2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

I PULLED IN GAS STATION SHUT CAR OFF, ATTENDANT FILLED TANK, WHEN HE WAS DONE I PAID AND STARTED CAR, CAR DINGED A LOT AND GAS GAUGE REGISTERED EMPTY, AND MESSAGE ON SCREEN SAID LOW FUEL, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. LONG STORY SHORT IF YOU BOUNCE CAR GAUGE COMES BACK UP TO FULL, THEN DROPS BACK DOWN UNTIL YOU DO THIS A COUPLE TIMES, THEN RUNS OK. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY 03/31/2013, SEEM TO ONLY HAPPEN WHEN I FILL THE TANK. I NOTICED THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS, IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS? *TR

BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON, OR WOULD STAY ON. SPEED CONTROL COULD BE ACTIVATED, BUT WOULD KICK OFF BY ITSELF. WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION BECAUSE AGENT SAID BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK. TOOK CAR TO DEALER BUT THEIR REPAIRS DID NOT FIX CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AND THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCKED UP, AS THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN HAD AN INTERNAL SHORT IN ONE OF THE SENSORS. AS A RESULT, THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,708. *TR UPDATED 04/30/13*LJ

MY FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS WHILE DRIVING ACROSS A RAILROAD TRACK AT A SPEED OF 35 MPH....WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A DINGING AND LOOKED TO SEE MY POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME THAT I WAS CROSSING THE TRACKS....TRACKS WHERE UNEVEN SO I KINDA WENT AROUND THE UNEVEN PART AND COULDN'T HANDLE MY STEERING SO I ALMOST HIT A CAR COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION...SECOND OCCURRENCE HAS EVEN MORE LIFE THREATENING....WHILE DRIVIN ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 65MPH...I HEARD THE DINGING SOUND AND MY STEERING LOCKED UP COMPLETELY(LIKE WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF) I COULD NOT USE STEERING AT ALL AND I HAD A SEMI RIGHT BEHIND ME ....I WAS APPROACHING A CURVE IN THE HIGHWAY SO I SLOW DOWN SO THE TRAFFIC WOULD GO AROUND ME TO HOPEFULLY GET A CHANCE TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT TO RESET POWER STEERING....I HAD READ ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND THAT WAS THE SOLUTION..I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC WHERE HE DID A ROAD TEST AND OF COURSE NOTHING HAPPENED....I ONLY HAVE 2 MORE PAYMENT ON THIS CAR AND TO FIND OUT THAT THE SITUATION WHEN FIXED ALWAYS RECURS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING....PLEASE RECALL THIS VEHICLE BEFORE THIS PROBLEM KILLS SOMEBODY...MY FAMILY IS ALREADY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND IF I GET INTO A ACCIDENT THEY WILL BE LOOKING CLOSELY INTO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE CAR GAVE ME THE 'DING' THAT TELLS ME SOMETHING IS WRONG. I LOOKED AT THE DASH AND IT FLASHED POWER STEERING. THE WHEEL BECAME VERY HARD TO TURN AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING STALL. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP THE STEERING WAS NORMAL AGAIN. I WENT ONLINE AND NOTICED THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO WHAT I EXPERIENCED. I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. THE 2006 MALIBU HAS HAD A RECALL ON THE STEERING COLUMN IN CANADA BUT NOT IN THE US. I THINK THAT GM SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF IT IS NOT FIXED. *TR

LATCH ATTACHMENT ON ONE SIDE OF THE SEAT DOES NOT STAY TIGHT. JUST A SLIGHT TUG AND THE ATTACHMENT PULLS ALL THE WAY OUT. SINCE THE SEAT ISN'T LISTED IN THE DROP DOWN ON THE NEXT PAGE, IT IS THE GRACO AFFIX BOOSTER. MODEL 1852665. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2006, MAKE=MALIBU, MODEL=CHEVY). *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON 2 LANE HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH SUDDENLY POWER STEERING WARNING MESSAGE APPEARED IN DISPLAY, WARNING NOISE CAME ON (DING) AND THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER ANF THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND THE VEHICLE WAS RE-STARTED AND THE WARNING MESSAGE WAS GONE AND THE POWERSTEERING STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I CHECKED FOR, (DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES), DTC'S WITH A SCANTOOL AND THERE WERE NO CODES LISTED. I LOOKED FOR SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THIS AND FOUND THE FOLLOWING. SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT - POWER STEERING ASSIST2012/05/2310183A THIS BULLETIN COVERS MY VEHICLE AND WILL REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHO STATED THAT THE STEERING A SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,280. UPDATED 03/15/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HIS WIFE EXPERIENCED TWO FAILURES AT 25 MPH AND ONE AT 5 MPH. UPDATED 03/27/13

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH 60 MPH. I SUDDENLY RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS VERY HARD TO STEER. IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME TO PULL IT OVER . AS I KNEW THIS ISSUE WITH 2006 MALIBU CARS (READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT ON THE INTERNET BEFORE), I DID NOT PANIC, AND ACHIEVED IT TO PULL OVER WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT. (BY THE WAY, I AM A MALE DRIVER AND I DO NOT THINK ANY FEMALE DRIVER WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH PROBLEM IN ADVANCE COULD PULL THE CAR OVER) I HAVE SEEN THE "POWER STEERING" FLASH ON THE SCREEN DURING THE INCIDENT. AFTER TURNING OFF AND ON THE IGNITION, EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER IT WILL REPEAT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. I SEARCHED FOR ANY RECALLS ABOUT THE POWER STEERING, AND FOUND THAT 2005/2006/2008 MALIBU CARS WERE RECALLED ON OCTOBER 2012 IN CANADA. (PLEASE SEE THE LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION HTTP://WWWAPPS.TC.GC.CA/SAF-SEC-SUR/7/VRDB-BDRV/SEARCH/RECALLDETAIL.ASPX?LANG=ENG&RN=2012331 ) HOWEVER, THERE IS NO SUCH ACTION IN THE USA. IT IS A VERY CRUCIAL SAFETY PROBLEM AND THESE CARS ARE TO BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY IN THE USA AS WELL. GM SHOULD DEFINITELY TAKE AN ACTION BEFORE ANY DEADLY ACCIDENT HAPPENS. *TR

TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE IS VERY HARD TO STEER GOT THE VEHICLE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER HAVING TO MUSCLE THE WHEEL THEN HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER.WAS TOLD IT WAS A ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR THAT HAD WENT OUT CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND AFTER QUESTIONING ABOUT A RECALL WAS TOLD THEY WERE RECALLED IN CANADA BUT NOT THE US THIS IS A VERY CONCERNING MATTER THAT GM NEEDS TO CORRECT. *TR