2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY WOULD STOP WHILE DRIVING. WHILE IN PARK THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD OSCILLATE APPROXIMELY 30 DEGREES BACK AND FORTH BY ITSELF. SERVICED AT DEALERSHIP FOR STEERING RECALL TWICE. FIRST TRIP REPLACED TORQUE CONTROL SENSOR, DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT OFF THE LOT BEFORE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. SECOND TRIP REPROGRAMMED TORQUE SENSOR AND STEERING POSITION SENSOR, PROBLEM REOCCURRED TWO DAYS LATTER.

I CALLED GM 800-222-1020 TO REPORT THE AIRBAG ON MY 2007 CHEVY MALIBU AIRBAG KEEPS COMING ON AN OFF ON 8/22/15 I CALLED THE 1ST TIME NO ONE CALLED ME I CALLED ON 8/25/15 AND I CALLED TODAY 8/31/15. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSES...I DONT THINK THAT IS FAIR WHY WOULD THE AIR BAGS ON A CAR GO OUT????? I WAS TOLD ON THE PHONE THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO PAY NOW THE STORY CHANGES. I FEAR FOR MY LIFE DRIVING THIS CAR, KNOWING THAT IF I CRASH I COULD DIE. ALSO I DONT THINK I GOT ALLLLL THE RECALLS FIXED IN MY CAR. PLEASE HELP. I KEEP ON GETTING THE RUN AROUNDS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED INTERMITTENTLY AND REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRIC MOTOR MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

I NOTICED THE POWER STEERING SHAKE WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN A LEFT TURN IT JERKED TO THE RIGHT. I HAVE TALKED TO GM AND THEY DENIED A RECALL FOR MY VIN # BUT OTHERS OF THE SAME MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR HAVE BEEN RECALLED. CHEVY DEALER WANTS $994.00 TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR, MORE THAN I CAN AFFORD.

FUEL GAUGE NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. AFTER REFUELING, THE FUEL GAUGE BEGAN ACTING SPORADIC, AT TIMES IT WOULD INDICATE THAT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY EVEN AFTER REFUELING. CONDITION CONTINUED TO GET WORSE AND PRESENTLY FUEL GAUGE JUST READS EMPTY. ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE CODE P0463 IS ACTIVE.

WHEN GOING UP A HILL, TURNING TOO THE LEFT, SOMETIMES JUST TRYING TO TURN THE WHEEL FROM A DEAD STOP THERE IS NO POWER STEERING, ETC THE POWER ASSIST FOR THE STEERING CUTS OUT AND THERE ARE 3 CHIMES. WHEN IT HAPPENS PULLING OUT FROM A PARKING SPACE THERE ARE NO CHIMES, JUST NO POWER STEERING. THESE ARE THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS THE GM RECALL BUT THEY SAY MY VIN IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. MAYBE BECAUSE MY RADIO DOESN'T DISPLAY STEERING. OR IT'S A BIGGER RECALL THAN THEY WANT TO PAY FOR, WHAT DO YOU THINK, SHOULD THEY GET AWAY WITH IT? DO I HAVE TO HAVE GM SPEND MONEY FOR ME TO GET A LAWYER TO HAVE THIS FIXED, ITS THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALLED VEHICLES.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE MAY 2007. IT HAD BEEN USED BY A PRECIOUS OWNER. SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR THE SIGN "SERVICE AIR BAG" HAS BEEN LIGHTING UP SINCE I PURCHASED IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN A PRIO ACCIDENT. I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A FRAUDULENT SITUATION TAKING PLACE WHERE WRECKED VEHICLES ARE NOT REPLACED WITH THE PROPER AIR BAGS, BUT WITH OTHER ITEMS, SUCH AS SHOES, ETC. I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT BECAUSE MY SON IN LAW DID THIS. SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIR BAGS.

I TOOK MY CAR IN TO GET REPAIRED FOR ALL OF THE VEHICLE RECALLS. THEY HAD MY CAR FOR ABOUT 6-7 MONTHS AND THEN WHEN I GOT IT BACK I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. MY LIGHTS GO OUT EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS AND OR WORK ONLY WHEN THEY WANT TOO, THEN MY RADIO WOULD ONLY WORK WHEN IT WANTED TOO AND NOW MY WINDOWS ONLY WORK WHEN THEY WANT TOO AND IT'S DRIVING FUNNY. YESTERDAY I WENT TO REPLACE ANOTHER DTR LIGHT AND WHILE DOING SO WE NOTICED ALL THE WIRES ARE MELTED. ONE OF THE RECALLS WAS FOR THE TRANSMISSION. SHIFT CABLE WHICH IN TURN STATES THAT IF IT WAS TO BECOME LOOSE OR DETACH OR ETC WOULD MELT MY WIRING HARNESS AND DTR LIGHTS AND ETC. I HAVE 4 KIDS AND THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND INSTEAD OF FIXING THE RECALLS THEY MADE IT WORSE AND NOW ME AND MY CHILDREN S LIVES HAVE BEEN PUT IN DANGER. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN MY CAR STARTS ON FIRE AND I CAN'T GET MY KIDS OUT OR MY SELF? I NEED THIS FIXED ASAP FOR FREE BEFORE I GET A LAWYER AND IT SEEMS NO ONE AT ANY GM LOCATION WANTS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES OR RETURN A PHONE CALL.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE JULY 2007. IT WAS A USED VEHICLE. FROM THE FIRST DAY OF PURCHASE THE WORDS "PASSENGER AIR BAG NEEDS SERVICE" SHOW UP ON THE SCREEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED INTERMITTENTLY AND REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED. THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.