NHTSA Complaint #10430136 — 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT

PURCHASED VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN 2007 AND NO PROBLEMS TILL NOW. 22 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DRIVING VEHICLE, SHE IS A COLLEGE STUDENT. SHE DRIVES IN MAJOR CITY DAILY AND DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL GAUGE CLUSTER WENT CRAZY AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT. SCARING HER, SHE PARKED THE CAR IN A CHURCH LOT AND I SENT THE CAR TO A DEALER THE NEXT DAY. I HAD FOUND ON THE INTERNET THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR AND INFORMED THE DEALERSHIP OF SUCH WHEN THE WORK WAS TO BE DONE. THEY REPLACED THE MOTOR UNDER THE RECALL BUT ALSO CHARGED ME $780.00 TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN WHICH THEY SAID WAS BAD. I HAVE FOUND 1000 + COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET OF PEOPLE SAYING THEIR STEERING COLUMNS WERE SUPPOSEDLY BAD AS WELL WITH 1 PERSON HAVING THEIRS REPLACED 3 TIMES NOW. SHE PICKED THE CAR UP AND 2 WEEKS LATER THE SAME THING OCCURS AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP LOOKS AT IT FOR 4 DAYS AND CLAIM THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG SO DO NOTHING BUT INVESTIGATE. THEY CLAIM THE CODES WERE ERASED ON THE COMPUTER BECAUSE WE DROVE IT AFTER THE FAULT BUT THE CAR WAS PARKED AND IMMEDIATELY HAULED TO THE DEALER ON A FLATBED TRUCK. AS I SAID BEFORE THERE ARE WELL OVER 1,000 COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET THAT I HAVE FOUND MYSELF SO I AM SURE THERE ARE A LOT MORE. AS SOON AS I CAN AFFORD IT THIS CAR WILL BE PUT IN TOWN SQUARE WITH A BIG LEMON SIGN ON IT AND SHE WILL BE DRIVING SOMETHING OTHER THAN GM. *TR