NHTSA Complaint #10352670 — 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT

2007 CHEVY COBALT, 20,000 MILES, FNT END CREAKING, GROANING/MOANING. FEELS VERY LOOSE/RIDES VERY HARD OVER THE SMALLEST DEFECT IN ROAD! COLE MUFFLER DIAGNOSED CAR BUSHINGS/CONTROL ARMS BOTH SIDES NEED REPLACE. SPOKE TO MANY OWNERS OF COBALT & SEARCHED ONLINE-SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AROUND THIS SAME MILEAGE WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE! BUSHINGS/CONTROL ARMS ON CARS W/LIMITED MILEAGE SHOULD BE A DEFECT OF THE MANUFACTURER! THIS DEFECT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING AFTER THE 3YR WARRANTY & IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE 5YR WARRANTY! THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD! I S/W PPL THAT HAD THE BUSHINGS REPLACED/AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE & THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE CONTROL ARMS REPLACED TOO! MOST OF THE TIME, I FEEL I DON'T EVEN HAVE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKES MY WHOLE STEERING WHEEL PULLS TO THE LEFT. WHEN I CHANGE LANES, IT FEELS LIKE I'M JUMPING TO THE NEXT LANE. I HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT TIRES BC OF THIS FRONT END SUSPENSION PROBLEM. MOST PPL ARE NOT AWARE HOW, WHERE, TO WHOM TO REPORT A PROBLEM LIKE THIS TO. MOST PPL USE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR COMPLAINTS, OR DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER, THEREFORE, YOUR DATABASE IS NOT ACCURATE FOR THE NO. OF COMPLAINTS RE: THE COBALT FNT SUSPENSION. MOST PPL I TALKED TO HAVEN'T REPORTED IT, THEY JUST PD TO REPLACE IT BC IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. COSTLY REPAIRS! OVER $1000 OR MORE. WHEN ARE U GOING TO MAKE GM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEFECT IN THE COBALTS?? THE SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SHOULD HAVE ALSO INCLUDED CONTROL ARMS & BUSHINGS THESE ARE PUTTING CONSUMERS AT RISK FOR CRASH ALSO!!! THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE COBALT. THIS CARS ARE NOT INEXPENSIVE CARS THE RETAIL PRICE STARTS AT $16,000! MAKE GM RESPONSIBLE FOR A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND IT IS LIKELY MOST CONSUMERS CAN'T AFFORD A REPAIR OF THIS MAGNITUDE, AS IT WILL CONSIST OF CONTROL ARMS/BUSHINGS/TIRES/ALIGNMENT TO MAKE THE VEHICLE SAFE AGAIN! *TR