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2009 Chevrolet Cobalt body & structure problems

15 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
15 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
50,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 50,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 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 14 complaints that include mileage. 57% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles, and 57% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 3 injuries, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

Takata recall my fianceand my son was involed in a crash hit on drivers side none of the airbags deployed not front or curtain the both lost their lives my 29 yr old soon to be wife and my 7yr. Old son was killed on augest 3rd 2018 when hit by a tri axel truck on the drivers side after the car went into a slide for an unknow reason but the airbags failed my son would still be alive if the side bag would of went off he was in a restraint seat in the back he was still strapped in he died from blunt froce trauma to…

Reported at 153,880 miles, August 2018 CrashDeath

My drivers door would not open from the inside for 3 days about may 15th-18th. I tried all the "tricks" and nothing worked. I finally am able to open it but the door hamdle broke off shortly after. And now today 6/6/19 my driver door wont latch every time I close it even after degreasing ane regreasing the latch. Also my torsion bars and steering bar have been replaced but they once again have come loose. The doors happen in park inna driveway amd the car swaying issue I feel while driving down the highway.

Reported at 147,000 miles, June 2019

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