2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

VEHICLE HAS HAD POWER STEERING ASSIST QUIT TWICE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE IN A TURN ON COUNTY ROADS. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING MID TURN. MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN.

THE SERVICE ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND THE LOW TRACTION LIGHT(CAR ICON) COMES ON AND I LOSE POWER STEERING. WHEN I START THE CAR THESE SENSORS COME ON AND I LOSE POWER STEERING. SOMETIMES I'LL START IT AND THE SENSORS ARE OFF THEN I HAVE POWER STEERING THEN I'LL START DRIVING AND SOMETHING TRIPS THOSE SENSORS TO COME ON AND I LOSE POWER STEERING. THIS STARRED IN JANUARY 2020.

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MY CHEVY MALIBU 2009, 2.4 LITER ENGINE. THE CAR CAN BE TURNED ON AND THE POWER STEERING WILL SHUT OFF AND I AM UNABLE TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN DRIVING. THE SENSOR WILL PICK UP AN ERROR AND IT WILL DISPLAY 'POWER STEERING' ON THE DASH. THEN I WILL TURN THE CAR OFF AND THE POWER STEERING WILL TURN BACK ON. TURNING WHEN THE POWER STEERING IS STILL WORKING CAUSES IT TO HAVE A WEIRD TWITCH OR JERK WHEN DRIVING WHERE IT MOVES THE STEERING WHEEL BY ITSELF WHEN TURNING AND DRIVING STRAIGHT. GM HAD A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE WITH MY EXACT MODEL BUT I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO HELP ME AND THAT MY CAR WASN'T ON THE RECALL BULLETIN YET MY CAR IS THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR THAT ON THE BULLETIN HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. IT IS ALSO NOT ME, I SEE OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT GM IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE. I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND IT HAS 160,000 MILES ON IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE POWER STEERING IS ESSENTIAL TO DRIVER SAFETY. THIS HAPPENS ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME THE POWER STEERING DECIDES TO JUST SHUT ITSELF OFF.

MY VEHICLE HAS LOST STEERING AFTER STARTING SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST WEEK. MY INFO SCREEN DISPLAYS AN ESC AND POWER STEERING MESSAGE AND MY STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED IN PLACE. ONCE THE CAR IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE MESSAGES GO AWAY AND STEERING IS BACK TO NORMAL. I HAVE FOUND A RECALL RELATED TO THIS ON CERTAIN VEHICLES OF MY YEAR/MAKE/MODEL AND ALSO MANY FORUMS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. HOWEVER, WHEN SEARCHING BY VIN IT SAYS MY VEHICLE HAS 0 RECALLS. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED WHEN MY VEHICLE IS STOPPED, OR IN PARK MY STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE FOR A MOMENT AND THEN STOP.

I WAS DRIVING AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND STEERING GOT REAL HARD TO TURN AND NOW I HAVE NO STEERING POWER TO DRIVE AND I'M SCARED TO DRIVE AND ALSO MY CAR BE IN REVERSE AND IT WENT FORWARD

MY VEHICLE IS HAVING EXACT SYMPTOMS AS OTHER VEHICLES IN THE SAME YEAR RANGE WITH THE EXACT ENGINE SIZE AND POWER TRAIN. I HAVE A 4 - CYL ECO TEC ENGINE AND I HAVE FOUND THAT GM RECALLED LOTS OF UNITS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM YET MINE IS NOT IN THE DATABASE. MY ELECTROINC STEERING SHUTS ON AND OFF ALL WINTER!

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING, AND I WAS IN DANGER OF CRASHING THE VEHICLE. THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP SAYS ITS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING COLUMN TORQUE SENSOR, AND THAT GM HAD A MILLION CAR RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, THEY STATED THIS SAFETY CONCERN HAD AN EXPIRATION DATE AND FOR MY VEHICLE, IT EXPIRED MAY 2019. IT APPEARS TO BE HAVING EXACTLY THE SAME SYMPTOMS, WITH THE SAME DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES, AS THOSE RECALLED VEHICLES, AND YET GM WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS SAFETY MATTER. THIS CONDITION OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY, AND THEN ALL OF THE TIME. IT OCCURS WHEN IN REVERSE, AND FORWARD GEARS, WHEN TURNING AND WHEN TRAVELING STRAIGHT. IT OCCURS AT ALL SPEEDS. AGAIN, THE GM MECHANICS STATE THE PROBLEM IS THE STEERING COLUMN TORQUE SENSOR.

POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND SERVICE ESC MESSAGE COMES ACROSS THE MESSAGE CENTER. TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND THE LIGHT GOES OUT, POWER STEERING COMES BACK FOR A SECOND THEN THE LIGHT TRIPS AGAIN AND IT'S OUT AGAIN. I HAVE LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY AND ALSO WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THIS CAR. IF I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN AND I LOOSING POWER STEERING, I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND HOPE THAT POWER STEERING TURNS BACK ON.

WHILE DRIVING ESC LIGHT CAME ON, STEERING WHEEL JERKS/SHAKES UNABLE TO FULL STEER OR CONTROL VEHICLE. CUTS ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING

I CALLED GM BECAUSE MY STEERING WHEEL IS VIBRATING AND I AM LOOSING POWER STEERING. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A SPECIAL REPAIR WINDOW AND NOT A RECALL. THEY INFORMED ME THAT I WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS AND THAT THEY WINDOW HAS PASSED SO THEY WILL NOT BE DOING ANY REPAIRS. THE WHEEL SHAKES WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL AND LOOSES POWER STEERING.