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2007 Chevrolet Cobalt exterior lighting problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the exterior lighting on the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt1% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Exterior Lighting complaints
1%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Turn signals totally uncontrollable and/or inoperable before, during and after turning, engine light on continuous and not able to detect reasons, dealership rejected request to identify cause and effect of engine light, car making poping sounds, ignition switch recall not addressed. The only known…

    filed Aug 31, 2020

  • The automatic headlights on the car do shut off intermittently. They also turn on by themselves sometimes when the car is parked and off. We have been stranded with a dead battery when this happens. This seems to be a common problem with the 2007 and newer cobalts. Typically cars had a physical…

    filed Nov 15, 2019

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

Exterior Lighting problems in other Cobalt years

YearReportsShare
2010 Cobalt102%
2009 Cobalt91%
2008 Cobalt182%
2006 Cobalt171%
2005 Cobalt231%
Cobalt exterior lighting 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.