10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
62,174 miles

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problem #2

Mar 012011

Cobalt

  • 46,995 miles
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact was driving approximately 60 mph when the vehicle began to decelerate independently. The contact applied the accelerator but the vehicle would not respond. The brakes were unresponsive and the steering wheel locked abnormally. The contact pulled over and the vehicle was parked at that location. The vehicle was not inspected or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The current mileage was 47,000 and the failure mileage was 46,995.

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

problem #1

Nov 192009

Cobalt

  • 31,509 miles
Chevy Cobalt 2009. Two incidents involving the same model but different cars. Both rented from enterprise. Don't know what category to put the complaint in. Steering" braking? or something else" this model handles terribly on wet pavement. Doesn't brake well on wet pavement, and tires spin when starting from a stopped position. Incident 1. changing lanes on I270 md. Going about 50 mph. And slowed down to move one lane to the right. Going from a less used wetter lane to lane to the right, which wasn't quite as wet. Car spun out twice and hit the jersey wall twice. Then I was able to stop the car. Fairly heavy traffic, and no other vehicles involved, thank god. State police were on the shoulder for traffic going in the other direction across from me but did not come to the car. Incident 2. rented another of the same model. Whenever the street was wet, the car did not brake well. Seemed to be very short periods of not braking. When slowly starting from a stopped position, the wheels spun and then took hold. Could have easily been another situation for spinning out. Enterprise said there were no recalls. Insurance company raised my rates from $103 to $167 per month!

- Silver Spring, MD, USA