NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Chevrolet Cobalt Recalls
The 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 10, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 710
- Crashes reported
- 59
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V171000
- Reported
- April 10, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,191,014
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2008, 2010 Cobalt, 5 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V047000
- Reported
- February 10, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,190,934
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2008, 2010 Cobalt, 5 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 12V459000
- Reported
- September 19, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 49,768
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008 Cobalt, 4 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 10V073000
- Reported
- March 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,050,889
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2008, 2010 Cobalt, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
- Campaign
- 09V073000
- Reported
- March 6, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 276,729
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 102, transmission shift position and starter interlock
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 14E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2008, 2010 Cobalt, 6 other models
2009 Chevrolet Cobalt complaints by year
NHTSA has received 710 owner complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt, the newest on March 30, 2026. Of these, 59 describe a crash (8%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 41 injuries and 5 deaths.
In complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (32%), followed by the steering (29%) and the electrical system (21%).
1 of the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt's 6 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt owners gave the mileage (568 complaints), the median was 74,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System226
- Steering206
- Electrical System151
- Air Bags72
- Engine39
- Fuel System, Gasoline36
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | |
| 2010 | 47 | |
| 2011 | 41 | |
| 2012 | 46 | |
| 2013 | 40 | |
| 2014 | 128 | |
| 2015 | 56 | |
| 2016 | 47 | |
| 2017 | 44 | |
| 2018 | 71 | |
| 2019 | 43 | |
| 2020 | 60 | |
| 2021 | 33 | |
| 2022 | 20 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 128. 21% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Cobalt year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Cobalt years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
The 710 complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Cobalt by model year
Other 2009 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: March 30, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted