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CarComplaints.com Notes: The Cobalt was introduced to replace two of Chevy’s smaller cars, the Cavalier and Prizm. But the compact’s fresh start that Chevy was hoping for was riddled with issues, most notably widespread power steering failure.

The power steering failed so often that GM was forced to issue a recall in March, 2010. Great, but what about other problems like the key getting stuck in the ignition or all the other electrical demons this car possesses?

And, oh yes — then there’s the terribly dangerous issue where the Cobalt randomly shuts off while driving. As it turns out, that problem is related to GM’s massive 2014 recall for a dangerous ignition switch defect. A recall that eventually ballooned to 2.6 million vehicles in one of the automotive industry’s biggest scandals.

9.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
70,500 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (2 reports)
2005 Chevrolet Cobalt seat belts / air bags problems

seat belts / air bags problem

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2005 Chevrolet Cobalt Owner Comments

problem #2

May 052008

Cobalt LS 2.2L V4

  • Automatic transmission
  • 50,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Everytime someone gets in my passenger side of my car they will put there seat belt on then seems like either 10-15 miles later they are taken it off because its getting tighter then what it was then when they take it off and it goes back to orginal spot they try to put it back on it wont go it gets stuck if i let off the gas and go down to 35 miles an hour it will allow them to put it back on but same issue accurs it gets tighter and tighter and then they have to take it off and some thing occurs. I have not taken it to GM for the issue bc out of warrenty and do not have hte money to fix the issue

- ardeck04, Hoopeston, IL, US

problem #1

Mar 182009

Cobalt LX

  • Manual transmission
  • 91,000 miles

I was driving home from Macon. I was driving, my mom was in the passenger seat and my 2 year old was in her car seat in the back seat behind the driver's seat. I was 12 miles from home and my daughter started screaming my mom looked back and noticed she had unlatched the seat belt and it was up around her throat. I pulled over to the side of the interstate and tried to get the seat belt pulled out to loosen it from around her neck but could not get the seat belt to budge it seemed to only get tighter so after seeing the look on my daughter's face I asked my mom to look in the glove box and get my husbands pocket knife and so I ended up having to cut the seat belt.

- crystalgeorgia, Forsyth, GA, US

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