2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

EPS (ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING) WENT OUT RANDOMLY WHILE STOPPED AT A GAS STATION. STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO TWITCH AND THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING GOES IN AND OUT. CAR WAS STATIONARY, STARTED, PLACED IN REVERSE AND MOVED FROM A PARKING SPOT TO A GAS PUMP. WHEN I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON, THE EPS WAS OUT. AFTER CYCLING POWER A FEW TIMES, THE EPS COMES BACK. ONCE YOU TURN OFF THE CAR IT GOES BACK TO NOT WORKING. MY YEAR MAKE AND MODEL WERE ALL A PART OF A RECALL FOR THE EPS, BUT GM STATES IT DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VIN. NO DEALER WILL ATTEMPT TO HELP FIX THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS RIDICULOUS CONSIDERING ITS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS ALREADY RECALLED FOR OTHER VINS OF THE SAME MAKE YEAR AND MODEL. SEE GM BULLETIN 14116 AND DCS3206

I TURNED MY CAR ON AND THE SERVICE LIGHT WAS ON AND THE MESSAGE ON MY CAR READ POWER STEERING. I COULDN'T TURN MY WHEEL AT ALL. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN AND IT WENT AWAY. A FEW DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN A LOCAL HIGHWAY THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THE POWER STEERING IS NOT WORKING. IT SEEMS TO BE LOCKED UP

OUT OF NOWHERE STARTED MY CAR TO GO TO WORK AND MY STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. DRIVER INFO PANEL DISPLAYED POWER STEERING. I TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT WAS NORMAL AGAIN. BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND STOPPED TWITCHES BACK AND FORTH. THE POWER STEERING HAS WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. THE TWITCHING IS CONSTANTS AS LONG AS CAR IS STARTED OR KEY TURNED TO SUPPLY POWER. I DONE A RECALL SEARCH VIA VIN AND IT RETURNED NO RECALLS. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AS I HAVE READ THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUES REPORTED. IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD TO ANYONE DRIVING AND THOSE AROUND WHEN IT FAILS.

WHILE STATIONARY, STEERING WHEEL IN VEHICLE TWITCHES BACK AND FORTH WHILE MAKING A MECHANICAL GRINDING SOUND. WHILE IN MOTION, VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TURNING BOTH TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WHILE AT LOW AND MODERATE SPEEDS.

STEERING GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY. STEERING WHEEL IS TWITCHING SLIGHTLY . SOMETIMES, WHILE DRIVING, THE ALERT BELL GOES OFF AND POWER STEERING GOES OUT. THIS PROBLEM WILL PERSIST ON AND OFF. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET, THEY STATED THE RECALL THEY HAD IS OVER.

THE POWER STEERING WOULD STOP WORKING PERIODICALLY, MOST OFTEN UPON STARTING OF THE CAR BUT IT FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE ONE TIME. THE MECHANIC READ IT AS A C0545 CODE, STEERING WHEEL TORQUE INPUT SENSOR. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS ISSUE IS WELL KNOW, AND IT APPEARS SOME VEHICLES WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND YEAR WERE COVERED UNDER A RECALL, BUT MY PARTICULAR ONE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE.

WHEN I AM DRIVING, HIGHWAY OR LOCAL, MY ENGINE WILL STUTTER AND SHUT DOWN, OR JUST QUIETLY SHUT DOWN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. IT IS HAPPENING A LOT. I HAVE FOUND MYSELF FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC DURING SOME OF THESE STALLS. SOMETIMES I CAN GET IT TO RESTART SND OTHER TIMES I CANNOT. ALSO. I AM HAVING TROUBLE GET GAS INTO THE TANK WHEN FUELING. I HEAR AIR ESCAPING AND THE PUMP WILL SHUT OFF. LOCAL MECHANICS DO NOT WANT TO TACKLE THAT ISSUE. THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM SAYS SINCE I BOUGHT IT USED, AS-IS, THAT THE PROBLEM IS ON ME. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. I DON'T WANT ME IRE ANYONE TO BECOME A FATALITY BECAUSE OF THIS. WHAT CAN BE DONE?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FELIX CHEVROLET (3330 S FIGUEROA ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90007) FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED MULTIPLE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALER AT LEAST FIVE TIMES FOR MULTIPLE FAILURES, INCLUDING THE DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING, THE BATTERY, THE ODOMETER NUMBERS BEING ERASED, AND THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE DUE TO THE CONTROL MODULE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT NOTICED OIL LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,500.

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK DRIVING ON THE 405 FREEWAY IN CALIFORNIA GOING AROUND A RAMP IN MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP ON ME I HIT THE BRAKE IT RELEASED THE NEXT MORNING ON MY WAY BACK HOME FROM WORK I WAS ON MY WAY ON THE FREEWAY SO I ACCELERATE ON THE GAS AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AS SOON AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE IGNITION GAS IT RELEASED. AND JUST RECENTLY ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO TODAY IS NOVEMBER 7TH SO NOVEMBER 2ND ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK ALL OF THIS HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO WORK IN FROM WORK BUT ON MY WAY FROM WORK I WENT DOWN TO START MY CAR AND STEERING WHEEL STARTS SHAKING REAL BAD START JERKING REAL BAD AND FROM THERE OTHER THINGS TO START HAPPENING TO THE CAR STEERING WHEEL STARTS SHAKING REAL BAD AS I PUT ON MY SEATBELT THE SEATBELT SIGN WILL NOT GO OFF AND WE'LL MAKE A BEEPING SOUND EVERY FEW MINUTES ALSO THE TOTAL CONTRACTION SIGN ALSO CUT ON AND THEN FOR SOME REASON I HAD A HALF TANK OF GAS IN MY TANK BUT THE FUEL LIGHT WILL COME CUT ON AND ON THE DASH WILL SAVE FUEL LOW WHEN I HAD JUST FILLED THE TANK UP