2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

SUDDEN FAILURE OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. GM DEALERSHIP RAN DIAGNOSTIC TEST. DIAGNOSIS IS STEERING ASSIST MOTOR IS SHORTING INTERNALLY AND SHUTTING DOWN THE ASSIST. OCCASIONALLY, THE COMPUTER WILL SUCCESSFULLY RESET AND POWER STEERING WILL BE RESTORED FOR A SHORT WHILE UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. TECH CAUSE FROM DIAGNOSTIC TEST: SCAN CHECK, CODES C0550 (ECU PERF INTERNAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE), C0475 (ELECTRIC STEERING MOTOR CIRC.) BOTH CODES ARE HISTORY. CURRENT CODES WOULD BE INTERNAL PS MODULE MALFUNCTION. COMPLETED BY TECHNICIAN NUMBER: 0013. TEST DONE AT M.J. GOSS MOTOR CO., 1415 ADAMS AVE., LA GRANDE, OR 97850, PHONE: 541-663-4131

TAKATA RECALL I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN STEERING WHEEL JUMPED UP AND THEN LOST THE POWER STEERING AND COULD BARELY TURN WHEEL AND I HEARD A DING AND IT TRIED TO DIE AND A BURST OF STEAM COMES ON WINDSHIELD. IT WILL SMELL LIKE IT'S REALLY HOT AND IT GETS A LITTLE HOT BUT NOT BAD

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING POWER STEERING DEFECT. RANDOMLY LOCKS UP THE STEERING WHEEL WHENEVER TRYING TO ACCELERATE OR TURNING.

2006 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX. POWER STEERING MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON RADIO SCREEN. WHEN THIS HAPPENED STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY HARD TO TURN. HAPPENED UPON STARTING VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, AND DURING TURNS. THERE ARE RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE FOR SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL, HOWEVER GM SAYS MINE VIN DIDN'T FALL WITHIN THE RECALL.

THE CAR JERKS VIOLENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING AND LOOSES POWER STEERING, ALL DASH LIGHTS COME ON THE BELLS DING THEN WHEN YOU LET OFF THE HAS IT STOPPED, VERY DANGEROUS.

OK STEERING IN THIS CAR WAS GOOD SEEN THAT IT HAD A RECALL BEFORE FOR THAT. ALSO WHEN I CALLED CHEVY THEY TOLD ME .BUT THAT'S MY MOST CONCERN AS SEEING AS MUCH I HAVE PUT INTO THIS CAR. IT'S WEIRD I LOOKED ON YOUR SITE BEFORE AND HAD RECALLS NOW IT DON'T. I JUST WANT TO SEE HOW TO GET IT FIXED WITH BRAKING MY POCKETS.

I WAS DRIVING TOWARDS RAYTOWN MISSOURI FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY AND ASNI WAS DRIVING OVER A RAILROAD TRACK, MY CAR STARTEE MAKING NOISE AND ACTED AS IF IT DIDNT WANT TO GO. SO I LATER FOUND OUT THAT MY TRANSMISAION FLUID HAD LEAKED AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION CASE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE TRACKS ON THE ROAD.

STEERING: ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM STEERING ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: CRUISE CONTROL EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: WIRING SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: SWITCHES: BRAKE LIGHT STEERING: ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: LEVER AND LINKAGE: FLOOR SHIFT POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, A GRINDING NOISE BEGAN AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. THE STEERING VIBRATION CONTINUED PERMANENTLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE BEGAN EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN OCTOBER OF 2018, BUT HAD BECOME WORSE OVER TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

THERE WAS A RECALL FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MINE WAS TAKEN CARE OFF BEFORE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, IT LOST ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AGAIN AND IS NO LONGER UNDER RECALL WARRANTY.