2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

SINCE 2006 POWER STEERING GOES OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES. CHEVROLET REPLACED POWER STEERING TWICE IN 2007 AND IT WORKED FOR A SHORT TIME. WE HAVE REPORTED IT AGAIN 2010 BECAUSE IT WENT OUT AT AN INTERSECTION, NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED, SHUT OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTED, POWER STEERING RESET. IT STILL GOES OUT MAYBE ONCE A WEEK. CHEVROLET IN MT. HOME, AR IS RESEARCHING. *TR

THE POWER STEERING ON MY CHEVY MALIBU 2005 HAS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS STOPPED WORKING. ON BOTH OCCASIONS, THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING" LIGHT CAME ON. ON THE FIRST OCCASION, I WENT UNDER THE HOOD AND READ MY SERVICE MANUAL AND ULTIMATELY WENT ONLINE TO FIND OUT THAT MALIBU'S DON'T TAKE POWER STEERING FLUID AND INSTEAD HAVE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING. DURING BOTH INCIDENTS, I WAS UNABLE TO TURN. FORTUNATELY, DURING BOTH INCIDENTS I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SAFETY, TURN OFF MY CAR AND RESTART IT. THANKFULLY, I WAS NOT ON A HIGHWAY OR TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. UPON RESTARTING THE CAR, THE POWER STEERING BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS IN OCTOBER 2009. THE SECOND WAS IN FEBRUARY 2010. *TR

MY 2005 CHEVY MALIBU SOMETIMES LOSES POWER STEERING. WHEN I WAS DRIVING, THE "POWER STEERING" MESSAGE SUDDENLY APPEARS WITH A SOUND AND I HAVE NO POWER STEERING IN MY CAR. IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME TO MAKE TURNS BECAUSE THE WHEEL WAS STIFF. I TURNED OFF MY CAR, WAITED A MOMENT, AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON. IT WAS JUST A TEMPORARY FIX. IF I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY AND CANNOT CONTROL MY CAR, IT COULD BE DEADLY. I SEARCHED ONLINE, AND A LOT OF OWNERS ALSO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THE CAR MAKES NOISES EVERY TIME WHEN TURNING AT LOW SPEED. IT IS DUE TO A DEFECT DESIGN OF INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. MOST 2005 MALIBU HAVE THIS PROBLEM. A LOT OF COMPLAINS CAN BE SEEN AT HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/MALIBU/2005/STEERING/POPPING_FROM_STEERING_WHEN_TURNING.SHTML. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A CARPORT. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT BOTH HEAD LAMPS EXHIBITED HEAT DAMAGE WITH A BLACK DISCOLORATION. THE EXTERIOR HEAD LAMP HOUSING COMPLETELY BURNED OUT WHICH RESULTED IN A HOLE. THE COLD WEATHER TEMPERATURES WERE NOT A FACTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BULBS IN THE HEAD LAMPS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE STEERING FAILS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. SHE WILL SEE THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE FAILURES OCCURS. THE STEERING SHAKES AND IS HARD TO TURN. SHE TURNS THE VEHICLE OFF AND THE STEERING RESETS BACK TO NORMAL. SHE HAD A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE AND THEY STATED THE STEERING CONSOLE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACE. THE DEALER ESTIMATED COST FOR REPAIR WAS $800.00. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

THE 2005 CHEVY MALIBU HAS A WEAKNESS IN ITS STEERING COMPONENTS SIMILAR TO THE OTHER GM VEHICLES THAT ARE UNDER GM'S VOLUNTARY RECALL. THE TOP COMPLAINT ON THE MALIBU IF ONE REVIEWS VARIOUS WEBSITES IS THE STEERING BY A VERY WIDE MARGIN. I BOUGHT MY MALIBU NEW IN MAY OF 2005. ONE YEAR LATER THEY REPLACED A GEAR BECAUSE OF THE NOISE IT BADE TURNING AND LOOSENESS OF THE STEERING. 9 MONTHS LATER THE STEERING HAD A PROBLEM AGAIN AND AGAIN IN 2007. THAT TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE WHOLE STEERING ASSEMBLY. MY CAR IS AGAIN STARTING TO MAKE THE POPPING NOISE WHICH IS AN INDICATION THAT THE ISSUE IS RETURNING AGAIN. EVEN THOUGHT GM KEEPS REPLACING PARTS THE PROBLEM KEEPS RETURNING. STEERING SHOULD NOT NEED REPAIRING 4 TIMES IN LESS THEN 5 YEARS. THE DANGER IS AS REPORTED ON VARIOUS WEBSITES IS THAT IT CAN FAIL COMPLETELY AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. MINE HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BUT WE SHOULD NOT WAIT UNTIL IT DOES. *TR

05 CHEVY MALIBU 43,000 MILES HAVE HAD RACK & PINNION REPLACED 2 TIMES BECAUSE OF CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING ,ALSO INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. RIGHT FRONT HUB OVER HEATED AT 1500 MILES BECAUSE IT HAD NO GREASE IN IT . THIS CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES & CV JOINTS A RETIRED TIMKIN BEARING WORKER TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE COMPUTER LINE OF PUTTING GREASE THE HUBS BECAUSE OF THE WT. OF THE HUB VARYING THERE HAS BEEN MANY, MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME THINGS ON 05'S ON CAR COMPLAINTS WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM ? *TR

1. IN 2007, OUR 2005 MALIBU STARTED HAVING POPPING IN THE STEERING WHEN TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE RACK ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED 11/02/07; THE CAR HAD 20,139 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. 2. THE POPPING RECURRED BY AUGUST 2009. SEPTEMBER 01, 2009 THE RACK ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH "SET TOE"; 42,809 ON THE ODOMETER. 3. THE POPPING RECURRED WITHIN LESS THAN 3 MONTHS. DECEMBER 18, 2009, THE STEERING GEAR (EXCESSIVE SLACK) WAS REPLACED AND "SET TOE". 4. THE POPPING HAS COME BACK WITHIN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS. IT IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE A ROD REPLACED (NOT SURE OF ANY OTHER PARTS) MARCH 5, 2010. WE HAVE NOTIFIED GM OF THIS AND A REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE PROBLEM. *TR

THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT ALL THESE INCIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE'S HEADLIGHTS ARE MELTING. I HAVE REPLACED MY DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT TWICE NOW! THE TURN SIGNALS ARE GETTING SO HOT THEY ARE MELTING THE BASE, CAUSING THE BULBS TO BURN OUT AND THE CASING AROUND THE BULBS TO MELT. I ALSO HAVE PEOPLE FLASH THEIR BRIGHTS AT ME EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE MY HEADLIGHTS BURN SO BRIGHTLY. I'M AFRAID MY HEADLIGHT WILL EVENTUALLY CATCH FIRE. THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY IS STARTING TO FOG AND MELT NOW...AND I CAN'T KEEP SPENDING THE MONEY TO BUY A NEW HEADLIGHT! *TR