Last night I got home from work and tried to shut my car off but the key wouldnt go all the way to the off position. It stays in acc. or run but I cant remove the key. It acts like it is in gear so its locked even though its in park (auto tranny). I tried turning the steering wheel and moved the shifter back and forth but nothing would work. Do I need to adjust a cable or is there a bad sensor in there somewhere???? PLEASE HELP! Its my only car and I cant leave the key in the ignition everywhere I go...

 

Some cars there is a button you have to push to get the key out. I dont know for sure if this came in some of the cobalts. Did you just get it?

 

Nope i bought it in 2006 brand new and ive put 70,000 miles on it. other than warping the rotors multiple times i havent had any problems with it until now

 

see if a coin or something fell down into the shifter , this might keep it from engaging park totally and causing the car to think it's still in drive happened to my old car once

 

Most likely issue is the switch in the shifter that signals when vehicle is in PARK. This switch can get gummed up if stuff was ever spilled on shifter, also ealry shifters like youres had a habit of having the pin that works the switch getting loose and no engaging the switch.

If you pull off the console youll see this little micro switch pretty easily, and the pin that I was talking about. if its gummed up spray it down with electronic cleaner, if pin is bent you need a shifter.(the whole thing...its like $150-200 or so)

There should be a hole or a little round cover on the bottom of the steering column, look where the key goes, thats about 3oclock as you face the wheel, the holf will be at 6oclock or so. Youll need a flashlight to see which one is the right hole, but there will be a little release you can push to get the key to rotate to off.

 

Add it to the list of problems , What doesnt go wrong with these cars.


Good Luck

 

Another productive post. We know you dont like Cobalts. Give it a rest. STFU about it.

 

if you take it to the dealer they will replace the shifter assembly...lots of trouble with this on COBALTs HHRs and AVEOs.

 

Let me ask you something.
Why should I like a car that constantly break down??

Also why are you telling me to STFU??
Isnt this the place to talk about the Cobalts good and Bads??

So no I wont STFU !!
No one said to look at my post or respond to it, you decide to reply to it.


SO AGAIN I WONT STFU

 

I dont know, nor did I ever say you should like them.

No, this is the place to help bondupimp with his issue, and to discuss drivetrain related topics.



Dont you think there are other places where your comments would be more well recieved, like maybe in the problems section, or on an EVO/SRT4/Honda/whatever forum?

Now to be clear, its not the fact that you are very dissatisfied with the quality of your Cobalt that bothers me, obviously thats a legit thing.

The issue I have is that you feel the need to let everyone in virtually every section of the forum know that you have these issues, even if they have absolutley no bearing on the current topic and on top of that you fail to even make worthwhile claims or complaints. Its nearly always just "they suck, end of story. I hope GM dies" I think I have still yet to even see an actual list of the causes/problems/concerns with your car...... You just like to bash.

 

Heres your list.


Axles replaced 3 times do to clicking
Rear spoiler just about really to fly off.
Idle problem
Rims all chipped been redone once already
Lower control arms replaced.
Shifter # plate falls off constenly
Rotors worn after 12,000 miles
Rattles galore
Clutch is garbage ( but still working)
sun roof button broke 3 times
sun roof rattles like everything else on these cars
tires P zeros are junk after 20,000
Engine is noisy
Tranny pops out of gear
Front end feels loose
Cars wont get over 8 psi boost ( 12.5 psi is Bull **** lie from Chevy)

Want me to keep going ?

Still plenty more and I shouldnt be pissed off??

These cars are GARBAGE , why lie??

But GM wont lemon it!!! **** GM Garbage.
GM just doesnt know how to make a good car anymore.

Sorry for rant but IM PISSED and I want people to see the Cobalts are a PILE OF ****

 

Thanks I'll have to check that out as soon as I get a chance.