2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO SIERRA CHEVROLET IN SOUTHFIELD, MI WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED IN 10/13, SINCE PURCHASING ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS IN 5 MONTHS FOR LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND ALL SYSTEMS ON DASHBOARD DROP TO ZERO (0), GAS, SPEEDOMETER AND RPM'S. I WAS FIRST CHARGED $125 (DEALER CLAIMED THEY WOULD SPLIT COST) WHICH DIDN'T FIX PROBLEM. NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO CHARGE ME $430 TO REPLACE A MODULE WITH NO GUARANTEE THIS WILL FIX PROBLEM. I AM BEING REPEATEDLY TOLD MY CAR DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL. I HAVE A COPY OF LETTER FROM NHTSA TO GENERAL MOTORS DATED 3/31/14 IDENTIFYING SAFETY RECALL OF POWER STEERING AS WELL GM'S LETTER TO DEALERSHIPS DATED 3/31/14 REFERRED TO AS BULLETIN # 14116 WHICH STATES DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE TORQUE SYSTEM IN MODELS 2004-2006 MALIBU. *TR

MY PROBLEM STARTED AROUND THE END OF FEBRUARY AND THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORST. I HAVE A NOISES THAT COMES FROM MY STEERING WHEEL, DRIVING ANY SPEED, AND MAKING COMPLETE TURNS AT ANYTIME IT WILL JUST GO OUT. SOME TIMES IT STARTS WHEN I GO OUT TO START MY CAR UP AND THE MESSAGE BORAD SAYS CHECK POWER STEERING, WHICH MAKING IT VERY HARD TO MAKE TURNS. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE KNOW ABOUT RECALL, BUT SAID I HAVE TO WAIT FOR A NOTICE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALL 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU'S.

I PURCHASED A USED CAR ON 3/8/2014-RETURNED VECHILE ON 3/13/2014 FOR SERVICE DUE TO EXCESSIVE PULLING TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME; IT WAS INSPECTED ON 2/28/2014; SINCE THAT TIME, I HAD RETURN 3 TIMES FOR THE PULLING AND 2 TIMES FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AGAIN TO BE REPARIED.. THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR FOR THE CHECK ENGINE WAS AS FOLLOWS FOR THE CODE P0605 AND EVAP MONITOR NOT READY AND MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT CODE 61,737 , 61,804, -DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS REPARIED BUT CONTINUED TO COME ON- 62,355 62,594 - THE CODE WAS FOR THE EVAP MONITOR AND I NO LONGER WENT TO DEALER SINCE THE MANAGER, CHRIS, OF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IF I WAS GOING TO REPORT THE PROBLEMS TO MOTOR VEHICLE OR ATTORNEY GENERAL THEY WOULD NO LONGER SERVICE IT.(ALL AMERICAN FORD-[XXX], KINGSTON NY) I BROUGHT IT TO HAVILAND AUTO REPAIR ([XXX] HYDE PARK, NY)BEFORE AND AFTER THE SERVICING FROM ALONG WITH MONROE MUFFLER FOR ESTIMATE ON THE PULLING TO THE LEFT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT HAD BEEN COMPLETE AND IT STILL PULLS AND THE LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON AFTER SO MANY MILES; DUE TO EXCESSIVE PULLING, THE TIRES WIL WEAR EASILY AND AT HIGHER SPEEDS-50 + IT IS WORK TO KEEP IT SWAYING... 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *TT

IT STARTED IN JAN, AND GETTING WORST, JUST DRIVING ANY SPEED, COULD BE COMPLETING TURNS, ANYTIME IT JUST GOES OUT. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY KNOW ABOUT RECALL, SAID WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR OUR NOTICE. BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALL 2006 CARS.....IT'S HAPPENING TO OUR CAR! HOW MUCH LONGER BEFORE WE RECEIVE NOTIFICATION? ALSO WHAT IF WE DON'T RECEIVE NOTIFICATION . SHOULD WE JUST GET LEGAL HELP, TO GET THIS RECTIFIED AND FIXED NOW BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT! SORRY IF THIS ISN'T WHAT THIS IS FOR, JUST GETTING RUN AROUND AND VERY FRUSTRATED AND AFRAID THAT AN ACCIDENT WILL HAPPEN! *TT

THE CAR AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON BECAUSE OF THE CLOCK SPRING AND THE STEERING IS INTERMITTENTLY WORKING OTHER MALIBUS AND CARS ARE UNDER RECALL FOR STEERING BUT MINE IS NOT AND IS NOT BEING COVERED BY CHEVY VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE HARD STEERING AT LOW SPEEDS AND PROBLEM WITH STEERING COLUMN. *JS

ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ORIGINAL RIMS REPLACED OR STRAIGHTENED AFTER NORMAL USE. THE REPAIR SHOP INFORMED ME THAT THE RIMS HAD MOST LIKELY BEEN BENT FROM HITTING A POTHOLE OR RAILROAD TRACKS. NO EXCESSIVE SPEED OR HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS, OR OFF ROAD CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED BY THE VEHICLE. YET, DURING NORMAL WEAR AND USAGE THE ORIGINAL RIMS ON THE VEHICLE EASILY BEND CAUSING THE CAR TO SHAKE AND THE TIRES TO WEAR UNEVENLY. *TR

WAS AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE IT WAS RAINING CAR STOPPED AND GOT FLOODED UNDER THE UNDER PASS COULDN'T MOVE THE CAR MOTOR WOULDN'T START ARE ANYTHING WE HAD TO GET RESCUED OUT OF THE CAR DUE TO THE POWER. *TR

I FILED A COMPLAINT LAST YEAR IN REFERENCE TO THE RANDOM STOPPING ISSUE ON MY 2006 CHEVY MALIBU. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED, THE MALIBU'S AND IMPALAS HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED AS THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AS THE OTHER RECALLED VEHICLES. I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT IS A LITERAL DEATHTRAP AND THE CHEVY SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS ADVISED ME THAT THEY CANNOT DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. IF YOU REVIEW THE VARIOUS CAR FORUMS, THE RANDOM STOPPING ISSUE IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL CHEVY VEHICLES MAKE IN THIS TIMEFRAME. THE DEALERSHIPS OFFER LITTLE ASSISTANCE IN RESOLVING THE ISSUES IF NO CODE IS GENERATED. THE VEHICLES ARE ENGINEERED TO STOP IN THE EVENT OF ALMOST ANY MINOR ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. I AM A SINGLE PARENT THAT PURCHASED THIS CAR FOR MY DAUGHTER IN COLLEGE. SHE HAS COME HOME IN TEARS MANY TIMES DUE TO THE VEHICLE STOPPING ON HER WITH NO WARNING AND ALMOST BEING HIT SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE SPENT ALMOST $1500 TRYING TO DETERMINE THE ISSUE THAT CHEVY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE. I HAD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE FOR MY DAUGHTER WHILE THE MALIBU IS LITERALLY USELESS AND SITS ON MY DRIVEWAY. I WOULD HATE TO EVEN GIVE IT AWAY KNOWING OF THIS ISSUE. IF I SELL THIS VEHICLE TO SOMEONE ELSE, I AM SELLING A DEATHTRAP THAT COULD CAUSE ANOTHER FAMILY A MAJOR TRAGEDY. I FILED ANOTHER COMPLAINT WITH GM AND WAS JUST TOLD AGAIN LAST WEEK THAT THEY VEHICLE CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED. THEY WENT BY THE INFORMATION FROM THE FIRST DIAGNOSTIC AND DID NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN. PLEASE ENCOURAGE GM TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL THESE VEHICLES OR BUY THEM BACK AS THEY ARE USELESS DEATHTRAPS. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS NOT BEING ABLE TO DIAGNOSE A VEHICLE. THEY ARE MERELY HIDING BEHIND MORE DEFECTS THAT THEY ARE UNWILLING TO DISCLOSE. *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY WHEEL SINCE 2008. I TOOK MY CAR TO MULTIPLE CHEVY DEALERSHIPS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOT AN ISSUE. FAST FORWARD TO 2013 AS I WAS MAKING A TURN MY POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WENT OUT AND I HAD TO LET THE CAR GLIDE MY CAR INTO THE SIDE WALK AS THE WHEEL STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. I HAVE CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM AND I WOULD STILL HAVE TO COME OUT OF MY POCKET IN ORDER TO GET THIS CAR FIXED BUT I FOUND ONLINE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AS MY CAR. I WANT GM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A POWER STEERING ISSUE WITH 2006 CHEVY MALIBU'S AND FIX THE PROBLEM AND ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE CARS. *TR

SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 6-8 MONTHS, I WAS DRIVING MY CHEVROLET MALIBU 2006 LT AND THE CAR DIED AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE SENSOR CAME ON THAT SAYS "POWER STEERING." IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME THAT IT HAPPENED, I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. SINCE I WAS TURNING LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, I WAS NOT DRIVING FAST AT ALL. I BELIEVE I HAD MY GRANDCHILDREN IN THE CAR ON AT LEAST ONE OF THESE OCCASIONS. I COULD NOT CONTROL THE STEERING AT ALL. MY CAR ENDED UP WITH THE FRONT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION FACING THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC BECAUSE YOU CANNOT COMPLETE THE TURN WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I THOUGHT IT MUST BE THAT IT NEEDED POWER STEERING FLUID. BUT MY HUSBAND CHECKED IT AND HE SAID IT DOES NOT NEED POWER STEERING FLUID. WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE GM RECALL YESTERDAY, I IMMEDIATELY CALLED A CHEVY DEALER AND THEY SAID MY CAR VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I THEN CHECKED GM'S WEBSITE AND PUT MY VIN IN AND IT SAID THAT MY CAR IS NOT CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THIS SOUNDS VERY WRONG TO ME. I THINK THE NHTSA SHOULD CLOSELY SCRUTINIZE THE LT MODELS OF THE CHEVROLET MALIBU 2006 AS I AM CONCERNED THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME OR SIMILAR DEFECT. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR NOW. I AM NOW USING ONLY A SINGLE KEY WITHOUT THE FOB AS THE NHTSA CONSUMER ALERT ON YOUR WEBSITE STATES TO DO. WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE, I ALWAYS HAD THE FOB AND TWO ADDITIONAL KEYS ON THE KEY CHAIN ALONG WITH THE CAR KEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. I APPRECIATE YOUR LOOKING INTO THIS. *TR