Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / COBALT / 2005

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007123104 Incident Date: Jun, 12 2007
Consumer's City: KINSTON Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: COBALT Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G1AL52F157 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 16 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Aug, 09 2006
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Brake failure/brake pedal went down when applied and vehicle accelerated at a high rate of speed,traveled 20-25 feet struck truck in front of me causing over $4,000 in damage to my 2005 chevy cobalt since the june 13th 2007 accident the brakes failed 2 more times the last time the brake pedal collapsed to the floor with no brakes(bushing &clip missing from brakes, i think this was done at the factory). i had to stop it using the emergency brake. i refused to drive it again. my wife had it do this to her, with the brakes failing and accelerating at a fast pace, luckily no cars were near her at the time,because i traded the cobalt general motors refuses to do anything about the problem reference number 71-562139648 talked to several people one was jake ext 22795. *tr