PatDamanCobalt

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/c...ility-1005.htm

Taking as a grain of salt, as i have had no problem in the 8 months i have had my car.

3fo893013L

Those people are idiots. I won't listen to there advice if my life was on the line.

alleycat58

I love how the tC and the Odyssey had "first year blues" but they mentioned nothing about the Cobalt being a first year car

FLCobalt

At my GM dealership when i came for a new tire ( caught a flat) she asked me what kind of car i had. Once i said a cobalt she was like O engine go out? Im like NO lOL i was like why do you say that? She said they have alot of problems with cobalts coming through here. Im thinking like damn, im lucky then cause i drive my car like a bat out of hell and havent had so much as a stall since i got it.

alleycat58

They actually are having problems with some blowing motors. A buddy of mine works for a dealer and they've had 5 SS/SCs and a few 2.2s come back with blown motors, but almost all had improperly installed mods.

BLKSS

BS

Florida 76

damm i knew i should have bought a honda.



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DJNateGnau

All the cars that Consumer Reports rates high as new cars are imports. They are paid by The Import Builders Association. The used ones, however, Get rated higher.

wesmanw02

Consumer Reports sucks at rating vehicles. You can't review a car the same way you rate a refrigerator, and thats effectively what they do. Their reliability ratings are completely flawed (as was mentioned, the Cobalt is rated poorly even though its only a 1st year vehicle) and don't take into account proper maintenance or care.

Anyone who flips through their mag can immediatey see that they are a bunch of Import fanboys. There "best vehicles" lists are practically all imports, and anytime they do a comparo, the import always wins. I'm so sick of their bullshit that I don't even bother reading their magazone anymore.

Heres an article by an editor at allpar.com, it partly explains why CR's auto ratings are so biased: http://www.allpar.com/cr.html

SilverSS/SC

Cobalt reliblity seems to be completely sporadic and seems mainly to be with the first batch of 2005's . My SS built 5/05 hasnt given me one issue yet , other than a couple cosmetic issues with the door panels replaced under warranty . Ive beat the absolute crap outa my SS for the past 4 months and 12,800 miles , and have drag raced it several times at the strip and countless powershifts later , its still chugging right along like the day I got it .

97cavie24ls

i drove a LX civic 4dr special edition , it was a 05 rental had less than 200 miles on it

it was the worste car ive ever driven , i has seriously considering filing a medical suit against honda for the seats in it , after taking a round trip to cali (1000 miles) i was in serious pain for a week


and some chicks at san diego airport left their civic , same model running and walked 75 feet away from the car and werent watching , i wouldnt even have thought about stealing it , because the seats are that freakin uncomfy

ive driven 30 year old = cars with seats that were alot more comfy


ill stick with GM , atleast their seats are comfy

CobaltSS422

Consumer Reports suck!! They know absolutely nothing.

NJBLUESS

Sounds familiar, wonder if CAR & DRIVER and Consumer Reports are paid off by the same people?

Drain plug

Cobalts are selling like crazy, they just seem to fly off the parking lot. So far the biggest complaint is the sun roof switch falling out, and some water leaks in the trunk area.
The cobalt just reeks of honda/japanese quality It's the best new gm car in a long time. I know gm since I have fixed their mistakes everyday for 27 years, but I'm not giving up MY '94 civic Vtec just yet.

mken

None of those small cars they list as "most reliable" make enough power to break anything anyways. How many people do you see driving Toyota Prius's aggressively?

carbombss

i work for gm an ive personally do bout 8 2.2 heads and a couple pistons 2 also ive noticed they have a problem with warpin heads

love my SS

i think there the same publishing group.....anti american motors . com is their website....

Adirondack_Cobalt

we have an 04 Malibu Classic here as a GSA fleet vehicle. To say that this car gets the snot beat out of it is an understatement. Despite that, after 35,700 miles of abuse in a little over a year, the engine still runs like new (even if it is noisy) and still pulls with purpose even if it is sadled with an automatic.

I think that the Ecotec is a beast...

Scott

chevytech329

I work at a large Chevy dealership and see all the vehicles that come in (service tech for 18 years).

So far ive seen 1 SS/SC with a smoked clutch. We replaced it and it lasted 500 miles and smoked again. Found out the 18 year old kid was learning on it and would hold his
foot on the clutch pedal at all times.

Other than a few water leaks from the a/c and minor sunroof issues ive seen no problems.
We also service 2 rental car and fleet companies that have cavaliers, cobalts, malibu's
that have eco tecs - very few problems so far.

We had 1 cavalier rental car that the customer swamped it, water entered the air intake,
hydrolocked and kicked a rod. I took the old engine and disassembled it <just for the hell of it> and was amazed at the quality of the machining. The timing chain,cams, balancers and
water pump are a work of art! haha

Just my .02

Jeff
2005 SS/SC
4000 miles and "0" problems

phxSS

My car was built in 5/05, and haven't had problems either. There are two others on this site who also have some production timess, and also have no problems. i guess May was a good month for cobalt's

tsmock

One american car on the most reliable list. This is the most biased magazine there is, lol. Not that I have anything against imports but come on.. They act like they're 1000 times better than every domestic car. The Matrix and the Vibe are the same car, why can't they put them both on there?

clodhopper06

i have had my cobalt for a few months and have put on over 13,000 miles and no problems to date and i beat my cars up........it even made it through one accident and is back to new......it is far superior to the 2003 malibu that i had.....it is a joy to drive and is completely reliable and i think that if people properly maintain their cobalt, it will run fine.

stic5

EXACTLY!!! Consumer Reports is a bunch of chodes man.

zinner

What the hell are people installing that is blowing up there motor?

ExHondaMan

Intakes making the cars run too lean