2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Powertrain & Transmission Problems

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH, the anti-theft warning light illuminated. Additionally, the low fuel warning light was illuminated; however, there was fuel in the tank. The contact stated that the vehicle lost power steering functionality and the steering wheel became firm. The contact pulled over on the side of the road and waited for the vehicle to cool down. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was contacted, and a case was filed. The failure mileage was 155,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO MOVE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,386.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE SPEEDOMETER REMAINED ON 0 MPH. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NUMEROUS DEALERS, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAD PROBLEMS WITH STARTING AND TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE, AS THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. A PROBLEM ALSO DEVELOPED WITH THE GEAR SHIFT. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, SHE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, AGAIN. THERE WAS A VIBRATION, COMING FROM THE FRONT ON THE VEHICLE. *JB UPDATED 12/17/14. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE BEING EMITTED FROM THE IGNITION WHEN THE KEY WAS REMOVED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000. KMJ UPDATED 7/16/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED THREE YEARS AGO. AT THE TIME, SHE WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED IT WAS THE IGNITION ALL ALONG.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED GOING IN REVERSE INDEPENDENTLY. THE SECOND TIME IT HAD AN OPPOSITE EFFECT. THE CONTACT WAS IN REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE WENT FORWARD. THE CONTACT SLIGHTLY CRASHED THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE INTO THE CURB BUT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000. KMJ

WHILE ACCELERATING MODERATELY FROM A STOP, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY DIED WHILE IN FIRST GEAR. I COASTED TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS TO ALERT OTHER MOTORISTS. EACH TIME I TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, IT SPUTTERED AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND THEN DIED. I KEPT TRYING FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND ON ONE TRY THE ENGINE FINALLY STARTED AND STAYED RUNNING. THE RPM GAUGE REMAINED AT ZERO EVEN THOUGH I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE AND DRIVE AWAY FROM WHERE I HAD INITIALLY PULLED OVER. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE, THE RPM GAUGE STARTED FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. PLEASE ADVISE. THANK YOU. *TR

THE FLOOR SHIFTER ON MY 2007 COBALT WILL NOT LOCK OUT TO PREVENT CAR FROM MOVING WILL IGNITION SWITCH IS OFF. THE PIN INSIDE SHIFTER WORKS IT'S WAY OUT OF SHIFTER AND PREVENTS LOCK OUT MECHANISM FROM ENGAGING. IN ORDER TO START CAR ,THE IGNITION SWITCH HAS TO MANUALLY ENGAGED BY STICKING FINGER UNDERNEATH STEERING COLUMN AND PUSHING THE BUTTON TO RELEASE IGNITION TO START CAR. THIS IS ANOTHER DEFECT THAT GM NEEDS TO ADDRESS IN RECALL NOTICE WITH IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. I HAVE TWO SMALL KEYS ON IGNITION KEY RING...VERY LIGHT. THIS PROBLEM IS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN REPORTED AND THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS FLAW. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREET APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN IT FELT AS IF I WERE DRIVING ON ROCKS. THE T/C LIGHT WENT ON. I STOPPED THE CAR, TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD. FOUND NOTHING. TURNED ON THE IGNITION ON AGAIN. RETURNED TO ORIGIN I HAD LEFT LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY FROM INCIDENT AND PARKED AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. IT HAD STOPPED BY NOW. I TURNED ON THE CAR AGAIN AND PROCEEDED TO ATTEMPT MY DRIVE ON SAME ROAD. THE CAR BEGAN TO DO THE SAME THING, THIS TIME IT DID NOT STOP. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE MADE A RATTLING NOISE. I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE IT TO MY MECHANIC. THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE THROTTLE BODY WAS THE PROBLEM. I HAD A USED BODY THROTTLE INSTALLED AND ON 03/16/13 I TOOK THE CAR TO A CHEVROLET DEALER, MIAMI LAKES AUTOMALL TO HAVE A NEW THROTTLE BODY INSTALLED. THE DEALER REFUSED TO GIVE ME WARRANTY ON IT. ON WEDNESDAY 07/17/13 THE T/C LIGHT CAME ON AND GOT MESSAGE, SERVICE TRACTION ON THE DISPLAY WINDOW. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE SAME CHEVROLET DEALER WHERE I HAD THE NEW THROTTLE BODY INSTALLED. WHEN I TURNED OFF THE CAR THE LIGHT TURNED OFF. THE CAR WAS CHECKED AND THEY CLAIMED THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG AND COULDN'T HELP ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME LODGED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS SINCE THE SHIFTER FAILED TO MOVE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE PREVENTED HER FROM TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

FIRST OFF 10,000 MILES AFTER MY WARRANTY ENDED THE CLUTCH WENT ON THIS CAR. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH 3 MORE TIMES, REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND THEN REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. WHOEVER AT CHEVY DECIDED TO USE ATF IN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION CARE DUE TO THEIR OWN DESIGN FLAW OF A SMALLER WHOLE THEREBY CREATING SYNCHOS WHICH WERE NOT PROPERLY LUBRICATED SHOULD BE SHOT. SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN FOR ANNUAL TRANSMISSION MAINTENANCE..IE: THE CLUTCH WENT OUT AGAIN. THIS TIME WE CHANGED IT AND SINCE ALL THE FRAME BOLTS WERE STRIPPED OUT FROM THE "LICENSED MECHANIC" WHO DID IT THE LAST 3 TIMES, WE HAD TO TAKE IT OUT THE TOP. NEXT CAME THE NEW STARTER THAT HAD TO BE PUT IN AND NOW IT IS ALL BACK TOGETHER, ALL FUSES CHECKED OUT OK, THE BATTERY IS OK, THE STARTER CHECKS OUT OF, BUT....THE CAR WILL NOT START. DASH LIGHTS INDICATE THAT THERE IS A POWER STEERING ISSUE AND I AM OUT OF GAS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE INCORRECT SO SOMETHING IS WRONG AND I AM OUT OF IDEAS AS TO WHAT ON THIS STUPID CAR THAT I NEVER SHOULD HAVE PURCHASED AND WILL NEVER PURCHASE AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS JUNK!! *TR

I FEW YEARS BACK, MY CAR HEADLIGHTS STARTED TO STAY ON EVEN AFTER CUTTING THE CAR OFF. I STARTED TAKING THE FUSES OUT IN ORDER FOR MY LIGHTS TO CUT OFF. THIS PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, THE LIGHTS MAY WORK CORRECTLY AND CUT OFF AUTOMATICALLY FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS, BUT IN STILL HAVE TO RESORT TO TAKING MY FUSES IN AND OUT FOR MY LIGHTS TO WORK. I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO, BUT THEY HAD A RECALL FOR THAT. AFTER THEY FIXED MY IGNITION, ABOUT A COUPLE MONTHS LATER I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR STARTING TO HESITATE AND CUT OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON, NOW THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF, KEY GOES TO ACC THEN WONT TURN ANY FARTHER. I HAVE TO PUSH THE SHIFTER BUTTON BEFORE IT WILL RELEASE THE KEY. *TR

THE KEY CAN NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. EVENTHOUGH THE SHIFTER IS IN THE PARK POSITION. THE KEY DOES NOT RETURN TO THE REMOVE POSITION. YOU CAN TURN THE ENGINE OFF, BUT THE KEY REMAINS IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION SO THE BATTERY RUNS DOWN. REPEATED EFFORTS OF CYCLING THE SHIFTER AND TURNING THE WHEEL DOES NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE SHIFTER WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $287. FORTUNATELY, THIS HAPPENED WHEN I RETURNED HOME AND WAS ABLE TO PARK IN MY OWN GARAGE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNFORTUNATE IF I HAD BEEN ON A TRIP OR AN IMPORTANT ERRAND AND WOULD HAVE TO LEFT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION IN A PUBLIC AREA. WHEN I "GOOGLED" THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET IN AN EFFORT TO FIND A SIMPLE SOLUTION, I FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE COBALT CAR. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON, POWER STEERING GOES OUT, RPM, SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGES GO TO ZERO THEN RAPIDLY MOVE BACK AND FORTH, TRANSMISSION SLIPS, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND AUTO THEFT LIGHTS COME ON. I HAVE HAD THE POWER STEERING RECALL FIXED. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES NOW. AT FIRST IT WOULD GO AWAY IF THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, HOWEVER, NOW I HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT FIXED. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP IN 1.5 WEEKS. *TR

AUTOMATIC 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. GM SENT ME A LETTER ABOUT THE POWER STEERING RECALL. WENT TO DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED SEPTEMBER 1, 2010. SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE MY COBALT HYDROPLANED AND COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL AS DESCRIBED IN THE INVESTIGATIONS DONE BY GM, ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

POWER STEERING ON MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE. *TR

KEY LOCKED IN TO THE ACC POSITION. HAD TO HIT A BUTTON INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN TO GET KEY RELEASED. (SEE OWNERS MANUAL) DEALER ADVISED THAT THE SHIFTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED HOWEVER THE PART WAS ON A 7-10 BACK ORDER. *TR

CLUTCH FAILURE, THERES A MECHANISM THAT DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO SPIN THE WHEELS INTO 3RD GEAR ON THE 2007 CHEVY COBALT SS. THIS MECHANISM HAS CAUSED MY GIRLFRIENDS CLUTCH TO BE BURNED UP OVER A ONE MONTH PERIOD. THE VECHICLES CLUTCH NO LONGER FULLY DISENGAGES AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO MOVE. THE PART(S) HAVE NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED YET BECAUSE IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP AS OF 3 P.M. TODAY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH EITHER MY EMAIL OR PHONE NUMBER, OR EVEN REEDMAN OF LANGHORNE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY POWER STEERING LIGHT FLASHED AND SUDDENLY I COULD BARELY TURN THE WHEEL I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A GAS STATION AND MY CAR IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED BUT THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR WHICH WAS EASY TO SEE WITH JUST A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE. *TR