Automatic Transmission problems of the 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that the instrument panel gauges were malfunctioning and the power of steering would fail sporadically without warning. In addition, the transmission was shifting gears independently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 53,000.

With no advanced signs or warning (mileage at 99,930), upon starting the vehicle, the traction control and security light came on. The car's rpm revved up and down and wanted to stall. The fuel gauge jumped back and forth. There was a constant clicking in the gear shift and the steering wheel locked into place where I could not turn it. I shut the car off and restarted three additional times before everything seemed to go back to normal and I was able to drive. The next time this occurred was when mileage was at 99960. After several attempts at stopping and starting the vehicle, the traction control and security warning lights went out and I put the car into gear to drive, only to be practically jerked out of my seat with hard shifting and acting light it wanted to stall when coming to a stop. I drove the car directly to the dealership and the problem continued on the entire drive there. Once the car was shut off, the problem could not be recreated at the dealership and therefore I was sent on my way with no explanation of what might be wrong. The next repeat event occurred 3 weeks later (mileage 100,450) but corrected itself with several off/on of the engine. Next occurrence again at 100,600 with same results. This has not yet happened while driving, but I did ask the dealership about the possibility of this happening and he said if it did, I would easily be able to control the car and pull off the road. Personally, I do not want to experience this while driving 55-65 mph! the dealership said that this could be a costly fix since it is a process of elimination and no guarantees each time whatever they tried would fix it. . . Not much confidence coming from the chevy dealership mechanic!!.

Power steering locks while driving on interstate while snowing why is this happening to alot od chevy Cobalt consumers??? this needs to be inspected. .

My "transmission" warning light on my 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt is displayed on my dash and the car will gain or lose r. P. M. 's while driving and trying to maintain a constant speed (without depressing or letting up on the accelerator). This causes the car's speed to jump or drop. Please advise me on what to do.

My 2005 chevy Cobalt was randomly losing it's power steering. Once I had that costly repair, it began randomly stalling. Usually at intersections, but sometimes just for slowing down. I've had it in to be fixed several times. It has improved but it still happens occasionally.

Power steering light keeps coming on in the dash, car will miss its shift points, powersteering goes inop, speedo goes from 40 to 60 mph, brakes pulsate when trying to stop. No repair has been found yet.

Driving 2005 chevy Cobalt when sudden steering lock up due to power steering. Failure light illuminates and car is extremely difficult to navigate causing a near miss accident.

1. There were no specific events leading to the failure, just normal driving. 2. This is the first time of the failure. The vehicle would not allow the key to turn completely off. In diagnosing problem, realized that the automatic transmission shift control would move through gears without the vehicle turned on. 3. The vehicle was taken to dealer and the shifter assembly was faulty and required immediate replacement. In talking to the dealer, this type of failure is becoming common, so much so, that they have repaired numerous vehicles with the same issue and are stocking the gear shift assembly for quick repair.

I own a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt. As I was driving the car I went to make a turn onto a street and all of a sudden the car shuts off and just comes to a complete stop. I wasn't going more than 5 mph when making the turn and I almost got re-ended because my car came to a abrupt and I almost got re-ended. I had to take the car put it back into park and restart. This is ridiculous this happened on 10/24/05, and this problem occurred 2 more times after for a total of 4 times b/c it happened previously on 10/2/05.