# 2005 CHEVROLET COBALT — STEERING
> NHTSA complaint `732663` · 2009-08-24 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** COBALT
- **Year:** 2005
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STEERING
- **Miles at failure:** 75,010
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT I HAVE HAD TO MAKE. I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON THIS TOPIC FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TYPE IN "COBALT POWER STEERING" INTO GOOGLE AND MILLIONS OF COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS WEBSITES AND FORUMS COME UP. LAST YEAR WHEN I FILED A COMPLAINT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE INVOLVED. THIS TIME THERE IS AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. I THINK THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. I HAVE A 05' CHEVY COBALT THAT WHEN DRIVING RANDOMLY THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING GOES OUT. I CAN'T DRIVE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES AND EVERY TIME I GET IN THE CAR IT CUTS OUT. THIS TIME I WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AS I WAS COMING TO MY PARENTS MAILBOX. I WENT TO TURN AND I COULDN'T AND I HIT IT. I HAVE $500 IN DAMAGE THAT I DON'T WANT TO CLAIM TO INSURANCE BECAUSE THEN IT WILL JUST COST MORE IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE MY INSURANCE WILL GO UP. I AM A FIREFIGHTER IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. I SEE CAR ACCIDENTS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OF VEHICLE PROBLEMS OR FAILURE. IS IT GOING TO TAKE ME GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, SOMEONE PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF ME, AND ME DYING? ONE LESS PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEE IN FLORIDA. *TR
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