2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

OUR 2007 CHEVROLET MAILBU, PURCHASED IN JULY 2017, USED, HAS BEGUN TO HAVE A SEVERE STEERING ISSUE. STEERING COMES CLOSE TO "LOCKING" UP, VERY HARD TO STEER, MAINLY AT SLOW SPEEDS, BUT UNPREDICTABLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT COMES ON DURING THE PROBLEM. VEH. HAS JUST OVER 70,000 MILES ON IT. TOOK IT TO CHEVROLET DEALER. SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED THAT OUR CAR HAD BEEN COVERED BY GM SPECIAL COVERAGE # 15356, FOR THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE (ELECTRIC POWER STEERING/TORQUE SENSOR) BUT CAR WAS JUST BEYOND 10 YRS IN SERVICE. HE ALSO NOTED THAT A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED BY GM (# 14772), AGAIN FOR THE EXACT ISSUE, BUT OUR CAR'S BUILD DATE FELL "IN-BETWEEN" COVERED BUILD DATES. MANAGER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS ISSUE IS VERY COMMON WITH OUR YEAR AND MODEL, AND SIMILAR MODELS (PONT G6 ETC), AND WAS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD. REPAIR ESTIMATE IS JUST OVER $500. MANAGER CONTACTED GM CORP OFFICE TO REQUEST COVERAGE AND WAS DENIED (CASE #: 8-3581641655). THIS VEH IS NOT SAFE TO OPERATE AT THIS TIME.

THE DRIVERS SEAT ASSEMBLY BROKE . THE SEAT SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND DOWN. A WELD BROKE ON THE SEAT ASSEMBLY. THIS MAKES THE CAR VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS? WHAT DO I DO ABOUT THIS? IS THERE ANYONE I CAN CONTACT?

I BOUGHT IT USED FROM A USED CAR LOT WHO FAILED TO TELL ME MANY THINGS ABOUT THIS CAR THAT WAS VERY CRUCIAL. AND NOW THERE'S A TERRIBLE GRINDING IN THE STEERING THAT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE AND NOW IT DOES IT ALL THE TIME AND LOCKS UP WHILE IN PARK. LOST POWER STEERING... TURNED ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON AND REGAINED POWER STEERING. THERE WAS AN ISSUE WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2016 THERE WAS A KNOCKING WHEN TURNING. ALSO, THERE IS A LOT OF NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER FRONT TIRE MAKE IT HARD TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF CONCERN OF TIRE COMING OFF. I JUST NOTICED THAT I CAN FEEL VIBRATION UNDER MY FEET IN THE FRONT WHEN I EXCEED 65MPH ON THE HWY. I CAN FEEL EVERY BUMP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE STATIONARY AND DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. A DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND STATED THAT THE WARRANTY MILEAGE COVERAGE PERIOD HAD ENDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.

CAR DOES NOT START/ CRANK WHEN TURNING KEY TO START, BATTERY IS FULLY CHARGED AND GAUGES WORK. POWER STEERING IS ILLUMINATED ON RADIO. WHEN LAST DRIVING STEERING FELT LOOSE AND NOISY. ERROR WHERE ODEMETER MILEAGE IS.WHEN TRYING TO START .

WHILE DRIVING MY MALIBU I HEARD A ALARM DING FROM THE DIC AND THE BANNER READ STEERING THEN MY ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING INTO A UNDERGROUND PARKING LOT GOING DOWN THE HELIX TO ANOTHER LEVEL I NARROWLY MISSED RAMMING INTO THE SIDE WALL AS IT IS A TIGHT TURN. HAD I NOT BEEN HOLDING ON TO THE WHEEL TIGHTLY I WOULD HAVE HIT THE WALL . I DON'T THINK MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER COULD HAVE HELD THE WHEEL TO AVOID A CRASH. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.

FOR THE PAST 3-4 WEEKS I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY ELECTRIC POWER STEERING GIVING OUT. SOMETIMES WHEN I'M DRIVING IT VERY HARD TO KEEP THE STEERING STRAIGHT, THE WHEEL TRY'S TO SEND ME INTO THE OTHER LANE. I'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH I'VE FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT OFFER FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 203,120.

IT JUNKS FLOATS ALL OVER THE ROAD WHEN LITE UP ON CAR SCREEN HARD TO KEEP STRAIGHT WHEN IT SAYS POWER STEERING IT RUNS DECUESON BUT WHEN IT SAID NOTHING YOU CANT KEEP IT ON THE ROAD . IT ALMOST IS ALWAYS ON MY CREED IT SAY POWER STEERING THAN SOME TIME I START IT AND SCREEN IS BLANK THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE HELLA SHAKING PULLING SIDE TO SIDE AND WHEN YOU STOP AT STOP LIGHT TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF ITVSHAKE ALL BY IT SELF

WHEN MAKING A TURN, THE FRONT OF THE CAR MAKE TERRIBLE POPPING NOISE, WHICH IS A SEVERE SAFETY PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY COMMON. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/MALIBU/2007/STEERING/CLUNKING_POPPING_NOISE_FROM_STEERING.SHTML