NHTSA Complaint #11338605 — 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT

PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY WHEN GOT HOME FROM WORK. NOTICED GAS LEAKING ONTO THE DRIVEWAY FROM UNDER THE CAR. LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND FOUND THAT THE GAS WAS LEAKING FROM THE GAS LINE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL. THE GAS LINE IS HELD BY A CLIP THERE AND THE DESIGN AND PLACEMENT CAUSES THINGS SUCH AS ROAD SALT TO COLLECT THERE AND CORRODE THE GAS LINE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DESIGN DEFECT. THE GAS LINE THERE IS CLOSE TO THE MUFFLER AND GAS LEAKING FROM THAT SPOT WHILE THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN COULD EASILY CAUSE A FIRE. I WAS LUCKY THAT NO FIRE RESULTED WHEN MY GAS LINE STARTED LEAKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. OTHERS MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. GM NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS VERY SERIOUS DESIGN DEFECT BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. THEY NEED TO FIX ALL THE COBALTS OUT THERE WITH THIS DEFECT AND REIMBURSE OWNERS, SUCH AS MYSELF, WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO FIX IT. I HAD TO PAY ALMOST $700 TO REPLACE MY GAS LINE.