2011 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

MY PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT KEEPS GOING OUT. I JUST HAD THE BULB CHANGED, AND IT WENT OUT IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. 90% OF ALL CHEVY MALIBU'S USE ON THE ROAD HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET A RECALL ABOUT THIS. IT'S VERY IRRITATING AND EXPENSIVE!

MY HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT. I HAVE CHANGED BULBS ON BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE AND THEN LIGHT WENT BACK OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES ON BOTH SIDES. I THEN NOTICED THAT PASSENGER HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN, AND THIS TIME WHEN I WENT TO CHANGE IT, IT CAME ON WHEN I TOUCHED THE PIGTAIL SO I FIGURED THERE WAS A SHORT SOMEWHERE. WHEN I TOOK THE LIGHTBULB OUT, I NOTICED THE PIGTAIL WAS FRIED, SO I CHANGED THE PIGTAIL AND BULB THIS TIME. A FEW WEEKS GO BY AND THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENS TO THE OTHER SIDE. I CHANGED THE LIGHT BULB AND PIGTAIL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND I'VE NOT MENTIONED HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO CHANGE THE BULB. THE WHOLE FRONT BUMPER ASSEMBLY PRETTY MUCH HAS TO COME OFF. THIS IS NOT EASY TO DO AND IS A PRETTY BAD DESIGN FLAW. SINCE I'VE NOTICED THAT THE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN THE PIGTAIL IS SHAKEN, I HAVE TO DISASSEMBLE THE BUMPER JUST TO GET TO THE LIGHT. SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THIS. FINALLY, I MUST ALSO ADD, I HAVE SEEN MORE THAN 10 CHEVY MALIBU'S, NOT SURE OF THE YEAR, BUT IS THE SAME MODEL AS MINE, WITH A HEADLIGHT MISSING. IT MAKES ME WONDER, ARE THESE PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE? DO THESE PEOPLE MAYBE JUST HAVE A HEADLIGHT BLOWN BUT KNOWS THE HEADACHE IT IS TO REMOVE WHOLE FRONT BUMPER ASSEMBLY JUST TO CHANGE HEADLIGHT? HAVE THESE PEOPLE GOTTEN TIRED OF CHANGING THE HEADLIGHT BECAUSE IT KEEPS BLOWING OUT? PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS.

PASSENAGER SIDE HEADLIGHT HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. TWICE WITHIN 3 WEEKS. TWICE THE CONNECTOR WAS MELTED FROM OVERHEATING. HAVE ALSO REPLACED DRIVER SIDE TWICE WITHIN THE LAST 3 YEARS. OVERALL HAVE REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE 5 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 2 YEARS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN STATIONARY WITH ALL FINDINGS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF AND ON INDEPENDENTLY FIVE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS. IN ADDITION, THE POWER DOOR LOCKS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING. THE CONTACT PLANNED ON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO BAYWAY CHEVROLET (5719 BROADWAY ST, PEARLAND, TX 77581, (281) 606-0465) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,312.

MY 2011 MALIBU HAS STARTING ISSUES BUT IF I MESS WITH THE REAR FUSE BOX AND WIGGLE THE WIRES CONNECT TO IT, IT START. IT CUTS OFF VERY OFTEN. WHEN I TOOK IT TO DIFFERENT SHOPS NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. THERE IS ONE MECHANIC THAT SAYS HE HAS RAN INTO THIS PROBLEM MULTIPLE TIME ESPECIALLY WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF RECALL OR EVEN A WARRANTY FOR THIS PROBLEM.

FRONT PASSENGER HEADLIGHT KEEPS GOING OUT. WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET A WARNING COMES ACROSS THAT SAYS ENGINE POWER REDUCED. THEN THE ESC AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL COMES ON. THE CAR THEN DROPS TO 5 MPH AND STOPS. I TURN IT OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON AND THERE IS NOTHING. I WAIT A FEW SECONDS AND TRY AGAIN AND IT STARTS UP AND I'M ABLE TO DRIVE IT.

MY PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM LIGHT KEEPS GOING OUT AND REPLACED IT FOUR TIMES. I HAD SUN CHEVY RT. 19 MCMURRAY PA REPLACE IT THE FIRST TIME, LAUREL AUTO SERVICE MUNHALL, PA REPLACE IT 2ND TIME IN 12/2017 AND I HAVE REPLACED IT TWICE IN 2018. I PURCHASED BULBS AT ADVANCED AUTO, W. HOMESTEAD, PA. I HAVE COPIES OF INVOICES IF NEEDED FOR DOCUMENTATION. I NOTICED IT WHEN DIVING VEHICLE OR AT NIGHT.THIS JUST HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY ON 8-30-2018. THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM TO FIX AS YOU HAVE TO TAKE OFF FRONT SHROUD OF CAR EACH TIME TO REPLACE LIGHT BULB.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE MADE A POPPING SOUND AND STOPPED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND THE STEERING LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOUSE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,661.

THE POWER STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN IT WENT OUT. I WAS ABLE TO STRESSFULLY GET IT HOME OFF THE MAIN ROAD. A FEW HOURS LATER THE CAR WAS FINE AND THE POWER STEERING WAS BACK ON AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THESE ISSUES. IF I WAS TRAVELING ANY FASTER THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A ACCIDENT

WINDSHIELD WIPER TRANSMISSION HAS QUIT 2 TIMES IN 2 1/2 YEARS. THE WIPER ARMS CAN BE MOVED BY HAND WITH NO RESISTANCE. BOTH TIMES IN HEAVY RAIN GOING OVER 55MPH IN THE DARK LEAVING ME WITH NO WAY TO SEE THE ROAD. I HAD TO STOP QUICK TO GET ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE FIRST TIME I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED. 1ST TIME WAS 12/3/15 THIS TIME WAS 8/17/18. I HAD IT FIXED A GM DEALER THAT JUST HAPPENED TO BE CLOSE FOR $366 THE FIRST TIME-NOW AGAIN???? THE EQUINOX HAD A RECALL ON THIS I WAS TOLD. ITS CRAZY THE MALIBU WAS NOT INCLUDED.