NHTSA Complaint #10285578 — 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT

LAST AUG 2009 I WAS LIVING MY DRIVE WAY AND THEY STEER WHEEL GOT STUCK AND I GOT TRAPPED BETWEEN MY TREES. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPEN SO I JUST ASSUMED IT WAS ME BEING A BAD DRIVER. TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING IN A STREET AND THE BELL IN THE COMPUTER START RINGING AND GAVE ME A MESSAGE "POWER STEER" THEN THE STEER WHILE GOT STUCK AGAIN. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO SO I STOP AND CALLED A TOWING TRUCK TO GET MY CAR AND TAKE IT TO MY MECHANIC. MY MECHANIC KEPT IT FOR A DAY AND SAID THAT COBALTS 2006 AND 2007 HAVE THIS PROBLEM THE COMPUTER DOES NOT COMMUNICATE WITH THE ENGINE AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPEN. I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS AND THEY ASKED ME HOW MANY MILES I HAD IN THE CAR WHICH IS 64,000 AND THEN THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO TAKE IT TO ONE OF HIS DEALER SHOPS TO MAKE SURE. I TOLD THE LADY TO BE SURE THEY WERE GOING TO CONSIDER THIS BECAUSE I HAVE TO PAY AND THEN THEY WILL DECIDE IF IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. I DID PAY A LOT OF MONEY AND THEY SAY -YOU ARE NOT UNDER GUARANTEE- I GOT MAD BECAUSE THEY KNEW SINCE THE BEGINNING HOW MANY MILES I HAD. NOW IF I TURN LEFT OR RIGHT THE STEER WHEEL GET STUCK SO I HAVE TO STOP AND TURN OFF THE CAR. AFTER THAT I CAN DRIVE OK. IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS IF I'M IN A BUSY STREET OR HIGHWAY. TO REPAIR THEY WANT $1,000.00 THAT I DON'T HAVE. THE LADY WHO "HELPED" ME HER NAME IS MARIANA JIMENEZ AND SHE TOLD THE THEY ARE GOING TO PAY FOR A GAS LEAK THAT I HAD IN THIS YEAR TOO. BECAUSE THAT IS A RE-CALL. SHE SAID SHE WILL SEND THE PAPERS TO GET REIMBURSE BUT SHE NEVER DID. THE CASE NUMBER FOR THE PROBLEM I HAVE NOW FROM GENERAL MOTORS IS 71759207211. THEY ARE ONLY RECOGNIZING THE PROBLEM WITH THE GAS LEAKING BECAUSE THAT WAS A "SAFETY ISSUE" HOW IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE DRIVING AND THE STEER WHEEL GETS STUCK? SO MY COMPLAIN IS FOR THE GAS LEAKING THAT I PAY MYSELF AND DIDN'T GET REIMBURSE AND THE CURRENT PROBLEM. THE CHEVROLET SHOP WROTE THIS IN THE INVOICE I PAID "PERFORMED DIAG SYSTEM CHECK-U2107/U2100/CO475 STORED IN PSCM SILATE TO INTERNAL PSCM MOTOR FAILURE". *TR