Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / COBALT / 2005

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005045185 Incident Date: Oct, 20 2005
Consumer's City: CALEDONIA Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: COBALT Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:cooling system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1AK52F257 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 02 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 30 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Three months after replaceing the radiator in my car from hitting a raccoon. i started the car and smoke came from the exaust. took the car back to the dealership on friday. on the following monday i got a call saying "we can not find anything wrong" and drove the car home. the next morning i started the car and smoke came fron the exaust again, the same thing happend after work except the car started after turning the key a few times. the same thing happend the next two days it didn't want to start and after it did, it smoked for approximatly 10 minutes. that friday morning was no different and the same with leaving from work untill i got 12 miles from away when the temperature gage came on, so i took it back to the dealership. there i talked to a different mechanic and told him what was going on and in less then a minute he told me what it was probably a cracked head on the engine. the following monday and further inspection he was right in saying it was the head and needs to be sent out for repair. now they are not willing to fix this problem saying that it is non warranty and we are stuck with all costs.