2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

2003 CHEVY S10, 2007 & 2004 CHEVY MALIBU. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLES SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. *SMD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER BECAME STUCK IN PARK AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SUDDENLY ROLL IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT HAD TO ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHILE THE SHIFTER WAS STUCK IN THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V224000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. WHEN I START THE CAR NOW IT WORKS FINE UNTIL I SHIFT THE CAR IN GEAR AND THEN THE STEERING GOES OUT AGAIN. I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THE CAR A WEEK AND I HAVE FOUND THAT ALL YEARS BUT 2007 HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR POWER STEERING ISSUES. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THE 2007! *JS

SLOWED DOWN TO TAKE A RIGHT TURN, TURNED RIGHT AND STARTED TO SPEED UP AND THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. I HAD TO DRIVE HOME, HOLDING THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ON MANUALLY. EVEN AT 20 MPH, IT WAS VERY SCARY, COULD NOT IMAGINE THIS HAPPENING AT THE SPEED OF 55 OR HIGHER. VERY DANGEROUS!! *TR

THE MAY 14 2014 RECALL ABOUT THE BCM ON CHEVY MALIBUS DOES NOT SUPPOSEDLY INCLUDE MY MODEL ACCORDING GM BUT I STARTED HAVING THAT PROBLEM THAT PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS COMING ON WITHOUT HITTING THE BRAKES ATLEAST 2 YEARS AGO. *TR

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR WORK THAT WAS ALREADY DONE ON HER VEHICLE. REFERRED CONTACT TO CHEVROLET MANUFACTURER. LNC

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE NOT ENGAGED AND FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK. THE FAILURE RECURRED OVER A PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) BUT DID NOT CONFIRMED IF THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

SINCE PURCHASING MY CAR IN AUGUST 2013, I HAVE HAD TO MAKE THREE FAIRLY COSTLY REPAIRS. EACH TIME THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS WAS A "KNOWN PROBLEM" FOR CHEVROLETS. THE FIRST WAS THE INTAKE VALVE. I HADN'T EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS BUT TOOK THE CAR IN FOR WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A SQUEALING BELT. THE SQUEALING TURNED OUT TO BE THE WATER PUMP. SINCE THAT WAS SECONDARY IN IMPORTANCE TO THE INTAKE VALVE, I HAD THAT REPLACED FIRST. FOLLOWED BY THE WATER PUMP A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER. THEN ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND MY CAR SUDDENLY WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK OR REVERSE. IT WAS A WORN AND STRETCHED SHIFTER CABLE. HOWEVER GM SAYS MY CAR IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY HARD TO TURN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN AND AIR BAG MODULE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V252000(ELECTRICAL SYSTEM , ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL , EXTERIOR LIGHTING , SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,888.

MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT AS MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. BEFORE IT WENT COMPLETELY OUT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS MOVING WHEN THE CAR WAS STOPPED. THE WHEEL APPEARED TO BE JUMPING. THIS HAPPENED ON THE SAME DAY THAT GM ANNOUNCED THE RECALL FOR THE STEERING ISSUES ON 2006 AND 2008 MALIBU'S. I CALLED GM TO TELL THEM ABOUT MY CAR AND THEY TOLD ME TO BAD THAT MINE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I'M SURE GM USED THE SAME PARTS IN ALL THREE YEARS 2006, 2007, & 2008. *TR