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2008 Chevrolet Cobalt suspension problems

Owners reported suspension problems in 27 complaints for the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
27 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
50,000 miles 24 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When suspension problems show up

Suspension complaints by mileage, 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 50,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 50,000 miles
Based on 24 complaints that include mileage. 63% 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 miles5
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 24 suspension complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles, and 62% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

On my way home from work in heavy traffic in indianapolis, someone in front of me hit their brakes hard. As a result, I also had to slam on my brakes. When I did so, my rear end spun out. I lost power steering. I crashed head first into the concrete median. However, the airbag did not deploy. Luckily, I escaped severe injury; although the wreck, the resulting loss of power steering, and the fact that the airbag did not deploy were directly due to the negligence of general motors.

Reported at 60,000 miles, November 2012 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet cobalt. The contact stated when driving over a bump in the road, the entire front end would rattle as if was going to fall off. The vehicle had experienced the failure before and the dealer made repairs to the bushings. The failure recurred. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was yet contacted regarding the recurring failure. The failure mileage was 10,000.

Reported at 10,000 miles, January 2010

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