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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007103332 | Incident Date: Apr, 05 2007 |
| Consumer's City: WYOMING | Consumer's State: MI |
| 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#: 1G1AL52F757 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 23 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 04 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My 2005 chevy cobalt has shut off 3 times while driving on the expressway. the car acts just like you turn off the ignition while you are in the driveway, except you are driving 70 mph and there is traffic all around you. when we pull over and park the car, the car starts right back up and drives fine. there have been no obvious warning signs indicating that something is going to happen. the first failure was when my wife was driving the car for about 45 minutes. she told me that the cobalt turned off while she was driving and had to pull over and turn it back on. she was driving at 75 mph and did not have cruise control on. the second time i was driving the cobalt with her as a passenger. we were driving at 75 mph for about 40 minutes when the car turned off. we made an appointment with the dealership and told them about it. the dealership replaced the defroster switch and updated the computer. the third time i was driving with my wife. we were driving at 75 mph with cruise on a really straight stretch of highway. i was not touching anything and was talking to my wife when the car turned off. i pulled over and immediately called the dealership. the dealership drove the car for 40-45 miles and checked the computer. they told us that they saw no codes and could not duplicate the problem. they gave us the gm customer service number and i them regarding this safety concern. gm told me to take it to another dealership for them to look at it to see if they could duplicate the problem. this dealership only drove the car 8 miles and told us that they did not have time to spend driving the vehicle longer. i called gm again, the adm of the area passed on to us that, since the problem cannot be duplicated, the only things that we can do is to 1) attach a flight recorder to the vehicle and continue driving it in hopes that this problem continues and we can catch it with the flight recorder or 2) take a service man on a road trip to see if the problem duplicates. *jb |
