2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATE SPEEDS OF 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL EXHIBITED CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT WITHOUT WARRANT. THE CONTACT HAD TO FORCIBLY HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM VEERING OFF THE ROAD. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HER RESIDENCE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE SHE WAS ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO A DEFECTIVE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT AT THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 25,000.

2008 MALIBU THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT WITH OUT WARNING SOMETIMES ON THE HIGHWAY IT IS VERY SCARY THIS IS A BIG CONCERN TO ME BECAUSE THIS IS MY WIFE AND KIDS ONLY TRANSPORTATION. *TR

MY 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU LT WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND BECOMES VIRTUALLY UNCONTROLLABLE. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN APRIL 2009 WITH ABOUT 2 K MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SCANNED IT BUT NO CODES WERE PRESENT. THE MECHANIC FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN WHERE A BRAKE PAD PROBLEM WAS REFERRED TO REGARDING THIS SHAKING PROBLEM, SO HE REPLACED THE FRONT PADS AND RESURFACED THE ROTORS. THE PROBLEM RECURRED IN FEB. 2010 WITH APPROX. 40 K MILES. I AGAIN TOOK IT IN BUT THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. YESTERDAY 4-10-10 ON MY WAY TO WORK IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT APPROX. 70 MPH, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO CRASH ! WHAT AM I TO DO ? *TR

STEERING PROBLEM WITH 2008 CHEVY MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL WILL GO BACK AND FORTH AND HARD TO CONTROL STEERING. ALSO, SOMETIMES WHEN ENGINE IS ON AND CAR NOT MOVING THE WHEEL WILL SHAKE AND GO BACK AND FORTH ON BOTH SIDES. HAVE HAD THE CAR TO A CHEVY DEALER AND THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AND EVERYTHING IS SOLID. ALSO HAD A WHEEL AND TIRE CHECK IT OUT AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING BUT THEY SAY IT MAY BE IN THE RACK AND PINION SYSTEM. IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN YOU HAVE TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED TO THE LEFT AND THEN TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND GRIP THE WHEEL TIGHT IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY BUT HAD BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME. SHE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE DOOR LOCKS HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE WHEEL BEARING WAS REPLACED BUT THE DOORS LOCKS WERE NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED FOR THE STEERING FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.

2008 CHEVY MALIBU 4 CYLINDER HAS ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING. THIS MORNING DRIVING TO WORK IT RIPPED THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF MY WIFE'S HANDS IF SHE HAD BEEN GOING MORE THAN 35MPH SHE WOULD HAVE RAN INTO A DITCH. I WENT AND MET HER AND DROVE IT HOME IT VIOLENTLY JERKED BACKED AND FORTH ON ME AS WELL. GOOD THINK WE WERE NOT ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 70MPH SOMEONE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY DIED. *TR

JUST GO OVER MY 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, AND THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM INDICATOR CAME UP ON MY DASH. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTS MOVING FRANTICALLY ON IT'S OWN, WHENEVER IT WANTS TO, EVEN IF YOU ARE DRIVING THE CAR. THIS COULD BE A BIG HAZARD. I CALL THE DEALER, AND OF COURSE IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH THE POWER STEERING IS ELECTRIC IN MY 2008 4 CYLINDER MALIBU. THE DEALER ALSO STATED NO RECALLS ON MY MALIBU, BUT THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL, SINCE I SEE CHEVY COBALT IS BEING RECALLED FOR THE SAME THING. PLEASE HELP. I HAVE TO TAKE THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE, THE DEALER STATES IT IS THE POWER STEERING ELECTRIC BOX OR IN THE POWER STEERING COLUMN. *TR

STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING AT 50 - 55 MPH. TROUBLE LIGHT ON DASHBOARD INDICATING STEERING PROBLEM. LOCK-UP SAME AS WHEN CAR IS STOPPED AND TRANSMISSION LEVER PLACED INTO PARK POSITION.

PROBLEM WITH MY 2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU POWER STEERING. WAS DRIVING AND SUDDENLY THE STEERING HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN, PULLING SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AND THEN LEFT. BECAME SOMEWHAT LETHARGIC IN RESPONSIVENESS.

THE STEERING WILL SUDDENLY VIBRATE AND CAUSE ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND AS A RESULT I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO A FEW ACCIDENTS.. IT HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANFACTURE HAS A BULLETIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT REFUSED TO FIX IT. I THEN WENT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THE CORRECT INFORMATION INTO THE POWER STEERING MODULE. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND FORCE THE MANFACTURE TO CORRECT ALL EFFECTIVE CARS AND NOT GET AWAY WITH REFUSING TO FIX IT AND THUS MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THERE IS NO PROBLEM