NHTSA Complaint #10473084 — 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT

SERVICE BRAKES issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	10473084
Vehicle	2005 CHEVROLET COBALT
Component	SERVICE BRAKES
Date of Incident	August 29, 2012
Date Filed	August 30, 2012
Mileage	170,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	FL

Consumer Description

THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE WAS ON AND THE CAR RAN LIKE A DOG AND SHIFTED ROUGHLY AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WAS LUMINATED AND HAD NO POWER IS SIMILAR TO ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS ON THIS YEAR AND MODEL? I NEED TO KNOW IF GM IS GOING TO FIX IT AND IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN AM I GOING TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR? I UNDERSTAND IT HAS A RECALL ON IT BUT CONSIDERING THE MILES I HAVE ON IT ARE THEY GOING TO HONOR THE RECALL? I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO FIX IT SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN? I NEVER SEEN OR HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE AND I HAVE ALWAYS HAD GM PRODUCTS FORM OLDSMOBILE, PONTIAC AND MOSTLY CHEVYS I NEED RELIABLE TRANSPORTING ON MY JOB PLEASE TELL ME GM MAKE THIS RIGHT BY ME [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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