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2008 CHEVROLET COBALT — STEERING

crash · 1137869 · 2014-12-10

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
COBALT
Year
2008
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
STEERING

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I CHANGED LANES AND LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM DID NOT WORK AS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO; MY TRACTION CONTROL DID NOT WORK AS IT WAS SUPPOSE TO, WHICH RESULTED IN ME LOSING CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. A MONTH EARLIER, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO RANCHO MOTOR COMPANY TO HAVE A RECALL PART ON MY VEHICLE FIXED. THEY NOTICED THAT MY ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WERE ON. THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTICS TEST ON THE VEHICLE. WHEN I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE, THEY INFORMED ME THERE WAS NOTHING PHYSICALLY WRONG WITH MY VEHICLES ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS BUT THE SOFTWARE WAS OUTDATED AND NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10663307
Machine
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