NHTSA complaint: 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT — FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I WAS UNDER MY CAR INSPECTING IT FOR A LEAK FROM SPOTS I SAW ON THE DRIVE WAY. I FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY IT WAS A FUEL LEAK NEAR THE GAS TANK WHEN IT DECIDED TO CATCH ON FIRE WITH ME UNDERNEATH THE CAR. I WAS NOT INJURED BUT THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. I HAD PREVIOUSLY ASKED THE DEALER TO DO ANY RECALL WORK NEEDED WHEN MY POWER STEERING PUMP HAD GONE BAD. THEY TOLD ME THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS THE ONLY RECALL ISSUED FOR MY VEHICLE. I FOUND OUT NOW, OVER A YEAR LATER THAT SOME WERE RECALLED FOR A FUEL LINE PROBLEM LIKE THIS, AND MINE HAS A VIN THAT MATCHES THE RECALL, BUT SINCE MINE WAS NOT SOLD IN A STATE COVERED MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO KNOW BEFORE CRAWLING UNDER THE CAR. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation