What is the worst year for a Chevrolet Cobalt SS?

The 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 222 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the brakes.

What is the best year for a Chevrolet Cobalt SS?

The 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt SS has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 14 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a Chevrolet Cobalt SS?

Brakes accounts for more complaints than any other part on the Chevrolet Cobalt SS.

Worst years for a Chevrolet Cobalt SS

Owners have filed 353 complaints about the Chevrolet Cobalt SS with NHTSA across model years 2008 to 2010. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS

222 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2010 Chevrolet Cobalt SS

14 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Cobalt SS year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

117 222 14

08 09 10

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

Year	Grade	Complaints	Crashes	Fires	Median miles	Most reported
2010	C	14	0	3	57,450	Electrical System
2009	F	222	12	2	12,000	Brakes
2008	C	117	0	3	18,000	Brakes

What breaks on a Chevrolet Cobalt SS

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 252 71.4%

Worst in 2009

Electrical System 16 4.5%

Worst in 2009

Airbags 14 4.0%

Worst in 2009

Fuel & Propulsion 14 4.0%

Worst in 2009

Engine & Cooling 11 3.1%

Worst in 2008

Steering 9 2.5%

Worst in 2009

Other & Unspecified 7 2.0%

Worst in 2008

Seat Belts 5 1.4%

Worst in 2009

Tires 4 1.1%

Worst in 2009

Stability & Traction Control 4 1.1%

Worst in 2009

Transmission & Drivetrain 3 0.8%

Worst in 2009

Body & Structure 3 0.8%

Worst in 2009

Wheels 3 0.8%

Worst in 2009

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2 0.6%

Worst in 2009

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Cobalt SS, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2009 peak 49 Feb 2019

Compare the Chevrolet Cobalt SS

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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