5.3

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
45,550 miles
Total Complaints:
3 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. not sure (3 reports)
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problem #3

May 032010

Cobalt LS

  • Automatic transmission
  • 33,000 miles

Display will either go blank or just show a lot of squiggles.

- Dana D., Corinth, MS, US

problem #2

Jun 172009

Cobalt LT2 4 cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 91,000 miles

Since the first summer I had the car I have been having this problem. Usually when it gets hot, but also sometimes for no reason at all (except for that time I hit an animal on the highway) the radio display goes crazy. All the lights sporadically blink on and off all at the same time until finally they all either stay on or just go off. Mainly when it is hot, the display does not show at all. I have taken it to the dealership and they act like I am crazy. They try to say that my remote start wiring is causing the problem and must be removed. This problem has been going on since before I had the remote start installed, so they are full of bull. I have even talked to a guy at the tire shop who has the same problem with his 2006 cobalt. Lucky for him he is a student at UTI and will learn how to fix it himself!

- wrhoden, Cleveland, TX, US

problem #1

Aug 022006

Cobalt SS S/C 2.0L 4 cyl Supercharge

  • Manual transmission
  • 12,640 miles

Radio broke again. Can't get cd out of the radio. Have to shut the radio off and turn on several times until I can get the CD out.

- William J., Utica, MI, US