Steering complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt has 209 NHTSA steering complaints and 1 steering-related recall.
209
Complaints
1
Recalls
23
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
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STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2010 CHEVROLET COBALT AND MODEL YEAR 2007-2010 PONTIAC G5 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC POWER ST...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2025 | STEERING | The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed sp... |
| Feb 25, 2025 | STEERING | Steering went out while driving |
| Jan 15, 2024 | STEERING | Loosing power steering |
| Nov 16, 2023 | STEERING,ENGINE | My car turned off while I was driving and almost caused me to crash into an 18 wheeler. Thank God I ... |
| Apr 1, 2023 | STEERING | steering is going out. when turning slowly it’s hard to turn it back straight. |
| Jun 19, 2022 | STEERING | While parking my 2009 Chevy Cobalt the power steering became difficult. It was like it stopped worki... |
| Jun 15, 2022 | STEERING | The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated while driving approximately 20 MPH, the... |
| Jun 6, 2022 | STEERING | The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, the vehicle... |
| Apr 8, 2022 | STEERING | My power steering seemed very loose. I zig zag across the road.Trying not to hit a telephone pole.Sl... |
| Mar 10, 2022 | STEERING | The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, t... |
| Jan 6, 2022 | STEERING | The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while reversing at an undisclosed ... |
| Jul 20, 2021 | STEERING | whenever i would go to speed up my ecs active light would pop up, now it’s been popping up every tim... |
| Jun 19, 2021 | STEERING | The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt. The contact stated that while his wife was reversing the s... |
| Apr 2, 2021 | STEERING | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, T... |
| Apr 1, 2021 | STEERING | THERE'S A WHINING TYPE NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING AND A WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED GOING DOWN A HIL... |
| Mar 30, 2021 | STEERING | STEERING IS STIFF. GETTING HARD TO TURN |
| Mar 17, 2021 | STEERING | LOSE ALL POWER STEERING RANDOMLY WITH NO WARNING |
| Mar 3, 2021 | STEERING | MY CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING TO HEAT UP AND I WENT TO LEAVE FOR WORK I SAW ON THE MENU SCREEN IT SAID POW... |
| Jan 27, 2021 | STEERING | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE STEERING ... |
| Nov 17, 2020 | STEERING | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE STEE... |