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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006060184 | Incident Date: Mar, 21 2006 |
| Consumer's City: CANAL WINCHESTER | Consumer's State: OH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: COBALT | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1AK52F357 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 22 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 31 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Electrical system seems to be defective. when first bought car, the fan for the heater would not work. finally, dealership took parts out of a brand new vehicle, since there were no parts made yet due to it being brand new, and replaced it. but, it still makes a whining when it is on #1 setting. the cd player would lock up all the time and simply say "locked". according to user manual, we are advised to take it to dealership and they will fix that problem. upon taking car to dealership for that problem, they said there was nothing wrong with it because of course, it did not do it for them. so, we stopped trying to even use the cd player. the locked status occurs frequently for no apparent reason. like, when going over a real bumpy part of the road. all of a sudden the lock button appeared on the dashboard. i was afraid the car was going to turn off on me. sometimes the word "lock" comes on in the radio display and so the clock won't display. i have no idea what is wrong or why it is displayed. the real scary part, though, is when the dashboard displays the "lock" icon. because i fear that the vehicle will just stop running since i read that it does have an anti-theft function that will stop the supply of gas to the car and i wonder if/when this will begin malfunctioning. will i be on the highway traveling at 65 mps? i mean, more people need to let chevy know that this is happening so that it can be fixed. lately, the vehicle will not start. it just will not start when we put the key in the ignition. all other lights and things turn on, but the engine won't turn over. why, we don't know. dealer claims we must have it towed to them and not get it jumped so they can take a look at it to see what is wrong. has happened three times so far. still no resolution to this problem. feel that the problems are a result of the same defect-the electrical system. guy that came to jump my car said the cobalts have had lots of problems. *nm |
