Chevrolet Cobalt by model year

10,115 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Chevrolet Cobalt across 6 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Chevrolet Cobalt

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
2005	2,231
2006	3,056
2007	2,004
2008	1,104
2009	916
2010	795

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2010	795	Steering (31%)	5	27 to 30
2009	916	Fuel system (29%)	5	25 to 30
2008	1,104	Steering (28%)	4	25 to 29
2007	2,004	Steering (35%)	5	23 to 25
2006	3,056	Steering (43%)	5	23 to 25
2005	2,231	Steering (52%)	5	23 to 25