2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Tires & Wheels Problems

THE RIMS ON THESE 2007 COBALTS BEND EASY WITH THE SIZE OF TIRE THEY ARE SOLD WITH. ANY POT HOLE HIT AT SPEEDS OF 30 - 55 MPH WILL BEND THESE TIRE RIMS. I HAVE REPLACED 2 RIMS AT $ 111.00 A PIECE AND MY BACK RIMS ARE BENT ALSO. WAL-MART, TIEMANS TIRE AND OTHER TIRE STORES ARE AWARE OF THE BAD RIMS ON THESE COBALTS. YOU CAN NOT FIND ANY USED RIMS ANYMORE DUE TO ALL ARE USED TO REPLACE OTHER BENT RIMS ON COBALTS. THIS CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOOSE CONTROL OF YOUR CAR IF A POT HOLE BENDS A RIM AN YOU LOOSE ALL AIR PRESSURE IN THE TIRE. IT WILL ACT AS THOUGH THE TIRE BLEW OUT WITH SUDDEN AIR PRESSURE LOSS. IT IS NOT A SAFE CAR TO DRIVE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

GM'S STEEL WHEEL RIMS (PART NUMBER: STL08021U45 / BASE PART# : STL08021U ) ARE DANGEROUSLY WEAK METAL/ - THEY BEND VERY EASILY. I HAVE 3 BENT RIMS ON MY 2007 CHEVY COBALT. (THESE SAME MODEL WAS ALSO STANDARD ON 2007-2008 SATURN AURA, AND 2006 -07 CHEVROLET MALIBU ) I HAVE 3 BENT RIMS ACCORDING TO A GM DEALERSHIP AND ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP - AND WAS TOLD THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. I TRIED TO BUY REPLACEMENTS BUT WAS TOLD THEY ARE ON "HOLD" BY GM. NO REPLACEMENT. THESE RIMS ARE RUINING MY CAR BY STRAINING THE WHEEL BEARINGS, THE ALIGNMENT, AND TIRES, NOT TO MENTION JEOPARDIZING MY SAFETY AND THOSE DRIVING AROUND ME. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE CHEAP DANGEROUS RIMS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT EQUIPPED WITH NANKANG MILESTAR BST RADIAL TIRES (N/A). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AND INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE BELTS WITHIN THE TIRES WERE SEPARATING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

I DRIVE A 2007 CHEVY COBALT WITH DEFECTIVE STEEL WHEELS. HAVE HAD GM DEALER SEND PHOTOS TO GM REP IN THE AREA, DENIES MY CLAIM ON MY DEFECTIVE STEEL FACTORY 15INCH WHEELS. THERE ARE CRACKS THAT START IN THE CENTER OF THE WHEEL THEN THEY TRAVEL RIGHT TO THE CIRCLES IN THE WHEEL. *TR

2007 CHEVY COBALT, 61,000 MILES, BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. SEVERE GRINDING SOUND AND PULLING TO THE LEFT. I HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE BOTH WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLIES FOR $850.00. *TR

DRIVING AT 70 MILES AN HOUR THE FRONT TIRE OUTER TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE THROWING THE TIRE THAT CAME OUT FROM THE CAR, CRACKING THE WINDSHIELD AND BENDING A FENDER AND RUNNING BOARD. ALMOST MAKING ME LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE BRAND WAS CONTINENTAL DOT CPV9BLC0707 NOTIFIED GM OF THE DAMAGES AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD TAKE A LOOK. *TR

ON NOVEMBER 13TH I FELT SOMETHING WRONG WHEN DRIVING HOME. I STOPPED AT SAM'S CLUB AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURE. THEY STATED IT WAS AT 40-42. THE ATTENDANT LET THE AIR OUT TO 29. HE SAID THE TIRES LOOKED OK AND SUGGESTED HAVE THE ALIGNMENT CHECKING. WHILE ON THE FREEWAY HOME, THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. I THOUGHT I HAD HIT SOMETHING, PULLED OVER AND KICKED EACH TIRE FOR DAMAGE (IT WAS DARK). THERE WAS AIR IN ALL TIRES SO I DECIDED TO GO THE LAST 5 MILES HOME. IMMEDIATELY DRIVING A FEW FEET I REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I CALLED A TOW AND THE OPERATOR SAID THE TREAD SEPARATED. WE HAD THE CAR DROPPED OFF AT GARRETT MOTORS. THE NEXT MORNING WE TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED. LATER THEY CALLED SAYING IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE THE TIRE WAS UNDERINFLATED AND THAT WAS WHY IT BECAME SEPARATED. WE TOLD THEM WE HAD PROOF THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS AT THE CORRECT LEVEL 20 MINUTES BEFORE, AND THAT THE TIRE FELT IT HAD AIR (GARRETT CLAIMED IT WAS 10PSI-VISUAL OBSERVATION DID NOT SHOW THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF AIR). GARRETT REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRANTY CITING IT WAS OPERATOR ERROR. THEY ALSO SAID THAT ALL OTHER TIRES NEEDED REPLACEMENT. GARRETT REFUSED TO REPLACE ANY OF THE TIRES OR FIX THE BODY DAMAGE TO THE CAR DUE TO THE TIRE TREAD HITTING THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TIRES ARE BAD ON DRIVERS SIDE ONLY AND DEALER WANTS TO PUT ON NEW TIRES AND RIMS ON FRONT END. I HAVE A WARRANTY AND THEY WONT COVER THIS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT. THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. THEY PERFORMED THE ALIGNMENT HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED OCCUR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES COULD HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT SHE REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES. THE TIRES ARE CONTINENTAL TOURING CONTACT AS (MTS P195-60-R16 DOT NUMBER CPV9BLC1306). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

OWN A 2007 CHEVY COBALT, AND AFTER 9,000 MILES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING THE CAR WHEELS DENTED IN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUDDER LOUDLY. BROUGHT IT INTO THE CHEVY REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID I HAD HIT SOMETHING. UNFOUNDED CLAIM WHEREAS I HAD HIT NOTHING. *TR

OUR '07 CHEVY COBALT'S LEFT REAR TIRE OUTBOARD SIDEWALL JUST SEPARATED JUST BELOW THE EDGE OF TREAD ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRE. LUCKILY WAS JUST ACCELERATING UP AN ON-RAMP TO HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN IT BLEW. NO TREAD OR OTHER SIDEWALL DAMAGE LEAD TO THIS (I.E. PUNCTURES/DEBREE IN TIRE) - CAR HAS UNDER 1,000 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE FAILED AND WAS REPLACED TWICE. DURING THE FIRST FAILURE, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE TIRE BLEW OUT IN DRY CONDITIONS. DURING THE SECOND FAILURE, THE TIRE FLATTENED. THE FAILURES OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 8,000 MILES. WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP, THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE UNSURE HOW THE FAILURES OCCURRED. THE ALIGNMENT WAS CORRECT AND THE TIRE AIR PRESSURE WAS NORMAL WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY FOUND NO FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAS BOTH TIRES THAT FAILED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

BRAND NEW CAR HAD TO REPLACE TIRES JUST UNDER 30K MILES. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND VIBRATE. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE SNOWY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE DEALER STATED THE FAILURE OCCURRED DUE TO THE SNOW TRAPPED IN THE WHEELS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEELS WERE A DEFECTIVE AND A SAFETY HAZARD. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 119,000. *AK