2005 CHEVROLET COBALT Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

I KNOW ABOUT THE RECALL FOR 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT, MY CAN HAS TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING & I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS STARTING MY VEHICLE., THE STEERING WHEEL IGNITION SYSTEM 'IS THE PROBLEM' MY VEHICLE DOES NOT START ANYMORE AT ALL !! PLEASE SCHEDUAL AN APPOINTMENT AT THE NEAREST DEALER THAT CAN REPAIR THE RECALLED PARTS? NEAR 95838 SACRAMENTO, CA. I BELIEVE THAT MY LIFE HAS BEEN ENDANGERED SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE RECALLED PARTS !! " YES" I AM VERY UPSET" !! MY VEHICLE HAS STOPPED RUNNING ON BOTH CITY & FREEWAYS.

TAKATA RECALL THE PROBLEMS I'M HAVING WITH MY CAR IS THAT THE LOCKS KEEP UNLOCKING AND LOCKING AND WON'T LET MY CAR STARTUP. IT LOCKS ME OUT AND WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN THE SWITCH IT WON'T CRANK AND THE ONLY WAY THAT I'M ABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT OF THE SWITCH IS IF I JUMP IT OFF. I WAS AT HOME WHEN IT HAPPENED PARKED.

SUSPENSION IS REALLY BAD.

THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM LIGHT ON MY CHEVROLET COBALT 2005 STAYS ON AND DOES NOT TURN OFF UNTIL I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO STAYS ON AS WELL AT THE SAME TIME THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM LIGHT IS ON, SO NOT SURE IF THESE TWO ISSUES ARE RELATED. I ALSO NOTICE THAT THE VEHICLE JERKS PERIODICALLY WHEN I AM ON THE ROAD AND THERE IS ROUGH SHIFTING OF GEARS.

I SIMPLY LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER MY CAR, ALL IT DOES IS CLICK WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL, LUCKILY I WAS CLOSE TO HOME AND SLOWLY EDGED TO THE FRONT OF MY HOME.

THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, WAS AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS.(60 TO 70MPH) THE SECOND, WAS IN CITY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE THIRD WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AFTER A 5 MINUTE IDLE. THE FOURTH WAS WHEN MY LAST MECHANIC WAS TEST DRIVING IT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE'D FIXED IT. DASH LIGHTS BLINK ON AND OFF, ALL WARNING LIGHTS COME ON, ENGINE COOLING FANS STOP OPERATING, TRANSMISSION HUNTS FOR WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN; RESULTING IN THE TRANSMISSION SELF DESTRUCTING. ENGINE MANAGEMENT, OTHER THAN THE COOLING FANS, SEEMS TO BE UNAFFECTED. I'VE REPLACED 4 TCM'S SO FAR; AS ALL MECHANICS SAY THAT IS THE PROBLEM. IT WORKS FOR A FEW DAYS OR A WEEK, THEN THE SAME PROBLEM MANIFEST. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH QUITE A FEW GM VEHICLES.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND FOR NO REASON MY CHEVY COBALT THEFT LOCK CAME ON (ABS) LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND TRACTIONS CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL WAS OFF THEN IN MY DASH BOARD IT SAID POWER STEERING FAILURE THEN IT WAS ROUGH IDLING AND FUEL GOES UP AND DOWN THEN IT GIVES ROUGH GEARS THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THIS IS NOT SAFE

MADE LEFT TURN AND MY AIRBAG WENT OFF. MECHANIC SAID THAT THE CLOCK SPRING SHORTED OUT INTERNALLY IN THE COIL AND DEPLOYED THE AIRBAG. GM HAS NOT CONTACTED ME OVER THIS MATTER AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THEM TO REIMBURSE ME FOR SINCE 2010.

VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING USE AFTER DRIVING FOR A FEW MINUTES CAUSING STEERING TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY AT LOWER SPEEDS CAUSING THE POSSIBILITY OF A VEHICLE COLLISION WHICH IS VERY UNSAFE AND CHEVROLET NOR GENERAL MOTORS WANTS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, I URGE YOU PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE A GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLE AS ONCE AGAIN THEY HAVE SHOWN THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE LIVES OF THERE CUSTOMERS

WHILE DRIVING HOME THE CHEVROLET COBALT (WHICH WE'VE ONLY HAD FOR TWO WEEKS) ENGINE SHUT OFF, LUCKILY WE WERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOING SLOW WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I STARTED THE CAR UP AGAIN AND PRESSED ON THE GAS BUT IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD, NOW ONLY THE REVERSE WORKS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AROUND 55 MPH IN TRAFFIC. I HEARD A CHIME AND THE DISPLAY ON THE DASH SAID POWER STEERING DISABLED, THE ORANGE INDICATOR FOR TRACTION CONTROL DISABLED ILLUMINATED, THE TACHOMETER JUMPED AROUND AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED EXTREMELY HARD INTO GEAR. I STRUGGLED TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND THE CAR SLAMMED INTO PARK. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON. IT STILL SHIFTED HARD SO I LET IT STAY OFF FOR FIVE MINUTE. AFTER THAT THE CAR WAS FINE. AS AN EXPERIENCED MECHANIC IT FELT LIKE THE CAR LOST COMMUNICATION WITH ONE OF THE COMPUTERS. NO DTCS WERE STORED. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ONLINE AS WELL. *TR

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMING ON AND WHEN IT DOES THE CAR WON'T SHIFT PROPERLY (AUTOMATIC), JUMPS AND STUTTERS AND DIES. ALSO LOSE POWER STEERING. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING OFF AND ON EVER SINCE I GOT THE CAR 5+ YEARS AGO. I HAVE HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT AT (DODGE DEALER) AT LEAST TWICE WHO TOOK IT TO A CHEVY DEALER AND HAVE HAD IT TO LOCAL CHEVY DEALERS MULTIPLE TIMES AND NO ONE CAN CAPTURE ANY CODES OR FIX IT. NOW IT THINKS THE KEY IS IN THE IGNITION ALL THE TIME AND LOCKS DON'T WORK PROPERLY EVEN THO I HAD SWITCH REPLACED ON RECALL. SEARCHED INTERNET AND SEE MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AND SOME SAID IT WAS ABS ISSUE. WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO RECALL? *TR

WHILE IN DRIVE, THE VEHICLE MADE A BUZZING SOUND LIKE ELECTRICAL WIRES BEING FRIED, AND THEN COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THERE WERE NO BRAKES AND NO STEERING ABILITY- THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY LIFELESS, NO ABILITY TO CONTROL IT AT ALL, STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET. *TR

THE CAR WILL LOSE POWER, LIKE IT IS SHIFTING DOWN, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, AND EITHER START TO STALL OR WILL STALL. SOMETIMES, IF IT HAS RUN FOR A LONG TIME THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY GOES AWAY. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE HOWEVER AND 3 MECHANICS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR WITH NO SUCCESS. *TR

ON 6/22/14, I WAS COMING HOME FROM PHILADELPHIA AND WHILE ON THE BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY, MY 2005 CHEVY COBALT'S DASHBOARD LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE AND I LOST MY POWER STEERING, TRACTION CONTROL, BRAKES, ABS, ENGINE LOCK, DOOR LOCKS WERE CLICKING ON AND OFF AND I HAD TO PULL OVER 4 TIMES OFF THE HIGHWAY. MY ODOMETER DIDN'T WORK EITHER. THIS ALSO MADE MY TRANSMISSION JERK AND SLIP. IT WAS SO BAD THAT WHEN IT WAS SWITCHING GEARS, IT WAS MAKING MY ENTIRE CAR SHAKE. I WAS AFRAID FOR MY LIFE. I NEARLY CRASHED INTO A SEMI-TRUCK BECAUSE MY BRAKES AND POWER STEERING DIDN'T WORK. ALSO, I COULDN'T GO BELOW 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. I MADE IT HOME BUT I WAS STILL SHOCKED AND SCARED. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT LOOKED AT. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE RECALL...

ON SATURDAY MARCH 29TH 2014 I HAD MY RECALL FIXED ON THE POWER STEERING AT RYAN CHEVORLET HERE IN MINOT ND. I GET IT FIXED AND PARKED MY CAR AT HOME UNTIL MONDAY APRIL 1ST I AM DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND COME TO A STOP LIGHT THEN I BEGAN TO HEAR A CLICKING NOISE IN MY DASHBOARD THEN A NOTIFICATION POPS UP FOR MY TRACTION CONTROL. AS I START TO MOVE MY SPEEDOMETER IS MOVING FROM 10 TO 20 BUT IM BARELY GOING 5. MY RPM'S ARE GOING UP ALSO THEN A NOTIFICATION FOR MY POWER STEERING COMES UP THEN IM WORRIED. I GET TO MY DESTINATION AND MY POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND I CAN NOT TURN THE VEHICLE AND IT SHUTS COMPLETELY OFF. I TRY TO TURN IT ON AND IT TURNS OVER JUST DOESN'T START. I CALL THE CHEVY DEALER HERE AND THEY SAY THEY WILL...

POWER STEERING GAVE OUT WHILE DRIVING. *TR

I WENT TO CRANK MY VEHICLE THEN PROCEEDED TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE TO TAKE OFF, BUT I HAD NO POWER NOTHING. TURNED MY KEY OVER TO RECRANK AND IT CRANK WITH NO PROBLEM. THIS TIME ALLOWING ME TO TAKE OFF AND DRIVE. NOW IF I HAVE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURN IT TO THE ON POSITION IT SPUTTERS FOR ATLEAST 50 TO 60 SECS BEFORE CRANKING. *TR

MY ELDERLY PARENTS PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW FROM A CHEVY DEALERSHIP IN PALM HARBOR, FL. THEY TOOK THE CAR IN NUMEROUS TIME FOR THE CAR SEIZING UP WHILE DRIVING AND POWER STEERING PROBLEMS SHORTLY AFTER THEIR PURCHASE. THE STARTER WOULD TURN OFF, THE POWER STEERING WOULD GO OUT, AND THEY OFTEN COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CAR STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. THERE WERE VERY FEW MILES ON THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED SINCE THEY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2005. THEY TOOK THE CAR IN FOR REPAIR FOR SUCH PROBLEMS BUT WERE TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT NOTHING WRONG. THEY SOLD THE CAR TO ME, THEIR DAUGHTER, BECAUSE THEY HAD GOTTEN TO OLD TO DRIVE AND THEY WERE TOO SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM THEM IN APX. 2010 AND IT HAD APX 9000 MILES. SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE CAR I HAVE HAD THE SAME...

2005 CHEVY COBALT-STALLS WITHOUT WARNING, UPON BRAKING, STOPPING OR BACKING, CAR WILL GO DEAD AND SOMETIMES UNABLE TO RE START. COMPLAINED TO SERV DEPT SEVERAL TIME BUT THEY SAY THEY CANT FIND A PROBLEM. THOUSANDS ON LINE WITH SAME COMPLAINT. ALMOST HIT BY TRAIN, AND OTHER VEHICLES DUE TO THE STALLING. *TR

POWER STEERING STOP WORKING ALL THE TIME.

I WAS DRIVING ALONG I-20 WHEN THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING JUST GAVE OUT. THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE, TURNED THE CAR OFF STARTED IT UP, THE LIGHT WENT OUT. NOW AS SOON AS I TURN THE CAR ON IT AUTOMATICALLY COMES ON AND THE POWER STEERING IS TERRIBLE. THE CAR IS, OF COURSE, OUT OF WARRANTY. TALKED TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY ONLY HAD 1 CAR BROUGHT IN WITH THIS PROBLEM AND IT WAS COSTLY. *TR

POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING IN AND OUT. *TR

WE PURCHASED A USED 2005 COBALT AND HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. EACH TIME THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN THEY WOULD SAY THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM AND WOULD RETURN THE CAR TO US UNREPAIRED AS IT WOULD DO THE SAME THING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND ON ONE OCCASION IT ALMOST RESULTED IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT WHILE MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE TURNING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND THE STEERING WENT OUT. THANK GOD THE OTHER DRIVERS WERE ALERT AND A NEAR AND POSSIBLY FATAL ACCIDENT WAS AVOIDED. THEY TELL US IT CAN BE FIXED BUT NOW THAT IT'S OUT OF FACTORY AND SOMEHOW EVEN EXTENDED WARRANTY THEY HAD US PURCHASE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO LAST UNTIL WE PAID IT OFF HAVE EXPIRED THEY WANT US TO NOW PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AND EVEN $100 TO EVEN LOOK AT THE CAR. WE GOT...

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY COBALT 2.2 ENGINE. IT STARTED SEPT 8TH 2009 MY POWER STEERING IN MY CAR FAILED CAUSING ME TO STRAIN TO TURN THE WHEEL. I MADE IT WITH MILD DAMAGE TO MY CAR. I REPLACED MY STEERING COLUMN BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE CAR JUMPS LIKE IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT GEAR TO SHIFT INTO CAUSING THE CAR TO JUMP AND BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. *TR

IN THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND POWER STEERING WAS ON MY MESSAGE DISPLAY. MY CAR THEN BEGAN TO BUCK EVERYTIME IT WAS TO SHIFT FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER AND WHEN WOULD SLOW DOWN TO STOP IT WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER THEY SAID IT WAS THE BODY CONTROL MODULE AND FIXED THE PROBLEM. NOT EVEN A MONTH LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. 2 WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I DROVE IT RIGHT TO THE DEALER AND KEPT THE CAR RUNNING AND HAD A MECHANIC DRIVE THE CAR TO SHOW THEM THE PROBLEM. IT IS NOW IN THE SHOP TODAY 12/1/09. *TR

POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER COBALT OWNERS. I HAVEN'T REPLACED IT YET. AFTER READING OTHER FORUMS THE CAR IS DOOMED TO DO IT AGAIN. I HAVE HAD THE STANDARDS FACTORY CD PLAYER REPLACED 4 TIMES. FIRST AT 12K MILES, FINALLY LAST TIME AT 60K. THE KEY BECOMES LOCKED IN THE IGNITION DAILY. I HAVE TO REACH A FINGER IN THE WHOLE UNDERNEATH THE STEERING COLUMN TO HIT THE KEY RELEASE BUTTON. JUST A POORLY MADE CAR AND EVERYTHING GOES OUT RIGHT AFTER THE WARRANTY. *TR