2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

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

THE POWER STEERING QUIT WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY 6-CYLINDER 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED IT. THE POWER STEERING WAS WORKING AGAIN. THAT WAS YESTERDAY AND I'VE BEEN DRIVING SINCE THEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. NO REPAIRS HAVE YET BEEN DONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR WAS IT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO CURRENT RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 95,000.

I HAD JUST PICKED UP MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND HER FRIENDS. I WAS DRIVING HOME IN MY 2005 MALIBU WITH 107K MILES ON IT. WHEN I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MY RADIO DASH FLASHED POWER STEERING, AND MY WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP ON ME. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO AVOID A TELEPHONE POLE. I WAS GIVEN NOW WARNING PRIOR TO MAKING THE TURN. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED. FROM WHAT I'VE READ ONLINE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS TYPE OF CAR. THE POWER STEERING IS ELECTRICAL, AND SEEMS TO BE PRONE TO THIS KIND OF THING. THIS REALLY NEEDS LOOKED AT. *TR

STARTED HEARING CLUNKING IN THE FRONT END ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND POWER STEERING GOING OUT NOW AND AGAIN. CLUNKING PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE AND POWERS STEERING BEGAN TO GO OUT EVERYTIME I DROVE MY CAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING TURNS. TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL AUTOSHOP. I HAD THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED. COST ME OVER $500. CLUNKING IS GONE BUT POWER STEERING IS STILL GOING OUT ON ME WHILE I AM DRIVING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD, RESULTING ON HER BRAKES CATCHING ON FIRE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL SHOP WHERE THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 109,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU LS. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. HE THEN REALIZED THE BRAKE LIGHT BULB ELEMENT WAS USED NOT ONLY FOR THE BRAKES, BUT ALSO THE INDICATORS AND EMERGENCY FLASHERS. THE CONSUMER STATED IF AN EMERGENCY OCCURRED ALL OF THE REAR INDICATORS AND SIGNALS WOULD BE INOPERATIVE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO WARN ANY TRAFFIC THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND WISHED TO GET OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. NOR CAN HE WARN AN APPROACHING VEHICLE COMING FROM BEHIND THAT HE IS BRAKING WHICH COULD RESULT IN A REAR END COLLISION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,095 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 87,180. UPDATED EVOQ 02/10/11 UPDATED 02/18/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE ONLY INDICATION ON THE VEHICLE THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG IS A QUICK FLASH OF THE DISPLAY SIGNAL INDICATOR SYMBOL. IN MOST CASES IT INFERS THAT THE SIGNAL LIGHT CIRCUIT HAS ONE BULB FAILURE. UPDATED 03/09/11