2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

AFTER (2-3) RECALLS ON STEERING, AFTER STEERING SENSORS REPLACED ALSO, VEHICLE OKAY FOR ABOUT A MONTH, THEN BACK TO SAME STEERING LOSS ISSUES. LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND RUMBLING OF THE STEERING COLUMN, TO THE POINT IT FEELS LIKE THE COLUMN AND A TIRE IS GOING TO FALL OFF ! MY FIRST INCIDENT STARTED BACK IN 2013-14, TOTAL STEERING LOSS AND HIT A GUIDE RAIL CAUSING DRIVER FRONT FENDER DAMAGE. AFTER SEVERAL RECALL REPAIRS, VEHICLE STILL RECREATES SAME DANGEROUS FAILING STEERING SITUATION ! MY FAMILY IS SCARED TO DEATH TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE, ITS AN ACCIDENT JUST WAITING TO HAPPEN, OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THIS IS A TOTAL COLUMN PROBLEM IN THESE 2006 MALIBU'S, NOT JUST SENSORS, SWITCHES, ETC. THESE STEERING COLUMNS NEED REPLACED. ACCIDENTS ARE INEVITABLE IF NOT ADDRESSED TOTALLY. SHAME ON GM FOR TRYING TO PIECE THIS PROBLEM OUT AS CHEAPLY AS POSSIBLE. CONCERNED, TED MEIXELSBERGER

VEHICLE TAKEN TO BLOOMSBURG PA. CHEVY DEALERSHIP FOR BULLETIN 14116. EPS MOTOR CONTROLLER WAS NOT REPLACED AS PER RECALL STATES TO REPLACE. REPEATED CALLS AND VISITS TO DEALERSHIP HAS YIELDED NO RESULTS. THERE INVOICE AFTER SAID REPAIRS WHERE MADE, CLEARLY SHOWS THAT JUST SENSOR ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 10 TO 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED MOMENTARILY WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE CONTACT COULD NOT CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

MY CAR MAKES CREAKING NOISES WHEN TURNING RIGHT. I HAD TWO OPINIONS AND BOTH SAID INTERMEDIATE DRIVE SHAFT. I HAD IT FIXED BUT IF ITS A RECALL CAN I GET REIMBURST TO PAY DOWN MY CREDIT CARD?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT, IMMEDIATELY AFTER RETRIEVING THE VEHICLE, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS MAKING EITHER A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, A CLICKING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND APPEARED TO OCCUR IN WET WEATHER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V064000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,521.

I GOT INTO MY 2006 CHEVY MALIBU LTZ (I'M NOT AN OVERWEIGHT PERSON, I WEIGH 192LBS AT 6FT TALL) AND THE FRONT SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS AND TO THE RIGHT. APPARENTLY THE SUPPORT BAR UNDERNEATH THE SEAT HAD BROKEN AT THE WELD. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST NEARLY $1000 TO REPAIR AS THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRONT SEAT. SUBSEQUENT SEARCHES ON THE INTERNET SHOW THIS IS APPARENTLY A PRETTY WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING OR DURING AN ACCIDENT, I MAY HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR OR BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AS THE COLLAPSE WAS SUDDEN AND VIOLENTLY THREW ME BACKWARDS. I REALLY THINK CHEVY SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. AS I NOTED ABOVE, THE BREAK WAS AT THE WELD NOT IN THE BAR ITSELF. THIS MEANS THAT EITHER THEY NEED BETTER WELDS OR MORE SUPPORT UNDERNEATH THE SEAT.

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY POWER STEERING OVER THE YEARS. BUT THIS WAS THE WORST IT HAS EVER BEEN. I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ROADS WERE CLEAR ON THIS SPRING DAY. MY TRACTION CONTROL, BRAKE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THEN THE POWER STEERING WAS CHIMING AND THE ALERT CAME ON FOR THAT WHICH EFFECTED MY POWER STEERING. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS FLASHING ON AND OFF ALONG WITH THE GAUGES NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. THEN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WENT COMPLETELY OUT. SO THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS REPLACED. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, THIS ALL REPEATED AGAIN. SO THIS TIME THE IGNITION WAS REPLACED. AFTER ALL THAT, THE POWER STEERING STILL CHIMES AND ALERTS STILL COME ON WHICH MAKES IT HARDER TO STEER. THEN I HAVE TO STOP THE CAR, TURN IT OFF, WAIT AND RESTART IT. THEN IT IS FINE FOR A WHILE. MY MECHANIC SAYS THE ONLY CODE THAT SHOWS UP IS FOR THE 14772 RECALL. BUT MY CAR IS NOT PART OF THAT RECALL SINCE IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN JANUARY OF 2006. PLEASE DO SOME RESEARCH AND EXPAND THE CURRENT RECALL TO INCLUDE ALL 2006-2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU AND MALIBU MAXX VEHICLES. REPAIRS NEED TO BE DONE ON THESE VEHICLES ASAP TO ANY FATAL OR POTENTIAL CRASHES.

VEHICLE STEERING DOES NOT FULLY RESPOND WHEN ENTERING TURNS, CURVES IN THE ROAD AT TIMES. THIS IS A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, BUT MORE TIMES THAN NOT. CHEVROLET DEALER DIAGNOSIS IS FAULTY POWER ASSIST MOTOR, MODULE STEERING GEAR AND INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. MY INQUIRES ON WHY THESE MAJOR COMPONENTS HAD FAILED HAVE GONE UNANSWERED. ANY HELP IN THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. DO HAVE ALL DOCUMENTATION. SIGN, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN RIGHT OR LEFT. ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL), 14V153000 (STEERING), AND 14V224000 (POWER TRAIN). THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 228,178.