Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||||
| 10-00-89-017C | 02/01/2011 | 10038295 | Ready | 06/14/2011 | |
| 10-00-89-017C | 02/01/2011 | 10038295 | Gm: information on fixing multiple situations right the first time. *rm | 06/14/2011 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 02/28/2013 | 600010 | ||
| Started car normally. went to turn it off. the key wouldn't turn off. or come out of the ignition. i had to stall engine to turn it off. and disconnect the battery. i see,on the internet, a lot of people have had this issue. dealership told me it was on me to pay for it. | |||
| 01/17/2013 | 66500 | 1 | |
| The driver's side door will not open! it appears that the handle is not attached to anything. yet on looking into the incident online there are reports of this happening, and the solution is to band your hand on the outside of the door to release it. the first time this worked, however it is only after climbing out of the vehicle from the opposite side to do this. being someone is in an accident or unable to crawl across the car and out an opposite door, they will most likely perish or become wounded from not being able to exit their car. fatalaities. is this what it will take for them to acknowlege there is a problem?? this is a serious matter and needs to be addressed. *tr | |||
| 01/17/2013 | 66500 | ||
| The driver's side door will not open! it appears that the handle is not attached to anything. yet on looking into the incident online there are reports of this happening, and the solution is to band your hand on the outside of the door to release it. the first time this worked, however it is only after climbing out of the vehicle from the opposite side to do this. being someone is in an accident or unable to crawl across the car and out an opposite door, they will most likely perish or become wounded from not being able to exit their car. fatalaities. is this what it will take for them to acknowlege there is a problem?? this is a serious matter and needs to be addressed. | |||
| 08/14/2012 | 54000 | ||
| The little orange piece of plastic shift indicator that says what gear i'm in broke. and for a 2 year old car it should not have as its in a sealed enclosure. gm says i'm on my own because bumper to bumper warranty is expired. | |||
| 06/07/2012 | 39500 | 1 | |
| This car started losing power on the hwy around 60mph now the problem has grown to car losing power and dying on the hwy at 60 mph and different speeds while the steering locks when car dies i have reported the problem to gm and it has been in and out of the shop for a month and they can not find out what the problem is this problem could cause me to be rear ended or wreck as the steering locks when the car dies maybe you can help me i fear for my safety and for others on the road with me. *js | |||
| 06/07/2012 | 39500 | ||
| This car started loosing power on the hwy around 60mph now the problem has grown to car losing power and dying on the hwy at 60 mph and different speeds while the steering locks when car dies i have reported the problem to gm and it has been in and out of the shop for a month and they can not find out what the problem is this problem could cause me to be rear ended or wreck as the steering locks when the car dies maybe you can help me i fear for my safetyand for others on the road with me | |||
| 05/21/2012 | 39000 | ||
| Ignition lock cylinder failed | |||
| 03/20/2012 | 30000 | ||
| I bought this car fairly new. at first there were no problems with it. but after a couple thousand miles i started to hear a rattle noise. i have since taken it to the shop 6 + times. they keep sending me around with their bull crap sayhing its this, its that, when in fact its most likely the steering recall/problem. when they replaced the steering column it stopped, but only to come back after a couple more thousand miles. | |||
| 01/06/2011 | 6500 | ||
| Back end noise took to a gm dealer to repair, they rearranged the spare tire and said they fixed the problem. took it back to same place 02/25/2012 same noise they did the same thing and said they fixed problem. 03/02/2012 took to dealer where i purchased the car to repair noise head of service said 2010 chevy cobalt's make this noise it is a known issue and did not repair at all. i looked on the internet to find if there is a recall and found your website to file a complaint. the noise is coming from the back end of the car and it sounds like metal hitting metal, i want it repaired correctly and soon. | |||
| 01/13/2010 | |||
| Driving at a slow speed 15-20 mph, was unable to turn the wheel, seems like it locked up. i could not pull the car away from veering into a concrete planter used to keep the traffic pattern in the parking lot. vehicle sustained damage in the the wheel, steering, radiator and body of the car. when the car was towed over to the dealer we were told that they were checking the vin for the recall that was issued for many of these cars. after checking we found that there was a recall on this model up to march of 2010, ours we are told was built in april of 2010. obviously, there were problems with the 2010 cobalt since this was the last year they had production on this vehicle, we were not aware they had stopped the production of this model at the time we purchased this vehicle. we believe there was a manufacturing problem with this vehicle which may have lead to the steering issues we had on january 13. 2011. | |||
| 08/22/2010 | 1000 | ||
| Back pass side door lock[2x], steering lockup,[factory recall] fuel guague/tacomentor bounceing,dealer replaced body control sensor,now cruize control quit working.still not fixed,[cc]guagues still bouncing.gm tech from corp,involved,to try to fix.in 3x's.total in 6x's,3 dirr repairs.no car loaner/or rental,kept 2-days.had eye surgery at veterans hosp,had to find another ride. | |||
| 07/08/2010 | |||
| I purchased the vehicle in february 2010 and i didn't start noticing problems till around summer but they were not that bad till september were the car started showing strange electrical and steering issue. i received the recall letter in october and had the power steering issue fixed but its still have issues were the vehicle will swerve back and forth in return i will have to keep my hands on the steering wheel to try to keep it from hitting other vehicles on the highway. then the blower motor that blows the hot and cold air sometimes istatically revs up high and i have to turn of the heater. also i have noticed that the breaks squeal and i only have 10300 miles. i have also noticed that the needles on the gauges in the dash tend to twitch radically when i turn the vehicle off sometimes. then at times the car when turned on will start to act as if it was to shut off and the lights would all dim and then it would stabilize. it has done that on the highway making steering difficult at times. the engine as well had made knocking noises to its been an off and on thing. | |||
| 12/14/2010 | |||
| Front brakes squeal squall at low speeds when coming to a stop, rear brake pad life is very poor...only 13,000 miles on car and already looking at pads in 6,000-10,000 miles. | |||
| 11/08/2010 | 30493 | ||
| 2009 chevy cobalt key stuck in ignition. went to turn my car off yesterday 11/8/2010 and the key wouldn't come out. currently waiting to see exactly what the problem is from dealership | |||
| 10/20/2010 | 35689 | ||
| The power steering completely locked up sending the vehicle and passengers into a ditch, airborne and back down into the ditch. ever since that incident, the steering wheel freely turns 360 degrees several times - with the key out of the ignition!!! when it is supposed to turn it doesn't and when it isn't supposed to turn, it does. the plastic key guard around the ignition switch fell off! and this is after earlier complaints about defective rims, the starter 9or electricl relay to the starter) failing after one weeks ownership, the power steering locking up and now little by little the pieces are falling off the car!!! and gm says - the computer doesn't show anything happened - or - it is not a warranty item - it is impact damage! i bought the 2010 chevy cobalt new on march 29, 2010 with 10 whole miles on it. i have also filed a complaint with the attorney general from some sort of intervention. | |||
| 07/26/2010 | 2000 | ||
| Rear brakes on a cobalt ss in 2010 squeak after 1,000 to 2,000 miles and start to put big gashes in the rear rotors | |||
| 03/27/2010 | 7000 | ||
| Every 7k miles, i need to replace rear brakes pads and get them resurfaced by the dealer until it will go out of warranty | |||