2010 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

THE HEAD LIGHT LOW BEAM KEEPS BLOWING SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE IT COST TOO MUCH MONEY TO KEEP REPLACING AND IT IS A VERY COMMON COMPLAINT IF U GOOGLE IT WITH THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHT KEEPS SHORTING OUT OR WHATEVER IT'S DOING IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND A IT'S A PROBLEM BC PEOPLE CAN GET PULLED OVER AND IT'S NOT FAIR TOO THE PEOPLE BUY THIS CARS AND NOT KNOWING ABOUT THIS CHEVY NEEDS TOO OWN UP IT'S COST PEOPLE ALOT OF MONEY THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP SPENDING ON THERE MISTAKE AND IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE AND PEOPLE HAVE KIDS. *TT

AT RANDOM OCCASIONS, THE FRONT DOOR LATCHES WILL NOT WORK. LAST NOVEMBER, THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR DID NOT OPEN EVEN AFTER ATTEMPTING TO OPEN IT MANUALLY AND USING THE POWER DOOR LOCK SWITCH. THIS MORNING, I HAD TWO ISSUES WITH THE DRIVER DOOR. FIRST, IT WOULD NOT SHUT UNTIL AFTER I USED THE BUTTON TO MANUALLY LOCK THE DOOR ("USED" MEANING I PULLED IT UP AND PUSHED IT DOWN SEVERAL TIMES IN QUICK SUCCESSION). THEN, AFTER I PARKED MY CAR, THE DRIVER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN UNTIL AFTER PUSHING THE BUTTON UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES, USING THE REMOTE A COUPLE TIMES, ROLLING THE WINDOW UP AND DOWN, AND PUSHING THE BUTTON UP AND DOWN AGAIN. I WONDER IF HUMIDITY AND/OR MOISTURE MAY BE AFFECTING THE DOORS' ABILITY TO FUNCTION, AS IT HAD RAINED AND/OR SNOWED ON BOTH OCCASIONS; HOWEVER, THE WEATHER HAS NOT AFFECTED THE DOORS ON OTHER CARS I HAVE USED TO SUCH AN EXTENT. THE ISSUE WITH DOORS NOT OPENING/SHUTTING AS EXPECTED HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED BY OTHER 2008-12 MALIBU OWNERS ON VARIOUS WEBSITES AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY.

"SERVICE AIRBAG" DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY BOTH WHEN CAR IS AT REST OR IN MOTION, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CAR GOES OVER A BUMP OR POTHOLE.

I LEFT MY DRIVEWAY EARLY IN THE MORNING. AFTER GOING DOWN MY RESIDENTIAL STREET, I WENT TO TURN MY CAR TO THE LEFT AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. ON MY DASH THE MEASSAGE "ESC SERVICE POWER STEERING APPEARED". AFTER TURNING MY CAR OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS, I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND THE POWER STEERING WAS BACK TO NORMAL, AND THE MESSAGE WAS GONE FROM MY DASH. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I SEE THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE CHEVROLET MALIBU FOR THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER MY CAR'S VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN IT EVEN THOUGH IT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING.

THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BRAKES. I REMEMBER THERE BEING A RECALL BEFORE AND I TOOK MY CAR IN AND IT GOT FIXED HOWEVER IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. AND MY AIR BAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF ALL THE TIME.

WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE I LOST ALL POWER STEERING. THE POWERING STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD TO TRY TO MOVE OVER TO THE SHOULDER WHICH WAS VERY DIFFICULT. VERY HARD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WITHOUT POWER STEERING. I'M JUST GLAD I WAS DRIVING AND NOT MY WIFE. THIS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE CAR IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL BUT WOULD HAPPEN MORE OFTEN OVER TIME. I ALWAYS KNEW THE CAR HAD STEERING ISSUES BUT ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE TIRES . FINALLY WHEN THE WHEEL WOULD JUST SHAKE WHILE IN PARK I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A MAJOR RECALL IN MANY GENERAL MOTORS CARS WHICH INCLUDE EVERY MODEL YEAR MALIBU EXCEPT THE 2010. FOR SOME REASON THE 2010 MODEL THERE IS ONLY A SPECIAL COVERAGE WARRANTY, NOT A RECALL. GM ADMITS THERE IS A MAJOR DEFECT WITH THE POWER STEERING RECALL ON ALL THESE CARS BUT FOR SOME REASON DIDN'T RECALL THE 2010 MODEL. THEY ONLY DID THE SPECIAL COVERAGE BULLETIN. IF YOU ARE OVER 150,000 MILES OR 10 YEARS YOUR OUT OF LUCK. YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE DRIVING IT. SINCE THEY PUT THE SPECIAL COVERAGE ON IT THEY ARE ADMITTING IT HAS THE FAULTY PARTS IN THE CARS. UNEXCEPTABLE . ALL CARS THAT THEY KNOW HAVE THESE PROBLEM PARTS NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD .

FRONT PASSENGER HEADLIGHT HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. THIS BULB HAS BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES. IN REVIEWING SEVERAL DIFFERENT WEBSITES, THIS PROBLEM IS REPORTED REPEATEDLY, EVEN WITH COMMENTS OF GM MECHANIC STATING THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE HARNESS BUT GM IS NOT RECALLING IT. I PRAY THAT A CHILD NEVER RUNS OUT INTO THE STREET AND GETS HIT BY A CAR AS A RESULT OF THE DRIVER NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THEIR CAR BECAUSE GM DOES NOT WANT TO PAY TO FIX THIS KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE HARNESS AND THE CONSTANT COMPLAINTS THEY ARE AWARE. .

FIST OCCURRED APPROX. 4YRS AGO THE STEERING WILL LOCK WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION TRACTION LIGHT POPS ON AND STEERING WILL LOCK CANNOT MOVE THE ONLY RECOURSE IS TO PLACE IN PARK, TURN OFF AND BACK ON TO FREE STEERING. I REPORTED TO MAUNDY CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP I WAS THERE IS NOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON SO THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. THIS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE 4YRS MAYBE TWICE A YEAR UNTIL ENDING OF 2017 WHEN IT BECAME MORE CONSISTENT. AFTER MARCH OF 2018 AFTER IT HAPPENED 3 TIME WITHIN THAT MONTH, ONCE WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER IN THE CAR, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO PEP BOYS FOR A TUNE UP {PLEASE NOTE PREVENTANCE MAINTENENCE WORK IS BEING CONSTANTLY DONE ALL THIS WHILE } SPOKE TO THE ELECTRICIAN THAT WAS PERFORMING THE TUNE UP, AND EXPLAINED WHAT THE ISSUE WAS, HE DID PREFORMED A TUNE UP AND RAN A DIAGNOSE AND FOUND A C0561 CODE IN THE SYSTEM. HE ADVISE ME TO RETURN TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THIS INFORMATION WHICH I DID, ALONG WITH THE PAPERWORK FROM PEP BOYS. IRONICALLY DESPITE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NOT BEING ON MUNDY CHEVROLET " FOUND THE ISSUE" WHICH AMOUNTED TO $1400.00 IN REPAIR WORK. { AGAIN PLEASE NOTE I HAVE BEEN TAKEN MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE VARYING MAINTENANCE WORK DONE} I CONTACTED GM, I WAS ASSIGNED A CASE NUMBER AND A SENIOR CASE ADVISOR BY THE NAME OF DESTINY, DESPITE SEVERAL CALLS AND VOICE MAIL, I AM YET TO RECEIVE A CALL FROM DESTINY. GM HAS SHOWN NO INTEREST IN AN ISSUE THAT IS LIFE THREATING. IMAGINE YOUR STEERING BASICALLY GOING "DEAD" WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. I AM LUCKY TO STILL BE ALIVE. THIS HAS HAPPEN ON CITY STREET, WHILE IN MOTION PARTICULARLY ON TURNS.

I GOT THE CAR IN 2015 AND FROM THAT I HAVE HAD PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING LIGHT COMING ON AND SHUTTING OFF THE POWER STEERING WHICH MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND ALMOST RAN INTO A POLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONE TIME AND WHEN SHE TURN OFF THE CAR, IT WORKS AGAIN BUT THEN HAPPENS AGAIN. I HAVE MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT OVER AND OVER AND THE SOCKET BEING BURNED OUT AND HAVE TO REPLACE THEM AS WELL NOW MY RADIO HAS POWER BUT DOESN'T COME ON, AFTER IT WAS JUST WORKING. I CAN'T HEAR ANY DOOR CHIMES OR TURN SIGNAL SIGNS. IT LIKE A PROBLEM AFTER A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN THIS CAR. I AM BUY THIS CAR BUT WE DON'T EVEN FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE IT. IT HAS ONLY 79000 MILES BUT THE PROBLEMS STARTED HAPPENING AROUND 50,000 MILES AND WHEN I GOT THE CAR IT HAD 43,000 MILES I BELIEVE.

THE FIRST TIME MY VEHICLE DIED WHILE DRIVING I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO TURN RIGHT. THE ENGINE DIED AND I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, TRIED TO RESTART AND IT WOULD NOT STAY STARTED. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR GET THE CAR TO GIVE THEM CODES SO THEY HAD ME PICK IT UP. THE 2ND TIME THE CAR DIED ON THE FREEWAY A WEEK LATER. I WAS GOING 60MPH TRYING TO KEEP ACCELERATION WHEN IT LOST POWER. THANKFULLY I WAS NEAR AN EXIT AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE EXIT. AGAIN HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S CAUSING IT.