2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON WITHOUT MY DEPRESSING BRAKES AND A DELAY WHEN BRAKES ARE ACTUALLY PRESSED. I TOOK CAR INTO THE LOCAL DEALER IN TOWN AND TOLD COULDN'T LOCATE A PROBLEM AND TO BRING CAR IN THE NEXT TIME AS THE PROBLEM WAS OCCURRING, ALSO CRUISE CONTROL TURNS OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING AND HAVE BEEN GETTING SERVICE ERROR MESSAGES . JUST 5/10/14 I NOTICED ANOTHER MALIBU WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS, WHILE THIS CAR WAS ACCELERATING AND GOING AROUND OTHER CARS IT'S BRAKE LIGHTS WERE CONSTANTLY ON. *TR

I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR YESTERDAY AND IT DROVE FINE BUT TODAY WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN THE CAR BEGAN TO SHIFT VERY ROUGH EVEN FELT AS THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I PULLED OVER AND DROVE OFF AND THE CAR DID NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR AND ALSO REVERSE DOES NOT WORK...I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE CLUTCH WAVE PLATE WHICH IS AN ISSUE WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT GM VEHICLES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE WHEELS VIBRATED EXCESSIVELY AND FORCED THE CONTACT TO GRIP THE STEERING WHEEL VERY HARD IN ORDER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. THE CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED OF A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL THAT WAS SIMILAR WITH THE FAILURE SHE EXPERIENCED HOWEVER, HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED AND SHOOK WITHOUT WARNING. ADDITIONALLY, THE FAILURE OF THE STEERING CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT, WHICH BECAME HARD FOR THE CONTACT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000. ..UPDATED 06/17/14 *BF UPDATED 8/23/2017*CN

ACCORDING TO WITNESS, MY SON WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT ON A TWO LANE MAIN ROAD (ON EACH SIDE). HIS 2008 CHEVY MALIBU WAS ON THE OUTER LANE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN VEERED TO THE LEFT AS IF HEADING TOWARDS A DRIVEWAY ( WHEN HE ORIGINALLY WAS GOING STRAIGHT TO PICK UP A CO WORKER). THE CAR IMMEDIATELY JERKED TO THE RIGHT, CRASHING INTO A TREE, WHERE PARTS OF THE VEHICLE BECAME EMBEDDED INTO THE TREE. MY SON PASSED AWAY INSTANTLY. THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED 66 MPH AT IMPACT. HIS ORIGINAL SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 35MPH ESPECIALLY SINCE HE WAS JUST STOPPED AT THE LIGHT. THE WITNESS WAS COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND STOPPED HIS CAR WHEN HE SAW MY SON'S VEHICLE CROSSING INTO HIS LANE TOWARDS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER CHIP FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118, 122.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK AND FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHIFT CABLE WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V460000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,928.

MY 2008 CHEVY MALIBU 2LT IS EXPERIENCING ISSUES WHERE IT BASICALLY LOSES POWER TO THE ENGINE. THE CODE THAT CAME UP IS P2135 AND THE MESSAGES WERE SERVICE TRACTION/SERVICE ESC/ENGINE POWER REDUCED. ONCE THE ENGINE IS SHUT DOWN, IT WON'T START UNTIL THE CODES ARE CLEARED. MY HUSBAND & I WERE DRIVING AT 50MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR WOULDN'T LET US GO MORE THAN 20MPH AND WE WERE ALMOST HIT BY CARS BEHIND US AND BARELY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GET OVER. I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY CAR AND THERE WAS NO WARNING SIGN THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING WRONG PRIOR TO ALL OF THE MESSAGES COMING UP (ENGINE LIGHT ETC). *JS

DOOR LOCKS STOP WORKING TWO YEARS AGO, NOISE WITH STEERING AND POWER TRAIN. EVERY TIME I TURN IT MAKES A CRAZY NOISE. *TR

BACK DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT LOCK UNLESS PUSHED DOWN MANUALLY. BOTH BACK DOORS WILL NOT LOCK WITH POWER LOCKS OR WITH KEY FOB. I HAVE READ ON MANY FORUMS THAT IT IS THE ACTUATOR NOT WORKING. THE CAR CAN ACTUALLY BE BROKEN INTO BECAUSE THE DOORS ARE ACTUALLY UNLOCKED. *TR