2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

ON SUNDAY 08/07/2016 MY 2008 MALIBU FAILED TO START. AFTER TESTING THE BATTERY AND STARTER, IT WAS DETERMINED BY NTB IN CHARLESTON SC THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD FAILED. I CALLED SEVERAL CHEVROLET DEALERS EARLY ON 08/08/2016 TO SEE IF THEY COULD REPAIR UNDER RECALL WARRANTY. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ME THE SAME DAY, AND MY CAR IS STRANDED FAR FROM HOME. IF NTB IS ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM SO THAT I CAN DRIVE MY CAR BACK HOME, I STRONGLY BELIEVE GM SHOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS AND TOWING.

I WAS PARKING MY CAR AND I PROCEEDED TO PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE "R" BUT THE GEAR CONTROL WOULD NOT STAY LOCKED INTO POSITION, NOR WOULD THE CAR REVERSE. IT WAS MOVING FREELY BETWEEN GEARS BUT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO POSITION. I THEN PLACED THE GEAR CONTROL BACK INTO PARK "P" WHERE IT WOULD STAY PUSH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DOWN AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WHEN THE TOW COMPANY ARRIVED HE MANUALLY PUT THE CAR "SHIFT CABLE" BACK WHERE IT NEEDED TO GO IN ORDER FOR THE CAR THE GEAR CONTROL TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, BUT ONCE AGAIN IT WOULD NOT STAY INTO PLACE. THANKFULLY I WAS IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THIS OCCURRED, BUT THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, BECAUSE IF THE CAR WERE TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THE SHIFTER CABLE CAME LOOSE I WOULD HAVE NO WAY OF PUTTING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL OR ANYTHING TO GET THE CAR TO A SAFE PLACE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND HE WAS ABLE TO PARTIALLY RECTIFY THE SITUATION.

TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP BECAUSE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. THEY INFORMED ME THAT VEHICLE HAD A RECALL ON THE BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SWITCH SYSTEM. THEY PERFORMED THE RECALL. BRAKE LIGHTS WORKED FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS, THEN QUIT WORKING AGAIN. THEY THEN INFORMED ME THAT SINCE THE RECALL WAS ALREADY COMPLETED THAT THIS REPAIR WOULD BE OUT OF POCKET. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THIS. I PURCHASED THE MODULE, HAD GM DEALERSHIP PROGRAM IT AND THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH ALSO. NOW THE BRAKE LIGHTS ONLY WORK UNDER HARD BRAKING. THEY HAVE RECALIBRATE DO THE BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR NUMEROUS TIMES. THE LIGHTS WILL WORK AS SHOULD UNTIL VEHICLE IS PARKED FOR 2 HOURS OR MORE, THEN THEY START ONLY WORKING UNDER HARD BRAKING CONDITIONS. RECALIBRATE THE SENSOR AND THEY WORK FINE UNTIL VEHICLE SITS PARKED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE EPS MOTOR CONTROL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V153000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,111.

THE HEADLIGHTS WEBT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE MY HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION MODULE AND SOLENOID WERE UPDATED AND RESET; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V224000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

JUST TOOK POSSESSION OF A 2008 CHEVY MALIBU LTZ V6 3.6 WITH ON 36K ORIGINAL MILES ON IT. HAVE HAD FOR ONLY 5 DAYS AND GOT A DASH NOTIFICATION OF CHECK ESC SOON, TRACTION CONTROL, ENG POWER REDUCED WARNING WITH THE CHECK ENGINE SYMBOL. I PULLED IN MY DRIVEWAY HOME FROM WORK AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY TO TAKE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD NO POWER TO GO ANYWHERE SO PULLED BACK IN DRIVE AND SHUT THE CAR OFF TO GO INSIDE MY HOUSE, CAME BACK OUT TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND PUT IN REVERSE, ALL SEEMED FIND WITH POWER, THEN PROCEEDED ON TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH NO POWER FAILURE, BUT ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. WITH ONLY 36K MILES AND LOTS OF REVIEWS I AM READING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE AND RECURRING THAT NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIND A FIX FOR. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS BEFORE THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. I TRAVEL OUT OF TOWN AT LEAST TWO WEEKENDS A MONTH AND BEING A SINGLE FEMALE I CANNOT AFFORD TO GET STRANDED AND CAUSE A WRECK DUE TO POWER FAILURE. SERIOUSLY WHEN DOES THIS PROBLEM GET RECOGNIZED AND CORRECTED TO SAVE A LIFE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED LANES WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING AN ELECTRONIC STEERING MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE ISSUE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

FIRST REAR DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR FAILED. WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BY DEALER. ABOUT TWO MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY THE OTHER REAR DOOR ACTUATOR FAILED. GOT A QUOTE OF ALMOST $400 TO FIX. YEAH, RIGHT. THEN THE REPLACED ACTUATOR FAILED. SO WE'RE UP TO $800 TO REPAIR. THEN (SEE MY OTHER COMPLAINT FILED) - THE DOOR LOCKS START RANDOMLY LOCKING AND UNLOCKING WHETHER THE CAR IS ON OR OFF.

DOESN'T MATTER IF THE CAR IS RUNNING OR TURNED OFF - ALL DOOR LOCKS KEEP LOCKING AND UNLOCKING. VERY ANNOYING. HAD TO REMOVE FUSE FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD TO MAKE IT STOP. NOW NONE OF MY AUTOMATIC LOCKS WILL WORK WITHOUT THE FUSE.