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2007 Chevrolet Cobalt brakes problems

57 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
57 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
69,000 miles 49 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
15 and 0
Injuries and deaths
8 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 69,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 9 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 13 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 69,000 miles
Based on 49 complaints that include mileage. 43% 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 miles6
20k to 40k miles9
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles13
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 49 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 69,000 miles, and 43% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 15 crashes, 8 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was driving and tried to brake before a curb and spun out of control I was not even going fast I might have been doing 25m.p.h. Before the curb when the vehicle spun out of control and into a tree.

Reported at 29,917 miles, November 2007 CrashInjury

I was on the lodge freeway, highway 10, heading east when I loss control by 7 me rd, skinned out, hit the wall on the rear left fender and bumper.

Reported at 56,000 miles, November 2012 Crash

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