2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS OR BREAKING NOISES RATTLES AN SEVERE SHAKE IN STEERING COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN AN AN STEERING BINDING WHEN FIRST STARTING CAR HARD TO TURN WHEELS STRANGE NOISES WHEN APPLYING BREAKS

RECALL #14116 WAS IN ON 04/13/15 TO HAVE THE RECALL CORRECTED AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME, BUT NOW THE PROBLEM IS RECURRING. WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION ANY WHERE WHEN YOU ACCELERATE THE POWER STEERING ON THE CAR LOSES ELECTRONIC ASSIST CAUSING THE STEERING TO BE EXCESSIVELY HARD.

WHILE DRIVING THE LIGHTS WENT DIM AND THE STEERING WAS HARD, THE INFORMATION PANEL ON THE CAR SAID "POWER STEERING", THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED RUNNING AND HAD TO JUMP START THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES NOW. GM SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS BUT I NOTICED SEVERAL RECALLS SIMILAR TO THIS AND WITH A LIFETIME SERVICE TO REPLACE THE ELECTRIC ASSIST

MY POWER STREEING KEEPS GOING OUT AND THE STREEING WHEEL SHAKE BY ITSELF WHILE IM DRVINGI HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF OS THE POWER STREEING TO GO BACK ON. WHEN I BACK UP OUT OF A PARKING SPACE OR ANYWHERE REALLY MY STREEING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND SHOOTS TO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THERE IS AN EX WARRANTY FOR THE 2005 CHEVY MALIBU FOR THE EXACT SAME PART THE PART ARE THE SAME. POWER STREEING ASST.

I BOUGHT THE CAR LAST APRIL 2016. SHORTLY AFTER MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS HARD TO TURN ON, HAD TO KEEP HITTING THE BUTTON. SO THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE SWITCH AND REPLACED IT FREE OF CHARGE. NOW IT'S AUG 2017 AND THE CRUISE CONTROL SOMETIMES TURNS ON AND WHEN IT DOES IT ONLY STAYS ON MAYBE 10 MIN OR LESS AND THEN KILLS ON ITS OWN! THE SPEED DROPS QUICKLY AND THIS IS UNEXPECTED AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I SPECIFICALLY BOUGHT A CAR WITH CRUISE CONTROL, I LOVE IT, NEED IT AND USE IT REGULARY.

POWER STEERING REPEATEDLY GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING. BLINKERS ONLY WORK SOMETIMES. CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT ENGAGE. I LOST POWER STEERING GOING DOWN A BUSY HIGHWAY.

I TOOK MY 2004 MALIBU MAX CHEVY TO.RAY CHEVROLET IN ANTIOCH ILLINOIS.WE GOT RECALLS ON THE STEERING THEY TOLD US THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PART .THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD LET US KNOW WHEN THE PART CAME IN .ITS BEEN A YEAR.ITS REALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING IS WAY.THE STEERING WENT OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES.I NEED HELP.

DUE TO THE PASSLOCK SENSOR INSIDE THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER CASE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AT ANY MOMENT AND ANYWHERE, WHICH MAKES MORE LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN A WRECK BECAUSE OF THIS. GM STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING WAS DUE TO THE KEY COMING OUT FROM THE IGNITION CYLINDER. GM ADDED WEIGHT TO THE PLASTIC PORTION OF THE KEY AS A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM BUT THE REAL PROBLEM FOR THE VEHICLE TO STALL IS NOT THAT, IT IS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE PASSLOCK SENSOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE REMAINED ON AFTER THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

ENDS OF HOLLOW SWAY BAR BROKE OFF AFFECTING CONTROL. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL.