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The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that the power steering failed while she was making a turn at approximately 5 mph. The vehicle became difficult to maneuver. The power steering failed again while she was driving on the highway. The power steering warning light illuminated and the odometer reading was no longer visible. The contact shut the vehicle off and restarted it. After restarting it, the power steering functioned normally with no failures. The current and failure mileages were approximately 31,000.
2007 Chevrolet colbalt. 03/30/10, power steering went out seven times in thirty two miles on my way to work. Has caused near accidents on curves and icy roads many more times. Problem is corrected temporarily when vehichle ignition is turned off (while still in motion) then turned back on and started. Power steering has went out in the middle of negotiating a corner causing me to inadvertantly go into oncoming traffic lane and over correct when returning to lane of travel.
Contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt lt. The contact stopped at a stop sign and proceeded to make a right turn at 3 mph. While turning, the power steering failed and the vehicle veered to the right toward a curb. The driver was able to avoid an accident and took the vehicle to an authorized dealership the following day. The dealer informed her that the failure was caused by defective struts and not the power steering. The contact then took the vehicle to a local repair shop and the mechanic told her that the struts were not defective. The failure mileage was 99,081. The current mileage was 99,312.
Steering column is rattling brought the car in they said it was the I shaft I brought it to 3 others to look at and they said it was the whole entire steering column and it needs to get replaced with a new one.is this part of the recall and if it is why is my car not one of them?
- Menomonie, WI, USA
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I drive a 2007 Chevy Cobalt and I was driving down the road today bring my son home from the hospital after surgery, and I get a warning light about the power steering, and all of a sudden I cant turn left or right in the road, I turn hard left it turns and I read the owners manual to find out if I need fluid or what ever and it doesn't take fluid I get home and read on the internet about the same exact problem from hundreds of other people and owners I can not afford to go fix my car my husband just got laid off, I have to wait and hope this is a recall please work on this before someone was hurt, I praise god that me and my child got home safe today, until further I have to park my car..
2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. Consumer states with brake system problems. The consumer stated every time she applied the brakes, the steering wheel would vibrate and there was hesitation when she braked from high to moderate speeds to slow down or to come to a complete stop. Also, aside from that, as she began to drive, the vehicle would pull to the left. The vehicle was inspected several times. All four tires were replaced and a front wheel alignment was performed, but the problem continued.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. While driving 55 mph the contact noticed that the power steering light appeared on the instrument panel and then the steering wheel become harder to turn. The dealer had not diagnosed the failure when the complaint was filed. The failure mileage and current mileages were 36,500.
I was driving my 2007 Cobalt on March 7th 2010 when the wheel became almost impossible to turn. The words power steering were showing on the dashboard.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. When traveling at speeds of 25 mph or less, the steering wheel would become extremely hard to turn. The failure also made it impossible to control the steering wheel. The failure mileage was 83 and the current mileage was 13,500.
We were driving through a parking lot about 10 miles an hour when my power steering went out. We heard a beeping sound and could not turn the wheel. There was a car coming towards us and we started freaking out and to swerve to miss them so we would not wreck. We had no choice to pull over and try to figure out what was wrong, but since it is electric we could not find what was wrong. Since this happened away from our house I missed work. This problem occurred for about four days before we could get it fixed. We took it to the Chevy dealership and they said they were unable to help because it was not under warranty. We were also told that the dealership could not help because no one was in a wreck or hurt. The dealership wanted to charge us 1200 dollars. We ended up taking it somewhere else for 800 dollars. We had to buy a new power steering column and the part of the electrical power steering.
I have had a 2007 Chevy Cobalt for almost a year, and it has been wrecked, but was fixed and it has just around 60,000 miles on it and the power steering goes out in it. I can turn the car off and then back on and it will work just fine for a few more minutes and then go out again.
On February 10, 2010, while traveling West on 14th street another driver in the left lane entered my lane (right lane), and I slammed on brakes to stop from hitting the other drivers vehicle. Despite the fact it was a sunny very cold day outside and the streets were dry the brakes on my vehicle locked up as though I have an anti-locking braking system, which I don't have on my car. The steering wheel became none responsive and my car ended up jumping the curb and hitting a telephone pole on the front driver side of the car. There is damage to the driver side headlight and a dent in the same area in the shape of the pole; furthermore, the airbag never deployed. The car is currently at a GM body shop being repaired by the other drivers insurance; however, in light of the recent GM recall about an issue with the steering wheel I am bringing my accident to your attention just in case the issues are related.
Loss of power steering. 8 times in 3 hours. Have to pull over to the side of the road, shut the car off and then turn it back on. Power steering lasts for a few minutes then shuts down again.
In the last week, my 2007 Cobalts power steering light has come on about 9 times. On 3-9-10 alone it came on 3 times. When this happens, the power steering is out. Pulling the car out of traffic I turn the car off and restart it and the power steering is back.
I am an unfortunate owner of one of the worst cars ever made, a Chevrolet Cobalt. I bought this car in 2008 with hopes that it would stand up to my older cavalier and sunfire. I was sadly wrong about my choice. After only two months of owning my vehicle (I bought it at a used car centre with 54000 kms. Jim gilberts in fredericton, nb) and 500 kms over my 60000K warranty my sway bar links had to be replaced. One month after I replaced them I had to replace both control arm bushings. After replacing all of that I started to hear rattling coming from my steering wheel. I came to find out that my steering column will need to be replaced. Before I bought my car I had a vehicle history report done and it came back clean. It was used as a city courier car. I had thought that maybe because of city driving these parts had been worn out prematurely. After doing some research I found hundreds and thousands of people who are experiencing the same problems. Almost all of them claim that these problems were with cars bought directly off the lot. I know 5 people personally who also had the same problems. One of my friends had his steering column replaced 4 times. I replaced my sway bar links twice and they need to be replaced again and I am on my second set of control arm bushings. I have yet replaced my steering column because I can not afford the bill. I have learned of the recent recall for the power steering motor. That is one of the problems that I don't have, yet. Could someone please explain to me how recalls are decided on" does someone have to get into an accident for these companies to take some kind of action" I am waiting for the day when I am driving on the highway and the front end of my car falls off.
I drove my 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt into a hardware store parking lot and was making a left turn to find a parking space when the power steering failed. I was unable to complete the turn and as a result hit the cement pole that was protecting the cable that was attached to the telephone pole. I was able to drive the car home, but later that night I had to go to the emergency room as I was in a lot of pain. After reading my X-rays, the doctor said I had rib contusions and whiplash. A week later I am still suffering pain and unable to function normally from the accident. I have not had the damage to the car addressed yet and I don't intent to drive it again.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. While the contact was driving 65mph he attempted to change lanes and noticed that the power steering light had appeared on the dashboard, moments later the vehicle no longer had power steering causing the contact to crash into a nearby guard rail.no one was injured and a police report was not filed for the incident. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership and there were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 107166.
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- South Gate, CA, USA