Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 08/31/2012 | 39000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated that while driving 65 mph and attempting o decelerate, the brake failed to engage and the contact proceeded to crash into a stop sign. the front driver side air bag failed to deploy. the contact was not injured. the vehicle was towed to a local body shop for further investigation of the failure. the vin was not available. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the failure and current mileage was 39,000. | |||
| 08/31/2012 | 39000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated that while driving 65 mph and attempting o decelerate, the brake failed to engage and the contact proceeded to crash into a stop sign. the front driver side air bag failed to deploy. the contact was not injured. the vehicle was towed to a local body shop for further investigation of the failure. the vin was not available. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the failure and current mileage was 39,000. kmj | |||
| 08/31/2012 | 39000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated that while the driver drove at 65mph and attempted slow down the brake failed to engaged, the vehicle proceeded to crash into a stop sign. the driver frontal air bag failed to deploy. the contact stated that the driver did not receive any injuries. the vehicle was towed to the local body shop for further investigation. the vin information was not available. the manufacturer was made a ware of the failure. the failure and current mileage was 39,000. li | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC | |||
| 05/21/2009 | 35886 | ||
| 2008 chevy cobalt, i bought it brand new in jan. 2008! i have had nothing but problems with the passengers side front end and front brakes. in the beginning, the car was under warranty, now it is not, but the problems keep happening and i have had it back in for service many, many times! always for the same issues, front end and brakes! you will see when you pull the service reports! i contacted gm and i had a wonderful lady working with me and she said she was putting someone on my acct, a guy called me said they accepted my acct, now today he called and said they were not able to do the buy back program with the car and just to keep servicing the car! im telling you they service it and then in a matter of a short period, its back in the service dept. the car should in no way shape or form, have all these issues and for gods sake front end or brakes, its still fairly new! i pray nothing seriously happens to me or anyone riding in this car due to something being broke or breaking! the service dept where i bought the car says they fix it, but shortly there after its back! now, they treat me like i dont know what im talking about and i am furious! please check out the service reports and you tell me! i believe this is a defective car! there also has been others who have had issues with the front ends and brakes with these cars even the owner of the dealer i bought it at admitted that! there are several bulletins out on it also, i know for a fact! i am one very dissatisfied customer!!! right as i speak, when you are driving 40+ mph the steering wheel shakes and you can feel it in your seat and on the floor board..is this normal? it also wants to sway to the left or the right...ya just never know! the breaks have this horrible grinding loud sound as you brake, it is sometimes, not always! i will put down the first incident date because too many to list! there were other issues with this car as you will see in reports! | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 11/20/2008 | 12000 | ||
| After 12000 miles had to get new brake pads and rotors do to loud squealing. have since been replaced two more times for the same thing. | |||
| 12/16/2009 | 18000 | ||
| The car ate the rear brake pads and rotors in less than 16,000 miles which is odd! | |||
| 08/04/2010 | 55 | ||
| Unable to maintain control of steering, speed control or braking. same problem again today 11/22/2011 while stoping at stop sign under 10 mph. | |||
| 11/22/2011 | |||
| Unable to maintain control of steering, wheel control or braking. | |||
| 08/04/2010 | 55 | ||
| Unable to maintain control of steering, speed control or braking. same problem again today 11/22/2011 while stoping at stop sign under 10 mph. | |||
| 11/22/2011 | |||
| Unable to maintain control of steering, wheel control or braking. | |||
| 08/04/2010 | 55 | ||
| Unable to maintain control of steering, speed control or braking. same problem again today 11/22/2011 while stoping at stop sign under 10 mph. | |||
| 11/22/2011 | |||
| Unable to maintain control of steering, wheel control or braking. | |||
| 08/04/2010 | 55 | ||
| Unable to maintain control of steering, speed control or braking. same problem again today 11/22/2011 while stoping at stop sign under 10 mph. | |||
| 01/01/2009 | 29000 | ||
| Whenever my rear disc brakes get wet and then dry off - they make a very load squellling noise. i have to make sure i back out of my garage without braking. i am afraid the noise will wake my daughter because her bedroom is above the garage. i have had it in to the chevy dealer to check it out and they tell me the brakes are fine. also, they know this model car does have this problem. if gm knows about this why do they not rememedy it. once i drive it a few miles it seems to go away. but once the rear brakes get wet again i guarentee the squell will be back. | |||
| 11/19/2010 | 72000 | ||
| Left front brake grabs and won't let go, causes pull to left..replaced brake hose, and caliper, still does it, believe it will kill my family yet..it does it for few miles, quits, then repeats at any given time.. | |||
| 02/01/2010 | 1 | ||
| My 2008 chevy cobalt came without abs breaking system. this winter when i tried braking (even at low speeds) the rear of the car lost control and attempts to spin the car out of control. after three trips to the dealer, gm was called by the dealer. they were told that gm was aware of the problem because of the light back end of the car and there was no fix. this is a very dangerous car. i no longer drive it. i had several near incidents on snow because of this design problem. | |||
| 02/25/2009 | 1 | ||
| I own a 2008 chevrolet cobalt lt sedan, been having several problems relating to the braking system in the car. there is a strong pulsation from the brakes. was told this was normal, but not quite sure since other cobalt owners are experiencing the same. have not been to gm to have it checked, but was told over the phone that was normal. *tr | |||
| 07/27/2008 | 6000 | 1 | |
| I own a 2008 chevrolet cobalt lt sedan, been having several problems relating to the braking system in the car. there is a strong pulsation from the brakes, squealing, and the brakes lock up and pull to the left easily. while braking on the highway the brakes locked up and the car went into a skid, gm can not find anything wrong with the car after 6 repair attempts and therefore can't fix it. i was recently told by dealer, i would just have to live with it. this is a safety problem with the vehicle and im not just living with it after doing my research online i am finding people with the same complaints regarding there cobalts in fact 2 people i know have the same problem with there's.... please contact for more information. *tr | |||