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2009 Chevrolet Cobalt fuel/propulsion system problems

226 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt32% of all complaints for this model year.

226
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
32%
share of all complaints
97,784 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 4
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The air bag never deployed I bought car in 2018 from original owner with car only having 33,000 miles on it and still under warranty til car had 100,000 miles and I hit a deer head on 2 months after getting car which bought in may of 2018 hit the deer in July 2018 . The deer was hit with the front…

    filed Dec 21, 2024

  • There is a leak in the fuel lines that is just awful. Constant while driving Many others have experienced as well. Leaves huge puddles of gas

    filed Aug 21, 2024

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

Fuel/propulsion System problems in other Cobalt years

YearReportsShare
2010 Cobalt10118%
2008 Cobalt20224%
2007 Cobalt28318%
2006 Cobalt25511%
2005 Cobalt382%
Cobalt fuel/propulsion system 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.