general problems of the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt

Service esc light came on after car was parked overnight in garage. After car was driven 7 miles and engine turned off, lights did not come on. The next day, same process repeated.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while merging at approximately 35 mph, the front and rear exterior lights failed without warning. As a result, the contact crashed into a concrete wall. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained a concussion that required medical attention. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 117,048. Ss.

Clear coat on the front bumper is coming off really bad. The paint seems to stay on the bumper but progressively flakes off more every day. It starts as a small spot then expands like a virus. The underside of the driver and passenger doors begin to rust and are spreading to the outer parts of the doors and body. The interior lighting for the center-console (climate control) burn out fast and fail to illuminate the rest of the buttons. Seat belts wear out excessively fast and the buttons that stop the belt buckle fall out prematurely. -------- *this problem is found on the Cobalt sport 2008 2. 4l (manual).

Strong fuel smell after driving, noticed wet spots on plastic tubes going into gas tank that smelled like gas.

2008 Cobalt lighting lever for contunous high beams flickered lights from on to completly off while driving the issue came back again a year later but stayed permanently. I have low beams and high beams but only if I hold lever back can I use high beams.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that the lights on the dashboard and shift console failed. The rear taillights also failed and were only operable if the brake was applied. The contact was awaiting diagnosis of the vehicle. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 60,000.

On February 21th, 2011, I was driving on the I-95 expressway. Suddenly, I lost the control of my car which was hit by another car driven by carlos f. Sentmanat (case # fhpl11off010691). On June seventh, 2010, my wife had similar accident with her 2006 chevy Cobalt. The fact that both crashes were so similar made dubious about our responsibility on them. I asked to inspect my vehicle twice (3/25/11 and 4/9/11), but inspectors said that my car was ok. On December 12, 2011 I presented a complaint to f. H. S. M. V. D. M. S. (complaint #42575), on December 16, 2011 its answer was; your complaints do not fall within its jurisdiction. Dejected, I did not forward any more action. I have just received from gm a warning about a defect which relates to motor vehicles safety exists in 2005-2007 model year (my) Chevrolet Cobalt, then I read on tv news, and internet, that gm issued that it’s possible that the air bags might not deploy if there is an accident. In this moment we realized that both the 2006 and 2008 chevy Cobalt air bags’ did not deploy, regardless both vehicles crashes were on front bumper allstate insurance paid the amount of $6440. 58 to repair my car. We have received a significant amount of letters from lawyers and allstate insurance dealing with injures damages and monetary compensation. Allstate paid to mr. Sentmanat the sum of $10 000, consequently our allstate insurance premium was raised substantially. This entire situation had caused stress, economic problems and lack of confidence in both my wife I. Because both crashes happened in the afternoon rush hour, I-95 traffic was crowded and slow, but in other conditions and as consequence of air bag malfunction my wife and might have died. For the reasons explaining above I, the writer, demand from gm a monetary compensation for the psychological, legal, and monetary problems caused by my car malfunction.

I am the very unhappy driver of a 2008 chevy Cobalt with 4 recall repairs to date. I reported noticing problems with the power steering, struts and interior dashboard lights as early as sept 2010, while having routine service done to my Cobalt. (the interior dash digital read out lights have always given misinformation and would dim on a regular basis. ) I've recently been experiencing the power steering totally going out on my car (once on June 25, 2014 and again on sept 4, 2014) which makes it practically impossible to steer my car. I've been involved with these recall issues since 2010 and have followed gm's instructions to have the repairs done, only to have continuing problems with the cars performance. It's not only a inconvenience, but is stressful and dangerous to continue driving this vehicle. I've requested to have gm help me get into another car more than once over the past few years, but have been denied. Now I've been told that gm has implemented a new "buy back program" for drivers such as myself and have requested they get me out of this vehicle and into another car, but again, have not been contacted concerning my request. . I can not and do not want to be without a car to drive and feel that I deserve to have my car replaced by general motors at no cost to myself.