE SENSOR REPLACEMENT WAS NOT COVERED. APPARENTLY ONE NEEDS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN WHEN THE SENSOR FAILS. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY ARE SUPPORTING JIMMY GRAY AND REFUSING TO REPLACE THE SENSOR AS PART OF THE RECALL. THE ISSUE RELATED TO THE MOTOR ASSEMBLY MAY HAVE BEEN WRONG IN THE FIRST PLACE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE SENOR ALL ALONG CAUSING THE PROBLEM. IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND ADVISE. THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO MY SON, I CANNOT LET HIM DRIVE IT THE WAY IT IS AT PRESENT. *TR

POWER STEERING SHUTS OFF WHEN STARTED, ESPECIALLY IN COLD TEMPERATURES. EVEN WHEN THE CAR RUNS FOR A FEW MINUTES TO WARM UP, STEERING WHEEL IS STILL RIGID AND STIFF. DEFINITELY NOT DRIVEABLE. GEARS SHIFT EXTREMELY ROUGH AND VIOLENTLY. UNSAFE IN ALL SITUATIONS, ESPECIALLY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. AT IDLE IT NEARLY STALLS. TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON WHEN ALL THESE THINGS EXIST. *TR

I BOUGHT THE CAR IN NOVEMBER OF 2011. NIT EVEN 3 MONTHS LATER, A VERY LOUD. CLUNKY NOISE STARTED EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL. I'VE BEEN TO MULTIPLE MECHANICS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD MY SWAY BAR LINKS, AS WELL AS MY OUTER TIE ROD ENDS ARE BAD. THEN ANOTHER SAID IT WAS MY BUSHINGS. I JUST WANT THE NOISE TO STOP AND WANT TO KNOW WHY IS THE CAR SOUND LIKE ITS FALLING APART? VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH CHEVROLET FOR. NOT THE BEST 1ST CAR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, STEERING WHEEL HAD BEEN SHAKING (55MPH). GETTING OFF THE BELT LINE, TRAFFIC CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. I BRAKE, BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO SHAKE AND DIDN'T BRAKE. HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN TRAFFIC STARTED UP, AND I HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTART. CAR SHOOK BADLY FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN SEEMED FINE. A FEW DAYS LATER, DRIVING INTO MY PARKING LOT (10MPH) THE CAR'S BRAKES LOCKED UP FOR NO REASON AND I BARELY GOT IT INTO A PARKING SPACE. TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE CAR WAS PURCHASED AT AND WAS TOLD THE ROTORS, BRAKES, AND CALIPERS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND HAD THE BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED. CAR DROVE FINE. SIX WEEKS LATER, DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (60 MPH), SLOWED DOWN TO TURN ONTO ANOTHER ROAD, AND BRAKES WERE OUT. HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC LOOK AT THE CAR, BRAKES AND ROTORS ARE WORN DOWN AGAIN, AS WELL AS CALIPERS AND BRAKE LINE. ROAD CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR AT THE TIME OF EACH INCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO STEER BUT HAD TO PROVIDE EXTRA FORCE TO STEER OFF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN WHILE ON A FREEWAY ENTRANCE RAMP. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO RETAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. NO FURTHER ISSUES UNTIL 8 DAYS LATER WHEN AGAIN THE VEHICLE BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. I CONSIDER THE MALFUNCTION OF THE POWER STEERING UNIT TO BE A DANGEROUS ISSUE. I CALLED THE GM HELP LINE 2/23/2013 AND WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED AT 54,000 MILES TO ADDRESS THE STEERING ISSUE AND ANY NEEDED REPAIRS AT THIS TIME WILL BE AT MY EXPENSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST, WHICH CAUSED DIFFICULTY IN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING) MARCH 2011 HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE STEERING MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,349.

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY, MY POWER STEERING WARNING APPEARED ON ME DIC. IT KEPT FLASHING AND THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON AND DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL. AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUTTING OFF MY CAR AND RESTARTING IT, THE VEHICLE WORKED FINE. UPON STARTING IT IN THE MORNING THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT COMPLETELY. RESTARTING THE CAR A FEW TIMES FIXED IT, LATER THAT DAY THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AGAIN IN TOWN AS I WAS MAKING A TURN. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH COBALTS IN GENERAL AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. *TR