The Lemon Index$600 middle bill · most between $540 and $740
Lower than the $915 middle bill owners of all 132 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 67,000 miles (20 reports).
Chevrolet Cobalt owners reported paying a median of $600 for a fuel pump replacement, with the middle half of bills between $540 and $740. That's from 23 owner reports (23 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50022%
- $500–$1,00070%
- $1,000–$2,5009%
- $2,500–$5,0000%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 23 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt9$600 middle bill
- 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt10$596 middle bill
- 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt3$550 middle bill
- 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt254 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt204 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt77 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
- 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt62 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
- 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt14 complaints name it2% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a fuel pump. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0087 P0191. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Chevrolet Cobalt reliability by year
- Fuel pump replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Chevrolet Cobalt owners reported
Steering column repair (80) · Brake repair (6) · Control arm replacement (6) · Clutch replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11564927, 11386887, 11352142, 11031582, 10821255, 10782257, 10764849, 10761908, 10663694, 10643689, 10587788, 10567949 and more.
Quick answers
How much does fuel pump replacement cost on a Chevrolet Cobalt?
Chevrolet Cobalt owners reported a median of $600, and the middle half paid $540 to $740, from 23 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Chevrolet Cobalt fuel pump replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Chevrolet Cobalt middle bill of $600 is lower than the $915 owners of all 132 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Chevrolet Cobalt repair costs come from?
From 23 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Chevrolet Cobalt years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2006 (254), 2007 (204), 2008 (77) Chevrolet Cobalt named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.