Problems with 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt AIR BAGS

Purchased a used car and when i purchased it the airbag light was on in the car.they were fully aware of that..so i don't know what is going on with the airbag.i have a car fax on the car .whoever owned it before had a slight bump in the front.that was never fixed.so i don't know if it is a sensor in the bumper in the front.wheni purchased the car i said i didn't have that kind of my to spend.i am on a fixed income .hoping to get some help somewhere. this happened before i purchased by the previous owner.thank you

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated that the vehicle would not start upon turning the key in the ignition more than once. the contact had to wait and within a few minutes the vehicle would restart after more than one attempt. the vehicle had also stalled without warning. the air bag sensor light illuminated and continued to illuminate at random. the vehicle was not taken to an authorized dealer for diagnostic testing. the drivers seat had deteriorated to the point that the frame was loose and the padding was exposed. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who diagnosed that the fronts drivers seat needed to be replaced. the front drivers seat was replaced. the air bag sensor, vehicle stalling and failure with the key not turning in the ignition continued to recur. the contact was included in nhtsa campaign id number:14v047000 (air bags and electrical system) and the authorized dealer stated that the part would not be available until mid april. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 30000. updated 06/17/14*lj

Service air bag light is constantly on. dealer says its caused by sitting something in the passenger seat that isn't very heavy (purse, book, shopping bag, etc) and "confusing" the sensor, though i do not place anything in the seat. when the service light is on, the airbag will not deploy in an accident. was told by a dealer service manager that they really weren't sure how to/if they could fix it. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet colbalt. the contact stated that the airbag warning light was illuminated and the fuel pump was leaking fuel onto the exhaust pipe. a local mechanic diagnosed that a replacement pump was necessary. neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 88,000. the vin was unavailable.

Strong smell of gas when im driving the car in and outside. the car has trouble starting, i had it checked and was told there was a fuel leak. called gm and was told even though their was a special coverage for my state they would not fix the leak. this is a dangerous leak due to a faulty plastic part. i hope my family doesn't die from inhaling fumes or blow up. kinda makes you think its another pinto exploding gas tank deal. i guess they wont do anything until someone dies. i have had many problems with this car starting a week after i bought it new. knocking when the engine starts, using oil now, airbags not working, small electrical things keep going wrong. when i take it in im told they cant reproduce the problems. *kb

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. the battery was disconnected to and the key became stuck in the ignition. the vehicle was diagnosed by a dealer. the diagnosis was to replace the gear shift. the vehicle was repaired. the front drivers seat and the front passenger seat air bag illuminated when the front passenger and driver are in the vehicle or if no one is seated in the front passenger's side. the dealer was not able to diagnose the airbag failure. the failure still recurred. the battery had to be replaced and the codes had to be reprogrammed due to having to disconnect the battery to remove the key more than once. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the vehicle was not taken back to an authorized dealer for an inspection. the approximate failure mileage was 17000. *tr

Driving down the road and the airbag on the passengers side shuts off with a passenger in the seat. service airbag light goes on. shut the car off and restart then it will be fine for a while. i think it is sensor on the seatbelt retractor. *tr

Service air bag light illuminated and disables passenger side airbag. now it comes on at sometime during every trip i take now! *tr

Once in a while the sign check the air bag showed up, but now it stays on all the time. car never was involved in any crash. the sensor or the air bug must be faulty from the beginning. *js

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated that while attempting to park, the steering wheel locked and the vehicle abnormally accelerated to 11 mph before crashing into another vehicle. the air bags did not deploy yet there were no injuries. a police report was filed. the vehicle was not repaired or inspected. the vin was unavailable. the current mileage was approximately 55,000 and the failure mileage was approximately 53,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. the contact was driving 20 mph when the steering wheel began to jerk violently and the power steering assist failed. the contact stated that the failure would occur sporadically and when it did, the vehicle would have to be shut off for two days before the power steering would independently reset. the air bag warning light also remained illuminated. the vehicle was never taken to the dealer for diagnosis or repairs. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was not available. the failure mileage was 100,000.

On july 15, 2010 i was hit head-on by another driver. pictures of my chevy cobalt clearly show the driver side airbag didn't deploy correctly on the ride side of the steering wheel. as a result, i suffered multiple injuries, most of the injuries are on the right side of my body. dislocated and shattered right foot, right wrist fracture, cut in right knee, disfigured stomach, need left hip replaced, also have depression, ptsd, anxiety, long and short term memory loss, chronic pain, degenerative disk disease, both knees and arms weak. totally disabled, unable to work. how do i sue gm? *tr

On july 15, 2010 i was hit head-on by another driving at high speed near warrenton, oregon. four vehicles in all were involved. i'm am totally disabled. suffered multiple injuries, most on the right side of my body. am unable to work. pictures of my chevy cobalt steering wheel clearly shows the airbag didn't deploy correctly. thus leaving me with ongoing pain. dislocated my right foot, six surgeries in all. fractured my right wrist, key went into my right knee, bruised right breast and tissue damage, both knees and arms weak, bruising from seat belt and disfigured right foot, stomach, and right hip. suffer also from ptsd, long and short term memory, depression, agitation, degenerative disk disease, migraines, and more. pictures clearly show the airbag did not deploy correctly on the right side of the steer wheel. how do i sue gm. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated that the air bag light on the instrument panel continued to illuminate. when the contact took the vehicle to the dealer they could not diagnose the failure. the dealer informed the contact to bring the vehicle back if the air bag light continued to illuminate. two months later, the light came on and the contact was concerned that the air bag would deploy at any time or that it would not deploy if the vehicle was involved in a crash. the contact made an appointment with the dealer for diagnostic testing. the contact does not feel safe driving the vehicle. the failure mileage was 31,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. when the vehicle was started, the front passenger and driver side air bag warning lights illuminated. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 91,000.

i have had problems from beginning. we never received recall notice. not two months after having purchased this vehicle the power steering started to fail (our son was a little over 2-1/2 years old. i had to pull over as fast as i could to keep us from crashing. i was never notified of a recall on this vehicle by notice only by the failure of this vehicle. the car was brought in and serviced. hence bulletin #10023 (power steering motor) performed on 5/25/2010. problem 2 i have had with this vehicle: the mechanic told me where i get my oil changed that there was a recall on cobalt for that problem, so i researched it only to be told there was "no recall" so to speak on my vin#- -my mother was told there was again no recall that matched my vin number the chevy cobalt had to have the fuel pump replaced because it was leaking gas. additionally, the fuel injector was replaced as well because it's also part of that recall and the one that was on the car was cracked and leaking. this could have caused more than a fire--it could have blown up while i was driving. yet again the liaison provided me with this: #12191 (fuel tank module) performed on 10/10/2012. on to the third recall- low the current recall, 13454, is now showing for your vin and we are sending out notices this week with more specific information. the door handle on the driver side has all but fallen off, out of warranty again the dealer and was told there were no recalls, so around turns and corners my car gets loud. don't even let me get started the upholstery in this vehicle because water alone stains it. along with the struts making noises when the car turns, the a/c issue having that replaced, the breaks, the rotors turned when does it stop. i also found that it was very possible the airbag situation was due to the electrical problems as well (hence the faulty ignition kill switch). *tr

2007 cobalt, could not steer car straight, went into a ditch, car flipped, car hit a tree, none of the airbags deployed!!!! *tr

I have had a 2007 chevy cobalt for almost a year, and it has been wrecked, but was fixed and it has just around 60,000 miles on it and the power steering goes out in it. i can turn the car off and then back on and it will work just fine for a few more minutes and then go out again. *tr

On february 10, 2010, while traveling west on 14th street another driver in the left lane entered my lane (right lane), and i slammed on brakes to stop from hitting the other drivers vehicle. despite the fact it was a sunny very cold day outside and the streets were dry the brakes on my vehicle locked up as though i have an anti-locking braking system, which i don't have on my car. the steering wheel became none responsive and my car ended up jumping the curb and hitting a telephone pole on the front driver side of the car. there is damage to the driver side headlight and a dent in the same area in the shape of the pole; furthermore, the airbag never deployed. the car is currently at a gm body shop being repaired by the other drivers insurance; however, in light of the recent gm recall about an issue with the steering wheel i am bringing my accident to your attention just in case the issues are related. *tr

My husband and i have a 2007 chevy cobalt ltz , for about three weeks we had been noticing vibrations in the steering. also when braking the steering would shake. during that time we got a letter from our dealership about the side airbags. they said that they had sold it as if it had side airbags,but it didn't have any.on our way up there to the dealership we began to experience tightness in the steering just as we started on the interstate . we had not gone very far when our cobalt began to fish tail and my husband was unable to control the car and we then went into two 360s and began to roll according to witnesses we rolled 4 or 5 times before the car rested on the right side. also front airbags did not come out. it felt as if the car had no power steering at all. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. a truck rear-ended her vehicle , which caused her to crash into another vehicle. none of the airs bag deployed. another occupant in the vehicle went to the hospital. a police report was available. the failure mileage was 25,000.

Within a month of purchasing a new 2007 chevy cobalt - i began hearing rattling noises from my vehicle. i have had the car in for repairs numerous times. multiple components have been replaced and or repaired. i currently have 15,000 miles on the vehicle - to this day i can still hear rattling noises and clunking noise coming from the steering-suspension. the mechanics have now told me they don't know what's wrong and suggested i try a different dealership. i have contacted chevy and received no help in settling this issue. if chevy would of had their return policy when i purchased - i would of gladly returned the vehicle - i make car payments on a lemon. i don't even like my daughter to ride in the vehicle for fear of her safety. i fear i will be driving down the road the front end will fall apart. it scares me to death. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. the air bag warning light has illuminated since the vehicle was purchased. the contact has taken the vehicle to the dealer and they reset the air bag sensor and replaced the seat belt sensor. three months after the repairs were made, the air bag light came on. the dealer stated that the vehicle was repaired. a month and a half later the air bag light came back on. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer again and the diagnostic test indicated that failure was caused by the wiring in the ignition and the air bag coil which were repaired. three months later the failure recurred. the contact is concerned that in the event of a crash, the air bag will not deploy. the failure mileage was 37,000.

A man in a full-size pickup truck ran a stop light. i braked to miss him and turned towards the right. i ended up hitting him on his truck bedside right behind his tire. i was going about 35 at the time of impact. the airbags did not go off - but after the crash a service airbag light came on. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. the contact was driving approximately 25 mph when another vehicle crashed into the front of the contact's vehicle. the air bags failed to deploy. there were no injuries and a police report was not filed. the vehicle was taken to a repair shop where the dealer advised that the height of the other vehicle probably did not trigger the air bag sensor. the contact believed that the air bags should have deployed because the front end was completely destroyed. the manufacture was not alerted of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 1,000. the vin was not available.

June 29th, 2008, my wife was driving our 2007 chevrolet cobalt on a single 2-lane country road when she had to avoid a head-on collision with an on-coming pickup. she went into the ditch and hit a tree and fencepost at approx. 45 mph. eventhough the front end bumper was destroyed from the contact with the tree and post (both head-on directly), the airbags in the car failed to deploy. neither gm or my insurance company (since the vehicle is totaled) is interested in investigating further. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. the contact stated that the driver was traveling approximately 15 mph and crashed into another vehicle. the air bags failed to deploy. a police report was filed. there were no injuries reported. also, the contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, there was a sudden loss of engine power as the power steering warning light illuminated. the vehicle was not taken for diagnostic testing or repairs. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 60,000.

The airbag icon came on so i took it to the dealer who said the airbag unit needs replaced at a cost of 900.00. there is no damage on the car it just failed. the car is a 2007 chevy cobalt. *tr

I was in a car accident on october 18th of this year. i hit the rear end of another car at 50mph. my airbags did not deploy. this is the second chevy car that this has happen to me. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. while driving approximately 50 mph, the contact struck a deer head on and the air bags failed to deploy. the mechanic stated that the air bags did not deploy because of the way the vehicle struck the deer. six months later, he struck another deer head on and the air bags failed to deploy again. the vehicle is currently in the shop for repairs. the contact believes that the air bags should have deployed no matter how the deer was struck. the current mileage was 19,000 and failure mileage was 7,000.

While driving e. on highway 60 in az, i noticed my steering wheel sticking once in a while. after driving thru devel's canyon the steering kept pulling to the right a little then it would stop pulling, over and over. when i was on flat road again the steering pulled real sharp to the right and would not turn left, after a second of this the steering finally freed itself again but making the steering very touchy, when this happened the car started sweerving side to side and ended up hitting the guard rail on the east bound side of the highway. i was going aprox. 52 mph in a 55 mph area. when i hit the guard rail the car hit almost head on and the air bags never went off.

I had a front impact collision with my new 2007 chevy cobalt. i was traveling 40 to 45 mph when the impact occured. my airbags failed to deploy. by the grace of god i walked away from the accident unharmed but my car was totaled. i contacted gm and they had an engineer inspect my car and determined the airbag should have gone off but since the car was a total loss and no one was hurt they will not do anything about it.

Around two months ago my car locked it self while the keys was in the ignition! then service air bag soon light came on and has stayed on! just last week the engine slowed down like it was going to shut off! i'm 58 years old and disabled and live on very little money each month! so i've been unable to have my car looked at and fixed! i'm frighten to drive my car now ! please help! god bless, thank you! *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. the contact noticed many problems with the vehicle since the date of purchase in october 2006. the contact stated that the alignment was incorrect so the vehicle was taken back to the dealer for alignment immediately. also, the check engine light, and the air bag light would illuminate intermittently so sensors were replaced by the dealer. the steering column and power steering motor, headliner. catalytic converter, wheel bearings, struts, and the heating/cooling system were all replaced. the vehicle also stalled completely on an intermittent basis. the contact stated that the problems were consistent. the manufacturer had not been notified. the current mileage was approximately 104,000. the failure mileage was 369.