2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AFTER WORK IN THE PARKING LOT. ARRANGED A RIDE HOME AND DID SOME RESEARCH. WENT BACK TO THE VEHICLE AND GOT IT STARTED WITH SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO RESET THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM (SECURITY LIGHT ON DASH WAS ON). THE NEXT DAY THE VEHICLE WON'T START EVEN AFTER GOING THROUGH THE RESET PROCEDURE SEVERAL TIMES. THIS PROBLEM CAN LEAVE ONE STRANDED ANYPLACE AT ANYTIME. WE LIVE IN MININESOTA AND THAT CAN BE A REAL PROBLEM AT -20 DEG. AFTER READING ABOUT MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE, I WAS MOTIVATED TO SHARE THIS IN HOPES OF INITIATING A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TODAY WE DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT AND TRUED TO TURN AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE, AND THEN LACK OF STEERING. THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED BUT THE WHEELS DID NOT. HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK AT A COST OF $88.00 AND TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER. THE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT BOLT BROKE AND ALSO THE AIRBAG SENSOR. THE TOTAL COST OF THIS REPAIR IS: $88.00 FOR THE TOW TRUCK, $1500.00 FOR THE REPAIR AND 2 1/2 DAYS WITHOUT THE CAR. WE HAVE HAD THIS POPPING NOISE FOR A WHILE AND NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS. SOME DEALERS SAID WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE COMPLETE RACK AND PINION STEERING SYSTEM, OTHERS SAID IT JUST NEEDED GREASED. WE CHOSE TO GREASE IT AND THE NOISE WENT AWAY FOR A WHILE.SO FAR I HAVE REPLACED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR, WHICH GM REIMBURSED ME FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR AFTER I HAD IT REPAIRED. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN A GOOD CAR EXCEPT FOR THESE CONSTANT PROBLEMS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE SO GM WILL FIX THESE ISSUES. *TR

2005 CHEVY MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO STEERING FAILURE IN VEHICLE. *SMD

WHILE DRIVING 25 ? 45 AND MAKING A LEFT TURN OR CHANGING LANES TO THE LEFT THE STEERING WHEEL LOSES IT POWER STEERING. THIS VEHICLE CANNOT BE STEERED UNLESS YOU ARE A POWER LIFTER AT THAT POINT. THIS IS MY MOM?S ONLY VEHICLE AND SHE IS 77 AND HAD CARPAL TUNNEL SURGERY ON BOTH HER WRISTS, SO I DOUBT SHE WILL BE ABLE TO STEER AT ALL. SO IF GM SAYS IT?S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, AND THE CAR CAN STILL BE STEERED, THEY ARE WRONG. THERE HAS BEEN ?SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENTS? FOR THIS ISSUE ON THE 2006 MODELS IN UNITED STATES AND GM HAS ACTUAL RECALLS FOR 67,000 VEHICLES IN CANADA FOR THE SAME THING. (MANUFACTURE RECALL NUMBER 12221) HER VEHICLE VIN NUMBER DOESN'T FIT INTO THE SELECTED VIN NUMBERS AND SHE HAS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. SOMEONE NEEDS TO HAVE GM OPEN UP THIS SPECIAL COVERAGE FOR THIS ISSUE PERIOD, REGARDLESS OF THE YEAR. PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM ON VIN NUMBERS THAT GET THE COVERAGE GET A FREE STEERING COLUMN INSTALL AND SHE HAS TO PAY $600 - $800 FOR SAME SERVICES? ALL THIS BECAUSE OF A SMALL PART THAT IS RIVETED TO THE STEERING COLUMN ON THE INSIDE THAT GOES OUT EVERY 30K MILES. *TR

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH HEARD A LOUD POP ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT AND THE SEAT NOW TILTS TO THE RIGHT AND IS UNSAFE TO BE SITTING IN SEAT. THE SEAT BROKE AT THE WELDING BRACKET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO WAIT SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HER THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 146,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 146,695.

MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I WAS PULLING UP TO THE LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF GUM SPRINGS ROAD AND LEE JACKSON HIGHWAY IN ALDIE, VA, AND "POWER STEERING" CAME ACROSS MY RADIO AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT. *TR

WHEN I FILLED UP THE TANK, AND WOULD DRIVE AWHILE,THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD READ LOW FUEL. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE GAS CAP. HOWEVER, I REPLACED THAT AND IT STILL HAPPENED. HOW IT IS TO THE POINT, WHERE THE FUEL GAUGE EITHER READS FULL OR STAYS AT LOW FUEL. THIS ALSO CAUSES THE ENGINE LIGHT TO STAY ON. MY SERVICE TECH HAS ADVISED ME THAT THIS IS A ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AND CAUSED HIM TO RUN OUT OF FUEL AND STALL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE FAILURE OF THE FUEL GAUGE WAS A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE. THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,303. UPDATED 11/01/12*LJ THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 11/02/12

THE FRAME THAT SUPPORTS THE DRIVERS SEAT HAS A BROKEN WELD. THE SEAT NOW WOBBLES, ESPECIALLY ON BUMPS. *TR *JS