2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 144about this part
- Share
- 9%of 1,564 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 70,000miles
- Trend
- FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 144 complaints about the air bags of the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, 9% of the 1,564 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 70,000 miles. 48 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“My airbag light says it is not on and the light in dash lights up and says service air bags .the light stays on while I am driving and a red flashing light of a picture of a person behind the wheel with an airbag popped out on them flashes.it's frightening to me and I don't understand why it is doing this. It started doing this after I had the recall on the ignition switch fixed.”
NHTSA complaint #10649559, filed 2014-10, 72,208 miles“Takata recall as I was driving through a parking lot all the dashboard needles went crazy then my steering was hard to turn so I immediately put the vehicle in park and shut off the vehicle, I tried to start the car and it didn't want to start eventually it started after a few more trys to turn the car back on. Also the key ignition is hard to turn when inserting the key into the ignition, air bag service is always showing on my dash when I'm driving”
NHTSA complaint #11124034, filed 2018-09, 153,243 miles“Takata recall: my air bag sign probably in the beginning of january had appeared, and obviously they have not been working. I had gotten into an accident on january 31st and they did not deploy. I am not positive if this is a part of the recall situation, but it happened out of no where, I just turned my car on one day and it stopped working. Also in the accident my car was sitting at a red light and hit between the range of 35-40 MPH”
NHTSA complaint #10968177, filed 2017-03, 11,300 miles“I already know about the airbag and ignition recalls but, now, I have a fuel leak with fuel dripping down the lines from the tank on to the ground at a position on the drivers side under the rear passenger door and seat.”
NHTSA complaint #10983801, filed 2017-05, 142,000 miles“Purchased a used car and when I purchased it the airbag light was on in the car.they were fully aware of that..so I don't know what is going on with the airbag.I have a car fax on the car .whoever owned it before had a slight bump in the front.that was never fixed.so I don't know if it is a sensor in the bumper in the front.wheni purchased the car I said I didn't have that kind of my to spend.I am on a fixed income .hoping to get some help somewhere. This happened before I purchased by the previous owner.thank you”
NHTSA complaint #11170532, filed 2019-01, 37,987 milesRelated recalls
- 14V047000Feb 10, 2014This defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system. Until this recall is performed, customers should remove all items from their key rings…Covers: Chevrolet Cobalt 2005–2010, HHR 2006–2011, Saturn Ion 2003–2007 +3 more
Related service bulletins
- 10201252Jul 21, 2021This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the…
Air bags: other model years
Other parts of the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt
689 complaintsFuel system
431 complaintsElectrical system
281 complaintsSuspension
75 complaintsEngine
56 complaintsBrakes
53 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
43 complaintsOther or unknown
27 complaintsEngine cooling
24 complaintsElectronic stability control
22 complaintsBody and structure
19 complaintsVehicle speed control
19 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Nov 1, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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