2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

WHILE DRIVING MY CHEVROLET 2013 MALIBU LTZ MY STABILTRACK LIGHT AND SERVICE POWER STEERING PUMP LIGHT CAME ON MY DASH IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS ANY WHERE FROM ZERO TO THIRTY MILES PER HOUR THE CAR WILL RANDOMLY LOSE ENGINE POWER AND WILL STALL BUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WILL STAY ON BUT THE HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT AND THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT MAKING THE VEHICLE HARD TO TURN. THE CAR DIES JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME I AM EITHER ACCELERATING FROM 0 MPH TO ANY LOW SPEED UNLESS I SLAM ON THE GAS PEDAL. IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC IM RESTARTING MY MALIBU EVERY 3 SECONDS AFTER IT DIES. IT'S IS SO DANGEROUS IF I HAVE TO TURN AND THEIR IS ONCOMING TRAFFIC CAUSE THE CAR COULD JUST DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN AND BE SMASHED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS HAPPENS ON THE STREET ON THE HIGHWAY ANYWHERE IM DRIVING . CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY HELD IT FOR 2 WEEKS AND SAID IT WAS A OIL PUMP SOLENOID VALVE BEING STUCK. AS SOON AS I DROVE OFF THE LOT I DIDNT EVEN GET AROUND THE CORNER AND THE CAR DIED AT A LOW SPEED AND THE STABILITY LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH THE POWER STEERI MY PUMP AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. VEHICLE HAS TO BEEN TAKEN IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILURE ALSO. CAR FAILURES HAVE BEEN COMMON SINCE THE DATE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FLASHED OFF AND ON. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A TURN AND THE STEERING LOST POWER. THE SERVICE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AT: GEORGE MATICK CHEVROLET, 313-531-7100, WHERE A MULTI POINT INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AND THE POWER STEERING MODULE WAS ALSO REPROGRAMMED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE SAME DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS RECOMMENDED BUT NOT COMPLETED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,060.

CAR STARTS EVER NOW AND THAN. IT WON'T START ALL THE TIME AND BREAKS DOWN ALL THE ELECTRICAL IN THE CAR HAS PROBLEMS IF THE CAR STARTS IT WILL SHUT OFF AND THE STEERING LOCKS UP WHICH COULD KILL ME OR SOMEONE ELSE THE BREAKS WON'T WORK WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THE LIGHTS SHUT OFF RADIO SHUTS OFF NOTHING ELECTRICAL WORKS I'M SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR. NOT SURE WHAT IT IS AND THE DEALER ISN'T SURE WHAT IT IS

CAR RADIO TURNS TO BLACK ALONG WITH DASHBOARD CLUSTER DISPLAY, STEERING MAY OR MAY NOT WORK DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE COMPUTER RESTART. IN SEVERE RESTARTS THE RADIO IS NEITHER ON NOR ARE ANY CLIMATE CONTROL OPTIONS. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR DURING LOW ACCELERATION OR AT IDLE.

REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT, WAS TOLD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE REAR DEFROST POSSIBLY, STILL HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR SOMETHING OUT OF MY CONTROL, SO FAR VERY UNHAPPY WITH CHEVY/GM, SECOND CAR WITH AN UNVCOVERED ISSUE

HEATING INOPERABLE WITHOUT WARNING, DEFROST UNABLE TO OPERATE, HAPPENED AFTER RECEIVING AN OIL CHANGE AT A CERTIFIED GM DEALER. WORKED FINE AS I ENTERED THE DEALERSHIP.

SOON AS MY CAR HIT 47000 MIKES IT STARTED LOOSING POWER. I WOULD BE DRIVING AND THE RADIO GOES OFF AND THEN I LOOSE POWER STEERING FOR A BRIEF TIME. NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. HAS DONE THUS AT LEAST 12 TIMES!

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT (EVERYTHING BLINKED OFF FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND THEN BACK ON) PULLING THE CAR TO THE LEFT SUDDENLY AND MY CAR WENT INTO THE MEDIAN AND HIT A TREE. WHEN THE POWER CAR CAME BACK ON IT SAID SERVICE POWER STEERING AND THEN SERVICE STABILI TRAC. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE.

FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT FEMALE RECEIVER BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH THE MALE PORTION OF THE SEATBELT. THIS WAS FIRST NOTED WHEN MY GRANDSON WAS TRYING TO PUT ON THE SEATBELT. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT THE TIME. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES EVER SINCE.

7/31/17 MY CAR WOULDNT START DASHBOARD SAID SERVICE BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM-ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE BATTERY (WHICH WAS AT 83%) MY FATHER JUMPED MY CAR THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN BUT IT STARTED AND WITHIN 5 MILES THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP (8/1/17-AT THIS TIME I ALSO OPENED A CASE WITH GM DUE TO AN OPEN RECALL THAT MY VIN DIDNT FIT BUT ISSUE WAS VERY SIMILAR) AFTER 4 DAYS OF WAITING (8/4/17) THEY SAID IT WAS JUST MY BATTERY-THEY REPLACED MY BATTERY AND 8/5/17 2 DAYS AFTER PICKING MY CAR UP MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND TODAY IS THE SOONEST THEY COULD DO A SECOND DIAGNOSTIC ON MY CAR SO I WILL BE DROPPING IT OFF..FYI I CALLED GM 08/03/17 TO ASK THAT THEY TOW MY CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP SINCE THE ONE I PAID TO HAVE IT TOWED TO WAS TAKING SO LONG TO GET TO IT AND WAS TOLD BY A SENIOR ADVISOR, ALEETHA, THAT THEY RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER ON 08/01/17 STATING THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS THE ISSUE AND THEY WERENT GOING TO COVER IT I ADVISED THAT I HAD JUST SPOKEN WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEY HADNT EVEN TAKEN A LOOK AT MY CAR NEEDS TO SAY ALEETHA TOLD ME I WASNT CAR SAVVY ENOUGH TO KNOW WHETHER THE LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS AFFECTING MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (I HAD MY LOWER CONTROL ARM REPLACED 11/2016) AND THERE WAS NOTHING SHE COULD DO I ASKED THAT WE DO A CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER AND SHE STATED SHE WOULD CALL ME RIGHT BACK WITH HER ON THE PHONE AND I NEVER HEARD BACK FROM HER. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP RIGHT BACK AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY NEVER CONTACTED GM WITH THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE MY CAR STILL HADNT BEEN LOOKED AT.