2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR WHILE STOPPED, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. ALSO, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE CONTACT SHOOK THE STEERING WHEEL A COUPLE OF TIMES TO GET IT TO OPERATE. THE FAILURES RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. JUST AS DESCRIBED IN BULLETIN 114116, MAKING IT HARD FOR ME TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO SHAKE TERRIBLY.

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE FROM DAY ONE. I FILED A REPORT PREVIOUSLY AND I AM FILING ANOTHER ONE IN REFERENCE TO MY POWER TRANSMISSION. I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY MALIBU, 4 SPEED, AUTOMATIC. I WAS DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED ITSELF WITHOUT MY DOING ANYTHING, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO HIGH GEAR. SOMETHING POPPED IN THE VEHICLE AND THE GEAR SHIFTED FOR A LITTLE BIT AND WORKED AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I THINK THE SHIFTING CABLE MAY HAVE FRACTURED OR SEPARATED. THIS WAS VERY NERVE WRACKING, BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND TRAFFIC WAS EXTREMELY HEAVY. NOW IT IS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY.

"TAKATA RECALL" RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING AND IN PARK, EVEN WHEN I AM SITTING AT A RED LIGHT MY CAR MY LOCKS WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK WITHOUT ME PUSHING THE BUTTONS ON THE DOOR, WHICH ARE BROKEN AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT FIX IT UPON REQUEST. ALSO MY CAR WILL STALL AT TIMES BECAUSE THE DOOR LOCKS ARE MOTIONING ON THEIR OWN. FOR SOME REASON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE CAR MESSED WITH THE LOCKS WHEN THE PRIOR OWNER PUT IN A AUTO START IN THE CAR, WHICH I DID NOT KNOW OF UNTIL THE CAR WAS OWNED AND IT WAS'NT TOLD TO ME EITHER. I FEEL THIS CAR WAS A ROUGH STRUGGLE SINCE GETTING IT AND NOW ITS SO HARD TO GET FIXED BECAUSE OF SOMEONE ELSE'S NON KNOWLEDGE BEFORE SELLING IT.

THE DOORS ON MY 2009 CHEVY MALIBU DO NOT OPEN NO MATTER WHAT I DO WITH THE LOCKS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE PROBLEM HAS GONE ON AND OFF FOR THE LAST YEAR AND SOMETIMES THEY WON'T WORK AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL WORK. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THINK IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE

WHEN DRIVING MY CAR, IT FELT AND SOUNDED LIKE THE SEAT POPPED OUT OF ITS TRACK. THE SEAT NOW LEANS IN TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE VEHICLE. YOU CAN PULL AROUND ON IT AND FEEL IT MOVING. THE SEAT IS NOT TIGHTENED DOWN TO THE BODY OF THE CAR.

CAR WOULD ACT LIKE BRAKES WERE PRESSED WHEN THEY WEREN'T. BRAKE LIGHTS TURN ON, CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGES, AND THE CAR WOULD DOWNSHIFT. THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN PARK OR IN MOTION. THEN WHEN PRESSING DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL GENTLY, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD TURN OFF. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE OFF. PUSHING FURTHER DOWN ON THE PEDAL WOULD MAKE THE CAR RESPOND CORRECTLY.

IN THE LAST 5-6 MONTHS MY PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT HAS BEEN GOING OUT, I HAVE REPLACED THE LIGHT BULB LIKE 4-5 TIMES, THE HARNESS ADAPTER TO THE HEADLIGHT LIGHTBULB CONNECTOR AND LASTLY THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT WIRE HARNESS FROM THE FACTORY AND IT IS STILL GOING OUT AFTER A DAY OR TWO.

RANDOMLY WITHOUT WARNING THE ESC LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE CARS ELECTRIC STEERING GOES OUT AND MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. AS OF NOW YOU CAN SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND START THE VEHICLE AND IT WILL WORK BUT THEN SHUT DOWN WITHIN 10 MILES. THIS MAKES THE CAR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, TRACTION SERVICE INDICATOR WOULD COME ON AS WELL AS ESC INDICATING IT WAS OFF, ALSO BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD STAY ON ALL THE TIME AND CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK, VEHICLE WOULD DOWNSHIFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH). PASSENGER SIDE LOWER BEAM LIGHT CONTINUES TO BLOWOUT (HAVE REPLACED THREE TIMES IN AS MANY MONTHS) ALSO TURN SIGNAL WILL NOT ALWAYS CLICK OFF AFTER TURNING. AS FAR AS REPAIRS ON TRACTION,ESC BRAKE LIGHTS AND DOWNSHIFTING, I REMOVED THE BCM CONNECTOR, CLEANED IT AND USED DIELECTRIC GREASE ON IT AND AS OF NOW SEEMS TO HAVE RESOLVED THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, THE HEADLIGHT PROBLEM IS ONGOING AS WELL AS THE TURN INDICATOR, IF YOU WILL GO ONLINE, (GOOGLE) LOWER BEAM HEADLIGHT PROBLEM ON CHEVY MALIBU'S AS WELL AS AS THE OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, YOU WILL FIND NUMBEROUS COMPLAINTS, BUT NO RECALLS