2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

POWER STEERING GOES OUT-STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER AND CONTROL. REPORTED THIS PROBLEM VIA COMPLAINT WITH NTSB AND WITH GM IN AUGUST 2013. WAS ADVISED TO HAVE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING COMPLETED ON CAR. DID THAT ($110). NOW GM IS RECALLING THIS DEFECT ON ALL YEARS EXCEPT 2007. WHY? SAME ISSUE AS OTHER MODEL YEARS. GM DIAGNOSTICS PROVIDED REPORT THAT STATES POWER STEERING COLUMN SHOULD BE REPLACED. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ALL OF THE OTHER POWER STEERING ISSUES IN ALL OTHER MODEL YEARS. THE 2007 MODEL SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED!! RECALL THIS YEAR AS WELL!! *TR

UPON STARTING MY CAR, I HAD NO POWER STEERING AND THE DISPLAY READ "SERVICE POWER STEERING." AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR OFF, IT WILL RESET. THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES. UPON CHECKING WITH A DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 2005, 2006, AND 2008 MALIBUS BUT NOT FOR 2007, AND, THEREFORE, I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. I'M FRUSTRATED THAT I'M EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE OTHER MODELS BUT IT IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS A RECALL IN THE 2007 MODEL. WHY??? *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING ASSIST UNIT AS OTHER GM MODELS THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED, WHY IS THIS VEHICLE NOT RECALLED. IT WILL KICK OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING AND THEN SOMETIMES KICK BACK ON WHILE DRIVING, NOW I HAVE IT IMMOBILE IN MY GARAGE AS IT IS UNDRIVEABLE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OCCASION I FEARED MY LIFE AS I HAD TO MAKE QUICK TURNS TO AVOID POTHOLES, ETC. I NO LONGER DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AND IT REMAINS IMMOBILE IN MY GARAGE WAITING FOR THIS TO BE A RECALL TO FIND OUT THAT THIS MODEL YEAR IS NOT INCLUDED. THIS NEEDS RECALLED OR EXPLAINED WHY IT HAS BEEN REMOVED. *TR

I CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCE SUDDEN POWER LOSS WHILE DRIVING MY 07 MALIBU WHICH MY DASHBOARD ALERTED POWER STEERING LOST. AT FIRST THIS WOULD HAPPEN RANDOMLY, HOWEVER IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE ESPECIALLY IN WARMER TEMPS. I CAN NO LONGER PARALLEL PARK AS THE MANUAL STEERING IS MUCH TO HARD. I'M SCARED TO MAKE ANY SHARP TURNS AS LOSS OF POWER GENERALLY HAPPENS AT THAT TIME.IT'S EXTREMELY TERRIFYING TO KNOW AT ANY MINUTE MY STEERING CAN GO OUT WHILE GOING 60 MPH ON A HIGHWAY (WHICH HAS HAPPENED) AND I CANNOT MANEUVER MY VEHICLE HOW IT'S SUPPOSE TO MANEUVERED. WHY ARE ALL OTHER MODEL YEARS BEING RECALLED BUT NOT THE 2007 MODEL YEAR????? DEALERSHIP WILL FIX THE ISSUE AT MY OWN EXPENSE WHICH IS CLOSE TO $1,000 AS THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING ASSIST UNIT AS OTHER GM MODELS THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED YET THEY WON'T RECALL THE '07. IT WILL KICK OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING AND THEN SOMETIMES KICK BACK ON IN THE MIDDLE OF A CURVE. I HAVE ALMOST RAN OFF THE ROAD A COUPLE TIMES BECAUSE OF THIS. I NO LONGER ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE I FEAR SHE WON'T BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MANEUVER THE CAR SAFELY WHEN THE POWER STEERING DISABLES. THIS NEEDS RECALLED. *TR

I NOTICE MY WIRES SMOKE SOME TIMES WHEN I DRIVE, AND WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES I HAVE TO DO IT MORE THAN TWO TIMES AND I HAD THAT FIXED IN FEBRUARY 2013. MY FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AND I REPLACED IT( ONFEBRUARY 15, 2014). JUST ABOUT A WEEK AFTER GETTING MY CAR FIXED IT SEEMS TO HESITATE WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. I TOOK IT TO GET IT LOOKED AT AND NO ONE COULD FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND IT IS YET DOING THIS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON AT 50 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SERVICE MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE RADIO AND THE ELECTRONIC POWER ASSIST WENT OUT. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF ROAD AND INTO A GAS STATION. TURNED OFF CAR. WHEN RETURNED TO THE CAR, STARTED THE CAR AND THE POWER STEERING FUNCTIONED FINE. OVER THE PAST FIVE WEEKS SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT OF THIS HAPPENING, IT HAS HAPPENED 6 ADDITIONAL TIMES. EACH TIME THE PROBLEM RESETS ITSELF ONCE THE CAR HAS BEEN TURNED OFF, ALLOWED TO SIT OFF FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND THEN RESTARTED. OTHER VEHICLES WITH SIMILAR ELECTRONIC POWER ASSIST MOTORS HAVE BEEN RECALLED, BUT FOR SOME REASON THIS MODEL HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. A NON-DEALERSHIP AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE CENTER INDICATED THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS PART OF A RECALL, AND REFUSED TO PERFORM THE SERVICE. DEALERSHIP WAS WILLING TO PERFORM THE SERVICE, AS LONG AS I PAID, SINCE THE VIN DID NOT COME UP IN THE RECALLS FOR THE ELECTRONIC POWER ASSIST. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT SENSOR IN STEERING COLUMN WAS FAULTY, BUT TO REPLACE I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND SHOOK ABNORMALLY WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

I HAVE A 2007 MALIBU WHICH I DRIVE BACK AND FORTH TO WORK EVERYDAY ON THE HIGHWAY. ON WED. 2/26/14 I FELT A PULSING VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. A SHORT WHILE LATER I LOST THE POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WHICH NEEDLESS TO SAY WAS VERY DANGEROUS TRYING TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH NO POWER STEERING. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM. THE PARTS WERE ORDERED AT A COST OF $856.54 AND THE TOTAL COST WITH LABOR WAS $1272.07. I HAVE SINCE BEEN ON-LINE AND READ PAGE AFTER PAGE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FOR THIS YEAR MALIBU. I, AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS ARE WONDERING WHY THIS VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN HANDLED WITH A RECALL. PLEASE ADVISE. *TR

FOR OVER A YEAR, MY 2007 CHEVY MALIBU LS V6 HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING FOR A FEW SECONDS AT A TIME. THIS AS RESULTED IN A COUPLE OF NEAR ACCIDENTS--ONE WHICH WOULD HAVE FLIPPED THE CAR HAD I NOT WRESTLED THE STEERING WHEEL INTO COMPLIANCE. I HAVE HAD THE CAR AT A CERTIFIED GM DEALERSHIP ON THREE OCCASIONS COMPLAINING OF THIS PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THEY DROVE THE CAR AND SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND GAVE IT BACK TO ME. SECOND TIME THEY DID DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND CHARGED ME A HEFTY BILL TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR. THE THIRD TIME, AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW POWER STEERING MOTOR THEY ESSENTIALLY SAID THEY MADE SOME "ADJUSTMENTS." NEVERTHELESS, THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED. I SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP WHO BASICALLY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO (READ, "WOULD DO"), AND ALL HE WAS AUTHORIZED TO DO WAS TO GIVE ME A VOUCHER TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF ANY VEHICLE ON THEIR LOT, NEW OR USED. THAT DOES LITTLE TO SOLVE MY PROBLEM. I JOIN MY VOICE TO THE CHORUS OF COMPLAINS ABOUT THE POWER STEERING IN THIS 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU--WHICH IS NOT THE ONLY GM VEHICLE WITH THIS ISSUE. WILL WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE BODY COUNT PILES UP OVER THIS PROBLEM BEFORE GM IS REQUIRED BY THE NHTSA TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES FOR PROPER REPAIRS? *TR