well i was on my way to the movies tonight going 40mph in 4th gear and all the sudden i had nothing. NO POWER or anything. The only thing keeping my car running is the transmission. I pull over and try to start it but all it does is crank and crank and crank. Doesnt spell like fuel...
SO NOT ONLY IS IT DARK OUT AND THE COPS COME BUT IT IS 5 DEGREES OUT AND IM FROZEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHATS GOING ON...


Fuel pump **** the bed?

so i have AAA bring a tow truck and the dumb **** backs right into my front lip..... bent it right back into the radiator support. ughhhh

 

when you turn the key you should hear the fuel pump prime I believe

 

Did you have to tow it?

 

thats what i thought too and i couldnt so thats why i was leaning toward the pump... does the cobalt have a direct wire for the pump like the old cavaliers did?


nope i left it there. gonna go back in the am and try and figure it out. its an hour away

 

I had a similar problem....it was the fuel pump relay. Try swapping out the relay with one that isn't used much. Ultimately I had to have the under the hood fuse box replaced because it was shorting out and causing my headlights to stay on.....I think the fuse box shorting out burnt up the relay.

 

thanks ill try that today

 

happen to me to pull the relay and bang it to reset it (works most of the time) theres a main fuel pump fuse under the hood too and also check if ur getting spark

 

you're an 07. out of warranty?

 

yeah its an 07 but i have the 5 year 100,000 power train. so it should be covered

 

If you need to know what fuse it is, just look at the fuel filter change How TO

 

i already checked all the fuses. its not a fuse

 

I had the exact same thing happen to me the problem was the fuse box had actually cracked and made all the wires loose which kept blowing out my fuel pump relay. swap it with the A/C relay and try and start it if it blows your A/C relay replace the fuse box.

 

so did you try swapping relay's?

 

if its under warranty and it went out like that, do you not have a tow option under it?

 

good luck finding out the problem. sorry i can't be of help.

 

crank sensor. did it throw a code? sub'd for answer

 

well it turns out the fuel pump was shot after 45k miles. wtf hopefully just a fluke. gm replaced it for nothing and i had the car back the next day.

 

Is the towing company paying for the front lip??

 

one way or another they are. I got the estimate back today and it is $979.... glad im not paying it