I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 COBALT ON 95 SOUTH AND I EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHICH MADE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DO ANYTHING WITH. WITHIN A WEEK OF THE FIRST INCIDENT THIS STARTED TO HAPPEN EVERY COUPLE OF MILES AND THE ONLY WAY TO REGAIN THE POWER STEERING IS TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE CAR. IT GOT SO BAD WITHIN A WEEK IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND I COULD NOT EVEN PULL OUT OF MY APARTMENT COMPLEX WITHOUT LOOSING THE POWER STEERING AND STARTED TO OCCUR EVERY COUPLE OF MILES I DROVE THE CAR. FROM THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED POWER STEERING LOSS UNTIL A GOT IT FIXED WAS ABOUT ONE WEEK LONG AND THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST 20 OR MORE TIMES. I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN BECAUSE THERE WAS A INTERNAL SHORT IN COLUMN MOTOR MODULE AND HAVE A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT WHICH COST ME 966.95 TO FIX AND I HAD TO PAY THE MONEY TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE CAR WAS WAY TO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH OUT FIXING THIS PROBLEM. I TRAVEL ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS WITH MY JOB AND THIS DANGEROUS SAFETY DEFECT LEFT ME IN ALMOST SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AND I WAS PULLED OVER ON THE INTERSTATE 95 , PA TURNPIKE, 76, AND 495 IN DELAWARE STATE DEALING WITH THIS HAZARD. THIS PROBLEM IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DANGER NOT ONLY TO ME BUT EVERY OTHER PERSON ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH IS NOT FAIR TO THEM. *TR
2010
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE CONTACT POWERED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AS THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000.