2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

ANYTIME I'M DRIVING MY CAR WETHER IT BE ON THE HIGHWAY OR THROUGH TOWN, THE STEERING POWER GIVES OUT. IT HAPPENS EVERY 5-7 MINUTES I WOULD SAY. I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON JUST SO I CAN READJUST IT AND GET THE STEERING WHEEL MOVING AGAIN. THIS JUST STARTED HAPPENING ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

MY ESC LIGHT TO SERVICE CAME ON, WHICH ALSO TRIGGERED THE POWER STEERING TO GO OFF. THIS HAPPENED A WEEK AGO WHEN I WAS DRIVING . WHEN I CALLED GM, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL, THAT WAS A SPECIAL COVERAGE AND IT EXPIRED IN OCTOBER IF 2018. WELL IT'S NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM BEFORE AND NOW I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT HAS ISSUES THE MANUFACTURE KNOW ABOUT, AND THEY KNOW IT WAS A DEFECT BUT I AM NOW EXPECTED TO PAY FOR A $1300 REPAIR MYSELF.

POWER STEERING GOES OUT GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IT ALSO GOES OUT AFTER STARTING THE CAR. N TOUCHING THE WHEEL. THEY. ESC AN POWERSTEERING LIGHT COME ON

WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE ESC LIGHT CANE ON CAR STARTED GOING EVERY WHICH WAY ON IT ON !! I STARTED GOING IN THE OTHER LANE WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND ALMOST WRECKED !! LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD !! IT IS NOT DRIVEABLE!! HAD TO CALL AAA TO COME TOW MY VEHICLE HOME !!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS) FAILURE AND THE EPS WARNING INDICATOR RANDOMLY ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SEIZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14E044000 (STEERING) AND 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PIETROSKE CHEVROLET BUICK GMC CADILLAC (4000 GRAND AVE, MANITOWOC, WI 54220, (920) 684-0224). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

THIS CAR FIRST BELONGED TO MY MOTHER AND I BORROWED IT ONCE TO GO OUT OF TOWN TO PITTSBURGH WHICH INTRODUCED ME FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING BECAUSE OF WHAT I THOUGHT THE CAUSE WAS EXTREME COLD. NOW I HAVE TRANSFERRED OVER THE TITLE AND THE CAR IS SUPPOSED TO BE MY DAILY RELIABLE SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION BUT THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING AND GIVES A SERVICE WARNING REGARDLESS OF OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AND HAPPENS 3-4 TIMES IN A 20 MINUTE DRIVE AT IT'S WORSE. AT FIRST THE SOLUTION WAS TO JUST TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF BUT THAT ISN'T POSSIBLE WHEN YOU'RE ON AN INTERSTATE SO IT HAS NOW BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE. I SAW THERE WAS A RECALL BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE MY VIN # WAS APART OF THE RECALL BUT IT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT PUTS MY LIFE IN DANGER IN UNPREDICTABLE AND SPORADIC MOMENTS OF MY DAILY DRIVES AND I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP IN FINDING A SOLUTION.

POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND SERVICE ESC MESSAGE COMES ON. IF I TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON THE ERROR MESSAGE GOES AWAY AND POWER STEERING IS RESTORED TILL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. HAPPENED YESTERDAY ON HIGHWAY SUDDENLY I HAD NO STEERING. LOOKED ONLINE AND SAW NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH OTHERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. STATING THAT STEERING COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. OTHERS MENTION A SPECIAL EXTENDED WARRANTY ON POWER STEERING FAILURE FOR 10 YEARS AND 150,000 MILES. I INQUIRED AT DEALER AND SO FAR THEY DON'T RECALL WARRANTY PROBLEM HAPPENS SOMETIMES USUALLY WHEN STARTING BUT YESTERDAY IT HAPPENED WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. SCARY FEELING

CAR WILL INTERMITTENTLY NOT START. WHILE CAMPING IN ARIZONA MY CAR WOULDN'T START. I TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE STARTER AND FUEL PUMP. IT STARTED FINE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN DECIDED TO RANDOMLY STOP STARTING AGAIN.

DRIVING HOME, STOPPED AT A LIGHT, 'SERVICE ESC' APPEARED ON MY DASH, LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING! MADE IT TO A PARKING LOT AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. WENT TO START IT AND IT WOULDN'T START.

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER LOCKS GOES OFF. THEY GO LOCK AND UNLOCK WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THEY UNLOCK AND LOCK WHEN WR ARE AT HOME AND THE IGNITION IS OFF. TGE BRAKE LIGJTS STAY ON LIKE I AM HITTING THE BRAKE PEDDLE AND THE CRUIS CONTROL WONT WORK BC THE BREAK LIGHTS STAY ON IT CUTS IT OFF. I HAVE BEEN HEARING NOISES COMING FROM THE SHIFTER AREA A BUZZING NOISE LIKE A WIRE HAS CROSSED.