- December 20: No Recall of 50 Million ARC Airbag Inflators, For Now news | 19 days ago
- December 19: GM Transmission Class Action Lawsuit Update: Appeals Court Ruling news | 20 days ago
- December 18: Chevrolet Equinox EV Recall Issued Over Pedestrian Alert Sounds recalls | 21 days ago
- December 3: GM Truck Tailgate Recall Involves 150,000 HD Trucks recalls | 36 days ago
- November 30: Chevrolet Equinox Caught Fire, Owner Sues Over Fuel Tank news | 39 days ago
CarComplaints.com Notes: The Cobalt was introduced to replace two of Chevy’s smaller cars, the Cavalier and Prizm. But the compact’s fresh start that Chevy was hoping for was riddled with issues, most notably widespread power steering failure.
The power steering failed so often that GM was forced to issue a recall in March, 2010. Great, but what about other problems like the key getting stuck in the ignition or all the other electrical demons this car possesses?
And, oh yes — then there’s the terribly dangerous issue where the Cobalt randomly shuts off while driving. As it turns out, that problem is related to GM’s massive 2014 recall for a dangerous ignition switch defect. A recall that eventually ballooned to 2.6 million vehicles in one of the automotive industry’s biggest scandals.
8.0
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 35,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (1 reports)
transmission problem
Helpful websites
- No one has added a helpful site for this 2005 Cobalt problem yet. Be the first!
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
This has been an on going problem since around 2006.First noticed it when the weather started getting cooler.It absolutely refuses to go into gear unless you turn it off put into gear and then start it and even then it refuses to shift into the next gear.It also creeps with the clutch pressed in.The 2005 Chevy Cobalt is a POS.
- Ray F., Climax, GA, US