Three problems related to carrier/rack have been reported for the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt based on all problems reported for the 2007 Cobalt.
Ignition instability. After a new battery, two new starters, new electrical fuse box I am still having trouble starting my car. It sometimes starts and sometimes it won't start. It sometimes shakes violently when I try to start it. I turn it off wait a few minutes and then it will start but the engine light comes on. The car has had 3 diagnostics and been in the garage 4 times in the last month trying to figure out what's wrong. I have only owned it for 10 months. It has left me stranded numerous times and continues to even after all the money I continue to put into it. I really don't feel safe driving it since the recall in regards to the ignition issue. Even before the recall I felt that the ignition switch felt loose. The problems I am having all track back to the ignition. It has fried two starters and a fuse box. I would like a loner car.
I can smell a strong gasoline odor while driving and even when the car is parked. I called gm and they said to take it to the nearest gm dealer to have it looked at as there might be something cracked and it would be fixed free of charge. I took it to our nearest gm dealer and they checked it out but said there is no recall on it for this car. I am scared the car is going to start on fire because no one can figure out where the smell is coming from. Or worse yet get carbon monoxide poisoning!.
Started smelling a strong odor of gas inside and out of my car to where I would smell of gas when I drove my car, looked on line for any problems concerning this issue and saw that their had been a recall on the fuel pump in 2012 I believe it was, anyway I did not receive a notice for called gm explained what was going on they made arrangements to have my car towed to a dealership to be repaired which it was well, a day in a half later my check engine light comes on which it hasn't in the past I try to call gm numerous times and leave messages no one returns my calls. I take it back to dealer they put it on machine come out say your tank is filling up with a vapor your going to have to leave it we have to remove the tank. I get a call couple days later they replaced my recalled ignition switch but my gas tank has a crack. I go up there with my sister and after lengthy discussion I was told that the crack was a defect on the manufacturer end,it's up to me to get it fixed so, I point blank asked shouldn't they be recalled if it's a defect and I was told yes they should but they won't because they have to much going on right now with everything else. My opinion I just think it's just sad that someone has to get hurt before anyone will take responsibility for their mistake.