NHTSA Complaint #10575601 — 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT

LETTER FROM CONSTITUENTS REGARDING PROBLEMS THEIR SON EXPERIENCED WITH HIS 2006 CHEVY COBALT; CONSIDERS IT TO BE A LEMON, SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT (FULL DOCUMENT NOT IMAGED). *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HIS SON WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN, WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED, LEAVING HIM WITHOUT STEERING CAPABILITIES. THE VEHICLE DARTED TO THE LEFT, ACROSS THE OPPOSITE LANE OF TRAFFIC, WHERE HE CRASHED INTO A CURB. THE LEFT CONTROL ARM COLLAPSED, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR POST AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, THE CONSUMERS RESIDENCE. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN ON THE FREEWAY, AND AGAIN STEERING CAPABILITIES WERE LOST. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RE-START, AND IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEIR TESTING COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED 6 MORE TIMES, RESULTING IN A TOW TO THE DEALERSHIP. EACH TIME, THE PROBLEM WAS BLAMED ON THE POWER CONTROL MODULE. THE THIRD INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE HIS SON WAS DRIVING ON A CURVY MOUNTAIN, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THERE WAS NO STEERING ABILITY. HIS SON WAS TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEED AND HE STEERED THE VEHICLE INTO A DITCH DAMAGING THE RADIATOR, THE ENGINE PAN AND THE FRONT BUMPER COVER. THE LAST ACCIDENT TOTALED THE VEHICLE, WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED IN TRAFFIC, THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKES FAILED AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB