2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

POWER STEERING WARNING ON DASH DISPLAY, FAILED. POWER STEERING DID COME BACK ON RESTART, BUT STILL HAVE WARNING. DEALER SAYS REQUIRES MOTOR, STEERING COLUMN, INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, ALMOST $2000.00. SAYS HE THINKS THERE WILL BE RECALL - MAYBE! *TR

MID SHAFT ON STEERING COLUMN RATTLES ON UNEVEN SURFACES. DEALER STATES THIS IS NORMAL IN THE 2007 CHEVY MALIBU. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND SERVICE NOTIFICATION LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEFORE THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 20 MPH. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE AND AFTER DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTIONED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TEN DIFFERENT OCCASION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT OFFER A REMEDY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

I AM HAVING ISSUES WITH MY TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE. SAYS ITS IN PARK BUT THE VEHICLE IS NOT IN PARK. I AM ALSO HAVING ISSUES WITH MY BRAKE LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKES AND COME BACK ON WHEN I LET OFF THE BRAKE. BEING TOLD MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE ONGOING GM RECALLS FOR MY MODEL YEAR AND MAKE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE POWER DECREASED AND THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE DECELERATED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

AFTER SHIFTING THE CAR INTO PARK ON A SMALL HILL, THE CAR BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VERIFIED THE SHIFTER AND THE DASH DISPLAY SAID THE CAR WAS IN PARK. WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKES THE CAR AGAIN BEGAN MOVING BACKWARDS AS IF IN REVERSE, DESPITE THE INDICATORS SHOWING THE CAR IN PARK. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS I MANAGED TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO DRIVE AND REPARK THE CAR, WHICH THEN WENT INTO THE CORRECT GEAR. *TR

WHILE TURNING ONTO A FREEWAY ON-RAMP THE POWER STEERING FAILED ENTIRELY FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AND A CLICKING SOUND SIMILAR TO WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL COMES ON CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 100 METERS, THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK ON CAUSING US TO OVER-CORRECT AND NARROWLY MISS THE BARRIERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT LINKAGE CABLE FAILED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT IN REVERSE BUT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. THE GEAR SHIFT FELT AS IF THEY WERE SLIPPING BUT WOULD NOT DISPLAY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHICH ONLY DISPLAYED REVERSE. THE GEAR SHIFT BOX WAS SHOWING THAT THE GEARS WERE BEING CHANGED BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CONTACT HAD EXTREME DIFFICULTY SHIFTING THE GEAR INTO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT LINKAGE CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V224000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

LETTER FROM SENATOR BLUMENTHAL ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT OF BROAD BROOK, CONNECTICUT, REGARDING ISSUE SHE IS EXPERIENCING WITH HER 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU LS AND WISH TO LEARN WHETHER A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS ISSUE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING WHEEL SHIFTED AROUND UNCONTROLLABLY. SHE STATED THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK OR WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING.

SEE CLAIM NUMBER 10575777. WHEN IS THE POWER STEERING PROBLEMS ON THE 2007 MALIBU GOING TO BE ADDED TO THE RECALL LIST? *TR