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2005 Chevrolet Cobalt service brakes problems

16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt1% of all complaints for this model year.

16
Service Brakes complaints
1%
share of all complaints
122,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
3 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My wife was involved in a crash in our 2005 chevrolet cobalt on 23 february 2018. Car lost power to power steering motor, abs brakes, and air bags did not deploy after hitting a tree due to loss of steering and braking ability. I drove the car the morning before the crash and noticed the gauges and…

    filed Feb 26, 2018

  • Takata recall while I am driving my power steering light comes on and my car will lose power steering. My gear shift starts making a clicking noise, when I press on gas when it goes to change gears it jumps into the next gear, when I try to stop it won't let me the engine feels like it is trying to…

    filed Dec 6, 2017

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Service Brakes problems in other Cobalt years

YearReportsShare
2010 Cobalt142%
2009 Cobalt91%
2008 Cobalt172%
2007 Cobalt252%
2006 Cobalt261%
Cobalt service brakes problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.