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2006 Chevrolet Cobalt wipers, windshield & visibility problems

18 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt, which is <1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
18 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
47,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 47,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 47,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 58% 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 miles4
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 12 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 47,000 miles, and 58% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes.

What owners wrote

1) when parking my cobalt, 3 of every 5 times my key becomes stuck in the ignition. I have to do things like--apply the brake off-and-on repeatedly, shift in-and-out of park repeatedly, and sometimes even rock the car back-and-forth with my body until it "clicks" into place and I can take my key out of the ignition. I work late shift at the hospital. It is a very scary situation to be stuck in the dark--in the middle of a parking lot--not able to get the key out of the ignition.

September 2007 Crash

The sun roof on my 2006 chevrolet cobalt which I purchased new failed and had to be replaced. I live in new england and because of the weather we have it does not get opened very often in fact if I have opened it two dozen times in the 37 months that I have owned it I feel I am over stating the fact. The car only had 42,732 miles on it when it failed and I feel it never should have needed to be replaced it cost me 685.15 to replace it and even though that I contacted the chevrolet customer care center they did not…

Reported at 42,734 miles, September 2009

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