2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

TIMING CHAIN JUST CAME OFF AT 86000 MILES. DRIVING FINE UNTIL ENGINE RPM SLOWED TO IDLE SPEED THEN SHUT OFF. WAS UNABLE TO START AND STRANDED. NO CODES OR WARNING. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT BUT COULD HAVE EASILY HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND FAILED TO STEER. IN ADDITION, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

THREE TIMES IN TWO MONTHS THE PASSENGER LOW BEAM HAS GONE OUT. I WORK NIGHTS AND EACH TIME IT HAS GONE OUT IT HAS BEEN WHILE I AM DRIVING TO WORK IN THE DARK. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND NO CLEAR ANSWER HAS BEEN GIVEN ON HOW TO FIX THE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ECS ACTIVATED WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E044000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT CALLED VICTORVILLE CHEVROLET (LOCATED AT 15425 DOS PALMAS RD, VICTORVILLE, CA 92392, (760) 475-9098) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 204,000.

DRIVER SEAT WELD BROKE AT THE RIGJT REAR AND LEFT FRONT WITHOUT BEING IN AN ACCIDENT. I WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT AND WENT TO ADJUST IT AND IT BROKE ON THE WAY UP, THEN THE LEFT SIDE ON THE WAY DOWN. I HAVE SEEM ON THE INTERNET THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS TO GM AND NEARLY ALL ARE DENIED TO BE REPAIRED AT DEALERS COST. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT ASAP.

ELECTRICAL PART SHUTS DOWN THE CAR CAN'T GO SOMETIMES YOU CAN CHANGE FUSE WILL GO AND HERE WE GO AGAIN HAVE IT IN AND OUT OF SHOP TO BE WORK ON NO BODY CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT . AND EVEN SHUTS DOWN WHEN DRIVING DOWN ROAD IN TRAFFIC VERY DANGEROUS ON HIGHWAY. HAD IN DIFFERENT SHOPS FOR HELP.GETTING VERY SICK OF IT READ OTHER HAVE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME TYPE CAR.WHY ISN'T SOMETHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT READY TO START BUYING HONDA CARS.THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON ALL SUMMER STILL NOVEMBER. SO TIRED OF IT AND WASTING MONEY ON IT. THIS HAS HAPPEN MORE THAN ONE TIME

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE GO OUT BUT THE BULBS ARE NOT BLOWN. THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE CONNECTORS THAT CAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS TO GO OUT AND COME ON SPORADICALLY. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT WILL COME OFF OR ON IF IT IS HIT OR KICKED, OR IF A BUMP IN THE ROAD IS HIT. THIS CAUSES THE PREMATURE TRASHING OF BULBS THAT SEEM TO HAVE BLOWN. THIS IS A PROBLEM UNTO ITSELF BUT EVEN MORE PROBLEMATIC SINCE THE ENTIRE BUMPER MUST BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO REPLACE (ANY COMPONENT OF) A HEADLIGHT. MECHANICS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ISSUE FOR SEVERAL GM VEHICLES WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME. I HAVE CHATTED WITH SEVERAL OWNERS OF CADILLACS, IMPALAS, AND MALIBUS THAT EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM.

I BOUGHT MY 2012 MALIBU ABOUT 2YEARS AGO AND AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRATION I STARTED HAVING CODES SAYING TO SERVICE AIR BAGS BUT THE CODES WON'T STAY CONSTANT AND NO ONE KNOWS WHY FOR SOME ODD REASON. ON TOP OF THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LIGHT HAS BEEN CHANGED 5 TIME IN LESS THEN A YEAR AND A HALF AND ONCE AGAIN NO ONE KNOWS WHY. I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH CONSTANT ISSUES THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR FAULTY EQUIPMENT

BOTH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT TOO OFTEN. THE LIGHTS ARE NOT BURNED OUT BECAUSE THEY'LL WORK FOR A FEW WEEKS AND WILL NOT WORK FOR MONTHS AT A TIME; INDIVIDUALLY OR SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE PASSENGER HARNESS AND BULB WAS REPLACED AT WINTER CHEVY IN PITTSBURG CA IN 2018 AND WENT OUT AGAIN A FEW MONTHS LATER. THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS HAVE BEEN A CONSISTENT PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THE USED CAR IN 2015. BOTH LOW BEAM LIGHTS HAD BULB REPLACEMENTS 3 TIMES EACH. BOTH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN OUT FOR MONTHS.

FOR NEARLY 4 YEARS AFTER PURCHASE, I AM CONSTANTLY CHANGING MY PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT BULBS. I HAVE CHANGED MY BULBS MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT. IT IS BECOMING VERY EXPENSIVE. WHILE DRIVING; MY DRIVER SIDE HIGHBEAM AND LOW BEAM WENT OUT WHILE IT WAS RAINING YESTERDAY. I LIVE IN A VERY MOUNTAINOUS AREA AND WITHOUT MY HEADLIGHTS THAT WORK PROPERLY IT IS VERY FEASIBLE THAT I COULD GET IN AN ACCIDENT EVEN DRIVING UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT WITHOUT PROPER HEADLIGHTS. MANY ONLINE CAR FORUMS MENTION A DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP RELAY CAUSES THESE ISSUES. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED FOR I WOULD LOVE TO LET MY NEWLY LICENSED SON DRIVE IT.