Latches/locks/linkage Problems of Chevrolet Cobalt - part 1

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt. While driving approximately 55 mph, the steering wheel seized without warning. The contact coasted to the side of the road and the engine failed. In addition, the doors unlocked without warning and the instrument panel lights failed. The rearview mirror dome light was the only light illuminated. The contact was able to resume driving. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 178,000.

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The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated while driving the vehicle and making a u-turn the drivers side door erroneously unlocked and came open. The contact also indicated that on multiple occasions while attempting to exit the vehicle the driver side door would not unlock. The failure was not diagnosed nor was the vehicle repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 121,000.

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The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that the rear doors failed to latch closed. The contact mentioned that if the doors were forced closed, the doors would open independently. This failure has continued to reccured over a period of six months. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.

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The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while traveling at various speeds, the electric locks activated independently. The key had also seized in the ignition. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was not available.

Door doesn't latch when shut. Also, on occasion, neither the inside nor outside door handle will open the latch. If there is a fire, the driver has little chance of escaping the vehicle without injury. Also the door can open while driving and cause life threatening injuries.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that the door locks failed and while entering a residential driveway, a small child passenger was able to open the door while the vehicle was still moving and fall. The child sustained lacerations to the face as a result. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 79,300 and the current mileage was 79,900.

Tl the contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that the vehicle's doors constantly locked independently. The contact had to crawl in and out of the vehicle through the window. While driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle lost power and the power steering and check engine indicators illuminated and remained lit. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road and powered off. The vehicle was later restarted and driven to the contact's residence. The contact called harry green Chevrolet at 304-624-6304 (1858 e pike st, clarksburg, wv 26301) and was informed that there was no recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there were no recalls for the failure. The manufacturer informed the contact about NHTSA campaign number: 07v014000 (structure). The contact had not received a recall notice. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000.

The power locks suddenly do not work as usual. Usually, all the doors are locked when I drive the car while they are unlocked when I park the car. Now, there is no response of each door when I shift the car to park or drive. I hear some tick sound when I push the brake, which is not there when the locks work well. Sometimes it is very hard to move the power steering when I park the car.

Unable to open driver side door from the inside or the outside. I can unlock the door with no issues, but the door itself will not open. Have to climb in and out the passenger side of the car. Have seen a lot of complaints about this same issue on townhall-talk. Edmunds. Com.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt. While driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was serviced under NHTSA campaign number: 14e021000 (electrical system); however, the failure recurred. In addition, the contact stated that all the doors failed to remain locked. When the locks sporadically continued to unlock, the battery became inoperable. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 90,000. The VIN was unavailable.

I arrived at work yesterday only to find I couldn't exit my car through the driver's door. I manually tried unlocking it, but it still did not open. I proceeded to climb out of the passenger seat. That door would not close all the way. I thought the seat belt was stuck in the door. It turns out the latch didn't allow enough space to catch the door. After 5 minutes of pushing the latch and trying to get the door closed, it finally was able to close. I just purchased this car (used) 2 weeks ago. My first car!! I wish I had bought a Honda! today I was going to run errands on my day off. This time the passenger door wouldn't latch. I have no way of securing the door closed since it is a 2 door vehicle. The car is sitting in my parking lot, unable to be driven due to the safety feature (or lack there of!) of the passenger door potentially flying open on me while I'm driving. Have seen many complaints on this vehicle. Looks/rides nice but not worth the money or headache. Still haven't discovered a recall regarding this issue. Might be trading this in on a new car, different model/make!.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that the doors failed to lock. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 79,400.

Randomly, the driver's door latch fails to function. If the door is open, it will not latch closed. If the door is closed, neither the interior or exterior door handle will open the door. Obviously, this is rather a severe safety concern. If this were to occur after an accident, an un-injured occupant could die from fire--or drown if the car were submerged. I explored the issue on multiple internet forums and found this is a rather common issue. For instance, here is a query on the Cobalt ss forum. Just entering "door latch" comes up with these search results. . Read more...

My door locks will not always work. . . . The doors will just be locked whether your inside or outside of the car. The locks show the doors are unlocked but when you pull the handle it feels as if it isn't attached to anything. After punching the door around the handle area the door sometimes will then open. Upon searching this issue on line it seems there are a lot of people with this same issue. I was locked in my car for hours yesterday until I finally climbed out the window. After that the doors finally opened and when I went to the store shortly after I was locked out and stranded outside my car for another several hours. I think there needs to be a recall. . . . Also once when trying to open my door I tore the handle right off the car because it had locked me out. This also seems to be a huge issue for many others as I also see this online.

I went to shut off my car Saturday night, may 28th and was unable to remove key had to remove battery cable to shut car off. Dealer familiar with problem . Apparently at least 200$ solution. This has happened to other folks also.

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I have a 2006 Cobalt. Periodically I can't open the driver door from inside and I have to roll down the window to pull handle from outside to get out. And then fuss with the latch mechanism sometimes to get the door to shut. And right now my locks are going up and down by themselves while I drive and when I'm parked. . I lock my doors and I come out to my car and they are unlocked. And I can't disengage my alarm. . . Soo every time I open the door I have to jump in and turn on the ignition. I called the local chevy dealer and of course they haven't heard any complaints like this. Although, I've read many complaints like this. . They tell me if I want to bring it in, I have to pay for them to diagnose it! I'm still making payments on this car!.

Driver side door will not open from the inside or out. The door lock will go up and down but will not open.

Chrome plated door handle on 2007 chevy Cobalt. The chrome has come off and sliced opened my hand. You are taking to long to force gm to recall vehicles with bad handles. You are already investigating the 2007 tahoe for the same problem. Now that we are all part owner of gm and taxpayers keep NHTSA running, stop taking so long with the "red tape" and do the right thing.

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I have had constant issues with the lock mechanism on my door. A couple of times when opening my rear passenger door it does not close. I've been able to find a way to get the latch to go back to it's original position and then close and lock the door. On 04/02/11 however, while driving, the back door opened up on itself. Some things fell out of the car and were slightly damaged and my friend riding in the back injured themselves when the door opened on its own and slammed against them. We closed it again with success and then my friend moved to the front of the car and we took any items out of the back seat area. Again the car door opened on its own however, this time, the door will not close. I have never been in an accident, the mechanism that keeps the door closed and locked just seems to be faulty. I've looked online and it seems many people have had this issue. I don't understand why this has not been recalled. Now I'm forced to find rides until I have the money to repair an important safety issue on my car that should have never been an issue. I found that many of the parts on my car used for "safety" are made of plastic. This infuriates me. Luckily my friend is only sore and my personal items damaged were more of personal value than actual financial value but this is still not acceptable. I just keep thinking if this happens to someone while on the highway this could be fatal and chevy will have deaths on their hands because they have sacrificed quality for cost effectiveness.

The contact owns 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that the doors locked and unlocked independently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who repaired the vehicle; however, the failure has continued. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 148,000.

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated after locking the doors with the remote keyless entry, the doors would unlock independently hours later. The contact stated that he had changed the batteries in the remote but did not remedy the issue. The contact also purchased another keyless entry remote and the failure recurred. The contact called the manufacturer regarding the failure and the manufacturer could not provide any assistance to the contact. The contact was concerned with vandalism or theft. The failure mileage was 105,000. The VIN was not available.

Our 2005 chevy Cobalt LS has key stuck in ignition. I found countless similar complains online from owners. Is this related to steering issue. If not please have them fix this lemon. It's not save as we are only able to take the keys out in the accessory position, in which case shifter stick is not locked and kids are able to shift it from park. It also drains the battery.

My 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt's doors wont open. I get stuck in the car or outside of the car. I have had to climb to the drivers side threw the passenger side and I have had to climb out the window becuase I have been locked in the car. I have already had my car recalled because I had no powersteering and now this. I cant stand gm - they can't make a safe or reliable car to save their life. I called gm and they said they can do nothing for me - except charge me the 100 diagnostic test fee. When there are 100's of people who are going threw the same thing I am. This is not safe whatsoever. What if I am in an accident and cant get out of my car. I suggest gm does something about this. The car locks unlock and lock but the door wont open. Clearly it is something faulty. Cause it is happeneing to both doors. I am so angered right now and feel like my life is in danager. I dont feel like climbling out my window one more time. It occurs everyday.

At multiple times, the driver side door will not open from either the inside or the outside latch. This seems to happen mainly when it gets very cold outside. When I pull the latch it doesn't feel like it catches anything inside the door. This problem will go on for a couple weeks, and then suddenly the latch will begin to work again.

The battery continues to die and it causes the default factory alarm to lock the car. The keys are always getting stuck in the ignition. Right now im locked out the vehicle. The extra key can't unlock the doors (cant override the alarm lock).

I have been locked in my car and locked out of my car due to the locking mechanism on the drivers door. This has happened several times. This morning I had to call a tow truck to come unlock my car at 5:00 in the morning.

The drivers side door will not open. Both the inside and outside door handle do not work. For 2 days, I had to climb out of the passenger door. After 2 days, I unlocked my door and heard a popping sound from the door. Whatever is jamming up finally released. It's a safety danger because of the risk for an accident. The driver/occupants could be trapped in the car. This has occurred 2 separate times, both lasting for about 2 days.

Failure of door to open. For 2 days the driver's door did not open from the insider or outside.

Door latch failure.

The driver side door lock of my 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt failed while I was driving the car. I was unable to open the door from the inside and had to exit the vehicle through the front passenger door. Although I was not injured, if there had been an accident or a fire in the car, I would not have been able to get out of the car in a timely manner. Very dangerous!! I am unable to open the door from the outside as well. My dealership will probably have to replace the entire door because they cannot open the door without damaging it. I have driven this vehicle less than 31,000 miles since purchasing it new in June of 2006. It has never been in an accident. I have read of similar driver side door lock failures in the 2006 Cobalt, so I feel that this is a manufacturer's defect and not a user issue.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that the driver and passenger side door handles were inoperable and he was unable to enter or exit the vehicle if a crash or fire occurred; therefore, a passenger had to exit through the window. The contact did not inform the dealer or manufacturer of the failure, nor was the failure diagnosed or repaired. The current mileages were 125,741 and the failure mileages were 100,000.

I hace a 2005 colbalt with 80,000k on it . The drivers door locks up all the time, I can't get in or out. Its happening all the time. Its a very dangerous issue if I ever got in a accident. I have times when I had to climb over the seats to get out. I have read many issues on this problem and I think there should be a recall on this issue.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt lt. The driver and passenger door locks failed. The doors could not be opened from the inside or the outside. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who greased the doors lock mechanism, but the failure wasn't corrected. The manufacturer advised the contact to take the vehicle to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle wasn't repaired . The failure mileage was 80,401 and the current mileage was 89,518. Updated 12/30/10.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact was driving 35 mph when the power doors independently locked and unlocked. The contact stated the failure would occur whether the key was in the ignition or not. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection or repairs. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 47,000.

The door latches on both my passanger and driver side doors have been getting stuck frequently over the last 2 weeks. When I pull the handle to open the door (from either the inside or the outside) there is no reisitance on the handle. Like the latch is not even attached. I have tried using the remote key locks, using the key in the door lock, and using the buttons inside the car. Nothing works. I have been lock both in and out of my car. This is a huge safety issue.