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2008 Chevrolet Cobalt service brakes problems

17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt2% of all complaints for this model year.

17
Service Brakes complaints
2%
share of all complaints
96,013 mi
median reported incident mileage
6 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • i own a 5-speed manual transmission which should roll freely while in neutral. after starting engine while on a slight incline in a parking lot, the vehicle would not roll in neutral, as if all brakes were being applied. i thought that by driving the vehicle on the road the brakes would free up…

    filed Apr 30, 2022

  • I was at work and parked my car like normal, someone came and asked me if that was my car that was parked crazy. I looked out and it was. My car rolled out of the parking spot with the e-brake on. Another time I started it to warm it up in the morning, I came back out, it rolled out of my spot and…

    filed Mar 12, 2019

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

Service Brakes problems in other Cobalt years

YearReportsShare
2010 Cobalt142%
2009 Cobalt91%
2007 Cobalt252%
2006 Cobalt261%
2005 Cobalt161%
Cobalt service brakes 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.