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2005 Chevrolet Cobalt air bags problems

71 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
71 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
70,000 miles 47 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
39 and 0
Injuries and deaths
37 and 3

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 70,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 10 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 70,000 miles
Based on 47 complaints that include mileage. 47% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles10
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 47 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 39 crashes, 37 injuries, 3 deaths.

What owners wrote

On feb. 10,2006 my little brother was on his way home in my 2005 cobalt it was raining he went around a curve an lost control of the vehicle. He hit a total of 3 trees the car was total. The air bags didn't not deploy an the seat belt didn't catch, bc of this my little brother lost his life. He was 5'11 an weighed about 350 lbs an came up out of his seat and hit the top of the car were the metal meets the windshield. Nothing has been done.

February 2006 CrashInjuryDeath

I was stopped at a red signal for a few minutes. Suddenly, a university of buffalo student hit my car from the rear at full force. He was texting and when he got out of the car he was still texting. He admitted it was his fault because he was not looking at the road and was texting on his phone. I called the police and obtained a police report. The air bags did not work. My mom and I were jolted forward at full force with back and neck trauma. My car stalled on impact of the other car.

Reported at 53,379 miles, January 2010 CrashInjury

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