Problems with Chevrolet Cobalt

Ever hear of front wheel problems with 2008 chevy cobalt?

The only solution is to buy a new shifter from gm or to find one at a salvage yard..the shifter is junk,and gm knows it,what the problem is with the shifter is the small round plunger that it attaches to is broke and there is no fix for it,had that small round plunger that the shift pin is attached to would have been metal,no one would be having these problems out of the shifters,what breaks the plastic plunger is the locking mechanism,that is bolted to the side of the shifter,that releases the shifter when you hit the brake pedal,which would have been a great idea,if the plunger would have been more durable,anyway if someone tries to move the shifter while it's not started or when the ignition isn't on,then the lock is on,and that puts sideways pressure on the pin that goes up and down with the gear shifter that makes everything work.i have a girlfrien that this happened to and i took it all apart and figured it out,i have done mechanic work all my life.and GM should be ashamed of their self for allowing this to go on,they know exactly what's wrong with these shifters,and society is allowing them,mostly consumers like myself,that can't afford to purchase a new gear shifter to fix the problem,because that's what it takes,and from what i can understand is they haven't even fixed the problem,so you could buy that new gear shifter from the dealership,or anywhere else,and if someone grabs your gearshift and tries to put it in gear,without pushing the brake,bamb your out that big expense again,and you won't even know exactly when you broke it,because there's a spring in there with that plunger,that keeps the pin locked in one place,and it will hold it in there for awhile until it falls off,that pin is made on that plunger when they manafacture the gear shifter,and what happens is the hole in the plunger breaks into two halves,and that's what allows the pin to fall out,and with no pin in the shifter nothing works,not the micro swith that tells the ignition swith that the car is in park,so the key will come out,and the ratchet pawl can't work either,you can literaly put the car in any gear that you want while driving down the road,and destroy your transmission,and or could very,i repeat very easily cause an accident,and it's for this reason that it should be a recall,and GM knows it.shame on these dealerships that are telling consumers that they poured water down in their shifter,and that caused the problem.you could stand all day with a water hose,and spray it into this shifter,and it couldn't hurt a thing,not one thing,exceppt to flood the floor boards.so again shame on you GM,for not only recalling the shifters,but exspecially for not fixing the problem that you know is your fault,keep up the good work,that's why the foreign competitors have taken everything away from us.it's just ashame..

Cobalts with automatic transmissions(2005-2008)have shifter failures, and will be covered under warranty, though GM won't issue a recall. I went through this with my 05 LS.

I have a ton of problems with mine also a 2006 cobalt. last week the key wouldn't come out of the ignition when it was in park, after 5 days of this happening brought it in, under warranty it's fixable. the dealership acted like they knew that this would happen. now the engine is shutting down at every stop light or when i start to slow down. bringing the p.o.s. back in tomorrow!

I have a 2006 chevy cobalt i got a hole in the oil pan and didnt realize it was going down road and car just shut down no warning lights came on or anything would it have seized the engine

Could be a bushing in the front suspension.  Mine wore out and made a knocking pinging rattle sound like it was either coming from the left front wheel, front bumper area or the steering wheel.  Turned out to be a bushing in the left front wheel.  My steering column also had a rattle but not sure what it was exactly, but made a similar problem and didn't always happen.

I have a 2008 chevy cobalt (special edition ) automatic and i put car into reverse and i heard a plastic crunching noise then i put it into drive and heard a load crunching noise then when i put it into park it was fineDoes the shifter have a recall of some kind?

I have a 2008 cobalt. At about 5000 miles i kept hearing a thumping sound when making turns. Took it to the dealer, went on a test ride with the mechanic, no noise! When coming back into the dealers lot, we went over a speed bump, the car made the noise and kept making the noise at every turn. On inspection, dealer replaced the steering shaft. No more noise...but the car only had 5000 m on it.

I just had a problem with my 06 cobalt. Gear shifter button doesn't push in and car is stuck in park. Key gets stuck in ignition. Same thing happened when it was a yr old... under warranty and they replaced shifter. Now ill have to shell out $$$ to fix same problem. Shame on them.

V-automatics dont have throwout bearings! its your shifter and wires running to it they will eventuly short out and it will leave you stranded it happend a week ago to my buddy the foam underneath the shifter detereated the dealership charged him 506.00 to fix it . its happening to a lot of those cars there will probibly be a recall on em soon call chevy and report it