2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

I'M HAVING POWER STEERING ISSUES AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE RECALL PARTS HAVE EXPIRED! I'M VERY UPSET BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO CHARGE ME 2,700 OUT OF MY POCKETS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THE WORK FOR FREE. THESE PARTS THAT THEY NEED ARE RECALL PARTS!!

POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING. MAKES STEERING/DRIVING/TURNING ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, NO STEERING CONTROL THE POWER STEERING ,AND ESC WARNINGS LIGHT CAME ON DASH

THE ZERO POSITIONING SENSOR WENT OUT . I DO NOT HAVE POWERSTEERING!!!! IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. IT IS A RECALL BUT NOT FOR MY VIN. IT SHOULD BE! IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. IT WAS IN MOTION WHEN IT WENT OUT.

THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT ON MY VEHICLE A LOT. IT IS NOT SAFE AND IT SAYS THERE'S NO RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE. IT LOCKS UP ALL OF A SUDDEN. WHEN I'M DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND/OR INTERSTATE. ALSO, WHEN I MAKE A TURN. IT IS NOT SAFE AT ALL AND FROM THE LOOKS OF IT, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION AND RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES.

POWER STEERING FLASHES ON DASH BOARD AND I LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL. I THEN HAVE TO USE MY STRENGTH TO TURN THE WHEEL WHILE THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN. SOMETIMES THIS GOES AWAY AND IT DRIVES FINE. I'VE EXPERIENCED IT SHUTTING DOWN WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGH WAY AND THIS CANNOT BE SAFE! AFTER RESEARCHING RECALLS, IT APPEARS I AM EXPERIENCING THE DETAILS OF THE RECALL FOR THE TORQUE SENSOR. THE VEHICLE IS BELOW 150,000 MILES. IT ALSO RANDOMLY WILL FLASH 'SERVICE AIR BAG'.

MY POWER STEERING WHEEL HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE THEN NOT LESS THAN A YEAR MY POWER STEERING WHEEL GOES OUT AGAIN. MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ALSO ON AND NEVER TURN OFF. IT'S SCARY BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHEN I'M ACTUALLY BRAKING.

CURRENTLY MY CAR HAS ABOUT 86,000 MILES ALWAYS HAVE KEPT UP WITH ANY FIXES THAT NEED TO BE MADE RANDOMLY I START HEARING THIS NOISE LIKE A WHEEL BEARING SO I FIX ALL MY WHEEL BEARINGS COME TO FIND OUT IT'S MY TRANSMISSION BEARING. IT WENT OUT AND IT'LL BE 3,800. MECHANIC SAID THEY SENT OUT THE CAR AT THE MANUFACTURER PLANT KNOWING FULL WELL IT WAS GOING TO GO OUT BECAUSE THESE THINGS DON'T JUST GO OUT.

LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING BUT IF YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON IT CORRECTS THE PROBLEM. THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY IN COLD WHEATHER. ESC SERVICE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT COMES ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE IT ONLY HAPPENS WHILE THE CAR IS IN DRIVE. POWER STEERING SEEMS TO LOCK ON WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNING. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR US SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020.

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, AND SERVICE ESC MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS IN THE LANE BESIDE MY WIFE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE CAR WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. SHE MANAGED TO PULL INTO A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND CALLED FOR A TOW. WHEN THE TOW DRIVER ARRIVED AND TURNED ON THE VEHICLE, WARNING LIGHTS HAD DISAPPEARED, AND POWER STEERING WAS OK. I STILL HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND AM AWAITING DIAGNOSTICS. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED, AND HAVE ONLY HAD IT FOR 2 WEEKS. WHEN RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE IN THE 2009 MALIBU. WONDERING WHY THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BEFORE NOW AS IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS.