2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

SERVICE ESC LIGHT ON, LOSS OF POWER STEERING, CRUISE CONTROL, AND TRACTION CONTROL...TURNOFF VEHICLE AND TURN BACK ON AND PROBLEM IS RECTIFIED .VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT HIGHWAY SPEED 60-65 MAKING TURNING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING BACK AROUND NOV 2019. STEERING WHEEL SHAKING WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST BEGAN ALMOST AS IF IT WAS SWITCHING BETWEEN HAVING POWER STEERING TO NO POWER STEERING. SERVICE ESC POWER STEERING MESSAGE. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM SUDDENLY WENT AWAY. NOW IT'S FEB 2021 AND IT STARTED DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN A COUPLE MONTHS AGO (NOV 2020). MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH OTHER 2009 MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS ON THEIR OWN DIME.

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WON'T ACTIVATE WHEN SOMEONE IS SETTING IN IT STATIONARY AND MOVING

SON DRIVING HOME FROM COLLEGE, LOSES POWER STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON. READOUT BAR SERVICE POWER STEERING AND ESC. THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS ON THIS EXACT PROBLEM AND EXACT YEAR OF VEHICLE BUT HIS VEHICLE VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. SO IRRITATING WHEN MANUFACTURERS WILL NOT STAND BEHIND AND FIX A KNOWN ISSUE... CLEARLY THEY KNOW THE RAMIFICATIONS, THEY HAVE A RECALL ALREADY!

SERVICE ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND LOSES POWER STEERING WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AT LEAST 3 TIMES PER WEEK, ESPECIALLY IN COLDER CONDITIONS.! DUE TO THIS ISSUE, THIS CAR IS OFF LIMITS TO MY WIFE. I WOULD NOT WANT POWER STEERING TO GO OUT ON HER WHILE SHE'S GOING DOWN THE ROD WITH OUR [XXX] IN THE CAR. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON FORUMS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. PLEASE HELP! PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

I AM HAVING ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH RECALL NUMBER 14V252000, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MY VEHICLE WAS EVER RECALLED AND/OR REPAIRED.

ESC LIGHT CAME ON,WIFE COULD NOT STEER CAR,LOOSES STEERING WHEN TURN AT INTERSECTIONS ,VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, SHE COULDN'T STEER CAR AND WENT INTO DITCH,LUCKILY WAS GOING SLOW AND DIDN'T TEAR ANYTHING UP, BUT IF ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS THERE IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY

INTERMITTENTLY LOSES POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ESC, POWER STEERING LIGHTS COME ON IN THE DASH. THIS HAS HAPPENED DURING NORMAL IN TOWN DRIVING. WHEN WE TURN IT OFF THE SYSTEM WILL REST, BUT COMES ON NOW AT RANDOM INTERVALS. SEVERAL TIMES TODAY

I HAVE HAD RECURRING AND CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS IN THIS CAR. I'VE ALREADY HAD THE PASSENGERS SIDE HEADLIGHT AND DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT "FIXED" BETWEEN 3 AND 4 TIMES. THE DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM IS OUT AGAIN AS OF 2 DAYS AGO. AS FAR AS THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, MY TRUNK POP BUTTON DOESN'T WORK, THE RR PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR DOESN'T LOCK, AND I SOMETIMES HAVE TROUBLE GETTING ANY OF THE BUTTONS ON MY DASH TO WORK TO CHANGE OR CONTROL ANYTHING IN THE CAR. I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE BUTTONS ON MY STEERING WHEEL. MY CAR HAS JUST OVER 70,000 MILES ON IT. THE HEADLIGHT BEING OUT IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE WHEN I'M DRIVING. I GOT PULLED OVER TWICE THE OTHER NIGHT BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHT WAS OUT. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM - I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH AND I KNOW THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. NOT TO MENTION THE LABOR INVOLVED TO EVEN ACCESS THE HEADLIGHT. IT'S MADDENING TO HAVE WASTED A LOT OF MONEY TO NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE FIXED. I'VE HAD THE BULB REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES, NEW PIGTAILS INSTALLED AND EVEN REMOVED THE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS CONNECTION FROM THE FUSE BOX BECAUSE I READ THAT HAVING THAT CONNECTED MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEADLIGHT ISSUE. EVEN THAT DIDN'T WORK. CHEVY NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL. 2 WORKING HEADLIGHTS IS A BASIC NEED TO DRIVE A CAR. TO HAVE THIS CONSTANT ISSUE IS RIDICULOUS.

WHEN DRIVING MY 2009 MALIBU LTZ 2.4L EITHER STREET OR HIGHWAY THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT WITH NO NOTICE. QUITE DANGEROUS IN ANY SITUATION OF DRIVING. MIL LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AT SAME TIME POWER STEERING SHUTS DOWN. TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON SOMETIMES FIXES THE PROBLEM BUT ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES. THIS PROBLEM JUST STARTED TO OCCUR AT 164,007 MILES.