Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / COBALT / 2005

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007120994 Incident Date: Sep, 14 2007
Consumer's City: PHOENIX Consumer's State: AZ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: COBALT Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering:electric power assist system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1AL52F957 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 25 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Electronic power steering went out with out warning. it's a good thing that i wasn't making a turn at this impartial moment because if i would have been i would have crashed into something. if i turn the car off and then back on again it starts to work but only for a short period of time. it seems that the cooler it is outside the longer that the power steering works, however it does continue to turn off. i believe that the system thinks that its over heating and is locking up the power steering. i have found several other people with this exact same problem, and i mean exact. *tr