2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

THE CAR HAS THE 2.4 4 CYLINDER WITH THE UNRELIABLE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING UNIT THAT SHUTS OFF ALMOST EVERYTIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN.IT SHUTS OFF AND THE CAR MUST BE TURNED OFF THEN RESTARTED BEFORE STEERING IS RESTORED.IT GOES OFF UNDER ALL DRIVING SITUATIONS SITTING,IN MOTION,TURNING,GOING FORWARD OR BACKING UP.ON CITY STREETS OR MAJOR HIGHWAYS..IT HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS AND ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS ...

TAKATA RECALL ! I CURRENTLY OWN A 2009 CHEVY MALIBU ECOTEC AND WHEN STARTING THE CAR ONE MORNING MY ELECTRIC STABILITY CONTROL CAME ON ALSO SAYING NO POWER STEARING THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE OTHER MODELS BUT NOT MY ECOTEC 4 CYLINDER..

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

POWER STEERING GOES OUT RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN PARKED, DASH READS: POWER STEERING, ESC OFF, SERVICE ESC. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY, ON CITY STREETS, WHILE TURNING AND WHILE GOING STRAIGHT. THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER MODELS OF CHEVY MALIBU BUT MY 4-CYLINDER WAS EXCLUDED. THERE ARE MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. A NEW RECALL TO INCLUDE OUR MODELS IS NEEDED. MILEAGE IS AT APPROX. 173,000

POWER STEERING NOTIFICATION COMES ON DASH AND STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO TURN. I TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART AND THEN ITS FINE BUT SHORTLY AFTER DRIVING NOTICE FLASHES ON DASH AGAIN AND AM UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED BOMNIN CHEVROLET MANASSAS (8000 SUDLEY RD, MANASSAS, VA 20109, (703)-368-2111) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,006.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO REGAL LAKELAND (925 BARTOW RD, LAKELAND, FL 33801, 863-904-1170) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 118,368.

BEGINNING IN DEC/JAN OF 2016/2017 I BEGAN HAVING MAJOR ISSUES WITH MY POWER STEERING WHERE IT WOULD STOP WHILE I WASN'T DRIVING BUT ALSO WHEN I WAS DRIVING. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL START TO AGGRESSIVELY SHAKE AND MY TRACTION CONTROL WOULD CUT OFF. IT GOT TO THE POINT I COULDN'T EVEN DRIVE MY VEHICLE. I THEN CONTACTED GM AFTER RESEARCHING THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE. THEY THEN TOLD ME THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED. I GOT IT FIXED AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL THIS WEEK JANUARY 2019. I CONTACTED GM TO LET THEM KNOW OF THE ISSUE, AND THAT IT WAS THE SAME ISSUE I HAD BEFORE. THEY THEN PROCEED TO TELL ME TO DRIVE MY UNSAFE VEHICLE WITH MY 7 MONTH OLD INFANT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT (WITH NO POWER STEERING), EVEN THOUGH THE ISSUE ISN'T AN ALL THE TIME ITS JUST IN ITS BEGINNING STAGES. I HAVE TO TURN OFF MY CAR TO HAVE IT RESET THE POWER STEERING.

THE POWER OF STEERING DOES NOT WORK. WHEN DRIVING OR WHEN I TURN THE CAR ON THE POWER OF STEERING STOPS WORKING. I LOOKED ONLINE AND NOTICE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY WAS THEIR NEVER A RECALL ON THIS?

THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE COMES ON WHEN YOU START THE VEHICLE AND THEN SAYS ESC OFF. STEERING WHEEL WON'T TURN. TURN THE CAR OFF AND MOST TIMES IF U TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE STARTING THE CAR IT WILL GO OFF. OTHER TIMES IT TAKES 2 TO 3 TIMES OF RESTARTING. TONIGHT DRIVING HOME THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE STEERING WENT OUT. HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT. THE STEERING WHEEL IS SHAKING AND VIBRATING ALL THE TIME NOW.