Air Bag Not Deploy Problems of Chevrolet Cobalt - part 2

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that the driver was driving 55 mph and traveled over a pot hole when the vehicle suddenly stalled, causing the driver to crash into a tree. The air bags failed to deploy. The force of the impact caused the vehicle to explode, causing fatal injuries to a passenger. The driver was removed from the vehicle within seconds of the explosion however, the passenger could not be rescued. A police report was filed. The driver was transported to the hospital for treatment of severe bruising, lacerations, and fractures to both legs. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 14v047000 ( air bags , electrical system) and stated that the recall notification was not received until after the incident. The VIN and failure mileage was not available. Kmj.

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The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 mph, he swerved to avoid an animal in the road. The vehicle rolled over and landed into a ditch. The air bags failed to deploy with the substantial impact. The contact suffered injuries to the back, chest, and multiple body bruises. A police report was filed. The vehicle sustained massive damage. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was being inspected. The contact experienced the related failure as mentioned in the recall associated with NHTSA campaign id 14v047000 (air bags , electrical system). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 199,000.

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I was driving on the highway, and my Cobalt suddenly lost power steering. I received flashing warning messages for power steering and another one saying "service air bag. " I am worried that if I am in an accident, the air bags will not deploy. These two things happened simultaneously.

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated the driver was traveling approximately 65 mph and lost control of the vehicle. The driver crashed into the rear of another vehicle and then into a concrete barrier. The air bags failed to deploy. The driver and four additional passengers were injured. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The failure mileage was 75,000.

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The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, another vehicle crashed into the front passenger's side of the vehicle. The force of the impact pushed the contact¿s vehicle across two lanes. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained unknown injuries and was transported to the hospital for treatment. A police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to the contact¿s residence. The contact later notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system) and notified the manufacturer of the failure. The vehicle was not inspected to determine the cause of the air bag failure. The approximate failure mileage was 107,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning and the contact crashed. The contact was unable to recall what he crashed into. Upon impact, the air bags failed to deploy. The contact suffered neck and back injuries. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact received the recall notification related to NHTSA campaign id number 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure of mileage was unknown.

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The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while driving 30 mph, she attempted to engaged the brakes but the vehicle failed to stop. As a result, the contact crash into another vehicle and the air bags failed to deployed. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed and no injuries were reported. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 120,000.

Was heading to work when the chevy Cobalt suddenly shut off, causing me to lose power breaks, power steering, and causing the air bags not to deploy when I went straight threw a stop sign impacting into a snow bank.

As I was pulling into the garage I always look to see exactly where I should stop. As I stepped on the gas pedal to pull up a little bit more the car accelerated and would not stop when I stepped on the brake and went into my son's tool box and if it wasn't there would of gone through the dining room wall out the other side. As it was the tool box went into the wall. The air bags did not deploy and the windshield wipers kept on go as full speed, the tires were spinning and there were skid marks on the floor. The brakes went down to the floor. The garage was full of smoke from the tires that is how fast the car was going. I had trouble shutting off the car.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated while driving approximately 58 mph over a patch of ice the vehicle began to slide and it crashed into an embankment. The vehicle rolled over three times and then landed on all four tires. The vehicle came to rest on its top. The air bags did not deploy. The driver sustained a broken collar bone, bruises to kidney, ribs and other parts of the body including minor head injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was completely damaged and towed to an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 81,621. Rk update 4/7/14 va updated 04/11/2014.

Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that the key was difficult to remove from the ignition. The failure recurred multiple times. The contact also stated that the vehicle failed to start. After several attempts, the vehicle was able to start. The vehicle was repaired under NHTSA campaign id number: 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system) however, the failure recurred. The contact stated while driving approximately 20 mph and making a right turn, the power shut off, the steering wheel seized, the brakes failed to stop the vehicle, and the contact crashed into a curb. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000. Mf.

I was driving on a 3 lane highway in the middle lane attempting to pass a vehicle by entering the far left lane when I noticed a car in my blind spot. I overcorrected when attempting to navigate back into my original lane of travel. My car began fishtailing, I spun around 2 times while crossing over 2 lanes of trafffic and hit the right side guard rail almost head on at 40 mph. I went back into traffic and hit another vehicle on the side panel and came to rest with my car northbound in the southbound traffic the air bags did not deploy in the crash, which I found concerning with the amount of front end damage the vehicle sustained. The vehicle was deemed a total loss.

Tl - the contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while driving 40 mph trying to avoid a pothole, the driver crash into the vehicle in front of him and the air bags failed to deployed. A police report was filed. The driver sustained injuries to his chest, back and laceration to the face. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who decided to send an engineer to inspect the vehicle. The failure and current mileage was 130,000. Pm.

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact was driving approximate 25 mph when the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The driver¿s air bag failed to deploy and the contact sustained minor injuries. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed to determine the cause of the air bag failure or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.

Tl-the contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 mph, the driver drove over a patch of ice, lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the guard rail and embankment. This caused the driver door to open and the driver to be thrown from the vehicle. The driver was wearing a seat belt. The air bags failed to deploy. The driver was air lifted to the hospital and sustained brain injury. A police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign id number 14v047000 (air bags, electrical system) but did not confirm if the vehicle was included in the recall campaign. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 105,000. Rg.

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph, the contact crashed into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy at the point of impact. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated another vehicle crashed into the rear passenger side of the vehicle. The contact stated the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The passenger was hospitalized and sustained a concussion. The driver and the rear passenger sustained minor bruises. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 67,000.

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The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while traveling various speeds, the vehicle failed to respond to deceleration attempts and the contact crashed into the preceding vehicle. Upon impact, the air bags failed to deploy. The driver was thrown forward and hit their face on the dashboard and sustained injuries to the face and back. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure and current mileage was 90,000.

I was driving the car at about 32 mph when the engine shut down. I traveled across four lanes hitting the curb head on then hitting a concrete flower bed( approximate hit 12-14 inches), traveling over this again hitting a curb in a parking lot and then the car came to a rest. The airbags did not deploy and the car was not running. This is not the first time the car has stopped running like this. When I first purchased it in February 0f 2006 within the first week the ignition would not turn over requiring a trip to the dealership. The ignition has been replaced at least 5 times. About three months into owing it I was driving down the road and the engine was trying to restart it self. It then stopped and I ended up in a ditch. Again the airbags did not deploy. Finally, in 2012 a school bus backed into the front of the car with it running and the airbags did not deploy. The igniton was replaced on 6/04/2014 under the mandatory recall. Within 3 days the ignition once again would not turn on and then when it did the engine dragged as if the battery was bad. The battery is one year old. I have had this problem non-stop since the replacement part. I called graff Chevrolet in mt. Pleasant and I got the standard response, "we can"t duplicate it". When I insisted the car needed to be looked at I was told, we have the right to refuse service and we can no longer service your car". I've called other dealerships only to be told the car needs to go back to where the recall part was replaced.

On Sunday November 3,2013 my son was on his way home from the james madison university traveling east on virginia route 66 heading towards the capital beltway (495). At mile post 26 on route 66 he lost control of the vehicle in the fast lane. The car was traveling at the speed limit (approximately 70 mph) the car moved into the median where the vehicle rolled over three times smashing the front bumper area, the hood and crushed the roof (blowing out all windows). Landed upside down in the oncoming traffic lane on the west bound side of the divided median. The front air bags did not deploy. The car ended up on its roof. An ambulance and police both arrived as well as other people stopped on the opposite side of the median. The passenger had to crawl out of the passenger window. The driver was trapped in the vehicle and was removed by emt personal and flown to a trauma center. The passenger was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. They both survived with injuries. We have pictures of the car showing the damage.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, with the cruise control activated, the brakes seized when depressed and did not deactivate the cruise control function. The contact crashed into a median strip and upon impact, the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained bruising, whiplash, and shoulder and neck injuries. The vehicle was neither repaired nor diagnosed. A police report was not filed. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure was approximately 29,000. .

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while driving an unknown speed, the vehicle became uncontrollable. As a result, the vehicle veered off the roadway and crashed into an unknown object. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact was thrown through the passenger¿s side window and sustained a dislocated shoulder. The contact was transported to the hospital for treatment. A police report was not filed. The contact also stated that just prior to the crash, the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not inspected for the cause of the air bag failure. The failure mileage was 83,000.

My daughter was involved in a car accident on may 28 2013. She was in the hospital from may 29 2013 til July 10,2013. She was alone in the car somehow lost control went into a ditch and hit a tree the air bags did not deploy she was in a coma when she was found. She has brain injury, crushed collarbone, and injury to her left arm . Also it's a miracle that she is alive everyone that treated her is amazed that she lived. She is also still having medical problems . A nerve in her brain is damaged that has caused her to delevop gastroparesis. I wanted to report this a long time ago but didn't know where to file this til I saw on the news about the investagion on the chev Cobalt the airbags not deploying please keep her in mind during this investagion thank you.

My Cobalt, which is now totaled, was in a highway accident and the car malfunctioned. The front end of the car collided into the rear end of pickup truck and then went out of control and the left side of the car smashed into the concrete guardrail. At some point during the crash, the car shut off and the airbags never deployed. When the car finally stopped, my fiancé was unable to turn it back on and had to push it off the busy highway before someone else hit the car.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact was driving 55 mph and over steered to avoid striking a dog. The contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a boulder. The vehicle then flipped six times. The air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact sustained a fractured nose, lacerations to the nose, a black eye, whip lash and shoulder injuries. A police report was not filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not inspected for the cause of the air bag deployment failure. The failure mileage was 134,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 mph, the brake pedal was engaged and the vehicle continued to accelerate. The contact crashed into another vehicle. The contact suffered an injury to the neck. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle sustained damages to the front driver's side bumper and was towed to an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000. The VIN was not available.

4/22/13 approx 7:30 am, approached red-light, gently applying brakes. Car started to lose power! dashboard lights dimmed while I was slowing down. This has been happening for over a yr. As soon as light turned green,car felt like it was losing power and was going to stall out! (like if you were to run out of gas. Stepped on the gas, as soon as I saw the light turn green, to try to prevent the stall out, and about 1/4 into intersection, another car was running a caution light, which turned to red. . . My car regained power with a thrust of the engine, which took me into the path of the other vehicle who hit me at about 35 mph, which caused us to spin completely around in the middle of intersection. Airbags did not deploy. The police report stated I failed to yield the right of way. In part that is true, as I I felt I had to apply the gas to the car to keep it from "stalling! heavy damage to driver's side, front end, hood, bumper and support beam by engine. There are many recalls on this car. 5/9/2012, fuel odor or spotting on ground; 9/16/10-loss of power steering assist; 3/1/2010-recall 10v073000 power steering motor replacement; 1022/2009-fuel pump module replacement. In the pass three yrs I advised east syracuse chevy dealer that my dashboard lights,lighted areas radio, etc; go in and out like the car has an electrical problem, door left-open, lights, low-fuel, single lights chimes all don't work. Dealer advised me there is a short in the dash somewhere causing all these problems,radio speakers are all connected I would have to pay to repair which was over $2,000. Remotes don't work. I have had many front end problems with this vehicle, I. E. Sway bar, steering column bushings; struts;steering components, linkage/cv drive axle boots, control arms; repairs;11/30/11, 2/16/2011.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 mph, the check engine warning light illuminated as the vehicle stalled, causing the contact to crash into the rear of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries however, a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and ruled as destroyed. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign id number: 14v047000 (air bags , electrical system) and stated that the recall notification was not received until after the crash had occurred. The vehicle was not inspected to determine the cause of the stalling or air bag failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000.

On my way home from work in heavy traffic in indianapolis, someone in front of me hit their brakes hard. As a result, I also had to slam on my brakes. When I did so, my rear end spun out. I lost power steering. I crashed head first into the concrete median. However, the airbag did not deploy. Luckily, I escaped severe injury; although the wreck, the resulting loss of power steering, and the fact that the airbag did not deploy were directly due to the negligence of general motors.

On 9/13/2012 my niece was driving her 2006 chevy Cobalt. It was a clear night with light traffic. All of a sudden her car veered to the right and crashed into a tree. She died of blunt force trauma to the head. There were no brake marks and the air bags did not deploy which you would have expected with such a violent collision.

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that the vehicle power steering failed while driving approximately 35 mph. The vehicle independently traveled across both lanes, crashed into a curb and then into an embankment before stalling. The air bags failed to deploy and the vehicle was destroyed. The contact sustained injuries to the left side of the body and a police report was filed of the incident. The manufacturer inspected the vehicle and determined that the anti-lock brakes had failed however, did not provide a reason as to why the vehicle stalled. The approximate failure mileage was 45,744.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph and attempting o decelerate, the brake failed to engage and the contact proceeded to crash into a stop sign. The front driver side air bag failed to deploy. The contact was not injured. The vehicle was towed to a local body shop for further investigation of the failure. The VIN was not available. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 39,000.

My son was going to work and car lost control in a puddle in the road and he went under a pickup truck. Police report filed and the air bags did not deploy. His shoulder and ankle got hurt.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt. While driving at approximately 35 mph, the steering wheel seized without warning and the vehicle crashed into a tree. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The contact was not aware of the diagnosis. The vehicle was repaired. The vehicle was later repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 10v073000 (steering), but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 20,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact was driving 40 mph when he crashed into the rear of a preceding vehicle and the air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to a salvage yard and was not taken to the dealer for inspection or repair. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and the current mileage was 54,000. The VIN was not available.