’06 Cobalt: w/automatic transmission: key will not come out….will not go to ‘off’..only to ‘accessory’…runs battery down overnight. The FIRST person/owner I spoke to had same problem: they had to replace the shifter (the car wasn’t recognizing that it was in ‘park’)…THEY were under warranty; I only have 11k miles on it. IF not on ‘recall’ list, should be. After all, it MAY be a common problem. Very light use by me and the person with same problem! Never Chevy again.

I own a 2007 Cobalt and just want to say that I think it it crazy how they are saying that its going out at low speeds. I was exiting off a highway the other week, doing speed limit of 50 and the power steering went out. I called Chevy to see if anything can be done all they said was this is nothing that will cause you to crash but we have ordered you a part. Thinking it would be here within the timeframe they told me, I said okay and continued to drive the car. Just the other day the power steering went out 5 times within a 20 minute period. I called Chevy and told them, again all they said was “thats not good” and hung up. I don’t know about you all but i think having to put your car in Neutral on the highway and turning your car off and on again is really dangerous. I have asked for a loaner but because of the work only taking a day to complete they won’t give one. I am in the process of buying a new car now. Thank you Chevy for the run around!

I have a 2006 chevy cobalt. Power steering went out. Asked Chevy dealership where I bought the car if there was a recall. They said not that they are aware of. So we had it fixed but not by chevy. They wanted about 1400 .00 to fix. Got it fixed for about 650.00 at a Mom & Pop garage. Got the letter saying there was a recall. Called to ask it they could re-imburse us. They asked for the Vin#. Turns out my vin# is not one of the chevy’s being recalled……… Have you ever heard anything so riduculous. It still happened. I still had to pay to get it fixed. So people write you state attorney general, write BBB. Lets make them understand this is their fault not ours.

I have an ’07 Cobalt. The steering column has been replaced once under warranty – not because of any issue with the steering not working, but because a loud, rattling noise was coming from under the dash, drivers side. Over the last few weeks, the same noise has returned which I am sure means it will need replacement again. I will try and wait it out until I am contacted by GM again. I got the same lame letter about recall and waiting for parts to arrive…….BS!

I really took note of the warning notices and problems associated with the colbalt. I was headed to town after work to sign papers on a 2010 for my daughter and 5 month old granddaugther. I just called her and told her to call the dealer and tell him the sales off, no matter how good of a deal he had made her. Thanks agian for all the postings. You may have just saved some lives.

I have a 06 Colbalt my daughter was driving and was in a slow speed crash because she could’nt steer the car, 18 mph impact, she was trying to steer the car away from someone turning left in front of her , she clipped the left headlight of the colbalt, destroyed the front end, airbags never deployed, got a ticket for tail gating, went to court with pictures and info from the General Motors recall, case dismissed, now , im waiting since 2-27-*10 date of the accident to see what G M is going to do. Safety recall was announced 03-02-10, 5 days after the accident, now my car is sitting at Maher Chevrolet , In St Petersburg Florida Damaged not worth what i owe and GM Has done nothing, they have admitted fault in the power steering motor, but the vehicle has extensive damage.

My parents had the same problem with the steering on their Cobalt. My father was upset because my mom could have been driving when the steering locked. They have tried to get GM to take care of the problem but are told to fix this problem will cause another problem and they do not want to be reliable. I never liked this company anyway but my parents have been buying their cars from them for the past twenty years and they still stink.

My power steering light never comes on, but the power steering does act up really bad. Like today I took my mom to practice parallel parking because she needs to replace her license that has been expired over two years. After parking 3 or 4 times it became so hard to steer my mom had to give me back the wheel. I’m 5’10 and very strong for a girl and had a very very hard time steering it. i had to drive in circles for 10 minutes in the parking lot before I could even attempt to get it on the road because we could not turn the wheel. Im going to call GM tomorrow to see where I can get this fixed ASAP. I dont want to be one of the ones in a car crash.

I think Chevy has handled this in a very proffessional way, I mean seriously, to replace 905,000 power steering units is not cheap. And my family all drive 08s and they have already gotten around to replacing ours. If you really think they are starting to seem like Toyota you are very mistaken. A+ on responsibility Cheverlet, for getting this fixed before people start dying and suing your company.

I bought my 08 cobalt as my first NEW car, immediately the brakes were squeaking. I started to notice the transmission down shifting improperly not even a month after purchase. Upon taking the car back to the dealer they basically made me feel like I was crazy for the transmission and changed the brakes. I wondered why a brand new car needed new brakes but because they fixed it under warrantly. Nothing but problems. My car has been in the shop over 20-30 times for multiple reasons, I have actually had my balljoints replaced TWO TIMES in two years, how do you explain that?? I have also had my steering column replaced three times as well my door handles for sticking BOTH SIDES and everytime the dealership gave me problems about supplying a vehicle for me during the repair time. I also picked my car up with a lovely screw you hand print on my ceiling and on my fabric on my door. I just love those guys in the mechanic shop! I have written multiple letters, they dont care, they have filed for bankruptcy and they can throw your case out. They couldnt possibly afford to fix all the problems that their vehicles have. They rush the models and dont do enough testing. period. If there was one thing in my life I could take back it’d be purchasing the P.O.S COBALT.

We have a 05 Cobalt and the Power Stering went out in February. Researched the problem and found the recall notice and many other similar probles posted on other web sites. I contacted a GM dealer and recieved the typrical answer “Wait until we get contacted by GM” or bring it in now and hope for a refund. Still waiting, still driving it very carefully without any PS. 1 month later contacted the Dealer again and they said the recall only impacts cars made in Mexico..WHAT? Please fix soon!! I love my GM Caddy but the GM Cobalt is currently not safe!!

In March of 2009 I took my 05 Cobalt in the the local dealer to find out what the deal was with my car. After hours of having it apart, They said it was my Power steering colum. My warranty didn’t cover it. $875 out of pocket to fix it. After hearing about the recall, I called the car dealer where I got it from..” Well Gm hasn’t notified us of anything @ this time” So then searching around.. I get ahold of someone @ Gm .. A real person no less and he told me he would send me info on a claim. That was 2 1/2 weeks ago. So it looks like GM is messing us around and it might be time to call them back. Is Gm starting to sound like Toyota”?????

I’m so glad to hear that I’m not the only one who thinks Chevrolet cars are garbage. So my story is on January 10, 2010 I got into and accident I was heading home around 2:30am from work when I was making a left turn on my street I loss control of the car due to the fact that I could manuever the steering wheel. I had a difficult time turning my car to the left, so I went over the curb and went straight to a fence. The radiator in my car broke because I went over the curb into a snowbank and the through the fence. In April 11, 2010 I was practicing my paralled parking because my G examination was coming up, I notice that as I turn it was getting harder for me to turn my car left or right . It was to a point that my boyfriend had to help me turn the wheel. How sad is that. So I went to my mechanic today and told him about my issues, right of the bat He ask me if I heard anything about all cobalt are being recalled and I haven’t, only today I found out. He advice me not to drive the car in the highway because the steering can give out anytime. It makes me angry the fact that GM waited for people to get into accident until they made an action towards the issue. This is really dangerous and people could loose there lives over stupidity. GM can’t replace Lives, so please put your consumers first.

I asked my dealership about this and they kept saying “we have not had a notice yet from GM”. Now almost 2 months later I got my “we’ll call you” letter when they are ready to check my steering out. I like my colbalt but hate the back window, never would have bought it if I had known how poorly that is designed. You simply cannot see out of it, what a poor design. I now wait to get it worked on, and pray on my 60 plus miles to work a day and back, it doesn’t go out on me.

I’m tired of hearing everyone complain about these cars. I have an 08 Cobalt LT, and it has been a great car. Absolutely no problems. And Let’s do the math here- 1100 complaints out of over a million cars- that is such a small number. No car made is perfect. At least GM is recognizing that their could potentially be an issue and taking care of it, instead of trying to cover it up. (toyota) Also if you can’t control your car at 10 or 15 miles an hour you shouldn’t be behind the wheel.

I was wondering, do you know if when the car is being fixed, who will be responsible for the rental car?

Hmmm… I have never had any issues with my car. Its great. Very reliable, great gas mileage, but i will still get it checked out. I did have to replace a sensor within three months of getting my brand new cobalt, but luckily the warranty paid for that.

I had a 2007 Cobalt until 2/25/2010 when I hit a telephone pole and totaled it. I was going approx 30 mph or less and was caught in the small crack on the road edge the power steering indicator came on and i was directed by the crack in the road off the road and into a pole all the while struggling to steer away and out of it with no luck. I was told at the time it was operator error, 3 days later the recall was announced on the National media. My car was already taken away by Allstate total loss dept and Im left with a deductable, 3 wks of rental car use on my dime and some minor injuries. Chevy says there is nothing they can do to help recoup my losses. Ive always been brand loyal to Chevy until it almost killed my passenger and I with no sympathy from Chevy…SELL YOUR COBALT OR GET IT REPAIRED ASAP. As a side note…in a 25-30 mph front end impact the car was DESTROYED I was completly shocked it could be so easily totalled. $10,500 worth of damages. Also the airbags did not go off. Im the original owner so I know they were not previously deployed. Im just scared to death of these cars now.

oh i forgot, my blinker relay is all messed up, it doesn’t work, but it i hit a big enough hole it works again.

I have an 07 Cobalt, and so far i feel as a 23 year old going to the dealer i was screwed hard! When i drove it off the lot and drove home i noticed a shaking in the front tire, the next day brought it back and they said i bent the rim – “but i didn’t” Now i think there is more noise coming from this car then my 92 cavi did. it seems my window seals vibrate, and the driver door lock gets stuck, no matter how many times i change my windshield wipers they squeek, i have changed my brakes and rotors about a dozen times and the steering wheel still shakes when braking, and they used a plastic/ ruber boot that keeps braking when ever i hit a pot hole the part is some what cheap but you have to bring it yo a shop to get pressed in which is a pain. i sure can’t wait to get a new car! i am tired of all the problem and i know there are more to come because massachusetts road are shitty!

I have owned my 07 Chevy Cobalt for about a year now and luckly so far I have had no problems with it but I have had other small problems. I didnt even know of the recall until today when I recieved a letter from Chevy telling me about it. then they tell me I can go ahead and keep driving my car and they will send me another letter when I can take it and get it fixed. Has anyone else recieved any letters from Chevy about this problem?

Ok i am writing to you all whom have a Chevy Cobalt I just got off of the phone with The head office for GM and anyone who has this car (Chevy cobalt with power steering problems) you may never get your car fixed they say they have recall out there for theses cars but dont believe them I think they just said they have …a recall to make it look good on them When I called she told me there is no recall on my Chevy 2006 cobalt with a power steering problem and there might never be a recall for my car I called and made a complant with NHTSA I Called 1-800-327-4236 in September of 09 and explained the problem i was having so I am one of the ones who had a complaint with them and now they are telling me nothing is on the list for my car that is a bunch of bull sh— excuse my language but i am pissed i believe they announced the recall to shut everyone up This is not it with me I will have to see what a lawyer thinks of the whole deal and then i am contacting the news to see what can be done …

Hi, I have a 2006 Cobalt & it sucks, really really bad!!! I hate that car. The first problem is the power steering.This has been going on for over a year now. When I took my car to the dealership I was told that it would cost me about $900 to replace the steering column. When I’m turning @ a traffic light or just sitting in traffic, my car will shut off and the words POWER STEERING will flash across the dash, then it will chime. When I try to start it up right after, it will shut right back off most of the time(how annoying & embarassed is that!!!)Second, this car locks & unlocks by itself, mostly when I’m parked @ other times it happens while I’m driving, Third, I’ve noticed that it burns more fuel than it used to, & last but not least, without setting the alarm, I’ll get out & get back in and what happens; the alarm goes off, as soon as I get out of the car & closes the door this happens. I heard & read about the recalls on these cars. Every dealership I called I was told either there hasn’t been a recall, according to my VIN # my car isn’t one of them, or I have to wait until I receive a letter in the mail.There have been so many times when I could’ve been seriously injured or dead, because of the car cutting off more frequently now. It doesn’t matter what speed I’m traveling, the steering gets really tight & the car shuts off. This is dangerous and it’s a serious matter that needs to be handled ASAP. I will never purchase another Cobalt. That’s why I will continue driving Mitsubishi Eclipses & Ford Mustangs!!!! Be very cautious when driving any vehicle because it’s men made material, anyways I thank God I’m still alive today. Be blessed!!!!!!!

me and my kids ages 7 and 5 were headed home when my car locked up around a curve and then power steering light come on, thank god i was able to stop!! THIS car could have costed our lives…. i looked up my car on the internet and the 2006 chevy cobalt has been recalled!! how bout that….. what can be done about this? i dont know about these vehicales they have become dangerus im kind of scaired to own a newer model car, that makes toyota and chevy that has been recalled. and they are not little problems!!!! are they useing cheaper parts or not testing them right… they need to figure out something or it could cost my kids and my life… i have to pay for this peice of crap and no car is worth that i souldnt have to pay for repairs eather, i need a diffrent car or serous repairs!!! the company needs to be alot more concerned about there products… i havent called the company yet but i read all the reports and some people had to pay for chevys screw up and that is not fair to them me or my kids!!!

I have a 2008 Chevy Cobalt LS with just over 38,000 miles on it… a couple weeks ago, the reverse in the automatic transmission went out, they replaced it free, the next day I took it back in because of the check engine light… now they tell me the cylinder head needs to be replaced… its all under warranty and everything, but only 38k, I had a toyota with 400k on it, before it went out….. not buying a cobalt ever again

I have a 2007 cobalt, I hate it! It has been in and out of the shop since I got it. My steering column seized and just after the warranty was up is broke!!! They did fix it free of charge but that should NOT happen!!! Other things like the control arm and bushings and thesway bar and bushings!! I can’t wait to get rid of it! And now this recall!!! What’s next!!

everyone on this page needs to file a complaint with the national highway/safety.please the more of us that do maybe the faster the problem will be to get fixed. thanx

I bought a cobalt for my granddaughter and she has been having problems with the car for a while. Talked to a dealer and they did not want to do anything because they don’t have info from GM nor the recall parts yet.. They will diagnose the problem and if we want it fixed they will attempt to fix it, but at our expense. I even had the VIN# checked to see if it was on the recall list and it is. Please… no wonder GM is in the crappy condition it is in. They are lousy business people. AT least Toyota went to work on the problem immediately as soon at they were found out. I may be the first person to sue if anything happens to my granddaughter because GM can’t do anything until the recall letters are sent out. I wil never buy another GM vehicle. they are nothing but trouble. But oh yes, in the meantime the Country will continue to bail them out of their financial troubles. Do you wonder why?

I have had similar trouble with my power steering. I noticed sometime it well act like it wont move as i pull out or in slower traffic. Also the same time this occurs I notice that sometimes my lights on my shifter and my door locks go out. This is of major concern as i feel there is an electrical problem with my 2005 Cobalt. I have owned this car since day one. A year after I had it the ac had an electrical problem. Which was on recall. I have not received a letter for recall . But i think they should fix it before it causes me to have an accident. How do I get the dealership to fix it ??

I bought my chevy cobalt back in 2006 brand new. I thought what a great deal I got ,it was such a pretty car. For the first couple of years it ran beautifully. Then the problems started,first the cam cap seal assembly was replaced only had 12,000 miles,at 14,000 had problems with the rotors.Again at 15,800 had problems with brakes and rotors.At 21,650 heard knocking noises coming from passenger side,back to the dealer I went. This time it was the control arm bushings,So they fixed them.Then at 26,926 my car had a leak so they told me it was the condensor. Well they ended replacing the condensor and refridgerent. Thank goodness I have the extended warranty. I dont drive much , but when I do I am always worried what could happen next. I presently have 28,000on this car . If i could afford to get rid of it I would. I have owned other chevy’s and I have never had as many problem’s as with this cobalt. Now I noticed that when I turn the steering wheel it makes a grinding noise, I’m not sure if it’s the power steering, but I think I will wait for the recall letter before I take it back to the dealer. It’s to bad about this car ,for truly I use to think chevy was the best .

I own a 2006 Chevy Cobalt LT. My power steering has been out since March of last year and I have tried and tried to get in contact with GM about this problem within that whole year. I was born and raised Chevrolet all the way, but now that I have had so many problems out of my car I will NEVER own another GM product again. I will turn to Ford and Honda as my dealer’s from now on.

I bought my 2008 Cobalt last year brand new. I have not had any problems with the power steering. However, I have noticed the installation is horrible in the driver’s door and you can hear the wind rush past at higher speeds. I repeatedly took it to the dealership, they just said it was how the car was made and it “normal.” My brake pedal sqeaks when I press it down all the way to the floor. I also started hearing something loose in my dashboard rattling around when I it a rumble pad on the highway. When I took the car to the dealership. The mechanics said they could not “replicate” the noise and acted like I was crazy. I have owned GM all my life. My first car was a 1985 Chevy Cavalier and I still own a 2000 Cavalier. They have both have less problems than my Cobalt. I was just wondering if anyone else had these problems with their Cobalt.

UPDATE: The dealer said I have a broken steering rack. When I asked him to be more specific (such as how could a Rockwell hardened tooth break off the rack – or was he saying the pinion / worm gear was made of soft metal) he couldn’t – he could only tell me that the rack was moving freely & then told me it would be $825 for the repair (steering rack + alignment + airbag connection that broke when the steering wheel spun). Since I NEED the car, I reluctantly told him fine, but that my trunk was lined with cardboard & I didn’t care if they needed to fold the rear seats forward, but I want the old rack put in my car (my state requires the old parts to be made available to the customer) as I was going to take it apart & see where it failed. He came back with “Well you’re right this really isn’t a common thing at all, tell you what – let me ‘talk to GM’ and see if we can get you any assistance with this.” About 20 minutes later the service manager calls me back & says “Well GM won’t cover the entire cost of the repair but they will go 50-50 with you – but as per the restrictions of the program, you wouldn’t be able to keep the part.” Anyone else smelling a cover-up? Either the dealer misdiagnosed the car in the 1st place & then got scared when I wanted to see evidence – or there’s such a serious design flaw with the steering on this car that they’re trying to keep it under wraps… Oh – and the ‘new’ price he quoted me for the repair is $340 – quite a bit less than the 50% he said it would be – pretty much ‘buying me off’.

Just wanted to update everyone about the status of the excess play / slop in my steering I wrote about just a couple of days ago (see previous post)… As of 3/29 while I was backing into a parking space (and thank God not while I was traveling down the road – or highway!) the steering wheel COMPLETELY BROKE FREE – it didn’t actually come off the column & land in my lap, but it might as well have! When I turned left to straighten out, the wheel just spun at least 3 times (breaking the wire for the airbag – which thankfully didn’t deploy). So I was stuck with a POS car that would only go forward & backward, but wouldn’t turn anymore as the steering wheel just spun. I’m sure if this happened while I was on the highway, I would have died. FYI – this car has only been mine for just over 1 month, my father-in-law bought it new & meticulously maintained up until the time he sold it to me. Every service performed was logged – right down to calculating the MPG at every refueling. This car was in pristine condition. This is NOT something that anyone could dare even call a normal ‘wear and tear’ event. I’m extremely frustrated, but glad this happened when it did, as there could easily have been a horrific accident. @Ron – I found that if I let the ’tilt’ wheel drop down too hard, the engine would shut off. Others have reported their car shutting down when hitting large potholes (see my previous post). THIS CAR IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!

I have a 2006 Chevy Cobalt and my car frequently shuts off when I turn my steering wheel while traveling at low speeds. Just today, while leaving the grocery store, my car shut off 3 times while trying to maneuver my way out of the parking lot. I called my local dealership today after reading about this recall and they told me that they haven’t notified anybody yet because they don’t have the parts to fix the problem yet. I am hoping that this recall will indeed fix the problem… Has anybody else had a problem with their car actually shutting completely off when they try to make sharp turns at low speeds?

I am really up set, because i have have my car (2008 colbolt) into my dealer over and over with this. My Colbalt has been a piece of shit since day one and was told it needed to be broke in….The steering was never state the car was always as if I was on a goat path…My tires wore very very fast..I wrote to consumers a year ago..I want this car taken off my hands and refund for any headaches..I would never bye this type of car again…the Dealer NEVER ever help and never cared just wanted me out and shshshsh…..

When I first inherited a pristine 2005 Cobalt (from my father-in-law who never drove the car over 50MPH) the 1st couple of times I drove it, I noticed the car ‘stalled’ right after I started it up. The next time it repeated I noted my actions & found that it was happening when I dropped the steering column down for driving (I raise it to enter / exit). Just to verify, I raised & dropped the column again & as soon as it hit bottom – the car shut off. If I lower it slowly, it doesn’t repeat. I’ve now heard of others having the same issue when hitting potholes. Not sure if this is some kind of poorly engineered anti-theft (shock sensor) type of feature or simply an ‘unintended feature’ but GM also needs to address this. With regard to the steering – the front end of the car made a loud ‘clunking’ noise when I got it (kind of sounds like something you’d hear on an older vehicle with a loose hub) on just about any bump I hit. Eventually, the front end / steering started to creek when I’d turn it – especially when maneuvering through a tight S-turn (or turning 90 degrees – left or right doesn’t matter) at a decent rate of speed. The steering literally reminded me of an old wooden ship creaking in rough seas. Within the past 2 weeks or so, I’ve also noticed more & more excessive play in the steering wheel – but it’s odd because you don’t feel it the same because of the electric steering / motor assembly. Basically, the steering ‘wheel’ has always felt ‘tight’ (even more so at low speeds when the power steering feels like it’s completely gone – yet I’m not seeing any ‘power steering’ indication nor hearing the ‘chime’) but that’s because the steering shaft first enters the power steering motor assembly – so it’s tight at least to that point – but somewhere between the power steering assembly & where the pinion meets the rack – something has really gotten bad – I have to turn the wheel now 90 degrees or more to compensate for the slop. In other words, in normal driving with a slight breeze blowing from my right side, I have the wheel turned 35-45 degrees to the right (from the straight / center position) just to feel where I’m now slightly turning the front wheels into the breeze to compensate – when that breeze shifts to the left – I now have to turn the wheel 80-90 degrees to the left (35-45 degrees to the left of center / straight) before I can feel that I’m actually turning the front wheels back the other way. Also, the other way to verify this steering slop is by noting that when you are actually turning the front wheels they tend to want to turn back to center – but in the slop area the wheel stays pointed in whatever direction you put it (within that 90 degrees). Finally, I know it’s not alignment as I’ve been having no excessive tire wear & my fuel mileage has not increased (an alignment bad enough to produce this kind of steering issue would typically cause tire wear to increase dramatically as well as lower fuel mileage). Now just tonight as I was maneuvering in & out of parking spaces at relatively slow speeds the steering was making loud ‘cracking’ noises as I turned the steering wheel. The whole steering assy on this car seems like a real piece of crap – but I probably won’t even qualify for the recall as I’ve never had the light come on (to record the error code / DTC) even though I’ve had all (& worse) symptoms… >:(

i havent had power steering on my 2005 cobalt for almost 2 years now. it started with just goin out like once a month or so now it last about 10 seconds after i start driving and then it goes out. The whole thing gm is saying about “it may be harder to turn at speeds of 15 mph” no its harder at all speeds. Everyone that is saying that it happend once and not since then just wait you’ll soon be having the same problem as me. maybe if these gm people would be driving these cars they would make something happen faster. I called gm and they have no information about what is even wrong with it, im not sure if they even know they just know that it is a probvlem with over 1.3 million cars im guessing thats why i have not recieved a recall card in the mail yet after almost a month after they recalled it. This is the third recall on my car the headlight the support piece above the door and now this. How many recalls do you need on your car b4 the lemon law goes in effect thats what i wanna know.

chev is fixing the problem on the cobalt and they say it will talk all day and they will not gave me a car the drive will the problem is being fix. i fell that i should not have to pay for a rental.

I started having steering problems with my 06 Cobalt 3 or 4 months ago, at about 75,000 miles. It’s gotten progressively worse since and I can barely make it out of my driveway before the power steering goes out. So after submitting a complaint to nhtsa and then hearing about the recall a couple weeks later, I called GM to ask if they would pay to have the steering fixed even though the recall wasn’t yet in full swing. They told me to take it to the dealer to have it diagnosed, which I did this morning. Now they’re telling me that according to my VIN, my car is not part of the recall and I need to wait for GM to call me back tomorrow (Friday) or Monday to find out if I have to pay for the repair myself . So my car was manufactured during the same year as other recalled vehicles, and I’m having the problem for which the car was recalled, but I may not be covered by the recall. Huh???

I have a 2005 Cobalt with 46000 miles on it and I have to say I love it… I have not had any problems with it so far… It gets great gas mileage and still runs great… I did contact my dealer about the recall and they told me that when the parts are available they would give me a call… I have not received anything from GM yet but I am sure it will come soon… I think it is a car and you get out of it what you put in to it… I have changed my oil when it tells me to and had the schedule service when I was suspose to… I wish you luck…

I am having the same problem with a 2006 HHR. Power steering has gone out 6 times in last 2 mos. Will resume after turning car off and back on. Is anyone else having the same prolem? It is not part of the recall.

be careful to have the wheels straight forward when parking the car and turning it off. I left the wheels turned one day when I parked the 2008 Cobalt. The next morning, I could not get the key into the ignition. After calling AAA, and playing around with the ignition, I was eventually able to get the key in and turn on the car! nothing in the owner’s manual about that one.

My Gf was seriously injured from her steering going out at 65mph in her 2008 cobalt, she was on the freeway. She lost control switching lanes and hit the barrier flipping her up into the air. She is still trying to recover. I don’t think these cars are safe to drive at all. Its a miracle she’s alive. Toyota and Chevy need to fix there shit its making me scared to drive around all these recalled pieces of shit.

I own a 2006 colbolt that has power streering problems and the chevrolet companies are denying that there is a problem or recall on the power streering.

I would like to share my experience with you all. I have a 2006 Cobalt. I thought that I was out of the clear when it came donw to this power steer problem. Until about a week ago while I was drive on a rural highway. I lost my power steer and I told it straight to the dealer. I was told that my car was not on recall. Then, I went to another dealer and was told the same thing. I am not for sure really what Chevy is doing. But, I love my car and thought it was only a few people with this problem. But, really it is a true problem. If there is ever a recall people need to have their money returned to them in a timely fashion. I will be taking mine to a dealer this week for repairs. Hopefully that it will not cost me a arm and leg to get it repaired.Plus I have already notified the Highway and Safety Administration. So, that it will be put into the data and count.

As a worker of Securitas U.S.A for C.T.A, We are currently driven Chevrolet Cobalt and few of my fellow co workers have had accident do to current conditions of recall. And my following employer has not acted to take action to the recall or have they taken precaution for current workers safety.

I have a 2008 cobolt i have been having some prob with mine and was woundering if anyone was haveing the same mine is reving up also will act like it is running out of gas like its gonna quit and the lights and radio have been going out and not working if any of you have this prob please contact me thank.

I have a 2006 chevy colbalt, i bought it new with only108 miles on it. the reason for it was i wanted something safe to drive my daughter in. for the first year the car did great. After that it has all gone down hill. the cruise control went in and out and even sped up on its own going down the high way, finlly got that fixed, then i had problems with it not reading in park so they replace my shifter, a week after that was fixed it locked the ignition again and had the steering colum replaced. my windsheild wipers work sometimes… i think its a short but the dealer refused to fix it. my drivers seat doesnt always lock in position when u move it, i have paint peeling off all the buttons in the car and the fake plastic chrome handles are bubbling off, i have a rattle in the front drivers side fender, an AC gasket blew when i was on a driving trip frm ohio to florida my car dropped so much watr in the passenger side floor that is soaked my purse and distroed my phone and everything in it, right now i have a check engine light on for emissions control telling me there is a problem with my cylinoids but i had it checked at napa an they both worked i herd them! they explained it and showed me an let me hear them working! and the steering is tight when you first get going… i mean this thing is falling apart! I PAID 16000$ FOR A POS! sad thing is i still owe 8000$ on it and i couldnt even sell it for 5000, it was one of the biggest mistakes i have ever made. now i know why i liked my ford so much… it was reliable!

my husband bought our daughter a new 06 chevy colbalt turbo from ferman chevrolet in brando fl. when my doughter took her vehicle to ferman for the steering problem which is failing on her vehicle it shuts off about 50 times a day. ferman said she needed to trade it in or junk due the all the problems gm is having with these vehicles. the dealership said they don’t have the parts for the recalls. why are they on recall when there are no parts available. i have contacted a lawyer due to these problems. I think everyone else should do the same. The colbalt vehicles are dangerous on the road. If gm can’t fix the problem let a lawyer fix it for you.