My 2005 Chevy Cobalt was towed in for the 3rd time in 3 months. It is not even a year old yet. All three times have been exactly the same - I go out to start the car in the morning & the car's electrical system goes haywire and the car will not start. This first 2 times, the dealer said it was an electrical problem & they replaced everything. This last time they said it's just a dead battery. If that is the case, wouldn't they have figured that out the first 2 times? something clearly is awry in the electrical system and it is draining the battery. I don't want this car - I can't trust it to start & the dealer clearly doesn't know what's wrong. I intend to take legal action.

- Finleyville, PA, USA

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.

- Canal Winchester, OH, USA

: the contact stated the vehicle was returned to the dealer five times due to intermittent power steering failure and electrical problems. The steering wheel locked suddenly twice while driving, at various speed. The wheel locked on numerous occasions while the vehicle was stopped. Each time the power steering light illuminated on the dash during the failure. The wheel unlocked after the engine was shut down and restarted four times. The following electrical problems occurred intermittently, all the gauges fluttered, the fuel gage showed an inaccurate reading, and the emergency brake light illuminated while driving. On one occasion the dealer replaced the power steering housing, but this did not remedy the problem. On all other occasions the dealer completed diagnostic testing, but was unable to determine the cause of the problems. The consumer stated the gas tank was full of gas, however the low fuel illuminated on the dash. The radio malfunctioned twice. Updated 04/06/06.

- Lakewood, CO, USA

Upon attempting to turn the headlights on manually, because the automatic headlights come on a little later than I would like, almost all of the electronics on the interior of the vehicle come on. I say almost because the instrument cluster lighting does not respond to a manual request for the lighting systems to activate. The background of the cluster in this car is black, and when it starts to get dark out it makes it rather difficult to see. One would expect that when you turn the head lights on, and all of the interior lighting comes on, the instrument clusters back lighting to also come on. The car has been back to bobby layman Chevrolet in columbus oh, 2 times for this issue, and basically the response of the service department its the way it is.

- Hilliard, OH, USA