Power Steering Pump problems of the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt

The steering wheel locks, while I am driving and happened to almost collide into a passing vehicle on the lane next to me. It happens within 5-10 min. After I turn on the chevy Cobalt 2007. It occurs every single time I intend to drive the vehicle. The vehicle is not in use for I have small children and I am afraid an accident will occur. I have not yet changed the part but the mechanic at the Chevrolet dealership said it was the motor for the steering wheel pump. I will be changing the part and I will hold on to the factory part.

My car was running and getting warmed up, then suddenly the locks start going off and on, repeatedly. It has continued to do this and the car will not stay locked. It does this whether it is off or on now. It is constant. The power locks no longer work and you can't use the door handle to unlock the car from the inside, you must manually pull the lock "up" and to lock the car you must manually push all the door lock nobs down, but that doesn't matter because it will not stay locked. In addition to this electrical issue the front speakers go off and on at random. Also, the turn signal remains on even after the full turn has been made. The car will randomly shut off while it's being driven. It doesn't matter if you are going 70 mph or 20 mph. Also the power steering went out on my car, that was recalled and has since been replaced, but the steering still malfunctions. My car was leaking fuel the summer of 2012, after the fuel pump module was replaced the gas tank had to be replaced months later because the car continued to leak gasoline. There are many other countless issues with this car. I am surprised and fortunate that there haven't been any injuries or fatalities while operating this death trap. I will never purchase another gm.

Power steering went out on a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt while driving. Took to dealer ship and they replaced the power steering pump. I had to pay deductible.

I knew ever since I purchased the vehicle with 29,000 miles that there was a problem with the power steering motor on my 2007 chevy Cobalt. During a driving test, my daughter couldn't turn the wheel. The motor overheated. We took it to a auto shop and they said the motor will continue to do it because of the way it was made and there was nothing he could do but that I should complain to chevy. One day in November 2009, it overheated and I couldn't turn the wheel which caused me to run up a curb. My tire was damaged and I had to be towed to a repair shop. It cost me 50. 00 for the tow and around 200. 00 for a new tire, wheel alignment and labor. The mechanic said it is a bad design, that they should've removed the motor and replaced it with a traditional pump. He said that will be the only way to correct the problem. It overheats daily and it is impossible to steer-especially for a small female. Chevy should have to replace these motors before someone gets killed.

I have a 2007 chevy Cobalt, and at around 45,000 miles the power steering simply went out while I was going down the road. The cab was filled with a burning smell, and the vehicle became nearly impossible to turn. I pulled over and turned the car off. I waited about 3 minutes and restarted the car and the power steering was working again. I began driving again, and made it about two or three more blocks when it went out again, and again the car was filled with a burning smell. I contacted a chevy dealer who told me there was a service bulletin out saying that the whole steering column needed to be replaced due to a faulty power assist motor. This starts at around $2500. I did some research online and found that hundreds. . Maybe thousands of people were having the same problem with the same car. Many had paid the $2,000-$2,500 to have this motor replaced only to have the same problem reoccur weeks later. So, I have yet to have it fixed. Today I got a recall notice for a fuel pump on this car, but chevy still refuses to correct the faulty power assist motor which acts as the power steering. Its only a matter of time before someone losing steering on a major highway and deaths occur. As for my chevy Cobalt. . Its parked in my driveway until I can finish paying it off, and then I'll be calling a junkyard to come get it. Just a thought. . . But its amazing how for any other product. . A dishwasher. . . A child's toy. . If a company sells a faulty product, you can take it back to the store and get your money back legally. . . If its a car, you're stuck.

My cars power steering pump stopped working. As I was coming back from twin falls trying to turn was like being in an iron-man competition and I could have crashed!.

Bought 2007 chevy Cobalt used from a local car dealer last March, went on a family trip to the smoky mountains and while going through the mountains power steering goes completely out. Stopped at the visitor center and my father tries to see what is wrong. He cant find the power steering pump/fluid because we didn't know it was electronic. The problem persisted through out the trip but as we got back the problem seemed to stop, then a few weeks later the power steering constantly goes out. This problem occurs every time I drive my car, it has made driving an annoying task and I have come close to multiple collisions during the failure. This has also caused me physical pain in both my wrist and elbow while trying to turn my car. Nothing has been done to correct this due to lack of finance and my research on the topic said it costs around $4000 to correct.