2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

DRIVER SEAT FRAME WELDS SNAP, WILL HAVE TO WELD AND MAKE NEW BRACKETS. MINE DID IT ON THE LEFT REAR. MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 04 THROUGH 05 CHEVY MALIBUS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST THE CONTACT. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ACCORDING TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL, THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM WAS NOT CALIBRATED CORRECTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT ONLY OFFERED TO COVER HALF OF THE REPAIR COSTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

2007 CHEVY MALIBU - POWER STEERING FLASHING ON RADIO SYSTEM, BELL DINGING, ROUGH TURNING. TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP MONDAY. *TR

OMG I CANNOT BELIEVE NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THE POWER STEERING ON THE 2007 MALIBU GOING OUT WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS ARE REQUIRED FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE? I THOUGHT BUY AMERICAN WAS GOING TO BE THE BEST. GM FOOLED ME. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH VIBRATIONS, BRAKES, DRUMS, ROTORS, STEERING COLUMN GEARS BUT THIS MORNINGS NEAR MISS ACCIDENT JUST TAKES THE CAKE. I AM DRIVING TO WORK 5:30AM ON INTERSTATE 58 IN SUFFOLK, VA DOING 60 WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WHEEL JERKS ME INTO THE NEXT LANE OF TRAFFIC ALMOST DRIVING UNDER AN 18 WHEELER. I GRASP THE STEERING WHEEL AS TIGHT AS I CAN TRYING TO PULL BACK INTO MY LANE WITH THE WHEEL FIGHTING ME BACK AND FORTH. WHAT A HORRIFIC EXPERIENCE. I PULL OFF (SHAKING MY --- OFF) MAKE A PHONE CALL, SIT FOR 1/2 HOUR (STILL AFRAID TO DRIVE). WHILE THE CAR IS IDLING THE WHEEL IS BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH IN PARK. I PUT IT IN DRIVE WITH MY FOOT HELD TIGHTLY ON THE BRAKE AND IT IS STILL JUMPING. PUT IT BACK IN PARK. BUILD UP A LITTLE NERVE. PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE AND START TO DRIVE. EVERYTHING IS FINE. GET TO WORK 5 MINUTES FROM THERE ONLY TO FIND THAT MY CAR HAS AN ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING? SOME MORON MUST HAVE DREAMT THIS UP AND GM NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS HORRIBLE POWER ASSIST CRAP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY. I AM NOT VERY HAPPY WITH MY CHEVY MALIBU AND I THINK A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT NEEDS TO BE FILED FOR ALL CHEVY MALIBU OWNERS TO MAKE GM MAKE CORRECTIONS ON THIS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF FOR 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE POWER STEERING WAS RESTORED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO INFORMED HER TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION AND ADVISED THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING SENSOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HER THAT THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE A WARRANTY FOR THE REPAIRS BUT THEY WOULD GIVE HER A RETURN CALL AT A LATER DATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,524. UPDATED 9/27/11 *CN THE C ONSUMER HAS SINCE SOLD THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 10/05/11

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REFUEL THE VEHICLE, THE GAS GAUGE WOULD DECREASE TO ZERO AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. NORMAL OPERATION WOULD RESUME AFTER THE TANK WAS HALF EMPTY. IN ORDER TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM THE DEALER STATED THAT HIS WOULD REQUIRE A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE SENDING UNIT ALL SENSORS AS THE COMMON CAUSE OF THIS IS CORROSION IF THE FLOAT BY THE GAS, THE DEALER SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

POWER STEERING TROUBLE - 2007 CHEVY MALIBU. WHEEL IS TIGHT WHEN STARTING THE CAR, CAN HEAR A CLICK IN THE DASH AND THEN THE WHEEL IS LOOSE AND CAN STEER. THE POWER STEERING WARNING APPEARS ON THE INFORMATION CENTER. HAPPENED TWICE SO BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER (STILL UNDER WARRANTY). THEY FOUND A CODE FOR A POSSIBLE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTION AND TIGHTENED A GROUND WIRE. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED WITH GREATER FREQUENCY. BROUGHT CAR BACK TO DEALER TWICE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AS THERE WAS NO CODE IN THE COMPUTER AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR WHILE THERE. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO OCCUR AND GREW PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WHERE I HAD TO SIT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WAITING FOR THE CLICK AND THE WHEEL TO RELEASE. AT TIMES I WOULD TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON TO TRY TO RESET IT BUT IT DID NOT SEEM TO HELP. THE POWER STEERING WARNING APPEARS ON THE DASH AFTER STARTING THE CAR (THOUGH SOMETIMES SEVERAL MINUTES LATER) AS WELL AS SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO DIFFICULTY STEERING. RETURNED CAR TO DEALER AND RECEIVED A LOANER VEHICLE UNTIL THEY RESOLVE THE ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS FAULTY AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REFUEL THE VEHICLE, THE GAS GAUGE WOULD GO TO ZERO AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NORMAL OPERATION WOULD RESUME AFTER THE TANK WAS HALF EMPTY. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS TO THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000. UPDATED 05/26/11 *BF

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NOISE WAS INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN AND FRONT SUSPENSION. SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT WHEN SHE STARTED THE VEHICLE IT RESPONDED AS IF THE STEERING WHEEL MALFUNCTIONED AND WHEN ACCELERATING THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST REVEALED THAT THE STEERING GEAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47, 000.