2011 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

'POWER STEERING RECALL ' MY POWER STEERING ON MY 2011 CHEVY MALIBU WENT OUT. IT IS OVER $ 1000 TO GET OT FIXED ON MY OWN AND ITS CAUSING ME TO MISS WORK AS WELL AS OTHER PLACES AND THINGS I HAVE A OBLIGATION TO ATTEND. WHEN THE INCIDENT FIRST OCCURED, I WAS DRIVING OVER 60 MPH PUTTING ME AS WELL AS OTHER PASSENGERS AT RISK FOR BEING EXTREMELY JARMED. I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO THE ORIGINAL CAR DEALERSHIP AND THERE OS NOTHING THEY COULD DO PR WANTED TO DO. I CAN NOT DRIVE A CARE THAT I'VE BEEN PAYING ON BECAUSE PF THE RECALL AND I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO. PLEASE HELP.

STARTING CAR AND POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON. I TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON AND IT'S FINE. THIS JUST STARTED.

TAKATA RECALL WE WERE IN MOTION GOING DOWN A HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR JUST STOP, WE PUT IT IN REVERSE IT MOVED WHEN WE PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE WOULD NOT MOVE.THE CAR IS NINE YRS OLD I WAS SCARE TO DEATH.

WHILE DRINKING THE CAR THE STEERING QUITS WORKING ALMOST CAUSING ME TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR, THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON SAYING ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL WAS THE ISSUE. I TAKE IT TO A SHOP AND THEY TELL ME THE MALIBU, G6, AND IMPALAS ALWAYS DO THAT AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL PLACED ON IT, & IT IS EITHER THE ELECTRIC STEERING MOTOR OR THE TOURQE SHAFT SENSOR. THEY SAID THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE IN ACCIDENTS WHICH RESULTED IN DEATH DUE TO THIS ISSUE. COULD YOU PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS PLEASE AS I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS EVEN AFTER THE $1500 FOR REPAIRS ARE DONE. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER NEW CAR. THIS IS VERY SCARY WHEN THIS GOES OUT ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I HAVE A VIDEO OF WHAT THE CAR DOES WHEN YOU START IT UP WHEN THE STEERING GOES BACK TO WORKING. IT DOES THIS WHILE DRIVING OR SITTING STATIONARY. WHEN LOOKING ON A CHEVROLET FORUM THERE WERE THOUSAND OF PEOPLE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO WITH NUMEROUS CAUSING ACCIDENTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE BEGAN APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO AND WAS WORSENING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FOUR DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT MECHANICS, BUT NONE OF THEM COULD RESOLVE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.

DRIVERS SEAT STARTED LEANING TO THE RIGHT OVER TIME. THEN ONE DAY WHEN WE GOT IN THE CAR, THE SEAT WAS WOBBLY. THOUGHT MAYBE A LOOSE BOLT, BUT FOUND SEAT FRAME IS BROKEN. LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE MALIBU, BUT NO RECALLS. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY CHEVY.

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE EARLY MORNING OF OCTOBER 17TH 2018, MY TIE ROD END SNAPPED IN MY VEHICLE, CAUSING ME TO GO OFF THE COUNTY ROAD INTO A TREE HEAD ON GOING 60 MPH. I ALSO WAS NOT WEARING A SAFETY BELT SO FORTUNATELY I AM STILL HERE TO WRITE THIS. ITS BEEN A ROAD TO RECOVERY AND STILL GOT A WAYS TO GO BUT THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE LOOKED INTO SO IT DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANY ONE ELSE. I UNDERSTAND ACCIDENTS HAPPEN BUT THIS IS PLAYING WITH PEOPLES LIVES IF THIS IS A FLAW WITH THE VEHICLE.

DRIVING CAR AND THE SERVICE ECS AND SERVICE TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON. THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HAD CAR TOWED AND REPAIRED THEN 3 WEEKS LATER ALL THE SAME LIGHTS CAME ON ALONG WITH ENGINE POWER HAS BEEN REDUCED. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED, ONCE AGAIN GOT CAR TO DEALER. REPAIRED IT, THE A FEW DAYS LATER THE CAR STALLED. WOULD START BUT WOULD NOT STAY RUNNING.

CAR CONTINUES TO GO INTO REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND WILL NOT DRIVE/RUN LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES. I HAVE ALREADY HAD ALL RECALLS FIXED ON THE VEHICLE INCLUDING THE ONE THAT SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THIS PROBLEM.

THE CABLE TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BROKE. EVIDENTLY, OTHER MALIBU'S THIS YEAR HAD A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. BUT, MY VIN # IS NOT ACCEPTED. CHEVY IS UNWILLING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN THE OUTCOME IF THIS HAPPENED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN IT CAME COMPLETELY APART.