Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 03/09/2011 | 90000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated that while driving 55 mph, the vehicle accelerated independently. the contact had to depress the brake pedal with extreme force before the vehicle responded. the vehicle was later taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that they could not determine the cause of failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified but provided no assistance. the failure mileage was 90,000. the vin was unavailable. kmj | |||
| 03/09/2011 | 900000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. the contact while driving 55 mph, the vehicle accelerated on its own. the contact stated that he had to depress the brake pedal with extra force in order to get th vehicle to stop. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and they stated that they did not know the cause of failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified but provided no assistance. the failure mileage was 90,000. the vin was unavailable. ap | |||
| 05/02/2012 | 40000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the brakes and accelerator lost power. the contact was able to maneuver to the shoulder and stop the vehicle. the contact shut the vehicle off and upon restart. the vehicle operated as normal. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and they were unable to diagnose the failure. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 45,000. the vin was not available. | |||
| 05/02/2012 | 40000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the brakes and accelerator lost power. the contact was able to maneuver to the shoulder and stop the vehicle. the contact shut the vehicle off and upon restart. the vehicle operated as normal. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and they were unable to diagnose the failure. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 45,000. the vin was not available. sm. | |||
| 05/02/2012 | 40000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated while driving 50 mph she notice that her brakes and accelerator lost power. she was able to pull over on the side and slow down the vehicle. she had to turn off and on the vehicle for the vehicle to start working. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated nothing was wrong with the vehicle. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 45,000.the vin number was not available.jp | |||
| 03/01/2011 | 46995 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated that while driving approximately 60 mph, the vehicle suddenly began slowing down. the accelerator pedal did not respond when depressed. the brakes were unresponsive and the steering wheel locked up. the contact pulled over and the vehicle was parked at that location. the vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. the manufacturer had not been notified. the current mileage was 47,000. the failure mileage was 46,995-bk | |||
| 03/01/2010 | 31000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet cobalt lt. the vehicle would periodically accelerate without driver intent. when this would occur, the contact would attempt to decrease speed by depressing the brake pedal, to no avail. he had to put the vehicle in neutral, shut off the engine and restart it in order to stop the acceleration. there were no recalls for the failure. the failure mileage was 31,000 and the current mileage was 32,170. | |||