2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

II HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU LT THAT I BOUGHT USED IN SEPTEMBER 2010. IT HAD 43,000 MILES WHEN I PURCHASED IT, AND NOW HAS JUST OVER 46,000 MILES. SOON AFTER WE BOUGHT IT I HEARD A LOUD 'CLUNKING' SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. I DID THE CUSTOMARY ON LINE RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THAT YEAR AND MODEL. I CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND REQUESTED THAT THEY REPAIR THE VEHICLE AS I CONSIDERED THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. THEY REFUSED TO ASSIST IN THE REPAIR AND WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM. THEY OFFERED ME A $100.00 CREDIT TO BE USED ON ANY FUTURE SERVICE OR REPAIR ON THE MALIBU EXCEPT THE STEERING PROBLEM! THE STEERING HAS NOT FAILED ON THE VEHICLE YET, BUT BASED ON THE MANY COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE READ I AM LEERY OF DRIVING IT ON THE OPEN ROAD FOR FEAR THAT IT MAY FAIL WHILE I AM DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY CONCERN I WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED AT MY OWN EXPENSE. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET GM TO ADMIT THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE? AND WHY DOESN'T NHTSA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE STEERING COMPONENTS? THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED BY GM. THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO AN EARLIER COMPLAINT THAT I FILED. *TR

2005 CHEVY MALIBU STEERING IS FAILING. LOUD CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN AND THE STEERING WHEEL TURNS WILE THE TIRES DO NOT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND A COMPLETE SAFETY HAZARD! I AM BEING TOLD THIS WILL NOT BE COVERED BY GM. A SAFETY RECALL IS NEEDED. *TR

THE CAR HAS A CONSOLE. THERE ARE ACCESS PANELS ON EITHER SIDE. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, I HAT A POT HOLE, AND THE DRIVERS SIDE PANEL CAME OFF AND DROPPED BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDLE, AND THE SIDE OF THE HUMP HOLDING THE ACCELERATOR DOWN. I WAS FORCED TO PUT THE CAR IN NUTERAL AND GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE PANEL. WHEN I INSPECTED THE PANEL, I FOUND IT IS HELD IN PLACE BY A 1" SQUARE OF VELCROW. I WILL BE REINSTALLING THE PANEL, AND INSERTING A SCREW THROUGH THE VELCROW MOUNT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIEOUS INCEIDENT!

LIGHTS WILL START BLINKING AND DOOR LOCKS GO UP AND DOWN THEN ON THE RADIO IT WILL SAY POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING WILL GO OUT ITS REALLY HARD TO STEER. IT ALSO COMES UP ON THE RADIO ENGINE POWER DECREASED AND THE CAR WILL JUST DIE AND YOU HALF TO WAIT A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL START. IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 40 TIMES. *TR

HEADLIGHTS ARE DULL. PASSENGER BLINKER DOES NOT WORK. CHANGED THE BULB A COUPLE TIMES. AMBER COVER INSIDE THE HEADLIGHT IS MELTED. HARDLY ANY LIGHT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. WENT TO DEALER AND THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. TOLD ME TO GO SEE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT HEAD LIGHTS! REALLY? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST. THE WHEELS ALSO LOCKED ABNORMALLY. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED IN REGARDS TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

I OWN A 2005 MALIBU. THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND POWER STEERING RANDOMLY QUITS WORKING. ITS HAPPENED THREE TIMES AT 107,000 MILES. THERE IS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SPECIAL COVERAGE # 1-0183, MAY 2015 OR 100,000 MILES. I HAD THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM ,COST ME $100.00. TO FIX IT IS $700.00 TO $800.00. THE DEALER WILL GIVE ME 10% OFF OF PARTS. GM WILL NOT ASSIST WITH COST BECAUSE IT IS NOT WITHIN COVERAGE PARAMETERS. THIS WAS A COMPANY CAR WHERE I WORK. I BOUGHT IT ONE YEAR AGO FOR MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER. I FEEL THE STEERING JUST NOW BECAME A PROBLEM AT 107,000 MILES BECAUSE IT WAS DRIVEN HIGHWAY MILES ONLY. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND CANNOT PAY THE EXPENSE TO FIX THE STEERING PROBLEM. DUE TO SAFETY I CANNOT PUT MY DAUGHTER BACK INTO THIS CAR. GM HAS BEEN RUDE AND WILL NOT EVEN DISCUSS ASSISTING WITH THE COST OF THEIR POWER STEERING ISSUE EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMIT IT IS A 2005 MALIBU DEFECT. CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY ADVICE.? THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND MAKE OF VEHICLE. DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND GM RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

2005 CHEVY MALIBU VEHICLE DID NOT DRIVE DUE TO "POWER STEERING" ISSUES AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE STREET. I MANAGED TO REVERSE THE CAR AND OUT IT BACK IN THE PARKING SPOT NEARLY HITTING ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE BECAUSE I COULD NOT MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. I CAME BACK A FEW HOURS LATER TO ATTEMPT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE CAR AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED FINE. THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT INSPIRE CONFIDENCE IN ME AND CHEVY MUST RECALL THIS VEHICLE AND FIX THIS PROBLEM NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN AT ANY SPEED THE CONTACT COULD HEAR A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. DURING THE FAILURE, A POWER STEERING SERVICE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE POWER STEERING MECHANISMS WERE GREASED. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE FAILURE BEGAN TO RECUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

1.MY 2005 MAILBU HAS BEEN FAILING TO START WHEN I TURN OVER THE ENGINE. MY REMOTE CAR STARTER WENT OUT. 2.I BOUGHT IT IN NOV,2010 UNTIL NOW FEB, 2011 IT HAS HAD ABOUT 5 FAILURES TO START. 3.I BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AND SO FAR IT HAS WORKED BUT MY REMOTE CONTROL START DOES NOT WORK STILL OR ANY OF THE REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES. *TR