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2005 Chevrolet Cobalt cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 40 complaints for the 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
40 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
99,000 miles 28 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 99,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 7 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 99,000 miles
Based on 28 complaints that include mileage. 25% 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 miles3
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles7
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 28 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 99,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury, 1 death.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated that while traveling at a high rate of speed, the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tree. The driver was fatally injured. A police report was filed of the incident. The contact believed that the vehicle exhibited an unintended acceleration failure which caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact also indicated that the airbags did deploy upon impact.

Reported at 1,800 miles, August 2005 CrashDeath

1) months prior to the accident at high way speed (65 to 75 MPH) after several hour (from 1 to 4) with the cruise control engaged, when disengaging the cruise control, the car would vibrate violently. GM claims they can not duplicate the problem. 2) brakes failed - applied brakes in traffic, pedal was soft and then went hard like the power brakes was not working, but the car did not slow down, causing the impact in the rear of a pick-up truck.

Reported at 10,819 miles, February 2006 CrashInjury

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