2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT.

TAKATA RECALL. I'M COMPLAINING ABOUT MY POWER STEERING IT GO'S OUT WHEN GOING AROUND CORNERS COULD CAUSE A CRASH. AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FUNNY. CANT PUT IT ON CRUSE CONTROL WHEN DRIVING CAUSE BRAKE SYSTEM SAYS ACTIVE WHEN BRSAKES NOT ON

THERE WAS A RECALL ON STEERING ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST IN WHICH MY VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT GM DEALERSHIP FOR IT. EVENTHOUGH, I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO A GM DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY TORQUE SENSOR. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE RECALL, SO NOW I HAVE TO COME OUT MY POCKET TO PAY FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE THE GM DEALER SAID THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS ON MY 2008 MALIBU. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS STILL A PROBLEM WITH THE PARTS BECAUSE IT SHOULD NOT BE FAILING THIS SOON. THANK YOU.

THIS CAR HAS 77000 MILES, AND DUMPING FUEL FROM TOP OF FUEL TANK ON TO EXHAUST SYSTEM WHILE BEING DRIVEN. FUEL IS ALSO SMELLED AFTER BEING DRIVEN.

STARTED AS PASSENGER DOOR SOMETIMES WOULDN'T UNLOCK WITH REMOTES OR BY EITHER DOOR PASSENGER OR DRIVERS DOOR LOCK CONTROL. GRADUALLY DOOR WOULDN'T LOCK OR UNLOCK OTHER THAN MANUALLY. THEN THE SAME HAPPENED WITH PASSENGER BK DOOR, DRIVERS BK DOOR, THEN DRIVER DOOR. NOW ONLY ENTRY IS WITH THE KEY.IT DOESN'T MATTER IF CAR IS RUNNING OR NOT. THIS IS A INCONVIENT PROBLEM AS MUCH AS A PERSONAL SAFETY ISSUE. MY HUSBAND IS DISABLED AND MUST WAIT IN RAIN/SNOW/COLD/HEAT UNTIL I UNLOCK DRIVERS DOOR WITH KEY AND SLIDE ACROSS TO MANUALLY UNLOCK PASSENGER DOOR. AS FAR AS A PERSONAL SAFETY ISSUE, DOORS MUST SOMETIMES WHEN MOTOR IS TURNED OFF THE BACK DOORS WILL UNLOCK BUT THEY DON'T LOCK AGAIN WHEN CAR IS RESTARTED. I DON'T LIKE DRIVING WITH DOORS UNLOCKED SO I HAVE TO GET INTO BACK SEAT TO REACH THE PASSENGER DOOR TO LOCK IT BEFORE DRIVING (A SAFETY ISSUE). ALSO, IF I HAVE OTHER PASSENGERS I HAVE TO GET INTO BACK TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR THEM. THIS BEGAN ABOUT 2 YRS AGO AND PROGRESSED TO THE CURRENT PROBLEM ABOUT A YR AGO. IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS A BAD SENSOR I SUPPOSE BUT I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER MALIBU OWNERS AND THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. THIS IS A PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIOR OR HANDICAPPED DRIVERS.

POWER STEERING RECALL WAS PERFORMED 2 1/2 YEARS AGO AND NOW THE POWER STEERING IS INTERMITTENTLY NOT WORKING. IT WILL WORK FOR A BIT AND THEN STOP DURING DRIVING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THIS AM AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WARRANTY FOR THE PART WAS NOT EFFECTIVE BECAUSE IT EXPIRED AFTER 150,000 MILES. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS HARD TO CONTROL THE CAR WHEN IT HAPPENS. ITS NOT LIKE IT ISN'T WORKING WHEN I FIRST START IT UP AT TIMES, IT HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

MY POWER STEERING GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. THE WARNING DISPLAYS ON THE RADIO SCREEN. MY MECHANIC CALLED A DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD HIM THE RECALL HAD A LIMITED MILEAGE WARRANTY OF 150,000 MILES. MY VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 157,000 MILES. THIS SEEMS DANGEROUS TO ME. WHY IS THERE A MILEAGE LIMIT? MY MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO FIX IT BUT IT CONTINUES TO OCCUR.

TAKATA RECALL : MY VEHICLE POWER STEERING WENT OUT DURING A SHARP TURN....THE APS LIGHT CAME ON AND POWER STEERING FAILED IN TURN WHILE ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS COMING CLOSE BEHIND. I WAS ABLE TO GET PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD JUST IN TIME, BEFORE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND. POWER STEERING GOES OUT CONTINUOUSLY WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS,ALSO RECALLS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER (SHOTTENKIRK, 5031 AVE O, FORT MADISON, IA 53627, 319-248-8866) STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL TORQUE SENSOR AND STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND 14V153000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED NO SOLUTION OTHER THAN TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

STARTED CAR TO GO TO WORK, "POWER STEERING/SERVICE ESC" LIGHT ON, NO POWER STEERING. TURNED CAR OFF, BACK ON. NO LIGHT, AND OPERATED NORMALLY. RESTARTED VEHICLE AGAIN, NO POWER STEERING, AND SAME SERVICE LIGHTS ON. ALSO, WHILE IN PARK, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BACK AND FORTH. STEERING TORQUE SENSOR WAS REPLACED IN JAN.2016 DUE TO RECALL, WITH SAME SYMPTOMS. BOTH DEALER AND GM SAY THERE IS NO EXTENSION OR WARRANTY BECAUSE RECALLED PART WAS ALREADY REPAIRED. CAR IS NOW SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, NOT DRIVABLE.