2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ACCELERATING AT 30 MPH AND MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL AND WHEELS SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED A FEW DAYS LATER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT POWER SEAT BROKE CAUSING SEAT TO BOUNCE , LEANS TO THE RIGHT REAR ALSO WHEN HEIGHT ADJUSTED ONLY LEFT SIDE GOES UP . WELD LET GO WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WITH ALOT OF OTHER MALIBU PURCHASERS .THIS IS A SERIOUS MANUFACTORING DEFFECT IN THE WELDS AND FRAME CONSTRUCTION OF THESE FRONT SEATS. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR EVEN DEATH TO THE PASSENGERS IN THIS VEHICLE. NEVER MIND IF YOU HIT SOME OTHER VEHICLE OR PERSONS DURING THIS SEAT FAILURE . I DONT BELEIVE GM WILL NOT PUT A RECALL OUT ON THIS VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE TOYOTA PUT AN ENTIRE FRAME ON MY TRUCK NO QUESTIONS MAY BE I SHOULD BUY ANOTHER TOYOTA INSTEAD .

AS OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED, THE STEERING ALARM LIGHT WENT OFF IN MY MALIBU. I HAVE SEEN THAT OTHER MALIBU IN MY CARS VIN RANGE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AS ISSUED BY A GM WARNING. THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE AND GM SHOULD STAND BEHIND YOUR VEHICLE AS I COULD NOT ALLOW MY CHILD TO DRIVE TO CO WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE STEERING WOULD GO OUT. WHILE I DID NOT GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAD STEERING FAILURE, THE MOTOR WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MAJOR ISSUE AS DID THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ISSUE. THIS CAR WOULD HAVE STEERING FAILURE IF WE DID NOT GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND REPLACE THE MOTOR AND STEERING COLUMN. *TR

CARS STEERING MOMENTARILY LOCKED UP WHILE ON A SLIGHT CURVE IN THE ROAD, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD FOR A BROKEN BELT OR SOMETHING OBVIOUS. AFTER STARTING THE CAR UP AGAIN THE PROBLEM WAS NOT PRESENT. ABOUT 3 WEEKS LATER THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE AND A "LUBE KIT"WAS INSTALLED. THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE AND EACH TIME AFTER STOPPING THE CAR THEN RESTARTING IT THE PROBLEM IS NO LONGER PRESENT. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. IT IS A VERY SCARY AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN. THERE IS A KNOCKING OR CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END SEEMINGLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE OCCURRENCES. *TR

TURNING LEFT AT ABOUT 5 MPH, POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND MADE IT HARD TO TURN THE CORNER, ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON RADIO DISPLAY AND BUZZER WENT OFF. PULLED INTO GAS STATION AND RESTARTED ENGINE. PROBLEM WENT AWAY. WAITING FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. JUDGING BY THE SAME COMPLAINT FROM OTHERS, THIS WILL BY MY LAST GM. *TR

CAR LOST POWER, STEERING INTACT & I STEERED IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. ANTI-THEFT LIGHT WAS FLASHING. ON JUN 4TH, ALL ATTEMPTS TO RESET THE THE SYSTEM FAILED (I WAS WAITING TEN MINUTES WITH KEY IN ON POSITION). THE CAR BEGAN TO FLASH ALL LIGHTS & A BUZZING ALARM SOUNDED. BY JULY, THE ANTI THEFT DEVICE WAS PREVENTING STARTING OR CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP ON A DAILY BASIS. A CODE INDICATED A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL SUPPLY TO THE INJECTORS & POSSIBLY THE FUEL PUMP. (THE ANTI THEFT DEVICE WORKS BY CUTTING OFF THE FUEL TO THE INJECTORS). REPLACED 2 FUEL PUMPS (ALL WORKING), HAD ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CHECKED, REPLACED A DEFECTIVE FUSE BOX,BENT PLUG. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY, & WAS DOCUMENTED BY THE SHOP. TODAY CAR WAS DISABLED BY THE ANTI THEFT DEVICE AS I TURNED ONTO THE STATE HIGHWAY.. WHEN I PICKED MY HUSBAND UP FROM WORK AT NIGHT THE CAR DISPLAYED THE ANTI THEFT LIGHT AND BUZZED & QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOUR LANE ROAD. WE MANAGED TO GET ALMOST HOME, & TURNED INTO OUR DRIVEWAY WHEN THE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING & THE BUZZER AGAIN WENT OFF. A CAR ALMOST HIT US, BUT THE GUY PULLED OVER & HELPED PUSH OUR CAR. THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER OFFERED TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC FOR $98, BUT SAYS THERE ARE NO BULLETINS OR RECALLS IT APPEARS THAT A GREAT MANY INCIDENTS OF THIS SORT HAVE OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE BY THE NHTSA TO INITIATE A RECALL OR HAVE CHEVROLET FIX OR DISABLE THE DEVICE ON AFFECTED VEHICLES, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A SPAN OF OVER SEVEN YEARS OR MORE DURING WHICH CHEVY CONTINUED TO MANUFACTURE VEHICLES WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE & CAUSING LIFE THREATENING EVENTS. PLEASE DIRECT CHEVROLET TO NOTIFY OWNERS & AMELIORATE THE DANGER CREATED BY THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AT THEIR EXPENSE. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRACKS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FRACTURED AS SHE ATTEMPTED A RIGHT TURN. AS A RESULT, THE SEAT BEGAN WOBBLING FORWARD ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE ENTIRE SEAT ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

THE METAL FRAME ON THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT (BACK RIGHT CORNER) COMPLETELY BROKE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 1.5 YEARS OLD THE CAR LOT WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO CHARGE ME $800.00 TO REPLACE IT SO I DIDN'T DO IT. A FRIEND OWNS A JUNK YARD AND HE HAS THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL CAR BROUGHT IN AFTER IT WRECKED SO I WAS GOING TO GET THAT SEAT OUT OF THE CAR, THAT SEAT WAS BROKE IN THE SAME SPOT. MY BROTHER IS A WELDER AND HE SAID THE METAL IS TOO THIN TO EVEN BE ABLE TO WELD IT TO FIX IT. I WAS WONDERING IF THIS WAS A RECALL BECAUSE IF I WRECK THE SEAT AND I WILL BE GOING INTO THE AIRBAG TOGETHER. *TR

DING SOUND AND THEN POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD POWER STEERING SENSOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. I HAVE READ WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING WITH THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND THEY PROCLAIM THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS YET THERE IS A LETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT IN 2007 EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2009. I AM TOLD THE STEERING COLUMN MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. *KB

CHECK ENGINE/POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON WHEN STARTING DOWN THE ROAD. RPMS SHOT UP TO 4 AND 5, CAR WON'T SHIFT (AUTOMATIC CAR), MPH STOPPED READING, ALL THE INFO I GET THROUGH MY RADIO SCREEN WENT BLANK, THERE IS ONLY AN ERROR SIGN WHERE MY MILEAGE IS. *TR