Washington -- Federal regulators have opened an investigation into complaints that power steering systems in the Chevrolet Cobalt can fail.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says there are 1,132 complaints about the Cobalt's electric power steering, including reports of eleven accidents and one injury.

The review covers about 905,000 Cobalts in the model years from 2005 to 2009.

A majority of the complaints have come in the past six months. Some drivers said they couldn't stay in their traffic lane when steering became difficult

From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20100202/...#ixzz0eQdtO67r

Is the EPS the same between LS/LT/Sport/SSSC/SSTC models?

 

wonderful news right there..i just got a letter from gm saying that some fot he 2006 model cobalt vehicles equipped with the 2.0l supercharged engine, may have a condition where the malfunction indicator lamp illuminates, and or there is a lack of engine power. This may be caused by falilure of the catalytic converter.

 

Just heard about this.

 

is this new cause ive been hearing about this for a little while now. is it all models cause the people ive heard mention it have had the ls and lt models

 

I have experienced that. My cat is now gone so I guess that took care of it.

 

I know quite a few of the members on here have talked about theirs going out... Wonder if that means refunds for those who had to replace it out of pocket...

 

hmm i already replaced my powersteering outta pocket still have the old one so i wonder if i can give them the old one for another new one so i can have a backup just incase it happens again

 

"Some drivers said they couldn't stay in their traffic lane when steering became difficult"
^^now i had to drive my old cavy about 6 1/2 miles with absolutely no power steering to the mechanic shop cuz the one hose snapped and i couldnt get to it myself. pain the ass but it wasnt THAT difficult

well this is amazing news...in a more positive note, i guess i should look at it in the way as if my car is affected i basically get a new EPS system depending what they replace.

 

click for later

 

and the brakes are still being brushed away under the carpet :/

 

subd

 

They just need to work out more. When my Monte Carlo would stall while moving I lost power steering but it wasn't to hard to steer and I'm a weakling.

 

yeah me too. This is my first standard and i blew the power steering fuse and drove it for 2 days w/o power steering. 1-2 shift was always at redline lmao

**** i forgot my 6k lbs. jeep did that every time i turned right while slowing down

 

while in the area, they might as well replace our damn intermediate shafts and steering columns....******* rattle

i replaced the intermediate shaft, but ****** still rattles

 

i got my letter yesterday

 

yeah lol i was 17 at the time and i must say i was quite the weakling then too.

 

yep that is when i got mine too

 

i got one too haha

im not stock so it dont matter haha

 

mine is doing this. on the highway it will coast into the other lanes when im going around a turn and then ill fight it to get back into my lane. i thought it was just the roads all messed up from the cold temps. ill keep a eye on how it acts but i don't go on the highway to much.

 

I got the same letter .. ha.
But I've never had any trouble with mine, so idk.

 

Subd.....just bought my 09 in may and have been noticing it kinda, mostly when i do anything over 70

 

I've never received a notice but I've had my cat replaced twice under warranty so far

 

**** my Redline done that from time to time since the day I bought it. At speed she handles much better when the electric motor shuts off :-) People just need to get jobs requiring manual labor or hit the gym.

 

light at the end of a long tunnel

received my letter today on the cat

 

ive had my cat replaced once... and i need to get it replaced again... i bought a ZZP midlenght header/DP thats sitting in my room that i might sell if GM will fix my cat again...