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2008 Chevrolet Cobalt electronic stability control (esc) problems

17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electronic stability control (esc) on the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt2% of all complaints for this model year.

17
Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints
2%
share of all complaints
89,143 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • While driving all the light on instrument panel will all light up then the transmission will shift hard. The car will not crank at times and when this happens its a guarantee the transmission will shift hard. The evap sensor is faulting because when I put fuel in the vehicle seems like it does not…

    filed Sep 10, 2020

  • Increasingly the vehicle is not operating properly. The lighting is not consistent and the smallest addition of extra features requiring power (ex: using one or more window controls, heater and or defogger, lighting in dash at full capacity, musical performance, radio and bass, etc) will cause the…

    filed Dec 27, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Electronic Stability Control (esc) problems in other Cobalt years

YearReportsShare
2010 Cobalt112%
2009 Cobalt91%
2007 Cobalt221%
2006 Cobalt291%
2005 Cobalt272%
Cobalt electronic stability control (esc) problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.