NHTSA Complaint #10295861 — 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT SS

OWN A 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT. WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 70 MPH AROUND A CURVE WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH. I CAME VERY CLOSE TO CRASHING BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF STEERING. PULLED OVER AT NEXT EXIT AND COULD NOT FIND A POWER STEERING RESERVOIR OR ANYTHING. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON IT WAS FINE. LOOKED THE PROBLEM UP ONLINE THIS MORNING AND FOUND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEM. THEY TOOK THEIR CAR TO THE DEALER TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED AND FOUND OUT THAT THE CAR HAS ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING AND THAT IT GOES BAD. MY DEALER SAID THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS THE PROBLEM IS OCCURRING WHEN I BRING IT IN. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. IF THIS HAPPENED TO MY WIFE SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE STRENGTH TO TURN THE WHEEL AND PANIC NOT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON. *TR