![]() ![]() If either of these ports develops a crack, fuel will leak from the area. ![]() The plastic supply or return port on the modular reservoir assembly may crack. There is a recall for this very problem online: October 2009 - general motors is recalling certain model year 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn ion vehicles originally sold in or currently registered in the states of arizona and nevada and model year 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, pontiac g5 and Saturn ion vehicles originally sold in or currently registered in the states of arizona, California, florida, nevada and texas. My care smells of gas and is dripping gas. The plastic line in the fuel assembly is cracked. Now I know why the us government had to bail out gm. I guess someone's car has to catch on fire, someone get killed, and gm get sued before they'll do something about this known and common problem. Terrible customer service at the dealership with an uncaring attitude and statements of "it's a car, they don't last forever" and "it's only $647, it's not the end of the world". Terrible quality parts that fail prematurely and cause a fire hazard making the vehicle unsafe to drive. I took my car to the local Chevrolet dealership and they gave me an estimate of $647 to replace the one bad fuel line! a fuel line rusting through in less than 9 years? terrible design having fuel lines run a few inches from the exhaust pipes. ![]() I did some research online and have found this is a very common problem with the Cobalt model. He removed the heat shield/sleeve and found that the supply fuel line had rusted through. A few days later, after the brake repairs, the inspector put my car on the lift and found the fabric heat shield/sleeve was damp with gasoline. He told me he would check again when I brought it back for the re-inspection. Because it was raining that day he told me the underside of the vehicle was wet which prevented him from finding any wet areas due to a fuel leak. He also told me he smelled a gasoline odor but could not find an active leak even though he turned the key on and primed the fuel system several times. The inspector told me my car needed brakes on both axles and front rotors. In January 2014 I took my car in to have the annual safety inspection done. I always looked under the vehicle for wet spots or dripping but never found anything. This summer I had noticed a gasoline odor several times when I got into my car. I've always been very diligent in maintaining and caring for my car. I bought this vehicle new in February 2005. Had I been driving on the interstate it would have made a big noise. In the first gas problem we were lucky not to have had the car explode. Go to a site on line there is one that Cobalt dealers have reported the problems they have had, that is how I found out about the prior recallã¢â¦I think they should have to tell you what it is they are recalling the car for. I also found out that the original recall notice about the gas pump had gone out I believe a couple of years earlier and this was the second round with the same problem. Still have not been able to find out what the problem. Called recommended garage to see if they had part to repair (called twice never heard back from them). Now I have a recall notice 12045 but have not been able to find out what it is for. Had already paid almost $800 to garage when I had the car repaired. To take it in for free repair to a dealer around 40 miles from my house. Garage replaced fuel pump and replacement was defective also. Found problem with fuel tank and fuel pump. Called service garage and they said get a tow truck,dangerous to even try and start car, one spark and it could explode. Noticed gasoline dripping in the driveway. After driving about 4 miles and then back 4 miles parked car.
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