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Monday, July 12, 2010
Chevrolet Cobalt Recalls
In early 2007, 98,000 Cobalt coupes from the 2005-06 model years were recalled after it was discovered they did not meet federal safety requirements because of a lack of adequate padding in a specific area of the vehicle's trim.
This resulted in an unacceptable vulnerability to head injuries, though GM claimed the vulnerability would only affect motorists not wearing a seat belt.
On March 2, 2010, GM announced a recall of 1.3 million compact cars in North America, including the Chevrolet Cobalt, because of power steering problems.
GM plans on fixing older models before fixing current models, since the car is expected to be replaced by the Chevrolet Cruze later in 2010. The Pontiac G5 and its international variants were also affected, though GM had already ended production of the Pontiac brand by that point.