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2006 Chevrolet Cobalt vehicle speed control problems

48 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt2% of all complaints for this model year.

48
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
2%
share of all complaints
90,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
6 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I was driving on the highway and my traction control came on. I lost steering control and my car started shifting rough and eventually my power deminished. Now comes on periodically for a couple days then will go off and drive fine. Also my airbag light stays on for passenger and shows it to be…

    filed Jun 7, 2018

  • Failure to communicate with tcm/ecm/pcm. This problem has caused several occurances where driving the vehicle has been hazardous. Because of either the wiring or the tcm itself, I, the consumer, have nearly been in 2 accidents. At first I was told that it was the power steering assist module…

    filed May 11, 2018

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

Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Cobalt years

YearReportsShare
2010 Cobalt142%
2009 Cobalt142%
2008 Cobalt223%
2007 Cobalt191%
2005 Cobalt402%
Cobalt vehicle speed control 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.