2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE TRANSMISSION RECALL PARTS. *SMD THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. HOWEVER, WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT THE DEALER, SHE WAS INFORMED THE RECALL DID NOT PERTAIN TO HER VEHICLE. RECALL # 14V224000. *JB

MY ENGINE BLEW. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND MY CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING AT 55 WHEN POWER STEERING WENT OUT THIS ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK GM SHOULD FIX THESE CARS BEFORE SOME ONE GETS KILLED. *TR

POWER STEERING IS INTERMITTENTLY FAILING TO IDENTICAL CONDITIONS NOTED IN THE RECENT EXTENDED RECALL OF CHEVY MALIBU'S, RECALL NUMBER 14772. I CALLED GM AND THEY SAID MY 2007 MALIBU IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. THIS IS THE SECOND RECALL FOR THIS POWER STEERING FAILURE FROM GM WHERE THEY ARE NOW APPLYING IT TO ADDITIONAL VEHICLES. THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY MISSING SOMETHING BECAUSE MY MALIBU IS FAILING ALSO. *TR

DRIVING. ALONG STEERING WOULD LOCK HAVE TO CUT MY CAR OFF RESTART ON 3/12/2015 DRIVING HOME FROM WORK HAD TO CUT MY CAR OFF THREE TIMES TO GET IT HOME WITH HAZARD LIGHTS ON DOING 20 MILES GOT I'M DRIVING WILL NOT UNLOCK. THIS CAR HAS SAME PROBLEM 2006 CARS DOES. THIS US MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION. WHY IS THIS NOT IN RECALL FOR THE 2006 .MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED ON09/2006? ... *TR

STEERING: (2014-2015) THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING. A POWER STEERING NOTICE APPEARS ON THE RADIO. HAD A MECHANIC CHECK POWER STEERING FLUID AND FOUND NO NEED, FLUID LEVEL WAS FINE. POWER STEERING OUTAGES CONTINUE TO HAPPEN INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT NOTICE UNTIL FINALLY GOING OUT COMPLETELY IN MARCH 2015. POWER STEERING IS ON AT START-UP OF VEHICLE THEN GOES OUT IN FIRST MINUTE OR TWO OF DRIVING. CHEVROLET DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING TORQUE SENSOR @ $470. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS SAME ISSUE IN THE PREVIOUS MODEL YEAR BUT WAS TOLD MY CAR IS NOT COVERED. THE CAR ONLY HAS 55,000 MILES. ENGINE: (2014) ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED AFTER 5 MINUTE DRIVE TO WORK WITH ONLY 35,000 MILES ON THE CAR. MECHANIC SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. ALL FLUID LEVELS WERE FINE AND THERE WAS NO APPARENT REASON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS A 2007 THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. PAID $2000 FOR A USED ENGINE TO BE INSTALLED! NOW PAYING FOR THE "NOT COVERED" POWER STEERING ISSUE. PERHAPS IT'S TIME TO BUY A DIFFERENT MAKE OF VEHICLE. *TR

I JUST GOT MY 2007 MALIBU LTZ AND AFTER I FILL THE TANK WITH GAS I DROVE THE CAR FOR 10 MILES WHEN GAUGE INDICATOR SHOW THAT I HAVE AN EMPTY TANK SINCE THAT DAY I NEVER HAVE AN ACCURATE READING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON NOW I THINK ITS THE FUEL PUMP. *TR

MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED MAKING A GRINDING NOISE AT A SPECIFIC POSITION ON THE WHEEL. SPECIFICALLY RIGHT WHERE YOU WOULD KEEP THE WHEEL TO MAKE THE CAR DRIVE STRAIGHT. AFTER 2 DAYS OF THIS HAPPENING, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY MORNING COMMUTE. I RESEARCHED THIS AND IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON CHEVY MALIBUS AND HAS BEEN RECALLED ON THE '05, '06 AND '08 BUT FOR SOME REASON WAS NOT RECALLED ON THE '07, EVEN WITH THIS BEING A KNOWN ISSUE ON ALL OTHER MODEL YEARS SURROUNDING IT. I HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN ENTIRELY WHICH ENDED UP COSTING $1,300. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. POWER STEERING WILL ENGAGE AFTER RESTARTING VEHICLE, BUT WILL FAIL SECONDS LATER WITH CABIN NOTIFICATION "POWER STEERING" ON THE CONSOLE AND AUDIBLE RINGING. *TR