you cant mistake the smell of coolant is smells like dirty *****

 

The dealer, as with the cruise control problem, returned my car back to me with a dried floor and said there was no problem. I don't think they were aware that I am documenting ALL problems with this car with pictures and where possible, witnesses such as other mechanics. The dealer told me that they cleaned up the oil leak and could not find a leak.

WHAT? IF YOU CLEANED UP THE OIL LEAK, OF COURSE YOU WON'T SEE IT !!!

The service manager said that a gasket may be seeping but if I find a leak he will fix it. I gave him the pictures of the leak. That was the point of the pictures !!!

(My head hurts...and the saying "You can't cure stupid!" comes to mind.)

Maybe a call to GM will help. My patients and tolerance is running thin with these people.

 

my coolant tank goes from the full line to almost bone dry in 2 weeks. went to the dealer today, they couldnt find any leaks so they put dye in the system and i am going back in a week to have them look for the dye.

could this be a leaking head gasket? has done this since i bought it. 4 months ago. any ideas???

 

you definately have a leak somewhere if you are losing a quart of coolant every two weeks. Could be that there is a headgasket leak and the coolant is burning up in the cylinder(s).

 

yeah i take it back in next week. i took it in wensday and he topped it off all the way to the top, and now (friday) it is almost to the middle of the tank, im not getting any smoke out of the exhaust so i don't know, i guess i will find out next week

 

I was losing coolant in the intercooler recently and I couldn't figure it out. I would add it then park it drive it and park it..no drips or spots. I took the overfill hose on the right side and bent it upwards over the supercharger and now its not leaking anymore...I think it might have been evaporating or something through the overfill hose (if thats possible)

 

holy ******* thread bump

srsly guys? july of 06? when people say search they dont mean u have to go back this far...if u cant find what ur looking for in a 2008 thread ago ahead and post a new thread...and if anyone has a problem say raven ss said it was ok lol

 

i know i am bring this back from the dead but just incase this happens to anyone else.

so i took it back into the dealer they kept it overnight. when i went to pick it up today they said that the radiator cap wasnt holding pressure. so they replaced it.

 

Mines done this as well.

Another problem with these POS cars.

Add it to the list.

Chevy should have not even made these Cobalts , Theyre ruining Chevys rep.


Yes im being very negetive about theses cars ...Sorry but the truth hurts
these cars are piles of garbage, Just look at all the common problems they have in this forum and Chevy does nothing to recall the problem.

Chevys are now a disgrace, Buying a Ford next time , F*$% Chevy \Gm (Garbage Motors).

If this forum wants to ban me for what I say, Then your in denile

 

You need to clean the sand out of your vagina.

 

You need to wake the hell up !!!
Listen @sshole maybe your car has been good to you, but mines a POS chevy cobalt and this is theplace to state that.

This problem isnt with you its about these peice of **** cars.


But guess what , You do have a serious problem.
Youre a ******* punk.

So clean the **** out of your ears and also learn how to read.
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/problems-service-maintenance-69/common-problems-cobalts-everyone-please-86379/

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/foru...aysprune=&f=69
These Cobalts have serious issues like you.

 

I agree, stop bitching just because mangina hurts. Every company makes cars with issues. Every car has issues. Not all issues got "recalled"(most dont) Not sure how a rad cap that doesnt hold pressure make the car a POS.

You had any problems with that POS Vette of yours? Ive replaced so many OptiSparks I lost count, How about piece of **** Bose audio system? door amps are prone to going bad, and rear glass blowing out of the convertible, or targa tops taking flight on coupes(theres a club with their own logo for flying tops), or engine harnesses that burn on the exhaust manifold, did you get your half shaft retaining bolts torqued so they dont fly out?, power steering pressure hoses breaking, how about reaction sun shells in the autos? know anything about those? or the lovely oil leak they get because the RTV doesnt stay in place on the intake, or the wonderful random ASR light issue that takes a new memcal to fix, the hood latches that let the cables fall out and you have to break into the engine bay to replace, the fender extension that is flimsy as **** and breaks when most people replace the battery and on and on and on.........

You get the point.

By the way De nile is a river in Egypt.

(No I am not bashing on Vettes, I love vettes ahve had several, and used to be a Pit Crew Boss(super moderator) on Digitalcorvettes.com Sometime we need to put things in perspective )

 

Well why the insult\ name calling I didnt insult you, just the POS Cobalt and I have a great reason why (My Shitbox is a Lemon) and if you gone through the problems I have had with this POS you would be upset as well ?

Now as far as the Corvette goes yes they have a problem with opti's in the ealier models of the LT1.
But if you know about Corvettes and the LT1 motor there was a upgrade to replace the problem with the opti unit ( a vented unit) then again chevy great engineers at work (stupid morons) smoke some more crack.

Another thing they did that was really stupid ( again chevys engineers "crackheads) put the opti under the water pump.

As far as the other problems you list I myself have had none of those issue.
Now if your buying a $5000 dollar (POS) corvette with 200,000 plus miles i could see having those problems ( but I wouldnt buy a **** box corvette, mine happens to be mint ,but I did buy a shitbox Cobalt ,what a mistake).

Another thing is youre comparing a car tha is almost 16 yr old to a car ( The POS Cobalt ) that is 2YEARS OLD or even newer and had more problems than i can account for.

So really whats your point.?

The fact is the Cobalt is the worst car Chevy has made sense the Chevette.

These cars are foriegn JUNK with many flaws in the design and GM knows this.

I wish more people would stand up and grow some ***** and say something to GM like I am.The money we spent on these car can buy a Mustang GT and to be honest im not a Ford guy but I will tell you theMustang is a much better built car than these POS cobalts.


A piece of advise ....Forum grow some ***** and stick up for yourself !!!
Do some reading in the problem section, the problems are endless

heres a good thread https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/showthread.php?t=86379 that proves some points

Tell GM to stop building garbage they know has problems and taking our $$$ and doing **** to resolve the problems.

 

When did I call you names???


Where else would you have them put it??

No I am not talking about the Corvette NOW, i am talking about when your car was NEW or 2-4 years old like the Cobalts are, all of those problems are from when the C4 was still being sold in the dealers.

See above. And what do you really expect for a compact car made from several thousand pieces made by the lowest bidder?? But seriously, I guess youve never driven a GrandAm, or a Mercedes M-class, or an early CTS, or anything with a 3.6L v6, or a 5 cylinder truck/suv, the list goes on.

I thought i made it clear that my point was that ALL CARS have issues, especially inexpensive ones(and regardless of what you think, Cobalts, even SS's, are inexpensive) and youre being overly sensitive/irrational.

A: your just way wrong B: what was wrong with the Chevette, be specific.

These cars have very minimal foreign content in them, and ALL cars have "many flaws in the design" and youre right, GM knows it. They designed it. But youre missing the point that you cant design a car without flaws and expect to be able to sell it at an even remotely reasonable flaw. Most of these "flaws" are more like "sacrifices" made to keep cost down.




If I may ask, exactly what "huge" problems have you had with your car? What makes it a lemon?

In your beloved "problem" thread this is all that i can find that you complain about:

Okay lets break it down. First of all youve only made one truly objective statement "number plate falls off" OK so the gear pattern fell off the shifter. CHECK. Ill acknowledge "rattles" though, since you didnt feel the need to give it a qualifier. Yes they can develop rattles, but let me tell you this, I can think of at least 3 MORE expensive cars that suffer from far worse rattles.

Then you just say that weve got "****" axles, "garbage" paint, and "garbage" rotors.

**** axles? I guess you broke some beating on the car??? That sucks. I dont know of ANYONE who has ever broken an axle while stock and not abusing/misusing the car(yes racing falls under these conditions)

Garbage paint: Why because its got orange peel? Give me a break, go to ANY dealer that sells cars under $100,000 and doesnt polish new cars and find me two of any car that doesnt have orange peel.

Garbage rotors: Well, this isnt what I would say is an eloquently expressed opinion(back to the whjole over sensitive/irrational thing) but youre not incorrect. OEM rotors are very prone to rusting. on ALL of GMs passenger cars(Vette/XLR excluded, they dont suffer anywhere near as badly) Its not a defect though, its cost savings. they do their job, and will easily last 36k miles as they are intended to. Pony up for some better ones. /issue.

 

never said it was a pos. wrong person lol. i was just saying why mine was leaking coolant. incase someone else's starts doing it.