2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

I HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT TURN SIGNAL BULBS MANY TIME WITH ORIGINAL PART NUMBERS USING STANDARD BULBS, THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OVER HEATING AND MELTED THE ORANGE TURN SIGNAL GLOBES INSIDE THE HEAD LIGHTS TO THE POINT THAT IT MADE HOLES IN THE TOP OF THE INNER GLOBES AND ITS YELLOWING THE INSIDE OF MY HEADLIGHT. I HAVE HEARD MANY OTHERS HAVING PROBLEMS AS WELL, I ALSO WORK FOR A COMPANY WHERE WE SERVICE CAR, IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE ON THE 2004 - 2006 CHEVY MALIBU'S THAT COME INTO MY SHOP AS WELL. WHEN THE PLASTIC MELTS IT TOUCHES THE BULB AND POPS IT, NOW I DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO WARN THE OTHER DRIVES THAT I NEED TO MAKE A TURN FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. *TR

THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MANY TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2006, I WOULD DRIVE TO A LOCATION SHUT THE CAR OFF COME BACK OUT (DOSE NOT MATTER HOW LONG OF A TIME I WOULD BE WHERE IM AT) TRY TO START THE CAR, IT STARTS AND THEN DIES, THIS SOMETIMES HAPPENS MORE THE ONCE IN A ROW, BY THE SECOND AND THIRD TRY IT WOULD START AND BE FINE AFTER THAT. THE LAST TIME IT DID IT AT AN INTERSECTION, THE CAR SHUT OFF WHILE IDLING, IT TOOK A FEW SECONDS TO START IT BACK UP. DURING THIS TIME I ALMOST GOT HIT TWICE BY DIFFERENT CAR. I HAVE HAD THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CHECKED AND EVERYTHING IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. I SAW A RECALL FOR MALIBU'S ABOUT THERE FUEL SYSTEMS. IM WONDERING IF THE MAXX TYPE IS PART OF THAT PROBLEM AS WELL. *TR

AFTER STARTING THE CAR LATE AT NIGHT LEAVING A FRIENDS HOUSE, WAS IN THE ACT OF PULLING OUT INTO THE STREET WHEN THE STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN, AND THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS STUCK OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD UNTIL I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TURNED IT BACK ON TO REST THE SYSTEMS. IF IT WAS EARLIER IN THE DAY I VERY MUCH BELIEVE WE COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED BY ANOTHER CAR. I HAVE HAD IT DO IT TO ME BEFORE FOR JUST A COUPLE OF SECONDS THE IT WAS FINE. IM GETTING VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE EXCELERATING GAS TO GO AROUND A CURVEY ROAD FOR SEVERAL MILES ON COUNTRY ROAD MY POWER STEERING LIGHT DINGED THEN ALL POWER SHUT OFF AND MY CAR WOULD NOT MAKE THE TURNS THIS WAS REPORTED IN SEVERAL DIFFRENENT EVENTS TO GMC DEALER SHIP IN PARKERSBURG WV. BUT NOTHING WAS EVER DONE. THEN WHILE DRIVING AT A CONSISTANT SPEED OF 35 MPR ON STRAIGHT STRETCH MY CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN WITHOUT ANY WARRNING. I HAVE BEEN SO SCARED TO DRIVE MY MALIBU THAT IV HARDLY PUT ANY MILES ON MY CAR SINCE 2006. EVERY TIME I TRYED TO GET THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPING TO MY CAR THEY WOULD SAY IT WAS MY TIERES OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHITCH MY TIERES WERE NEW. ALL I GOT WAS SUM EXCUSE AS TO WHAT COULD BE GOING ON I REPLACED MY STEERING SHAFT THREE TIMES AND IT NEVER STOPED MY CAR FROM DOING THIS ... I HAVE ALL MY FILES IN THE SYSTEM AT GMC DEALERSHIP IN PARKERSBURG WV. AND TWO OTHER SHOPS AS WELL. MY CAR SCARES ME BAD BUT I FINALLY PAYED IT OFF AND CANT EFFORD TO GET ANOTHER AT THIS TIME..... PLEASE FIX THIS MY MALIBU MAXX ; WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY MY CAR STARTED EXCELERAING IN SPEED AFTER I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS THE PEDLE SEEMED TO BE PUSH DOWN ON ITS OWN IT WAS STUCK MY FOOT WAS NOT IN ANY CONTACT WITH THE GAS PEDLE WHEN THIS ACURED. THIS ACURED ABOUT JUNE 2013 I PARKED MY CAR AFTER THIS AND HAVE REFUESED TO DRIVE IT UNTILL RESENTLY BECAUSE IVE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE IT AND AT FIRST THE CAR SEEMED FINE UNTILL THE PAST FEW WEEKS ITS STARTING TO ACT UP AGAIN. IM REAL SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR AND HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET MY CHILDREN TO AND FROM . PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS. I CONTACT THE GMC DEALERSHIP BUT THEY CANT EXPLAIN WHATS HAPPENING.. ""HELP""

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,000. UPDATED 6/26/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BECOME AVAILABLE. UPDATED 07/08/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING COLUMN FAILED AND WAS REPLACED IN 2004 HOWEVER, THE PARTS WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND WERE REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE RECURRED IN 2011 AND THE POWER STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE DUE TO THE EXACT RECURRING FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3000. UPDATED 6/24/14*CN UPDATED 06/26/2014 *JS

TODAY AFTER DROPPING MY SON OFF AT SCHOOL, MY 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU 3.5 V6 BECAME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. IT FELT LIKE THE CAR HAD 2 FLAT TIRES IN THE FRONT. WITH GREAT STRUGGLE I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AND AVOID CRASHING. HAD I NOT BEEN STRONG ENOUGH TO TURN THE CAR OTHERS COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THIS WAS A NEAR MISS. AFTER HAVING THE PROBLEM THIS MORNING, I DISCOVERED THAT GM ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE RECALL ID IS 102634. GM HAS NOT IMPLEMENTED THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH THEY ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE ON THE PROBLEM ON 3-31-14. I HAVE SPENT THE LAST 5 HOURS ON THE PHONE WITH 2 CHEVROLET DEALERS AND GM TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION SINCE "THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE NOT LOADED MY VIN INTO THEIR SYSTEM." PEOPLE ARE BEING INJURED AND LIKELY DYING BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE A LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,517. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAD MY KEY STUCK IN ACCESSORY THE IGNITION SO MY CAR BATTERY WOULD RUN DEAD. I WAS TOLD I MIGHT NEED A IGNITION CYLINDER FOR MY VEHICLE BUT LOOKING ON THE INTERNET I SEE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR THIS MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED A FIX THAT THE MANUFACTURE TO PAY FOR A KNOWN PROBLEM. TO GET THIS REPLACED IS ALMOST $900.00. *TR

MY BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON THIS MORNING AND I CAME HOME FROM LUNCH TRIED MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO A STREET AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED ON ME. I COULDN'T TURN MY CAR, NOW MY CAR WON'T EVEN START. I BARELY MADE IT HOME, THANK GOD BECAUSE I ALMOST CRASHED INTO MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE FROM MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKING. *TR