2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

TIMING CHAIN NEEDS REPAIR ONLY 80,000 MILES ON CAR BOUGHT IT CERTIFIED USED WARRANTY IS UP IM VERY UPSET WAS DRIVING ON EXPRESS WAY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON HAD IT CHECKED AT DEALERSHIP

WHILE DRIVING IN SNOW ON 12/23/17, MY WIPERS QUIT WORKING. THE SNOW WAS LARGE FLAKES THAT TURNED TO WATER WHEN THEY HIT THE WINDSHIELD, SO IT WAS LIKE RAIN. I WAS ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE, SO RATE OF SPEED WAS FAST. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I COULDN'T GET THE WIPERS TO WORK, SO I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK. IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER THE SNOW STOPPED, I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE MY JOURNEY. I THEN HAD THE WIPERS REPAIRED. THE WIPER TRANSMISSION FAILED. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE WIPERS CAN QUIT AT ANYTIME. ADDITIONALLY I LOOKED ONLINE AND OTHER MALIBU OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. (IN FACT THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID HE HAD TOWED A MALIBU OWNER 2 WEEKS EARLIER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.) I HAVE NEVER HAD MY WIPERS FAIL WITH ANY OTHER CAR I EVER OWNED, AND I ASKED OTHERS (NON-MALIBU OWNERS) IF THEIR WIPERS EVER FAILED, AND EVERYONE I TALKED TO SAID NO. I CONTACTED GM, BUT NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE.

LEFT STORE AND CARE WAS DRIVING FINE, LOST POWER STEERING AND ESC LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. CUT CAR OFF AND TURNED BACK ON AND ISSUE WAS FIXED. AS SOON I AS PULLED IN MY GARAGE, I LOST POWER STEERING AGAIN. IT'S DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC.

CAR HAS HAD SAME ISSUE FOR MONTHS SPENDING OVER $1,000. GM AND DEALER STATE MY VIN DOES NOT FALL UNDER A CERTAIN BULLETIN EVEN THOUGH MY CAR IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS OTHER VEHICLES LIKE MINE THAT FALL UNDER THE YEAR MAKE AND MODEL OF BULLETIN #14582. CAR IS CURRENTLY IN SHOP RECEIVING NEW THROTTLE BODY DUE TO CODE P2135 AND KISS OF ENGINE POWER.

TAKATA RECALL I PURCHASED A 2012 CHEVY MALIBU 2 YEARS AGO FOR MY GRADUATING SENIOR AND THIS CAR HAS PRACTICALLY BEEN A NIGHTMARE SINCE THE DAY WE PURCHASED IT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 43,000 AND THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. THE CAR PREVIOUSLY SHUT DOWN WHILE RIDING ON THE HIGHWAY, OUR MECHANIC STATED THE CAR HAS ELECTRICAL ISSUES. OKAY, SO HE TAMPERED WITH A FEW WIRES, AND THE CAR STARTED RIGHT UP. TWO DAYS AGO, THE CAR WOULDN'T START, IT'S CURRENTLY DISPLAYING "CHECK AIRBAG" EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARE FLASHING, WIPERS BEGAN GOING BACK AND FORWARD. MY HUSBAND BEGAN TO SHAKE A FEW WIRES (PER OUR MECHANIC) , AND LONG BEHOLD THE CAR HAS STARTED!!! TALK ABOUT BUYER'S REMORSE!!!! THIS CAR IS NOW PARKED IN OUR GARAGE UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT!!! I'M NOW CONCERNED FOR MY SON'S SAFETY AND WILL NOT ALLOW HIM TOO DRIVE THE 2012 CHEVY MALIBU.

THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE STOPPED. WHEN I WENT TO START MY VEHICLE A CODE OF POWER STEERING ESC APPEARED AND THE STEERING WHEEL FELT LIKE IT WAS LOCKED. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED. THE CODE DIDN'T APPEAR THE SECOND TIME BUT THE TWITCHING OF THE STEERING WHEEL REMAINS.

THIS IS MY SECOND INCIDENT REPORT FOR THE SAME VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL MOBILITY. NO WARNING AT ALL JUST STOPPED RUNNING. FORTUNATLY I WAS NOT AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED BUT WAS GETTING READY TO MAKE A TURN OFF THE HIGHWAY. NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG AT ALL. MY CONCERN IS WHY DOES SOMEONE NEED TO GET HURT OR KILLED BEFORE THIS PROLEM IS ADDRESSED? HAVING TAKEN THIS TO BE SERVICED I ENCOUNTERED OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR VEHICLES, ALL CHEVROLETS OF ONE MODEL OR SIMILAR TO IT. BASICALLY THE SAME MOTOR. THIS HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE AND I HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A REASON FOR THE PROBLEM.

I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS FOR OVER A YEAR. THE LINKAGE BETWEEN THE ARM THAT MOVES THE WIPERS AND THE MOTOR WILL NOT STAY CONNECTED. MY FIRST ARM FAILURE WAS DUE TO A RUBBER BUSHING DETERIORATING. DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM IN NOV. 2016, THE WIPERS JUST STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY AND I HAD TO BE TOWED HOME. THE SECOND ARM I PURCHASED WILL NOT STAY CONNECTED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER, RENDERING MY SYSTEM USELESS. I AM ABLE TO USE MY WIPERS ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES BEFORE THE ARM HAS TO BE RECONNECTED. AFTER HAVING IT FIXED 5+ TIMES PRIOR, THEY STOPPED WORKING AGAIN THIS MORNING. I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY TRYING TO SIMPLY WASH MY WINDSHIELD BEFORE LEAVING FOR WORK. THE SYSTEM IS POORLY PUT TOGETHER AND WILL NOT STAY CONNECTED. IT SEEMS TO BE HELD TOGETHER BY ONLY TENSION WITH GRAVITY WORKING AGAINST IT. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT! LIVING IN NEW ENGLAND WITH LOTS OF EXTREME WEATHER, THIS IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT TRAC FRACTURED, WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO MOVE WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000.

MY POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND I AM NOT ABLE TO TURN MY STEERING WHEEL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK WHILE MY CAR WAS STATIONARY. ALSO WHILE I WAS DRIVING TONIGHT THE CAR MADE A SOUND WARNING AND RIGHT AFTER THAT MY POWER STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE MY CAR WAS IN MOTION DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. I HAD TO PUT MY CAR IN NEUTRAL TURN MY IGNITION OFF AND THEN BACK ON TO GET THE STEERING BACK IN MY CONTROL. I BELIEVE THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE POWER STEERING. MY STEERING WHEEL SHAKES EVER SINCE I FIRST NOTICED THIS ISSUE AND THE STEERING ON THIS VEHICLE SOMETIMES JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN PULLS OFF TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT FOR NO REASON. MY TIRES HAVE THE PROPER INFLATION AND ARE ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD. I DRIVE DOWN A MOUNTAIN WITH LOTS OF CURVES IN THE ROAD TO GET TO AND FROM WORK IF THE STEERING DECIDES TO LOCK UP WHILE I AM DRIVING ON A CURVE THIS COULD CAUSE A VERY BAD AND POSSIBLY FATAL ACCIDENT. THIS CAR DOES NOT HAVE A PLACE TO ADD POWER STEERING FLUID THE MANUAL STATES TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP IF THIS KEEPS OCCURRING.