2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

DIFFICULT TO TURN AT LOW SPEEDS, STEERING WHEEL SHAKING AND SHIMMIES LEFT, CLUNKING OR RUBBING NOISE. HAD STEERING COLUMN LUBED, NEW RACK AND PINION INSTALLED AND STILL DOING IT. *TR

2008 CHEVY MALIBU AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS FAIL TO OPERATE PROPERLY. BEGAN WITH PASSENGER REAR DOOR AND MOVED TO ALL DOORS. WHEN CAR REACHES 15 MPH THE DOORS ARE SUPPOSED TO AUTO LOCK. THEY DO NOT. KEYLESS ENTRY AND STARTER DO NOT WORK. BATTERY WAS REPLACED IN THE KEY FOB WITH NO CHANGE. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. COST WOULD BE 250 DOLLARS PER DOOR TO REPAIR. CAR WAS TAKEN IN TO DEALERSHIP PRIOR TO 3 YR 36000 MILE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED WITH INTERMITTENT DOOR LOCKS ON REAR DOOR WORKING AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. DOOR LOCKS COMPLETELY FAILED AFTER 36000 MILE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. *TR

I HAVE HAD MY 2008 CHEVY MALIBU IN THE GARAGE NOW 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME RECURRING PROBLEM. MY STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES AND THEN LOCKS UP AND IT'S VERY HARD TO STEER. IF I WEREN'T AS STRONG IN MY HANDS AND ARMS, I WOULD BE DEAD! IT COMES AND GOES BUT IT IS A PERSISTENT PROBLEM THAT THEY CANNOT OR WILL NOT FIX. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT FIX SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T DIAGNOSE AS "BROKE" AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO JUST START REPLACING PARTS RANDOMLY THAT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM. I AM VERY SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR BUT HAVE TO MAKE A LIVING AND AM A SINGLE MOM. I FEEL THIS IS PUTTING ME AND MY SONS LIFE IN DANGER!!!!!!!! THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM IN THE STEERING! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED HE NOTICED THAT THE REAR SEATS WERE WET. THE DEALER INSTALLED AN UNKNOWN RING ALONGSIDE THE REAR DOORS TO PREVENT WATER FROM ENTERING THE VEHICLE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THERE WERE NO FURTHER REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

I HAVE A 2008 CHEVY MALIBU LT. IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO JERK LEFT AND RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. IT WOULD ALSO JERK WHILE BEING STOPPED AND WHILE IN PARK.THERE IS ALSO A POPPING SOUND OR A CLUNKING SOUND LIKE A BAD UNIVERSAL WHILE TURNING AND/OR BACKING UP. I NOTICED THIS ABOUT JANUARY OF '09. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKES AND ROTORS ON THE FRONT,BUT THE PROBLEM DID NOT GO AWAY. ON 5/12/10 THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT STRUT AND MOUNT AND THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE JERKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL COMES AND GOES,IT WILL RUN FINE FOR A WHILE THEY ITWILL START UP FOR A WHILE. THERE IS NO WARNING WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN. ON 5/30/10 AND 5/31/10 THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON IN THE INFORMATION CENTER. I CALLED GM TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS AND THERE IS NOT. I TOLD THEM THAT THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE LOOKED AT. THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE LOOKING INTO IT. I WENT TO THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS WEB STE AND SEEN THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THE '05 MALIBUS (PS CONTROL MODULE).THERE WERE AT LEAST 7 COMPLAINTS FOR THE '08'S ON THIS SITE THAT I NOTICED. ABOUT A YEAR AGO THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING PROPERLY,THEY WOULD NOT UNLOCK WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT INTO PARK NOR WOULD THE REMOTE WORK ON THEM. WHEN THE LEFT REAR DOOR OUTSIDE HANDLE WAS USED TO OPEN THE DOOR THE DOOR WOULD LOCK. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS CONCERNS ME BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING IS ELECTRIC IN THIS CAR. *TR

I AM AT ABOUT 45K MILES ON MY 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. MY CONSOLE WARNING OF "POWER STEERING" CAME ON AND WITH IT MY STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN I START THE CAR. I DON'T DRIVE OR PUT IT IN GEAR IT JUST SHAKES! AFTER BEING TOLD I DO NOT HAVE POWER STEERING FLUID A GM SERVICE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT SOUNDS LIKE MY "ELECTRONIC MOTOR FOR POWER STEERING" SOUNDS LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE COBALT WAS JUST RECALLED FOR SUCH A PROBLEM. I CALLED GM TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE MALIBU AND WAS TOLD .....AT MY EXPENSE, I NEED TO HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED, THEN CALL THEM BACK WITH THE REF# THEY GAVE ME, AND THEN THEY WILL PUT IT IN THEIR RECORDS!!!! CALLING AND REQUESTING THAT A RECALL BE PUT IN PLACE WAS BASICALLY IGNORED. I HAVE EXPLAINED THAT IF THEY WERE TO INVESTIGATE JUST THE BLOGS ABOUT THE MALIBU THEY WOULD SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, BUT ARE TOLD TO FIX IT THEMSELVES. THIS IS REALLY DANGEROUS ON SO MANY LEVELS. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MOST OF THE TIME,BUT I AM RECORDING EVERY ONE OF MY COMPLAINTS, BECAUSE GOD FORBID I GET HURT, OR WORSE YET, ONE OF MY CHILDREN, THEN MY LAWYER IS READY TO RIP GM APART! I LOST MY JOB ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND FOR A COMPANY WHO JUST GOT BAILED OUT WITH MY TAX MONEY, THEY SHOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE SMACKING THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH SUCH ARROGANCE AND STUPIDITY. *TR

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL EXHIBITED A JERKING MOTION. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE RESUMED TO NORMAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING AND FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WERE REPLACED. THE IDENTICAL FAILURES OCCURRED FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE PRIOR SERVICE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED ART THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 07/14/2010. *LJ

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) STEERING KEEPS MESSING UP. WHEN I AM DRIVING AT LOW OR HIGHER SPEEDS (35-60) THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES FROM LET TO RIGHT. IT DOES THIS AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. NO LIGHT ON DASH SHOWING THERE IS A PROBLEM. I HAVE 47,000 MILES ON MY CAR. I AM AFRAID I WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN AND MY STEERING WILL GO OUT. I AM REALLY SCARED FOR MY CHILDREN'S SAFETY. THIS IS OUR FAMILY AND MY WORK CAR. PLEASE LOOK INTO I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND SHOW OVER 100 COMPLAINTS ON THE STEERING ALSO THE 2006 GM COBALT HAS SAME STEERING AND THE SAME PROBLEMS. PLEASE PLEASE HELP FOR MY AND MY CHILDREN'S SAFETY. [XXX] *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND BEGAN TO SHAKE AND SHIMMY. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT HIS EXPENSE. CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

MY CAR LOCKS ON ALL 4 DOORS HAS TO BE MANUALLY LOCKED, WHEN THEY ARE ELECTRICAL. AND WHEN I USE THE REMOTE TO UNLOCK THE DOORS, AND I OPEN A DOOR, THE ALARM SOUNDS. THE LOCKS ON MY DOORS HAS NOT BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME, AND OF COURSE I AM OUT OF THE WARRANTY TIME. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THAT. IT REALLY GETS TIRING. THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE AIR BAGS AND TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR HAS BEEN COMING ON SINCE FOREVER, AGAIN, I THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE CALLED FOR THESE CARS. *TR