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Sedans Chevrolet Cobalt Chevrolet Cobalt Electrical Problems
107 messages, Last post on Nov 09, 2009 at 10:35 AM
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My sister has a 2006 cobalt and has the key stuck in the ignition. The car manual states a low battery will cause the shifter button to lock, causing the key to stay in the ignition. The battery is low but she has no idea why since the car only has 15,000 miles on it. She made an appointment with the dealer for today but when she went to start it this morning it was dead. The dealership had it towed but insisted it should not be jumped or charged however the tow driver jumped it anyway. The dealership acted like this would destroy the car. My sister is awaiting further news on her car, so far they can not get it started and act like this is something new. I hope they can fix this because she really loves the car. I hope it's not a lemon.
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Replying to: mathenajm (Nov 27, 2007 6:03 pm) Have found with many cars that having excessive junk on the key chain has contributed to the issue. |
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Replying to: kmpa08 (Nov 27, 2007 5:00 pm) Also...at times when I start it the windshield wipers turn on by themselves and run for a while before stopping. I can move the wiper switch but nothing happens. Been to the dealer 3 times for all of these. Of course, it's never duplicated so they send me away. Other than that it's a great car....much better than the Cavalier it replaced. Looks nicer, more power, better gas mileage. |
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What year is your Cobalt? How many miles does it have on it? Tell me if you call and what response you get from GM. It is so frustrating, maybe if enough call (thats a big IF) GM will take notice.
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Replying to: aase1991 (Oct 28, 2007 6:12 pm) |
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Replying to: jrector74 (Jul 03, 2007 9:34 pm) The dealer is now ordering a whole new gas tank unit including fuel pump? So another trip back in a week or two. I owe too much money to trade it in on another car. Thanks |
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| I dont know if this is the right place, but im pretty sure this is electrical. First off, a few weeks ago, my car wouldn't start when i got up in the morning.. so i had to call roadside assistance, get them to get me and take me to the closest dealership, which is an hour away.. ok (oh, i have a 2006 cobalt). So i get ther,e i sit for 5 1/2 hours, missing school and work. ok, they said i needed a new battery, so they charged up my old one, told me to come back the next day. everything ran fine, im like ok.. well, two sundays ago, my check engine light comes on, after i am heading to edmonton (most of you probably dont know where that is, but its about 800km from me). so im going there, and all of a sudden my car becomes gutless and the check engine light flashes at me like 4 times.. whatever, i called the dealership they said to keep driving cause ther eis probably nothing wrong, cause the car ran good afterwards.. it didnt happen to me agian. ok, so two sundays ago, my check engine light comes on, and hasn't turned off since.. well, whatever, dealership told me to ignore it unless there was something phyiscally wrong with the car.. ok, fine. So i organize a check up on the car, just in case. (Jan 4th) So im driving around tonite, christmas eve, being bored.. and all of a sudden, my POWER STEERING sign turns on in my dashboard, and my spedometer quits, and everything is reset.. my trip counter, and everything, it just displays dashes.. well, this is getting quite annoying, because i seem to just have problem after problem ith this car... has this happened to anyone else??? anything like this!?!?!?! Thanks! | |
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Replying to: prnta (Dec 24, 2007 8:05 pm) I don't know what to believe anymore. The dealer is very nonchalant about it and my salesman claimed the did nothing wrong & my response they did nothing RIGHT! Also asked if I wanted to trade car in and I said I should get a 2008 with no loss on my end and they didn't like that either. Heard again that they never get complaints and I'm the only one so I showed them the Edmunds complaints, no comment. I did contact 800# at GM and if there is a next time, I was told to open a case with Better Business Bureau. I do believe I have electrical problems also. I even chose the bare bones package with no electrical windows etc so I would have less problems! Guess that didn't work. I also made the mistake of chosing a dealer with inconvenient hours never thinking I would be there so much! Contact GM and BBB to start a paper trail. In PA, the lemon law is 1 yr/12 months so I don't qualify, I have 21K and am concerned about our winter coming up in the next 3 months. I hope they get it right this time. I love the dealerships responses, like I have nothing better to do & make this stuff up about my car, barely missing 4 accidents with this car stalling. |
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