2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER TRANSMISSION / LINKAGE SEEMS TO HAVE A WEAK POINT IN THE PLASTIC / NYLON SNAPS. THE LINKAGE ARM DISCONNECTS AT THE SNAP FREQUENTLY DURING USE OF THE WIPERS CAUSING THEM TO BE COMPLETELY UNUSABLE, WHICH CREATES AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN OR SNOW AS YOU CANNOT SEE SINCE THE WINDSHIELD IS NOT ABLE TO BE CLEARED. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE VEHICLE COULD BE STATIONARY OR IN MOTION AND IT DOES NOT MATTER. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT WILL GO OUT AND BACK ON WHEN MOVING OVER A BUMPY ROAD. *TR

MY VEHICLE HAS 86,200 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE TO HAVE BOTH HEADS REBUILT BECAUSE OF A BURNT EXHAUST VALVE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING AT THIS LOW MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE IDLES REALLY ROUGH WHEN IN PARK OR NOT IN DRIVE OR MOTION. WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, THE "SERVICE TRACTION, SERVICE ESC, ESC OFF" COMES ON. THIS GOES AWAY ONCE YOU START DRIVING AGAIN. *TR

"POWER STEERING" MESSAGE COMES ON RANDOMLY AND THE POWER STEERING GOES DEAD WHILE I'M DRIVING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MALIBU AND SHOULD BE A RECALL. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS HAS OCCURRED IN APRIL 2020 AND MULTIPLE TIMES IN MAY 2020. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND CAR MESSAGE CENTER DISPLAYED ENGINE SPEED REDUCED THEN IT DISPLAYED WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF THE FIRST MESSAGE ENGINE DISABLED . CAR WHILE NOT START.

THIS IS MY THIRD COMPLAINT BECAUSE MY CAR HAS ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT NEED REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, WOULD HAVE TO TAP ON FUEL BOX LOCATED IN TRUNK TO GET IT TO START. IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING THE CAR, THE CAR WOULD LOSE POWER AND ESC, TRACTION CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND POWER STEERING WOULD LOCK UP. TOOK IT TO NEAREST CHEVY DEALER AND THEY SAID 'THE WIRING IS BURNT UP FROM THE FUEL PUMP/FUSE BOX LOCATED IN TRUNK' THIS IS BECAUSE GM USED CHEAP WIRING. MY PASSENGER HEADLIGHT KEEPS GOING OUT, REAR DEFROST DOESN'T WORK, AND MY DOOR SPEAKERS DOESN'T NOT WORK. THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF THE WIRING LOCATED IN THE TRUNK. I REFUSE TO PAY OVER $2,000 TO FIX MYSELF WHEN THIS IS CLEARLY A GM ISSUE. EVERYBODY ON HERE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR MALIBU'S. AND IT REALLY SUCKS BECAUSE I'M MAKING PAYMENTS ON A CAR I CANNOT DRIVE. THIS IS REALLY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE MY KIDS IN THE CAR AND IT JUST LOSES POWER AND CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC.

I HAVE A 2012 CHEVY MALIBU LT AND MY CAR HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS EVERYBODY ELSE'S. IT WOULD CUT OFF AND LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING AND AT FIRST I WOULD BEAT THE FUSE BOX IN THE TRUNK AND IT WOULD RUN. NOW IT DOESN'T EVEN WORK AT ALL. HAD IT DIAGNOSED AT MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND THEY SAID THE WIRING LEADING FROM THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL BOX IS ALL BURNT UP. I REFUSE TO PAY $2000 OR MORE TO FIX WHEN THIS IS CLEARLY A GM ISSUES. IT NEEDS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY USED CHEAP WIRING. THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WRITE COMPLAINS UNTIL IT IS FIXED. ESC, POWER STEERING WOULD LOCK UP WHICH MAKES IT VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS IN THE VEHICLE.

AT RANDOM I WILL BE DRIVING DOWN ANY ROAD AND THE POWER STEERING, TRACTION CONTROL, ECS LIGHTS WILL COME ON AND I WILL LOSE POWER STEERING. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND COMPLETELY STOP AND TURN OFF IGNITION AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND TURN BACK ON AND THE PROBLEM IS RESET. THIS HAPPENS AT RANDOM WITH NO PATTERN.

CAR WOULD RANDOMLY NOT START UP. STARTER WOULD ENGAGE WITH KEY TURNED, BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT FIRE OFF AND RUN. NO CODES FROM DIAGNOSTICS. NEVER HEARD FUEL PUMP ENERGIZE WITH PROBLEM PRESENT. CAR WOULD EVENTUALLY SUCCESSFULLY START. BENCH TESTED FUEL PUMP RELAY WITH NO ISSUES. DISASSEMBLED FUSE BOX IN TRUNK AND FOUND THE BROWN WIRE CONNECTING THE FUEL PUMP TO ITS RELAY WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HEAT STRESSED. THE BLACK PLASTIC WIRE HARNESS THAT HOUSES THE BROWN FUEL PUMP WIRE WAS ALSO STRESSED AND DEFORMED, AND WAS NO LONGER RETAINING THE CRIMPED CONNECTOR FOR THE BROWN WIRE. I HAD TO CLEAN UP THE METAL CRIMP CONNECTOR AND PINCH DOWN ON THE END SO THAT IT WOULD "GRAB" THE RELAY TERMINAL ONCE REASSEMBLED. CAR HAS YET TO REPEAT THE STARTING PROBLEM A YEAR LATER.

DOORS KEEP UNLOCKING AND LOCKING ON THEIR OWN. DOES IT CONSTANTLY NO MATTER WHAT I DO.. THE ALARM DOESNT DO ANYTHING AND THE DOORS JUST KEEP UNLOCKING AND LOCKING BACK AND FORTH ALL DAY AND NIGHT EVEN WITHOUT THE KEYS INSIDE WHILE PARKED