2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

SO WAS DRIVING AND THE WHOLE STEERING WHEEL FROZE ALMOST RAN INTO A GIRL IN THE PARKING LOT..NO MANUAL STEERING NOTHING...CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-222-1020 THAT WAS A JOKE. ALL THEY DO IS PLAY GAMES. MY CASE NUMBER IS [XXX] JUST WANTED GM TO PAY FOR THE DEFECTIVE PARTS. GM DID RECALL 2004,2005,2006 AND 2008 THEN IN 2009 PUT IN THE POWER STEERING FLUID INSTEAD OF THIS ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING...GM NEVER RECALLED THE 2007 EVER THOUGH HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE OTHER YEARS THAT THEY DID RECALLED..I HAVE SPENT OVER $2000.00 TO GET A DEFECTIVE PART FIXED.[XXX] SPECIALIST SUPERVISOR IS A LAME TITLE FOR A CUSTOMER SERVICE HE CALLED THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM COVER THE COST AND THEN TOLD THE DEALER THAT G< WILL NOT PAY NEVER CONTACTED ME...THEN I TIRED TO GET ANOTHER CUSTOMER SERVICE REP AND E/MAILE GM AND ALL THEY DID WAS REFERRED BACK TO KEVIN WHICH I HAVE NEVER HEARD FROM...NEVER----EVER BUY A GM VEHICLE. I MY SON, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND 2 GRANDCHILDREN COULD OF DIED IN THIS CAR CAUSE IT FREEZES THE WHOLE STERRING COLUMN. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF I WAS ON THE FREEWAY WHAT MIGHT OF HAPPENED? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD TURN ON ALTHOUGH THE BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS TURN OFF EVEN WITH A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT AND IT DEACTIVATES AND ACTIVATES INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF DRIVING. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WHEN SERVICING SO I DON'T KNOW IF I ACTUALLY HAVE AIR BAGS WHEN PASSENGERS ARE PRESENT. I WAS TOLD THE CONTROL MODULE FOR THE AIR BAGS MAY BE BAD, SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD BE ADDRESSING. *TR

WARNING SIGNAL DINGED AND DISPLAY READS POWER STEERING. STEERING WHEEL JERKS TO RIGHT AND LEFT UNCONTROLLABLY AT ALL SPEEDS. POWER STEERING IS GOING OUT ON THIS VEHICLE. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN LOGGED ON THIS ISSUE AND THAT GM HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE WITH OTHER NTSB REQUIRED RECALLS WITH OTHER MAKES AND MODEL YEARS DATING BACK TO 2004. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE SYSTEM, HIGHLY DANGEROUS. I AM A WORKING MOTHER OF TWO AND THIS IS MY ONLY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. I HAVE PAID FAITHFULLY ON MY VEHICLE AND DESERVE A VEHICLE THAT IS TRUSTWORTHY AND SAFE FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN! THIS IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS IN THAT THE STEERING WILL EVENTUALLY SEIZE UP AND A CRASH IS ALL BUT LIKELY THAT COULD RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. RESEARCH INDICATES THE COST OF REPAIR AT THE DEALERSHIP RANGES FROM $600 TO $1200 - MONEY I DO NOT HAVE. GM/CHEVY REFUSE TO ISSUE RECALL UNTIL THE NTSB REQUIRES IT. PLEASE REQUIRE IT!! WHY SHOULD SOME HAVE TO DIE IN A CRASH FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE CORRECTED??? GM HAS ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE DATING BACK TO 2004 AND YET CONTINUES TO MANUFACTURE CARS USING DEFECTIVE COMPONENTS THAT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I CANNOT AFFORD THE COST OF THIS REPAIR. PLEASE ISSUE RECALL! I AM DRIVING A DEATH TRAP. UNTIL THE NTSB REQUIRES THE RECALL, GM WILL CONTINUE TO PLACE THE LIFE OF THOSE IN THEIR VEHICLES AT RISK! *TR

THE BUCKLE FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT STOP WORKING ON MY 2007 CHEVY MALIBU, AIRBAG LIGHT ON FOR NO REASON , I LOCK THE CAR COME BACK ALL DOORS ARE UNLOCKED. *TR

IN MID-2008, I STARTED NOTICING A POPPING IN MY STEERING RACK. THE CAR WAS A RATTLETRAP TO BEGIN WITH AND ALWAYS MADE NOISE. I WENT TO THE CHEVY GARAGE IN MT AND TOLD THEM THERE WAS A CLANGING UNDER THE CAR & TGRY FIXED THE SWAY BARS. A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE POPPING GETS LOUDER AND MORE SEVERE - MY FRIEND THINKS IT'S THE CV JOINTS, I GO TO MY MECHANIC (WHO'S GM CERTIFIED) TO GET THEM CHECKED OUT AND TO HAVE THE BRAKES FIXED. HE TELLS ME THAT THE STEERING RACK IS GOING OUT AND IT'S A HUGE SAFETY AS IT COULD POP OUT AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT - HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO DRIVE THAT CAR UNTIL HE FIXED IT. 7 MOS LATER, WHICH BRINGS US TO 6/11/13, I NOTICE A POPPING NOISE AGAIN AND BRING IT IN - IT NEEDED TO BE FIXED AGAIN! THESE ARE GM CERTIFIED MECHANICS & A GM CERTIFIED SHOP. THE STEERING RACK WAS SO TORN UP, HE THOUGHT I WENT OFFROADING - AND I LIVE ON PAVED ROADS! *TR

THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR HAS BEEN ERRATIC AND GOES FROM FULL TO EMPTY AND THE LOW FUEL LIGHT GOES ON. ADDITIONALLY, THIS TRIGGERS THE COMPUTER AND THE CHECK ENGINE SYMBOL APPEARS. IT ALSO DENOTES A FAILURE FOR THE EMISSIONS TEST IN MARYLAND EVEN THOUGH IT HAS NO EMISSIONS PROBLEMS. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN GMC AND CHEVYS AND HAS BEEN A RECALL ITEM BUT NOT ON THE 2007'S ANY REASON, WHY IT WOULD BE SAFE ON SOME MODELS AND UNSAFE ON OTHERS? *TR

LOSS OF POWER STEERING. PROBLEM STARTED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE. WENT SEVERAL TIMES TO FERMAN DEALER ON SR60 IN BRANDON, FLORIDA, FROM WHERE PURCHASE WAS MADE. TOOK SEVERAL VISITS BEFORE THEY STATED THEY DETECTED THE PROBLEM, WHICH WAS A WIRE THAT WAS TOUCHING STEERING COLUMN. DAYS LATER IT OCCURRED AGAIN AND HAVE BEEN OCCURRING INTERMITTENTLY SINCE. THE SAFETY ISSUE HERE IS IMMENSE. LET ALONE, YOU GET NO ENJOYMENT IN DRIVING. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SAME FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, SOME WITH ACCIDENTS. DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A LOSS OF LIFE IN ORDER FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO STEP TO THE PLATE AND CORRECT THIS PROBLEM? PLEASE HELP US! WE NEED A VOICE! *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE 91 FREEWAY, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK TO THE RIGHT AND I NEARLY COLLIDE WITH THE VEHICLE TO MY RIGHT. IN ADDITION THE FUEL GAUGE AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. *TR I NOTIFIED GM ASKING TO PLEASE TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY SINCE MANY OTHER DRIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THE DEFECTIVE PARTS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WITH SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. THE RESPONSE THAT I RECEIVED WAS THAT IT IS THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY TO PLACE A RECALL AND NOT THEIRS. *TR

DIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING JUST STOPPED WORKING,IT WAS VERY HARD TO STEER,THIS NOT SAFE AT ALL,DOES SOME ONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THEY DO A RECALL. *TR