2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

THE CAR DIED ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT GOES OVER 55 THE FUEL CUTS OUT. THE CAR DIES AND WILL NOT RESTART. *TR

STEERING HAD A CLUNKING NOISE AND WAS HARD TO PULL AWAY FROM CURB. WHILE DRIVING STEERING WOULD TIGHTEN UP CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON FREEWAY TOOK TO DEALERSHIP REPLACED STEERING COLUMN.. JULY OF 07 STARTED HAVING SAME ISSUES TOOK TO DEALERSHIP REPLACED SHAFT KIT.APRIL 2010 WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN STEERING TIGHTENED WAS LUCKY TO GET TO OFF RAMP SAFELY. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP REPLACED SHAFT KIT. JANUARY 2010 LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING COULD OF BEEN ANOTHER DANGEROUS SITUATION. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP REPLACED STEERING COLUMN. SEPTEMBER 6 2013 STARTED CLUNKING TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP $1000 TO SUPPOSEDLY FIX IT. *TR

STARTED 2013, TRACTION CONTROL REMAINS ON FOR A 10 MINS OF DRIVING THEN TURNS OFF, AND BACK ON AGAIN ONCE RESTART OF CAR. WHEN TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT IS ON UNABLE TO TURN OFF BY PRESSING THE BUTTON. CAR DRIVES LIKE THE REAR BREAKS ARE ENGAGED. THIS STARTED IN 2010 AND STILL HAPPENS TO THE PRESENT DAY THE CAR HAS TIMES WHERE IT DOESN'T START UP, IT TURNS OVER BUT DOESN'T CATCH. I HAVE HAD A FUEL EJECTION SERVICE, AND REGULAR OIL CHANGES AT A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. THIS STARTED 2013, ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND IT WON'T GO OFF. CAR IS AT 115,000 MILES. THIS STARTED 2012, THE CHANGING OF GEARS IS VERY ROUGH, HARD CHANGES. THIS STARTED IN 2010, MY LAST CHANGE WAS 2012, MY HEAD LIGHT TURN SIGNAL CONTINUE TO BLOW OUT AND BURST. IN 2011 MY MIRROR VISOR ON THE DRIVER SIDES HAS BROKEN AGAIN AFTER GETTING IT REPLACE WITH THE RECALL. *TR

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE BY ACCELERATING ON A SLIGHT CURVE AND PULLING AN INCLINE, THE 2005 CHEVY MALIBU WOULD NOT PROPERLY STEER. WHEN REALIZING THAT THE STEERING WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, DECREASED ACCELERATION AND THEN WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT EACH TIME. GM HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE SAFETY CONCERN AND THEY HAVE SET UP AN APPOINTMENT WITH A LOCAL GM DEALER TO DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE INDICATED A POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRIC STEERING IN THE 2005 CHEVY MALIBU BASED ON THE VIN. I MAY BE CHARGED DIAGNOSTIC FEES AND REPAIR COSTS IF THE STEERING ISSUE IS NOT IN LINE WITH THEIR "SPECIAL LETTER" REGARDING POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE ELECTRIC STEERING COMPONENTS. I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. I HAVE ALSO READ THAT CANADA HAS RECENTLY ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE FOR STEERING RELATED SAFETY CONCERNS. I FEEL THAT THIS RECALL FOR THE STEERING COMPONENTS SHOULD ALSO APPLY TO CARS IN THE US IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR SAFETY CONCERNS.

WHILE PASSING ON THE INTERSTATE THE POWER STEERING FAILED FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. THERE WAS AN AUDIBLE ALERT THEN THE STEERING FAILED. SEVERAL OTHER TIMES WHILE TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS AND ACCELERATING THE STEERING FAILS FOR ONLY A BRIEF TIME, BUT PULLS EXTREMELY HARD IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAT I AM TURNING. *TR

MY CAR HAS A SENSOR CODE OF PO 463. MY CAR WILL NO START, UNLESS JUMP STARTED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT NOTICED A GASOLINE FUEL SMELL EMITTING FROM THE TAIL PIPE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER AND PERFORMED A FUEL CLEANING BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11E009000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000. *TR

INTERMITTENT BRAKE LIGHTS; GO ON WHEN NOT BRAKING; ALSO CRUISE CONTROL INTERMITTENT I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL. SUGGEST RECALL AS THIS PROBLEM HAS MADE THE PRESS. *TR

WAS TOLD BY A DRIVER WHO HAD BEEN BEHIND ME COMING UP TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. SHE SAID IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THEY WERE ON WHILE I WAS ACCELERATING AND WENT OFF WHEN I WAS STOPPING. I HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKE LIGHT DIAGNOSTIC RESISTOR AND IT HASN'T DONE ANYTHING. I ALSO HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH GETTING THE CAR OUT OF PARK AND WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL REFUSING TO ENGAGE OR DISENGAGING ITSELF. I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THESE ARE REOCCURRING PROBLEMS FOR THIS CAR AND IT HAS SOMETHING TO WITH TERMINAL FRETTING CORROSION IN THE BODY CONTROL MODULE BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THE BRAKE LIGHT PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE NO ONE HAS TOLD ME ABOUT IT BEFORE THIS BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTED FUNNY EVEN WHEN I WAS TEST DRIVING THE VEHICLE BEFORE PURCHASE. I MENTIONED IT TO THE SALESPERSON AND HE SAID THEY WOULD CHECK IT OUT. IT WORKED THE NEXT TIME I TEST DROVE IT BUT HAS FREQUENTLY NOT WORKED AFTER I ACTUALLY BOUGHT IT. GETTING THE CAR OUT OF PARK HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE I BOUGHT IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD ENGAGED INTO LIMP MODE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SECOND AND THIRD SHIFT CYLINDERS HAD ALSO FAILED, INDICATING THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD REQUIRE REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 119,000. *TR